Uganda improves by six places in latest FIFA ranking

Uganda are the only nation to improve in the latest FIFA rankings in the Council of East and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA) Zone.

In the rankings released on Thursday, Uganda improved by six places to 82^nd place with 1287.61 points.

The improvement in ranking is attributed to their recent performance in the CHAN tournament where they reached the quarter final stage and also won two matches in the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers.

Uganda improvement in the FIFA ranking also sees them move to 15^th place in Africa.

Tanzania who dropped by four places to 107^th in the world ranking remain second placed in the CECAFA Zone, while Kenya who also reached the quarter final stage of the TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) slipped by two places to 111^th.

Sudan placed 4^th in the CECAFA Zone slipped by six places to 116^th in the world, while Rwanda remained static at 127^th place. Burundi and Ethiopia also dropped by two places to 141^st and one place to 147^th respectively.

All the other nations from the CECAFA Zone South Sudan, Djibouti and Somalia did not improve, while Eritrea is un-ranked.

Morocco, the highest ranked nation in Africa in 11^th place with 1706.27 points. Spain moved to top of the rankings with 1875.37 points.