No Nigerian club has made it into the top 200 of the world club rankings for the year 2019, according to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) which compiles an annual poll of the top international clubs, Completesports.com reports.
The Nigerian club with the highest ranking is Enugu Rangers FC who occupy the 236th position with 84.5 points after moving up
from 431st place in the year 2018.
Enyimba International Football Club are the next Nigerian club on the list in the 263rd spot alongside Spartak Moscow of Russia and FK Kairat of Kazakhstan with 78.5 points.
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Enyimba moved up from 548 on the rankings in 2018 to 263 last year. Lobi Stars are next for Nigeria in 303 with USM Alger of Algeria with 73 points. Lobi climbed up from 588th spot into their current placing.
In Africa, Esperance of Tunisia were in first place, achieving the highest ranking for an African club of 19th place.
There are 11 African clubs in the world top 100.
Etoile Sahel of Tunisia were second, Wydad Casablanca third and Al Ahly fourth in the continental ranking. The top African league is Ligue 1 of Tunisia, ranked 15th in the world, followed by Morocco (17) and Egypt in 30th place.
By Oluyemi Ogunseyin
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some people will not clamour for ex-internationals to test their coaching skills (if any) on these local clubs but they should begin their career with the super eagles team. odiagwu!
Hahaha real talk… come to think of it if ex players are really passionate of football over cash then they should start from here. Finidi, Yobo and Co can you be the Guardiola or Luiz enrique of Naija football before developing your philosophy with a local clubside before moving to National team??? Mr Nice I give you 75likes I have never thought of this before.
*By developing your winning philosophy with a clubside before moving to the national team. Cs Edit option pls
@ Chima,this is what we are saying, that people think we are disrespectful. Sad that I haven’t got the luxury of time to do an holistic report on Nigeria n nigerians endemic problem. I have got loads to say but people may not have the patience to read. OUR PROBLEM IS DOWN TO THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED TO THINK BY GENERATIONS PAST. One day I will explain but very sad to say this downward trend doesn’t look like ending soon.