{"id":451469,"date":"2011-07-01T05:56:34","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T05:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/01\/ghana-nation-slumps-in-june-fifa-ranking\/"},"modified":"2011-07-01T05:56:34","modified_gmt":"2011-07-01T05:56:34","slug":"ghana-nation-slumps-in-june-fifa-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/01\/ghana-nation-slumps-in-june-fifa-ranking\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana: Nation Slumps in June Fifa Ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"16.6148590948\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanaian-chronicle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/ghanachronicle180.jpg\" alt=\"Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra)\" title=\"Visit Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Tagoe<\/p>\n<p>30 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>The downward spiral Ghana football is experiencing has reflected in the latest FIFA ranking for the month of June.<\/p>\n<p>From being Africa&#8217;s number one rated team and 15th in the world, Ghana has taken a slump from the 15th position in the world to the 33rd position.<\/p>\n<p>On the African continent, however, the country nosedived just a step, placing 2nd behind La Cote d&#8217; Ivoire.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana had 509.55 points by beating Congo 3-1 in the 2012 Africa Nations Cup qualifier, but recorded no points following the Black Stars 1-2 loss to South Korea in an international friendly match on June 7, 2011.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201107010116.html\" title=\"Ghana: Nation Slumps in June Fifa Ranking\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghana: Nation Slumps in June Fifa Ranking<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> David Tagoe 30 June 2011 The downward spiral Ghana football is experiencing has reflected in the latest FIFA ranking for the month of June. From being Africa&#8217;s number one rated team and 15th in the world, Ghana has taken a slump from the 15th position in the world to the 33rd position. On the African continent, however, the country nosedived just a step, placing 2nd behind La Cote d&#8217; Ivoire. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-451469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ghana: Nation Slumps in June Fifa Ranking - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/01\/ghana-nation-slumps-in-june-fifa-ranking\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ghana: Nation Slumps in June Fifa Ranking - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"David Tagoe 30 June 2011 The downward spiral Ghana football is experiencing has reflected in the latest FIFA ranking for the month of June. 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