The Kenya National football team, Harambee Stars has dropped down three places in the latest FIFA rankings. This is attributed to the team’s latest results, having lost to minnows Mauritius on Sunday 18th June, won against Pakistan (1-0) on 14th June. Stars’ last engagement before the two friendlies was also a 1-2 loss against Iran. Mauritius, which beat Kenya, remains rooted at position 180. In the CECAFA region, Uganda remains on top as its positioned 92nd globally, Kenya is second (105) while Tanzania is third (123). CECAFA’s FIFA ranking:1. Uganda 🇺🇬 (92nd)2. Kenya 🇰🇪 (105th)3. Tanzania 🇹🇿 (123rd)4. Sudan 🇸🇩 (131st)5. Rwanda 🇷🇼 (139th)6. Burundi 🇧🇮 (140th)7. Ethiopia 🇪🇹 (143rd)8. South Sudan 🇸🇸 (168th)9. Djibouti 🇩🇯 (193rd)10. Eritrea 🇪🇷 (198th)11. Somalia 🇸🇴 (199th)12. Zanzibar pic.twitter.com/WLQz0fvuTF— Eric Njiru (@EricNjiiru) June 29, 2023 In Africa, Morocco is the top ranked nation at position 13 followed by Senegal (18), Tunisia (31), Algeria (33), Egypt (34) and Nigeria (39). Argentina (1st) are settling into their new role as world leaders. Nearly three months on from regaining top spot in the FIFA World Ranking, La Albiceleste remain out front thanks to friendly wins over Australia and Indonesia. The top three is also unchanged, with the reigning world champions staying ahead of France (2nd) and Brazil (3rd). Kenya to partner with Serbia in football development##NAJAVA_MECA_7345462##There has been movement behind them. England (4th, plus 1) and Belgium (5th, minus 1) swap places, as do Croatia (6th, plus 1) and Netherlands (7th, minus 1). Newly crowned CONCACAF Nations League champions USA (11th, plus 2) close in on the Top 10, where Spain (10th) manage to remain thanks to their UEFA Nations League triumph.There have been some major moves further down the Ranking. While Wales (35th, minus 9) and Côte d’Ivoire (51st, minus 6) dropped places, Ukraine (24th, plus 6), Scotland (30th, plus 6) and Armenia (90th, plus 7) all move in the opposite direction. Slovakia (46th, plus 5), Greece (49th, plus 3) and Mali (50th, plus 3) are back in the Top 50, while Mauritania (99th, plus 6) and India (100th, plus 1) both return to the Top 100.The biggest climb of all has come outside the Top 100, courtesy of Kazakhstan (104th, plus 8). Other notable climbers are Togo (122nd, plus 7), Tanzania (123rd, plus 7) and Moldova (164th, plus 7), who have picked up 22.7 points, thanks in no small part to their shock 3-2 defeat of Poland in the UEFA EURO 2024 qualifiers, a match in which 148 places separated the two sides at kick-off.
