Johannesburg – Bafana Bafana continued their steady decline in the Fifa World rankings to number 72 in the world.
The rankings which were released on Thursday, also showed a drop to 17th in the African rankings for South Africa.
Bafana’s next assignment is against Mauritania on September 4 in their Afcon 2017 qualifying match.
Bafana’s best-ever ranking was 19th in the world back in 1996, but are now moving towards their worst ranking of 93rd they held in 1993.
Fifa World Rankings:
1. Argentina
2. Belgium
3. Germany
4. Colombia
5. Brazil
6. Portugal
7. Romania
8. England
9. Wales
10. Chile
72. South Africa
CAF Rankings:
1. Algeria
2. Ivory Coast
3. Ghana
4. Tunisia
5. Senegal
6. Cameroon
7. Congo
8. Cape Verde Islands
9. Egypt
10. Nigeria
17. South Africa - ANA