It is the Ghana National Football Team is the representative of Ghana in international football for men and has been doing this in the past since 1950. The team comprises twenty players that include technicians. The team is referred to as the Black Stars in honor of their nickname, the Black Star of Africa in the flag of Ghana. It is run by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) the governing body of soccer in Ghana and is the oldest club in Africa (founded around 1920). Before 1957, Ghana Football Association was known under the name of Gold Coast. They are a part in the two organizations, FIFA as well as CAF.
While the team was not able to participate in an invitation to the Senior FIFA World Cup for the first time in 2006, they qualified for four Olympic Football Tournaments at a time when the qualifiers were still a full national championship for senior African teams. Their greatest accomplishment was a third place finish in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Ghana has won at least the Africa Cup of Nations four times (in 1963 in 1963, 1965, 1978 as well as 1982) and finished runners-up five times (in 1968 1990, 1970, 1992 in 2010, and in the year 2015). After a year of unbeaten play, the Ghana national football team was awarded the FIFA World Cup Best Mover in the of the Year Award and advanced to the finals of the 2006. FIFA World Cup. In the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, they became only the third African team to make it to the World Cup quarter-finals, and the 2014 World Cup was the third time in succession at World Cup.
Ghana national football team.
The Gold Coast Football Association was established in 1920 and was later replaced by Ghana Football Association (GFA) in 1957. It was became a member of the Confederation of African Football and FIFA the following year.
On the 19th August 1962, on the 19th of August 1962 at Accra Sports Stadium. Accra Sports Stadium The Black Stars played Spanish giants Real Madrid, who were at the time Spanish champions, and former European champions, and champions of the intercontinental championships with a 3-3 draw.
Charles Kumi Gyamfi became coach in 1961. The Black Stars won successive African Cup of Nations titles in 1963 and 1965 and then won the record for their team 13-2 in the final against Kenya just after the second. They also made it to the final of the competition in 1968 and in 1970 and lost 1-0 on both occasion against DR Congo and Sudan respectively. Their dominance in this tournament brought them the Black Stars team the nicknames of "the Black Stars of West Africa" and "the Black Stars of Africa" in the 1960s.
The team was unsuccessful with FIFA World Cup qualification during the time, and was unable to make it to three consecutive African Cup of Nations in the 1970s. However, it was able to participate in qualifying for the Olympic Games football tournaments, becoming the first sub-Saharan African team in Africa to be able to participate in the Games and reach the quarter-finals in 1964 , before withdrawing following qualifying in 1976 and in 1980 after which they won the 1982 African cup of nations in 1982. After three unsuccessful attempts to make the final of the tournament The 1992 African Cup of Nations saw the Black Stars finish second.
Prior to 2000, there was discord within the players that eventually led to parliamentary as well as executive intervention to settle disputes between two members of the squad, Abedi Pele and Tony Yeboah in the latter part of the 1990s, could be a factor in the squad's inability to replicate the success of the national teams for underage players in the latter part of the 1990s, but a new group comprised of Black Stars players who went to the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship final were the mainstay of the team in the 2002 African Cup of Nations, and they were undefeated for the entire year in 2005, and made it to the semifinals at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the first time that the team reached the international stage of the competition. They Black Stars started by succumbing to a 2-0 loss to the eventual champions Italy and then victories against Italy (2-0) and the Czech Republic (2-0) and the United States (2-1) saw them through to the second round which they lost the match 3-0 to Brazil.
The year 2008 saw Ghana was able to achieve a score of 14 on the FIFA Men's World Ranking. Under the direction of head coach Milovan Rajevac the Black Stars went on to attain a 100% record during their qualifying campaign by winning the group and being the very first African team to be selected for 2010's FIFA World Cup. The final game of the tournament was played in Ghana. the team played in Group D along with Germany, Serbia and Australia. Ghana got to in the 16th round, where they faced with the United States, winning 2-1 in extra time, becoming the 3rd African nation to make it to the World Cup quarter-finals. Ghana then fell to Uruguay through a penalty shootout during the quarterfinals in the quarter-finals, after they missed the penalty kick in extra time. What would be the goal to take Ghana into the semifinals was stopped by the deliberate handball of Luis Suarez which was then rewarded with the yellow card due to the actions of his.
