Kenya men’s national football team – Harambee Stars – have dropped three places in the updated FIFA rankings.As per a Thursday 3 April update by FIFA, Harambee Stars are now ranked position 111 in the world, which is three places worse off their previous mark of 108 recorded in the months of November and December 2024.##NAJAVA_MECA_8823519##The drop equates to Kenya’s joint-worst ranking in over six years, only matched by another 111th position in February last year.Kenya’s lowest ranking in that period came in August 2018, when Kenya were in position 112.Kenyans back Benni McCarthy after his first Harambee Stars loss against GabonThe drop is accounted for by Kenya’s failure to win a match in last month’s round of 2026 World Cup Qualifying matches, where Kenya drew and lost their two games.In what was Benni McCarthy’s first match in-charge of the team, Harambee Stars produced a heroic comeback to only draw 3-3 with lowerly-ranked Gambia, before losing 2-1 at home to a superior opponent in Gabon.Fans will expect that McCarthy, now with ample time to spot talent and work with his team, will provide an upturn in the standings, which now has Kenya 27th in the CAF region, and well behind East African rivals Uganda (89) and Tanzania (107).Spain jump into the top two in the latest #FIFARanking! 🇪🇸🆙— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) April 3, 2025 More to follow…
