By Victor Okoye
Tawagar Super Eagles ta Najeriya ta haura matsayi na 26 a duniya kuma ta uku a Afirka a jerin sunayen maza na duniya da FIFA ta fitar ranar Litinin.
Tashin hankalin ya biyo bayan ficewar Najeriya a gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka (AFCON) na shekarar 2025 da aka yi a Morocco, inda kungiyar ta kare a matsayi na uku.
Najeriya ta koma matsayi na 12 daga matsayi na 38, inda ta samu maki mafi girma da ta samu a gasar bayan ta lashe wasanni shida cikin bakwai a gasar.
A karkashin koci Eric Chelle, Super Eagles ta doke Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Mozambique, Algeria da Masar, kafin daga bisani ta yi rashin nasara a wasan kusa da na karshe a hannun mai masaukin baki Morocco a bugun fenariti.
Yanzu Najeriya ce ke bayan Senegal da ta lashe gasar AFCON, wacce ke matsayi na 12 a duniya, sai Morocco, wacce ke matsayi na takwas, yayin da Algeria da Masar ke matsayi na hudu da biyar a Afirka.
FIFA ta lura cewa sakamakon AFCON ya yi tasiri sosai a kan sabon matsayi, tare da kungiyoyin Afirka da yawa sun yi rikodin haɓakar haɓaka.
A duk duniya, Spain ce ke kan gaba, sai Argentina da Faransa, yayin da za a fitar da jadawalin FIFA na gaba a ranar 1 ga Afrilu, 2026.
Manyan kungiyoyi a Afirka da matsayinsu na FIFA
Maroko (8)
Senegal (12)
Najeriya (26)
Algeria (28)
Misira (31)
Cote d’Ivoire (37)
Kamaru (45)
Tunisia (47)
Kongo DR (48)
Mali (54). (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)
Emmanuel Afonne ne ya gyara
