Latest FIFA ranking: Black Stars behind World Cup group opponents

Ghana moves a step up in the last edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking before the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

The Black Stars are now positioned 37th and are behind all their Group G opponents – Germany are 2nd, Portugal in 4th position and the USA are placed 13th.

The results of 112 “A” international matches have been taken into account for the current edition of the ranking, with 67 friendly matches plus continental qualifiers in CAF (26 matches), the AFC (16) and CONCACAF (3) being played up to 30 May.

The Black Stars are still fourth on the continental ranking table. Algeria have leapfrogged Ivory Coast into the lead as the Ivorians now sit in second place and followed by Egypt in that order.

World champions, Spain are still number one as Ghana’s group opponents at the World Cup, Germany remain second with Portugal now fourth.

–Ghana FA

POST TAGS

ABOUT: Nana Kwesi Coomson

[email protected]

An Entrepreneur, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Communications Executive and Philanthropist. Editor-in-Chief of www.233times.com. A Senior Journalist with Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper. An alumnus of Adisadel College where he read General Arts. His first degree is in Bachelor of Arts - Political Science (major) and History (minor) from the University of Ghana. He holds MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy with Public Relations (PR) from the Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom. He is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied at Clark Atlanta University in USA on the Business and Entrepreneurship track.

View all posts by: Nana Kwesi Coomson