{"id":449209,"date":"2017-12-22T05:25:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T05:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/ghana-ends-year-among-top-50-fifa-ranking-in-the-world\/"},"modified":"2017-12-22T05:25:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T05:25:33","slug":"ghana-ends-year-among-top-50-fifa-ranking-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/ghana-ends-year-among-top-50-fifa-ranking-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana ends year among Top 50 FIFA ranking in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 22 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanasportsonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-22<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/74238760.295.jpg\" alt=\"Starz1\" title=\"Starz1\" width=\"295\" height=\"161\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ghana Black Stars squad<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513920333_697_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana moved one place up in December\u2019s edition of the FIFA Ranking to end the year in the 50th position.<\/p>\n<p>Despite any major game, the Black Stars were able to earn more points to move up on the chart.<\/p>\n<p>Previously occupying the 51st position, Ghana is only behind African neighbours, Nigeria, Cameroon, Senegal Burkina Faso, DR Congo, Egypt and Tunisia.<\/p>\n<p>The former Africa Champions are still ranked eighth on the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Portugal and Belgium were unmoved as they still occupy the top five positions in the World.<\/p>\n<p>Senegal still remains the top ranked African side in the World having kept their 23rd position.<\/p>\n<p>The likes of Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Burkina Faso and Cameroon were all unmoved from their previous positions.<\/p>\n<p>DR Congo however dropped three places down on the globe to 39.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 61 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Friday, 22 December 2017 Source: ghanasportsonline.com 2017-12-22 Ghana Black Stars squad Ghana moved one place up in December\u2019s edition of the FIFA Ranking to end the year in the 50th position. 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