Uganda has moved up two slots in the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) rankings for the month of March.
Despite dropping in points from 467 garnered last month to 463, Uganda has moved from 78th to 76th in the monthly rankings released on Thursday at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.
At 76th worldwide and 16th in Africa, Uganda remains the best ranked team in the Cecafa region with Kenya following closely in 78th.
Kenya has improved by 10 slots to reach 78th position their best ranking in a long time.
Rwanda had dropped by 24 slots from 93rd to 117th position. Ethiopia are 124th, Tanzania are 135th while Burundi are a distant 141st.
Africa
Egypt remain the most ranked team in Africa occupying 19th position while AFCON champions Cameroon coming second in Africa but 33rd globally.
Burkina Faso (35th),Nigeria (40th),DR Congo (41st) and Tunisia (42nd) complete the top five most ranked slots from Africa.
Uganda’s AFCON opponents
The Cranes remain the most ranked team among the 2019 African cup of Nations qualifier opponents.
Cape Verde are ranked 82nd, Tanzania are 135th while minnows Lesotho occupy 148th position.
2018 World cup qualifier opponents
Egypt take the top spot in group D with six points and also remain the most ranked at 19th. Ghana are 45th while Congo Brazzaville are 84th.
World’s Best
Brazil who became the first team to qualify for 2018 World cup move to the summit of the rankings dispensing Argentina who drop to second.
Uruguay drop out of the top ten from 9th to 15th and replaced by Switzerland.
Top Ten
Brazil
Argentina
Germany
Chile
Colombia
France
Belgium
Portugal
Switzerland
Spain
Liberia have dropped the most by 39 places from 102nd to 141 while Bolivia who defeated Argentina last month have been the most side moving up 23 places from 97th to 74th.