{"id":239121,"date":"2024-10-25T14:30:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T14:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/25\/stars-drop-in-fifa-ranking-again\/"},"modified":"2024-10-25T14:30:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T14:30:11","slug":"stars-drop-in-fifa-ranking-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/25\/stars-drop-in-fifa-ranking-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars Drop In FiFA Ranking Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars of Ghana have dropped in the latest FIFA Coca-Cola ranking after a winless run in the October international window.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars have move three places down from the 70th position to the 73rd place globally, while they sit 14th on the continent.<\/p>\n<p>The latest drop comes after a draw and a defeat to Sudan in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana had slipped to 70th position in September following similar results in the AFCON qualifiers against Angola and Niger.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time African champions are on the brink of missing the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco as they remain winless in Group F of the qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the biggest movers on the ranking are Ghana\u2019s World Cup qualifier group opponents, Comoros, who are ten places up globally.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina kept their place at the top with France, Spain, England and Brazil completing the top five.<\/p>\n<p>In Africa, Morocco sit at the summit followed by Senegal, Egypt, Nigeria and Algeria in that order.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will next face Angola and Niger to complete the Nations Cup qualifiers for Morocco 2025.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The Black Stars of Ghana have dropped in the latest FIFA Coca-Cola ranking after a winless run in the October international window. 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