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Zambia Falls on FIFA Rankings, Now 14th In Africa and 71 In The World
In a period that has seen Zambia fail to qualify for the finals of next year’s CHAN championship finals as well as the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals, Chipolopolo has dropped on the global football ladder; falling from 10th to 14th in Africa and from number 60 to 71 in the world.
According to the latest release from FIFA Headquarters in Zurich, Côte d’Ivoire remains Africa’s highest ranked team.
Zambia’s fall can be attributed to the 0-1 home loss to Zimbabwe and last Friday’s 2-1 defeat at the hands of Ghana in Kumasi.
Africa Top 20 for September
1 Côte d’Ivoire
2 Ghana
3 Algeria
4 Nigeria
5 Mali
6 Cape Verde Islands
7 Tunisia
8 Egypt
9 Burkina Faso
10 Cameroon
11 Senegal
12 South Africa
13 Libya
14 Zambia
15 Sierra Leone
16 Morocco
17 Guinea
18 Togo
19 Uganda
20 Gabon
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Smigo
September 12, 2013 at 5:25 pm
Yes, let us renew HR’s contract. Seems only Zambians havent seen that their team’s performance has taken a nosedive.
What was our ranking before HR took command of the team anyway? Forget the Afcon and COSAFA(Which in any case we have won several times).
Mzungu wa Kajo
September 13, 2013 at 10:19 am
Try putting the rankings in a trophy cabinet and see how it fits.
chi
September 12, 2013 at 6:08 pm
Fire the rebard
Nazirite-The Seperated One
September 13, 2013 at 2:49 am
Lol! Are we on a swing bane? Any way, fili uko tuleya.
kayula
September 13, 2013 at 5:01 am
This is sad development especially that the country has players with potential. Why ignore players like sate sate the top scorer when playing Zimbabwe. Evans was on bench untill the last 15 minutes NANGU TU WINE NANGU TULUSE ZAMBIA CHIPOLOPOLO. Hon kambwili pliz send, patrick phiri,Lwandamina and Keegan Mumba to Netherland or germany for training
ikafa
September 13, 2013 at 6:39 am
These FIFA rankins are fake when went went all the beating Teams like Ivory coast & Ghana at the AFCon & lifted the Cup we never got any nearer 2nd position. Look at Cape verde now how would explain their rise come on this is Nosense
Mulongoti
September 13, 2013 at 7:44 am
we look at the current performance. Do not live on past glory my friend. And we are renewing the contract for the coach. period!
BEV
September 13, 2013 at 3:03 pm
MOLONGOTI you have not gotten the idea, why should lossing two games move you so far away while winning games at the afcon never got us closer to the top? we beat them all. Ghana and Ivory coast, its a point of reference not dweling, we are comparing, naine i have questions over this ranking, cape verde sure????
Alangizi Akulu
September 13, 2013 at 7:18 am
Hard luck, hope it won’t get worse before it gets better. Uumh, Libya up there and not Ethiopia, I smell a rat.Anyhow, by and large, the ranking looks aunthetic. Bola ni zigolo (bola kwingisha).
lackie
September 13, 2013 at 7:44 am
Zambia is #6 from the bottom. FAZ must GOOOOOOOOOOOO
ikafa
September 13, 2013 at 7:50 am
If you still have faith in renard I wish you good luck. I will have my last laugh & watch you argue amongst yourselves
kipuba
September 13, 2013 at 8:10 am
osila ki ki ha ha mwalipwa
Smigo
September 13, 2013 at 8:27 am
Ikafa, that makes the two of us.
DIVA
September 13, 2013 at 11:08 am
Fluke or no fluke, record has been set which you i.d.i.o.t cannot erase.
Mukulomino
September 13, 2013 at 9:44 pm
Zambia also made history by being the first champion to be ejected in the first round without winning a single game. This too is part of Renard’s record and no one can erase it.
A.Gyan
September 13, 2013 at 9:17 am
Its just another sign that Afcon 12 was a Fluke
Mpangula Mputyu aka TeamDoraPetauke2013
September 13, 2013 at 9:17 am
AFRICAN ADMINISTRATORS READ THE RULES UPSIDE DOWN. CAPE VERDE KICKED OUT OF WORLDCUP QUALIFIERS
Cape Verde kicked out of World Cup qualifiers
13-Sep-2013 | Reuters | 1 comments
THE fairytale progress of tiny Cape Verde Islands to the last round of African World Cup qualifiers turned into a nightmare yesterday when Fifa found them guilty of fielding an ineligible player and turfed them out of the competition.
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Their place in the final round playoffs will be taken by Tunisia, who the Cape Verdians had sensationally eliminated at the weekend to win their group with a shock 2-0 win in Tunis.
Tunisia coach Nabil Maaloul quit in the wake of the embarrassing setback.
Because Cape Verde fielded the defender Fernando Varela, who should have sat out the match after being sent off in a qualifier in March, the match has been forfeited and awarded 3-0 in favour of Tunisia, Fifa said in a statement.
It means Tunisia finish top of Group B and will play in the final round of the qualifiersr. The 10 group winners go into a draw on Monday to determine the pairings for the five playoff matches from which the winners will go to Brazil next year.
The Cape Verde have also been fined about R64 000 after a meeting of the Fifa disciplinary committee.
The administrative mix-up continues a bizarre sequence of similar failings that have already seen Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Sudan and Togo sanctioned for using ineligible players.
Alangizi Akulu
September 13, 2013 at 9:47 am
FIFA needed to award us 6 boardroom points instead of three. Let’s advocate for the change of the FIFA rules.
Bull
September 13, 2013 at 9:52 am
Yes, you gain points by beating a high ranked team. Full stop.
iwe sure
September 13, 2013 at 12:20 pm
I told u that Boonet was the man . He groomed a special team which was ready to win the AFCON and HR supported by Great K hijacked the froots . This is Evidenced by the performance at the SA 2013 Afcon finals where HR failed to produce a winning team. Its sad to go back on fifa ranking to the position we were before the Afcon 2012
sad face
September 13, 2013 at 3:04 pm
CaN zambia beat BRAZIL?????? 15th 0CTOBER 2013…….. As far as this concernd ZAMBIA is a favourite in africa if brazil can choose zambia they hav seen s0mthing!!!!! RENard stays….
kazeze
September 13, 2013 at 4:45 pm
Yes they have seen that Zambia is a weak team so they want to practice their tactics and increase their morale by winning convincingly.
Bullu
September 13, 2013 at 4:25 pm
Lets wait for the loss to Brazil, then we will be no. 80+ in the world should HR’s tactics earn us a 9-0 beating.
shi maina
September 13, 2013 at 4:38 pm
@ ikafa u are right my man…….
Sepp Blatter
September 13, 2013 at 5:13 pm
BREAKING NEWS:By “beating” Cape Verde via a 3 nil score line, Tunisia are now ranked 2nd in Africa- FIFA (just thinking aloud)
umuntu Mutwe
September 13, 2013 at 6:50 pm
FIFA rankings are fake.Let us just concentrate n build on with the efforts of Herve Renrd He is great otherwise.Chipolopolo 4 rever.
umuntu mutwe
September 13, 2013 at 6:57 pm
Ba FIFA balitemwa ama teams yaku West Africa nayaku North africa.Bola yena tulateya pa ZED.Let them do their fake mathematics atase!