African FIFA Rankings 2003

African FIFA Rankings by country
December 15

Country	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Algeria	13	10	10	11	13	11	12	14	13	13	11	11	11
Angola	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Benin	39	39	39	35	36	37	31	31	31	32	32	32	32
Botswana	36	33	33	34	33	32	31	32	32	29	29	28	28
Burkina Faso	15	15	15	15	16	16	14	11	12	12	14	15	15
Burundi	35	36	36	37	37	38	39	39	39	38	37	39	39
Cameroon	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Cape Verde Islands	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	36	37
Central African Republic	44	45	45	45	46	44	45	46	45	48	48	48	48
Chad	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	41	41	41
Congo	21	22	22	23	23	21	21	21	22	24	26	27	24
C�te d'Ivoire	10	11	11	12	11	9	8	9	10	10	12	12	13
Djibouti	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52
DR Congo	11	12	12	10	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	10
Egypt	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	2
Equatorial Guinea	51	51	51	51	49	49	48	48	48	47	45	46	44
Eritrea	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	42	42	42
Ethiopia	37	37	37	38	38	36	34	35	35	35	35	35	35
Gabon	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	31	25	23	27
Gambia	38	38	38	39	39	39	38	38	38	39	36	37	36
Ghana	9	9	9	9	10	12	13	15	16	16	16	16	15
Guinea	27	27	27	27	27	28	27	27	25	27	23	20	20
Guinea-Bissau	46	46	46	47	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	49
Kenya	17	17	17	17	14	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
Lesotho	33	34	34	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31
Liberia	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	22	28	25	26
Libya	24	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	19	18	18	17
Madagascar	22	23	23	22	21	22	24	25	26	28	30	30	30
Malawi	20	21	21	21	22	23	22	23	24	20	20	21	23
Mali	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	13	13	11	10	10	9
Mauritania	45	44	44	44	44	45	47	45	46	46	47	46	47
Mauritius	31	31	32	32	31	31	35	33	34	33	34	32	33
Morocco	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	6
Mozambique	30	31	31	33	35	33	33	34	33	34	33	34	34
Namibia	29	30	30	31	32	33	36	37	37	36	38	38	38
Niger	47	47	47	46	45	46	44	44	44	44	44	45	46
Nigeria	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	4
Rwanda	32	29	29	29	27	27	28	28	27	25	22	25	25
S�o Tom� e Pr�ncipe	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51
Senegal	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	2	3
Seychelles	48	48	48	48	47	47	46	47	47	45	46	44	45
Sierra Leone	34	35	35	36	34	35	37	36	36	37	40	40	40
Somalia	49	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
South Africa	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	3	5
Sudan	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	28	26	24	24	21
Swaziland	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	24	23	23	26	29	29
Tanzania	40	40	40	40	41	41	42	42	42	42	43	43	43
Togo	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	19	19	19
Tunisia	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Uganda	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	22	21	21	21	22	21
Zambia	12	13	13	13	12	13	11	12	11	14	13	13	12
Zimbabwe	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8

Mover of the Year: Botswana

Botswana gained 8 places to 28th for their highest ranking ever following qualification for the World Cup Qualifying group rounds.

Loser of the Year: Namibia

Namibia dropped 9 places to 38th for their lowest ever ranking after suffering 6 losses out of 8 matches played this year and 14 from 16 since mid-June 2001.

Other Notables:

Guinea, Rwanda and Benin all gained 7 places following collective qualification for the African Cup of Nations Finals and the World Cup Qualifying group rounds.

Libya gained 7 places to 17th for their highest ranking ever following qualification for the World Cup Qualifying group rounds.

Equatorial Guinea gained 7 places to 44th for their highest ranking ever following wins against Gabon, Togo and S�o Tom� e Pr�ncipe.

Mali re-entered the African Top Ten after a 5-year absence having recorded 11 wins and 1 draw in their last 12 matches.

Egypt jumped to 2nd place with 8 wins in their last 9 matches.

Madagascar dropped 8 places to 30th after failing to register a win in their last 12 matches played this year.

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