The Nigeria Skilled Soccer League (NPFL) has as soon as once more did not safe a spot amongst Africa’s high ten home leagues within the newest rankings launched by the Worldwide Federation of Soccer Historical past and Statistics (IFFHS).
In keeping with the IFFHS, the NPFL is at present ranked twelfth in Africa and 91st globally, leaving Nigeria outdoors the continent’s elite leagues.
The IFFHS is a globally revered physique liable for documenting soccer historical past, data and statistics, and it commonly evaluates the performances of leagues, golf equipment and gamers internationally.
Its most up-to-date international league rankings, revealed on Friday, present an summary of the present hierarchy of home soccer competitions in Africa and past.
Notably, no African league featured within the international high 15.
The Egyptian Premier League stays Africa’s highest-ranked competitors, sitting first on the continent and sixteenth worldwide.
North African leagues proceed to dominate the higher tier of the rankings, with Morocco’s Botola Professional rated second in Africa (thirty ninth globally), adopted by South Africa’s Premier Soccer League in third place (forty fifth globally).
Algeria’s Ligue 1 occupies fourth place on the continent (forty sixth globally), whereas Tunisia’s Ligue Professionnelle 1 completes Africa’s high 5 at 51st worldwide.
The remainder of Africa’s high ten leagues are the Tanzanian Premier League, DR Congo’s Linafoot, Mali’s Ligue 1 Orange, Angola’s Girabola and the Ivorian Ligue 1.
Africa’s Prime 10 Leagues at a Look (IFFHS Rankings)
Egyptian Premier League (Egypt) – sixteenth globally
Botola Professional (Morocco) – thirty ninth globally
Premier Soccer League (South Africa) – forty fifth globally
Algerian Ligue 1 (Algeria) – forty sixth globally
Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisia) – 51st globally
Tanzanian Premier League (Tanzania)
Linafoot (DR Congo)
Ligue 1 Orange (Mali)
Girabola (Angola)
Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast)
