Ghana’s Senior National team the Black Stars have moved a place up in the latest FIFA Coca-Cola rankings which was released Thursday.
Ghana moved from the 52nd position to the 51st on the global ranking as well as a position up on the continental level .
The release sees the Black Stars increase in total accumulated points from One thousand four hunderd and seven to one thousand four hundred and twelve.
The rise of the Stars is attributed to the team’s 2 nil victory over Ethiopia in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier earlier this month.
The Black Stars have also ascended by a spot from seventh to sixth, ahead of
- Cameroon (55th in the world), Egypt (56), Burkina Faso (61) and Mali (64).
- Senegal (23) beat Tunisia (26) for the top spot, while Morocco (40), Nigeria (44) and Congo DR (49) make up Africa’s top five.
Meanwhile, on the world stage there has not been changes in the top five as Belgium, France, Brazil, Croatia and England keep their places.