According to the latest ranking by FIFA which was released on Thursday, Nigeria will be entering the New year as the 51st best footballing team in the world.
The top three positions still remain Germany, Brazil and Portugal while the hosts for the 2018 world cup, Russia, fell to the 64th position.
However, Argentina and Belgium moved up to complete the top five on the FIFA latest rank.
Meanwhile, Nigeria has also dropped to 9th in Africa.
Here are the top 10 list of best footballing countries released by FIFA as at 22nd of December 2017
1. Germany
2. Brazil
3. Portugal
4. Argentina
5. Belgium
6. Spain
7. Poland
8. Switzerland
9. France
10. Chile