Kenya’s Harambee Stars have not moved an inch in the latest FIFA Men’s Ranking released on Thursday. Harambee Stars, who are yet to kick a ball since edging out Rwanda 2-1 in the AFCON qualifiers in November last year, are rooted at position 101.Only Uganda Cranes at position 89, who have also not made any shift, ranks better than Kenya in the CECAFA region. Meanwhile, Morocco, fresh from making history as the first African team to reach semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, are now the top ranked team in Africa, and are position 11th globally. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6903610##The Atlas Lions have toppled Senegal’s Teranga Lions (19), who were previously the best ranked team in the continent. It is the highest ranking for an African team since Egypt was 9th in 2010. The highest position ever for an African team was 5th by Nigeria in 1994.Morocco stunned the world when they beat Portugal 1-0 to reach the semi-finals of the Qatar World Cup 2022, but could not go further as they fell 2-0 to France in the round of four.Despite failing to go past the quarter-finals of the recently concluded Qatar World Cup 2022, Brazil is still the best ranked team in the world followed by World champions Argentina, France and Belgium respectively. Top 20 African Teams in the December FIFA Men’s Ranking1. Morocco 🇲🇦 (11th)2. Senegal 🇸🇳 (19th)3. Tunisia 🇹🇳 (30th)4. Cameroon 🇨🇲 (33rd)5. Nigeria 🇳🇬 (35th)6. Egypt 🇪🇬 (39th)7. Algeria 🇩🇿 (40th)8. Mali 🇲🇱 (45th)9. Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 (47th)10. Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 (50th)11. Ghana 🇬🇭 (58th)12. South Africa 🇿🇦 (67th)13. Cape Verde 🇨🇻 (72nd)14. DR Congo 🇨🇩 (73)15. Gabon 🇬🇦 (79th)16. Guinea 🇬🇳 (82nd)17. Zambia 🇿🇲 (88th)18. Uganda 🇺🇬 (89th)19. Benin 🇧🇯 (91st)20. Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 (98th)