In 2013, Ghana became the first team in Africa that has reached four semi-finals in a row of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations twice, in 1963 and 1970 , as well as between 2008 and 2013.
Ghana was highly ranked by FIFA to begin their qualification for World Cup in 2014. World Cup in the Second round. They were crowned the winners of their group and then in the next round they qualified to play in the 2014 World Cup finals in November 2013 when they beat Egypt 7-3, resulting in a play-off that was two legs. Ghana was a part of the group G to play in the World Cup finals in which they were to play Germany, Portugal, and the United States. It was the World Cup finals ended up disappointed due to the fact that Ghana was eliminated during the group stage, without winning a game and issues with poor planning and payments bonuses as the primary reason for their ineffective performance (although they managed to draw an 2-2 draw against the eventual winners Germany). Ghana had the distinction of being the only nation not to lose to Germany during the tournament.
Following this year's World Cup, Ghana slowly began to slowly enter a phase of decline. The last section of their glorious time was written in their 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, in which they Black Stars handily reached the final again but were unable to claim the trophy due to penalties against Ivory Coast. In 2017, their Africa Cup of Nations campaign concluded with a fourth-place finish - the third time in the four previous editions of the tournament they were unable to make an impression in qualifying in the qualifiers for 2018's World Cup, finishing behind Egypt and Uganda in their final group. In the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in the United States, the Black Stars once again couldn't recreate their winning ways and were defeated from the tournament by Tunisia at the end of the 16th round. The following year, Rajevac returned in the hope of bringing back Ghana's glory of the past however, the team sank to an all-time low in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, in which they failed to beat a single game and fell to newcomers the Comoros after receiving an Andre Ayew red-card to be at the bottom of their group, and fail to advance past the stage of group play for the first time since 2006.
In spite of having the Africa Cup of Nations being unsuccessful, Ghana drew 0-0 vs Nigeria and then drew 1-1 against Nigeria to be eligible to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup on the away goals rule.
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The black star is visible in the Flag of Ghana and national coat of arms that is located in the center of the national emblem. It was adopted after the nation's independence in Ghana in 1957 the black star was always featured in the kit. They Black Stars' kits were sponsored by Puma SE starting in 2005 until expiring in 2014.
This Black Star kit is used in lieu of the gold red, green and green colored football kit, that is based on the colors that are used on Ghana. Ghana nation's flag. It is believed that the Black Stars have used an mostly black and all white football kit that was used from 1957 until 1989, and then again from 2006 to December 2014.
From 1990 to 2006, the Ghana national team of three utilized the kit that reflected the colors of the flag of Ghana which included red, green, and gold frequently used, for example for the team's logo, and often referred to as the Pan-African colors. The gold-green and red kit design and concept was also utilized throughout the sixties, seventies featuring vertical stripes of green and gold with red shoulders. A second kit that was all black was launched in 2008 and the 2015 model was introduced. Black Stars' gold-red-green kit, as well as all black kits will be moved to the positions of kits 1 and 2 following the introduction of a brown kit with blue and gold-coloured Black Stars 3rd kit in 2012.
The Ghana national football team's soccer jersey for the 2014 FIFA World Cup was ranked as the top kit during the event by BuzzFeed.
Kit supplier | Period |
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Erima | 1991–1992 |
Adidas | 1992–2000 |
Kappa | 2000–2005 |
Puma | 2005–present |
There is no set venue for home games of Black Stars. Black Stars. World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches were played at the Sekondi Takoradi Stadium in Takoradi as well as at the Len Clay Stadium, Kumasi Sports Stadium and the Abrankese Stadium, both in Kumasi as well as Kumasi Sports Stadium, the Cape Coast Sports Stadium in Cape Coast, the Accra Sports Stadium in Accra in Ghana, and also The Tamale Stadium in Tamale. A few smaller regional stadiums (stadiums) have also been utilized during the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying and the 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification qualifying campaigns.
