Uganda, Sudan improve in latest FIFA rankings

CECAFA members Uganda, Sudan and Rwanda have made steady improvement in the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday.

The rankings released by the World Football governing body saw Uganda jump from 90^th to 87^th place with 1269.79 points.

The improvement in the ranking for Uganda comes after the national team defeated Congo Brazzaville 2-0 and stopped South Sudan twice in qualifying matches for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025.

Uganda also remained the best ranked country in the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Zone, and 18^th placed in the African continent.

Sudan who held Ghana in the first leg and best them in the return leg of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 qualifiers also improved by a huge 10 places to 110^th spot with 1176.2 points. Rwanda also moved by 4 places to 126^th spot with 1130.04 points.

World champions Argentina remained top of the rankings with 1883.5 points, while France are in second place. Morocco remain Africa’s best ranked team at 13^th place with 1627.13 points, while Senegal are in 20^th place.

The other teams in the CECAFA Zone according to their placings saw Kenya drop to 106^th (1195.36 points) place, Tanzania moved to 112^th place (1173.84 points), while Burundi also dropped to 139^th place (1089.49 points).

Ethiopia are placed at 148^th spot (1049.28 points), while South Sudan remained static at 172^nd place (955.67 points). Djibouti and Somalia also remained static at 192^nd and 202^nd places respectively, while Eritrea are the only FIFA member who are un-ranked.