{"id":401844,"date":"2018-02-16T12:31:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T12:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=401844"},"modified":"2018-02-16T12:33:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T12:33:00","slug":"ghana-drops-to-54th-in-february-fifa-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/ghana-drops-to-54th-in-february-fifa-ranking\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana drops to 54th in February FIFA Ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana dropped four places to the 54th position in the latest Coca-Cola FIFA Ranking released on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars had occupied the 50th position in the January ranking but lost 68 points to drop out of the top 50.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars, however, still remain the 8th ranked team in Africa, behind Tunisia, Senegal, DR Congo, Morocco, Egypt, Cameroon and Nigeria who occupy the top 7 spots.<\/p>\n<p>Burkina Faso and Algeria make up the top 10 on the continent, ranked 9th and 10th respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, Germany remain the top-ranked team, followed by Brazil, Portugal, Argentina and Belgium who make up the top 5.<\/p>\n<p>The next world rankings will be released on March 15.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Fentuo Tahiru\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana dropped four places to the 54th position in the latest Coca-Cola FIFA Ranking released on Thursday. 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