MONTHLY African rankings from football’s world governing body Fifa were released on Wednesday, showing South Africa second on the continent. Meanwhile Fifa rankings of all international football teams give Bafana Bafana a boost from 27th to 24th. At the new level, Trott’s boys are level with Slovakia and the US. The African rankings:
1 Morocco, 2 South Africa, 3 Tunisia, 4 Egypt, 5 Zambia, 6 Cameroon, 7 Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, 9 Democratic Republic of Congo, 10 Angola, 11 Nigeria, 12 Algeria, 13 Mali, 14 Burkina Faso, Gabon, 16 Togo, 17 Guinea, 18 Zimbabwe, 19 Namibia, 20 Senegal, 21 Mozambique, 22 Congo, Liberia, 24 Kenya, 25 Malawi, 26 Uganda, 27 Sierra Leone, 28 Sudan, 29 Tanzania, 30 Mauritius, 31 Benin, 32 Madagascar, 33 Burundi, 34 Ethiopia, 35 Gambia, 36 Niger, 37 Lesotho, 38 Mauritania, 39 Swaziland, 40 Botswana, 41 Libya, 42 Guinea Bissau, 43 Cape Verde Islands, 44 Rwanda, 45 Chad, 46 Seychelles, 47 Eritrea, 48 Equatorial Guinea, 49 Djibouti, Sao Tome e Principe, 51 Somalia, 52 Central African Republic