As a result of their recent defeats, the Egyptian national team dropped eight spots in the June FIFA ranking.
In the last FIFA ranking in March, The Pharaohs were placed 32nd on the international ladder, sitting fourth among the African nations.
Since then, Egypt played three games, two of which were in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers (against Guinea and Ethiopia) and the last was against South Korea in a friendly encounter.
The first game went well for the Pharaohs as they came out on top 1-0 in their clash with Guinea.
READ: Egypt’s Ehab Galal era begins with victory over Guinea in AFCON qualifiers.
However, things went south from there as the Egyptian national team suffered a shocking 2-0 defeat to Ethiopia in the 2nd round of the AFCON qualifiers.
READ: Egypt fall to embarrassing defeat to Ethiopia in Malawi.
That wasn’t the end of it, the defeat was followed by another, but this time to South Korea who won the friendly clash 4-1.
Consequently, Egypt dropped from the 32nd to the 40th place in the FIFA ranking, moving down to sixth place among CAF nations with 1482 points.
The top five African nations:
1 – Senegal (18th overall with 1593 points).
2 – Morocco (22nd overall with 1558 points).
3 – Tunisia (30th overall with 1507 points).
4 – Nigeria (31st overall with 1504 points).
5 – Cameroon (38th overall with 1484 points).
In the world rankings, Brazil kept their place at the summit, and they were followed by Belgium, Argentina, France, England, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, and Denmark, making the top 10.
