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Guinea-Bissau biggest Fifa movers in 2016
6:58 CAT | 23 Dec 2016
Getty / Guinea-Bissau's France-based captain Bocundji Ca will lead his side at Gabon 2017
Guinea-Bissau are the biggest movers on the Fifa rankings for 2016, having gained 78 places since December last year.
They are now 68th on the global list and 15th in Africa.
It means they are above Uganda, Togo and Zimbabwe who have also qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon.
Senegal end the year as the top-ranked African side at 33 in the world.
Africa’s Top 10 on Fifa’s December ranking (global position in brackets):
- Senegal (33)
- Ivory Coast (34)
- Tunisia (35)
- Egypt (36)
- Algeria (38)
- DR Congo(48)
- Burkina Faso (50)
- Nigeria (51) (did not qualify for Gabon 2017)
- Ghana (53)
- Morocco (57)
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