{"id":238259,"date":"2024-10-24T10:27:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T10:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/24\/ghana-drops-to-73rd-in-latest-fifa-ranking-after-winless-run-in-2025-afcon-qualifiers\/"},"modified":"2024-10-24T10:27:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T10:27:30","slug":"ghana-drops-to-73rd-in-latest-fifa-ranking-after-winless-run-in-2025-afcon-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/24\/ghana-drops-to-73rd-in-latest-fifa-ranking-after-winless-run-in-2025-afcon-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana drops to 73rd in latest FIFA ranking after winless run in 2025 AFCON qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                       \n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ghana has dropped three places in the latest FIFA rankings following their winless run in the October international window. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Black Stars move from 70th to 73rd on the standings after failing to beat Sudan in their two encounters in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Otto Addo&#8217;s side played out a goalless draw with the Falcons of Jediane at the Accra Sports Stadium before losing 2-0 to Kwasi Appiah&#8217;s men in Libya. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ghana, who previously occupied the 70th position on the global rankings, have now dropped to 73rd on the log following the two games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northern Ireland, North Macedonia, and Northern Ireland are the countries to have moved above Ghana in the global rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Black Stars have also dropped two places on the continental ranking as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They maintain their 14th spot on the African continent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the CAF rankings, Morocco have now moved to the top with Senegal dropping to second. Egypt, Cote d&#8217;Ivoire and Tunisia complete the top five.<\/p>\n\n                <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n               \n <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                        \n\n    \n                                 \n                                             \n                    <\/div><div style=\"clear: both; overflow:hidden;margin:20px auto; width:100%; min-height:280px;\">\n                                                 \n                        <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p> \n                        \n                        \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana has dropped three places in the latest FIFA rankings following their winless run in the October international window. 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Otto Addo&#8217;s side played out a goalless [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":238260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ghana drops to 73rd in latest FIFA ranking after winless run in 2025 AFCON qualifiers - 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\/2024\/10\/24\/ghana-drops-to-73rd-in-latest-fifa-ranking-after-winless-run-in-2025-afcon-qualifiers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ghana drops to 73rd in latest FIFA ranking after winless run in 2025 AFCON qualifiers - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ghana has dropped three places in the latest FIFA rankings following their winless run in the October international window. 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