Bafana Bafana have dropped two spots, from 57th to 59th worldwide, and out of the top 10 in Africa, into 11th place in the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday.
Hugo Broos’ charges were recently held to a disappointing 2-2 draw by Uganda in their 2025 AFCON Qualifiers clash before leaving it late as they rallied from a goal down to narrowly beat South Sudan 3-2.
Having picked up four points from a possible six in those two clashes have thus in turn affected South Africa’s placing, with Congo DR now having leapfrogged them.
2022 World Cup semi-finalists Morocco remain unmoved as Africa’s highest ranked side and being number 14 globally.
Egypt (3 & 31), AFCON title holders Cote d’Ivoire (4 & 33) and Algeria (7 & 41) were the biggest movers with five points each, while Congo DR (10 & 58) accumulated two points to move into 10th place.
Africa’s top 10:
