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December 20

52 countries: A to F | G to M | N to Z

Country Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Algeria

11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 13 14

Angola

17 17 18 18 18 18 17 16 16 16 15 14 13

Benin

32 33 33 33 33 32 29 28 28 28 29 29 28

Botswana

28 28 28 27 27 26 27 26 25 25 24 22 22

Burkina Faso

15 14 15 14 12 13 13 17 17 17 17 17 18

Burundi

39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 40 37

Cameroon

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2

Cape Verde Islands

37 37 37 37 37 38 37 35 35 35 33 31 32

Central African Republic

48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48

Chad

41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41

Congo

24 22 23 23 23 23 26 21 21 22 22 23 27

Côte d'Ivoire

13 13 14 15 14 15 12 11 11 10 9 8 8

Djibouti

52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52

DR Congo

10 10 11 11 11 11 11 12 14 15 16 16 17

Egypt

2 2 6 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 3 4 5

Equatorial Guinea

44 44 44 44 44 44 43 43 43 43 43 43 43

Eritrea

42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42

Ethiopia

35 35 35 35 35 35 35 36 36 36 36 36 36

Gabon

27 27 27 28 28 28 29 29 30 30 28 26 23

Gambia

36 36 36 36 36 36 36 37 37 37 37 37 38

Ghana

15 16 16 17 17 17 18 14 13 14 14 15 16

Guinea

20 21 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 19 19 18 19

Guinea-Bissau

49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49

Kenya

14 15 12 12 13 14 15 18 18 18 18 19 15

Lesotho

31 32 32 32 32 33 34 34 33 33 34 34 34

Liberia

26 26 26 26 26 27 25 27 27 27 27 28 29

Libya

17 17 17 16 15 12 16 13 14 13 13 11 11

Madagascar

30 31 31 31 31 31 33 33 34 34 35 35 35

Malawi

23 24 24 25 24 24 23 24 24 24 25 25 23

Mali

9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9

Mauritania

47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47

Mauritius

33 30 30 30 29 28 28 30 32 32 32 33 33

Morocco

6 6 5 5 3 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 4

Mozambique

34 34 34 34 34 34 32 32 31 31 31 32 30

Namibia

38 38 38 38 38 37 38 38 38 38 38 38 39

Niger

46 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 45 45

Nigeria

4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1

Rwanda

25 25 21 21 21 20 22 22 22 21 21 21 21

São Tomé e Príncipe

51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51

Senegal

3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3

Seychelles

45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45

Sierra Leone

40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 39 39 39 40

Somalia

50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50

South Africa

5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

Sudan

21 23 24 24 24 25 24 25 26 26 26 26 26

Swaziland

29 28 29 29 29 30 31 31 28 29 30 30 30

Tanzania

43 43 43 43 43 43 44 43 43 43 43 44 44

Togo

19 19 20 20 20 21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

Tunisia

7 7 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6

Uganda

21 20 22 22 22 22 21 23 23 23 23 24 23

Zambia

12 12 13 13 15 16 14 15 12 12 12 12 12

Zimbabwe

8 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 10 10 10
Mover of the Year: Libya
Libya gained 6 places to 11th for their highest ranking ever after winning their last four matches and 12 from 16 including two draws.
  
Loser of the Year: DR Congo
DR Congo lost 7 places to 17th having won just twice from 11 matches played this year.
  
Other Notables:
Côte d'Ivoire gained 5 places to 8th after winning 7 of 8 matches played this year.
Nigeria gained 3 places to 1st and marks the first time they have occupied the No.1 spot since our rankings began in 1998. They replace Cameroon who relinquished the top spot they had held since February 2002 following a dismal record of just 3 wins in their last 15 matches including 7 losses.
Botswana gained 6 places to 22nd for their highest ranking ever after winning 3 of their last 5 World Cup qualifiers.
Sudan lost 5 places to 26th having won just two of their last 13 matches.
Madagascar lost 5 places to 35th having played just one match this year and without a win in their last 13 dating back to March 2003.