The Super Eagles have moved one step up in the current FIFA rankings which was released for the Month of March 2015.

The national team, still without a coach and who also missed the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equitorial Guinea were 42nd in the last rankings in February.

The senor national team have only been able to play two friendly games this year; one against Ivory Coast where they lost 0-1 to the current African champions, and the second to the Yemen national team, winning 2-0 in Dubai in January.

BRAZIL, Curitiba : (From top L) Nigeria’s team midfielder John Obi Mikel, forward Emmanuel Emenike, defender Kenneth Omeruo, defender Godfrey Oboabona and defender Efe Ambrose (from bottom L) forward Victor Moses, goalkeeper and captain Vincent Enyeama, forward Ahmed Musa, midfielder Ogenyi Onazi, midfielder Ramon Azeez and defender Juwon Oshaniwa pose during a Group F football match between Iran and Nigeria at the Baixada Arena in Curitiba at the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 16, 2014. AFP PHOTO

The Eagles who were the 2013 AFCON champions remain seventh in the African continent, queuing behind the likes of Algeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Tunisia, Cape Verde Island and Senegal.

The Eagles will hope to improve on the world rankings as the Nigeria Football Federation have scheduled two friendly games against Bolivia on the 26th and then against South Africa three days later.

Algeria, who are first in Africa ranked 18th in the world while Cote d’Ivoire are in 20th position in the world and second in Africa. They are followed by Ghana, Tunisia, Senegal, Cape Verde Island, Nigeria, Guinea, Congo DR and Cameroon.

Germany occupy the first position on the Fifa /Coca-Cola World Ranking with Argentina and Colombia third and fourth respectively.

The biggest climbers of the month are Barbados (131st) and Bermuda (169th), both of whom have risen by 11 places by virtue of a win and a draw each.

Spain for the first time in many years are nowhere to be found in the top ten having been ranked 11th with 1130 points.