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NIGERIA STATIC AS BELGIUM RETAINS FIFA TEAM OF THE YEAR
Nigeria’s national football team, Super Eagles, remain on the same spot of 31st position as FIFA rolls out its end of the year statistics.
However, Belgium are again crowned Team of the Year for the second straight time after retaining top spot ahead of world champions France in the latest world rankings released this Thursday.
Belgium, who finished third in the World Cup in Russia last year, won all 10 of their competitive matches in 2019.
England moved up a spot to fourth place below Brazil, while Uruguay are fifth.
Argentina (ninth) and Colombia (10th) entered the top 10 this year displacing Switzerland (12th) and Denmark (16th).
Qatar, who will host the 2022 World Cup, were the biggest movers in a year in which they won the AFC Asian Cup, moving 38 places to sit 55th after gaining 138 points.
Algeria (35th) were close behind moving up 32 spots while Japan (28th) climbed 22 places this year.