Nigeria women’s national football team, Super Falcons, have moved up one place to 36th in the latest FIFA Women’s World Ranking, keeping their status as Africa’s highest-ranked side.
The ranking, released on Tuesday, April 21, marks a modest rise from the team’s 37th position in December 2025.
The update reflects results from two pre-WAFCON friendlies against the Cameroon women’s national football team, where Nigeria first suffered a 1-0 defeat in February before responding with a 3-1 win in March.
Three days after the narrow loss, the 10-time African champions returned sharper and more aggressive to swing the tie in their favour.
Forward Chinwendu Ihezuo levelled in the 32nd minute, heading home a precise cross from Rinsola Babajide.
Just before the break, Babajide struck from close range following a scramble in the box to hand Nigeria a 2-1 lead. In the 64th minute, Michelle Alozie sealed the win with a flying header from a teasing delivery by captain Rasheedat Ajibade.
The win lifted Nigeria by 3.35 points to 1602 in April, although the tally remains five points shy of the 1607 recorded in December 2025.
In Africa, the Falcons are followed by South Africa, Ghana, and Morocco, ranked 58th, 59th and 62nd globally.
At the top of the world standings, Spain remain first, ahead of the United States, England, Germany, and Japan.
