Onigbinde Reveals How FIFA decides World Ranking
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former FIFA Instructor, Adegboye Onigbinde, says the quality of
friendly matches undertaken by the Super Eagles determine the team’s
ranking in the monthly world ranking.
Onigbinde told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Friday that the world ranking showed the true state of every nation’s current football development.
He said the FIFA world ranking system was based on teams’ success, with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
The Super Eagles are currently ranked 66 on the world ranking log.
The former Eagles coach said with good administrative structure, the future of quality football would be ensured in the country.
Onigbinde said: “Our administrators need to get their acts together.
“They need to plan ahead.
“Players don’t solicit for friendlies.
“Administrators do.
“So it falls on them to ensure that players are booked for high-ranking international friendlies.
“There is need to plan ahead for any friendly match we want for the Super Eagles.
“It is not done to secure friendly with a high-profile country like England within two weeks.
“It will never happen because they have a structure that is well planned.
“Even common India has a list of their friendly matches for the next two years, unlike us that have a fire brigade approach to things.
“A team that plans will never fail.
“There is need for a functional, meaningful, technical developmental programme for sports generally and football in particular in the country.
“I have been talking about this for over 16 years but it’s nowhere in view and if you check the number one objective of FIFA is about improvement of the game of football.
“That is FIFA’s top priority.
“So if we are not doing that, are we not following FIFA’s objective that is supposed to guide us.
“We win age grade group competitions, which are supposed to help select players for our senior teams, but that can’t happen when we don’t have proper records of these players’ age.
“When I talk most times, some football administrators believe that it’s a publicity stunt.
“For God’s sake, at my age, I don’t need that.
“I remain a loyal Nigerian.
“I want to see my country do well.”
NAN reports that Nigeria’s most successful FIFA ranking till date was in 1995 when the country was ranked fifth in the world.
Onigbinde told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Friday that the world ranking showed the true state of every nation’s current football development.
He said the FIFA world ranking system was based on teams’ success, with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
The Super Eagles are currently ranked 66 on the world ranking log.
The former Eagles coach said with good administrative structure, the future of quality football would be ensured in the country.
Onigbinde said: “Our administrators need to get their acts together.
“They need to plan ahead.
“Players don’t solicit for friendlies.
“Administrators do.
“So it falls on them to ensure that players are booked for high-ranking international friendlies.
“It is not done to secure friendly with a high-profile country like England within two weeks.
“It will never happen because they have a structure that is well planned.
“Even common India has a list of their friendly matches for the next two years, unlike us that have a fire brigade approach to things.
“A team that plans will never fail.
“There is need for a functional, meaningful, technical developmental programme for sports generally and football in particular in the country.
“I have been talking about this for over 16 years but it’s nowhere in view and if you check the number one objective of FIFA is about improvement of the game of football.
“So if we are not doing that, are we not following FIFA’s objective that is supposed to guide us.
“We win age grade group competitions, which are supposed to help select players for our senior teams, but that can’t happen when we don’t have proper records of these players’ age.
“When I talk most times, some football administrators believe that it’s a publicity stunt.
“For God’s sake, at my age, I don’t need that.
“I remain a loyal Nigerian.
“I want to see my country do well.”
NAN reports that Nigeria’s most successful FIFA ranking till date was in 1995 when the country was ranked fifth in the world.
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