Ghana Drop To 37 In New FIFA Rankings

Ghana are a place down on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World rankings as the Black Stars occupy the 37th position. Fifa today published the September edition of the monthly world ranking. The Black Stars lost 26 points to leave them with a total of 700 points. Ghana are still third-best on the African table behind Egypt, who are in second while Ivory Coast tops the rankings. There has been a change in the leadership of the world ranking, with Spain regaining the top spot ahead of the Netherlands, who after just one month at the summit drop to second spot. According to Fifa, the high level of movement in this latest edition is the result of 170 'A' international matches, of which 109 were FIFA World Cup or continental qualifiers and 61 were friendlies.