The Black Stars' training facilities and training facilities are located on Agyeman Badu Stadium Berekum Sports Stadium located in the Brong-Ahafo region. Tema Sports Stadium in Tema and the multi-functional Lizzy Sports Complex in Legon.
A majority of Ghanaian people speak Akan while around 21 percent speak English. the schedules for matches that are broadcast by The Black Stars are broadcast both in English as for inter-continental games, as well as in Akan national broadcasts by Adom TV, PeaceFM, AdomFM and HappyFM. The scheduled qualification in 2014, the World Cup national broadcaster GTV, a sub-division within GBC, the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) broadcasts to Ghanaian qualifying public at home, with away qualifiers being broadcast by the satellite television broadcasting company Viasat 1. The friendly game against Turkey on August 13, 2013 was telecast through Viasat 1 and the qualifiers for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2018 Inter-Continental Championships are scheduled for broadcast to the public by the companies GFA TV, GBC and Viasat 1.
The Black Stars as it stands currently has no head official due to corrupt practices of the president of the time, Kwesi Nyantakyi. And vice-president George Agfriyie, along with Frank Davis as director of football as well as Edward Bawa as treasurer. And vice president George Afriyie. Ghana Football Association (GFA) announced an CNY=92.2 million (US$15 million) agreement with Ghanaian state-owned petroleum and exploration firm, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) which sponsors Ghana's Black Stars and the renewable contract was signed in which the exploration company becoming the principal patron for the Black Stars, with a annually Black Stars player salary wage bill that follows the gold mining companies Ashanti Goldfields Corporation and Goldfields Ghana Limited (GGL), who had sponsored and promoting the Black Stars since 2005.
On August 28, 2013 Ghana Football Association (GFA) created a TV channel, which was called it GFA TV, thus becoming the first football club in the African continent to create its own TV channel. GFA TV is the only channel with exclusive rights to broadcast all Black Stars' matches. In November 2013 The Black Stars signed a 2013-2015 CNY=30.6 million (US$5 million) and a further secured multi-million bank sponsoring agreement with UniBank, the Ghanaian public-owned private bank UniBank.
It is estimated that the Black Stars maintain an average stadium attendance of 60,000 , and an attendance record of over 80,000, like when it was the case with their Black Stars' 2010 FIFA World Cup quarter-final game against Uruguay that was watched by 84,017 fans. Ghana's game against England on the 29th of March in 2011 was the most watched away match for any national association football team since the reopening the doors of Wembley Stadium in 2007. The game was watched by 700 million viewers all over the world.
After the team's appearances in both the 2006 and 2010 World Cup tournaments they were received by hundreds of enthusiastic fans who were dancing and singing during the Kotoka International Airport in Accra.
There is a rivalry between the Black Stars' main footballing rivalry is with the Super Eagles, the national team from Nigeria. This "Battle of Supremacy in the Gulf of Guinea" is among two teams that have the highest success on the African continent. Due to the proximity of these two nations to one another as well as a disagreement between various association football tournaments, and a greater diplomatic battle for control across West Africa add to this rivalry. The game between the two nations is referred to as the Jollof derby.
Books, documentaries, film, Azonto dances and songs were created in the name of Ghana national team of football. They may have commercial purposes, but they focus on the past or upcoming World Cups or Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.
Below is a list of the results of the matches played over the last 12 months in addition to any future games that are scheduled.
