Stars fall in FIFA ranking

Ghana’s senior national team, Black Stars, have dropped from the 25th to the 30th position on the latest FIFA Coca/Cola ranking released on Thursday for the month of November, but maintained their third position on the African continent.

The Stars are still third in Africa behind Ivory Coast and Algeria.

Ghana dropped following the side’s 1-1 draw against Canada in an international friendly last month.

Belgium beat Germany and Argentina to top the ranking for the first time in history. The Germans remain second, while Argentina are third.

The biggest climbers in the top ten are Chile (5th, up 4), while England (9th, up 1) and Austria (10th, up 1), have each made slight progress. This is the first time that Belgium, Chile and Austria have ever reached such heights on the global ladder.

According to FIFA, a total of 172 international ‘A’ matches have been taken into account in the November edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, bringing the total number of matches evaluated so far this year to 840.

Qualifiers for UEFA EURO 2016 (50 matches) and the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia (66 matches), played a significant role in some of the major changes to this month’s installment.

The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on December 3, 2015.