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Senegal’s Teranga Lions top FIFA rankings for Africa

Senegal's National football team "Lions de teranga" players pose for a photo before the African Cup of Nations qualification match between Ivory Coast and Senegal at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny stadium in Abidjan on September 8, 2012. AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP)

Senegal are the top team in Africa in the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday by football’s world governing body.

The Teranga Lions are ranked 24th in the world and are the top team in Africa, Tunisia, Morocco, Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo are the top five countries in the CAF region.

There is no change in the top 20 in the world with Belgium, France, Brazil, Croatia and England occupying the top five positions in that order.

Africa’s Top 10

1) Senegal

2) Tunisia

3) Morocco

4) Nigeria

5) DR Congo

6) Ghana

7) Cameroon

8) Egypt

9) Burkina Faso

10) Mali

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