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | 9 October | Ghana | 3-1 | Zimbabwe | Cape Coast, Ghana |
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | 12 October | Zimbabwe | 0-1 | Ghana | Harare, Zimbabwe |
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | 11 October | Ethiopia | 1-1 | Ghana | Johannesburg, South Africa |
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | 14 October | Ghana | 1-0 | South Africa | Cape Coast, Ghana |
Friendly | 5 January | Algeria | 3-0 | Ghana | Al Rayyan, Qatar |
2021 AFCON | 10 January | Morocco | 1-0 | Ghana | Yaoundé, Cameroon |
2021 AFCON | 14 January | Gabon | 1-1 | Ghana | Yaoundé, Cameroon |
2021 AFCON | 18 January | Ghana | 2-3 | Comoros | Garoua, Cameroon |
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 1st Leg | 25 March | Ghana | 0-0 | Nigeria | Kumasi, Ghana |
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 1st Leg | 29 March | Nigeria | 1-1 | Ghana | Abuja, Nigeria |
2023 AFCON qualification | 1 June | Ghana | 3-0 | Madagascar | Cape Coast, Ghana |
2023 AFCON qualification | 5 June | Central African Republic | 1-1 | Ghana | Luanda, Angola |
2022 Kirin Cup Soccer | 10 June | Japan | 4-1 | Ghana | Kobe, Japan |
2022 Kirin Cup Soccer | 14 June | Chile | 0-0 | Ghana | Osaka, Japan |
Friendly | 23 August | Qatar | 2-1 | Ghana | Vienna, Austria |
Friendly | 23 September | Brazil | 3-0 | Ghana | Le Havre, France |
Friendly | 27 September | Nicaragua | 0-1 | Ghana | Lorca, Spain |
Friendly | 17 November | Switzerland | v | Ghana | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
2022 FIFA World Cup | 24 November | Portugal | v | Ghana | Doha, Qatar |
2022 FIFA World Cup | 28 November | South Korea | v | Ghana | Al Rayyan, Qatar |
2022 FIFA World Cup | 2 December | Ghana | v | Uruguay | Al Rayyan, Qatar |
2023 AFCON qualification | March | Ghana | v | Angola | Ghana |
2023 AFCON qualification | March | Angola | v | Ghana | Angola |
2023 AFCON qualification | September | Madagascar | v | Ghana | Madagascar |
2023 AFCON qualification | September | Ghana | v | Central African Republic | Ghana |
Head coach | Otto Addo |
Technical Advisor | Chris Hughton |
Assistant coach | George Boateng |
Assistant coach | Mas-Ud Didi Dramani |
Goalkeeping coach | Richard Kingson |
Since 1957, Ghana has seen 32 head coaches, and three caretakers. C. K. Gyamfi is the most successful of them all who led his team of Black Stars to three Africa Cup of Nations championships in 1963 in 1965, and 1982 - giving Gyamfi the second-highest-performing coach in the history of the tournament. Fred Osam Duodu led the Black Stars to their 1978 Africa Cup of Nations title; Ratomir Dujkovic, Milovan Rajevac as well as James Kwesi Appiah, have all guided their respective Black Stars to World Cup qualifying. Serbian coaches have proven to be among the best foreign coach in Ghana in the past, and two managers each leading Ghana to two World Cup debuts. At present, the Ghanaian national team is under the direction of Otto Addo who is the coach in charge and is assisted by Chris Hughton, George Boateng and Mas-Ud Didi Diamantua as head coaches for the national senior squad, known as the Black Stars until the end in December 2022.
Detail of the players as below mentioned.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Richard Ofori | 1 November 1993 (age 28) | 24 | 0 | Orlando Pirates |
12 | GK | Abdul Manaf Nurudeen | 8 February 1999 (age 23) | 2 | 0 | Eupen |
16 | GK | Joe Wollacott | 8 September 1996 (age 26) | 11 | 0 | Charlton Athletic |
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2 | DF | Tariq Lamptey | 30 September 2000 (age 22) | 1 | 0 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
3 | DF | Denis Odoi | 27 May 1988 (age 34) | 4 | 0 | Club Brugge |
4 | DF | Mohammed Salisu | 17 April 1999 (age 23) | 1 | 0 | Southampton |
14 | DF | Gideon Mensah | 18 July 1998 (age 24) | 10 | 0 | Bordeaux |
15 | DF | Joseph Aidoo | 29 September 1995 (age 27) | 10 | 0 | Celta de Vigo |
17 | DF | Abdul Rahman Baba | 2 July 1994 (age 28) | 47 | 1 | Reading |
18 | DF | Daniel Amartey | 1 December 1994 (age 27) | 43 | 0 | Leicester City |
23 | DF | Alexander Djiku | 9 August 1994 (age 28) | 18 | 1 | Strasbourg |
26 | DF | Alidu Seidu | 25 February 1996 (age 26) | 2 | 0 | Clermont |
DF | Stephan Ambrosius | 18 December 1998 (age 23) | 0 | 0 | Karlsruher SC | |
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5 | MF | Thomas Partey | 13 June 1993 (age 29) | 40 | 14 | Arsenal |
6 | MF | Elisha Owusu | 7 November 1997 (age 24) | 2 | 0 | Gent |
8 | MF | Daniel-Kofi Kyereh | 8 March 1996 (age 26) | 12 | 0 | Freiburg |
10 | MF | André Ayew | 17 December 1989 (age 32) | 107 | 23 | Al-Sadd |
20 | MF | Mohammed Kudus | 2 August 2000 (age 22) | 16 | 4 | Ajax |
21 | MF | Iddrisu Baba | 22 January 1996 (age 26) | 18 | 0 | Mallorca |
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7 | FW | Abdul Fatawu Issahaku | 8 March 2004 (age 18) | 11 | 0 | Sporting |
9 | FW | Jordan Ayew | 11 September 1991 (age 31) | 82 | 20 | Crystal Palace |
11 | FW | Osman Bukari | 13 December 1998 (age 23) | 5 | 1 | Red Star Belgrade |
13 | FW | Felix Afena-Gyan | 19 January 2003 (age 19) | 6 | 1 | Cremonese |
19 | FW | Iñaki Williams | 15 June 1994 (age 28) | 1 | 0 | Athletic Bilbao |
22 | FW | Kamaldeen Sulemana | 15 February 2002 (age 20) | 11 | 0 | Rennes |
27 | FW | Antoine Semenyo | 7 January 2000 (age 22) | 1 | 0 | Bristol City |
28 | FW | Daniel Afriyie | 26 June 2001 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Hearts of Oak |
FW | Benjamin Tetteh | 10 July 1997 (age 25) | 7 | 0 | Hull City | |
FW | Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer | 13 September 2001 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Hamburger SV |
The following players were called up for Ghana during the past twelve months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Richard Attah | 9 April 1995 (age 27) | 0 | 0 | Hearts of Oak | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
GK | Ibrahim Danlad | 2 December 2002 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Asante Kotoko | v. Ethiopia, 11 November 2021 PRE |
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DF | Jonathan Mensah | 13 July 1990 (age 32) | 69 | 1 | Columbus Crew | v. Central African Republic, 5 June 2022 |
DF | Abdul Mumin | 6 June 1998 (age 24) | 0 | 0 | Rayo Vallecano | v. Central African Republic, 5 June 2022 |
DF | Montari Kamaheni | 1 February 2000 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Ashdod | v. Nigeria, 29 March 2022 |
DF | Philomon Baffour | 6 February 2001 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Dreams | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
DF | Nicholas Opoku | 11 August 1997 (age 25) | 14 | 1 | Amiens | v. South Africa, 6 September 2021 |
DF | Fatawu Mohammed | 2 June 1992 (age 30) | 1 | 0 | Hearts of Oak | v. South Africa, 6 September 2021 |
DF | Joseph Adjei | 20 August 1995 (age 27) | 0 | 0 | Legon Cities | v. South Africa, 6 September 2021 |
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MF | Augustine Okrah | 14 September 1993 (age 29) | 2 | 0 | Bechem United | v. Central African Republic, 5 June 2022 |
MF | Yaw Yeboah | 28 March 1997 (age 25) | 4 | 0 | Columbus Crew | v. Nigeria, 29 March 2022 |
MF | David Abagna | 9 September 1998 (age 24) | 1 | 0 | Real Tamale | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
MF | Emmanuel Lomotey | 19 December 1997 (age 24) | 7 | 0 | Malmö FF | v. Ethiopia, 11 November 2021 PRE |
MF | Majeed Ashimeru | 10 October 1997 (age 24) | 2 | 0 | Anderlecht | v. Ethiopia, 11 November 2021 PRE |
MF | Alfred Duncan | 10 March 1993 (age 29) | 10 | 0 | Fiorentina | v. Zimbabwe, 9 October 2021 PRE |
MF | Tariqe Fosu | 5 November 1995 (age 26) | 4 | 1 | Stoke | v. Zimbabwe, 9 October 2021 PRE |
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FW | Joseph Paintsil | 1 February 1998 (age 24) | 5 | 0 | Genk | v. Central African Republic, 5 June 2022 |
FW | Richmond Boakye | 28 January 1993 (age 29) | 19 | 7 | Lamia | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
FW | Samuel Owusu | 28 March 1996 (age 26) | 17 | 1 | ÄukariÄki | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
FW | Maxwell Abbey Quaye | 2 February 1998 (age 24) | 1 | 0 | Great Olympics | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
FW | Joel Fameyeh | 14 May 1997 (age 25) | 6 | 2 | Orenburg | v. Zimbabwe, 9 October 2021 PRE |
FW | Emmanuel Gyasi | 11 January 1994 (age 28) | 3 | 0 | Spezia | v. Zimbabwe, 9 October 2021 PRE |
The Ghana football association Ghana (GFA) oversees various national teams at various levels, including the Ghanaian national football team. The team is limited to players who participate within the league that they play in, hence they are called Ghana Premier League. The team is known as"the Local Black Stars.
The Ghana Football Association Ghana (GFA) manages numerous national teams in various levels of age, ranging from 16 and 23 years old.
The under-23 team (or Olympic team) from the 1992 Summer Olympics is a team that competes at Olympic games of football, the Football All-Africa Games, CAF U-23 Championship and is limited to players who are between 23 and 23 years old. The football team at the Olympic Games is thus considered as an under-23 World Cup and since the Olympic Games of 1992; the under-23 team has played in five Olympic Games, becoming the first African team to earn an Olympic medal, when they took home bronze in the 1992 Olympics.
The level for under-20s is regarded as a feeder to senior players in the Black Stars senior squad and has been a part of the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its beginning during the 1970s. The under-20 team won the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2009 when they defeated Brazil 4-3 in penalties after the match ended in 0-0 extra time. It was the first team on the Africa continent to win the tournament. Under-20 teams have won the African Youth Championship four times in 1999, 1995, 2009 and 2021 and also two runners-up in the years 2001 and 2013.
The level for under-17 is the smallest level, and the chosen players must be older than 17 years old. The team is representing Ghana at Ghana's participation in the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The team's under-17s has twice been FIFA U-17 World Cup champions in 1991 and in 1995. They also finished runners-up in two instances in 1997 and 1993. The under-17 team has been involved in 8 of the 15 competitions in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, beginning with the Scotland in 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship and taking the lead in at the FIFA U-17 World Cup competition in the 1990swhen they made it to four finals in a row. They also won two times in the African U-17 Championship.
At the time of writing, 27 September 2022.
Players who are bold are in active service in Ghana.
Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
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1 | Asamoah Gyan | 109 | 51 | 2003–2019 |
André Ayew | 109 | 23 | 2007–present | |
3 | Richard Kingson | 93 | 1 | 1996–2011 |
4 | John Paintsil | 91 | 0 | 2001–2013 |
5 | Harrison Afful | 86 | 0 | 2008–2018 |
6 | Sulley Muntari | 84 | 20 | 2002–2014 |
7 | Jordan Ayew | 83 | 19 | 2009–present |
8 | John Mensah | 81 | 3 | 2001–2012 |
9 | Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu | 78 | 11 | 2008–2017 |
10 | Kwadwo Asamoah | 74 | 4 | 2008–2019 |
Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Career |
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1 | Asamoah Gyan | 51 | 109 | 0.47 | 2003–2019 |
2 | Edward Acquah | 45 | 41 | 1.1 | 1956–1964 |
3 | Kwasi Owusu | 36 | 45 | 0.8 | 1968–1976 |
4 | Tony Yeboah | 29 | 59 | 0.49 | 1985–1997 |
5 | Karim Abdul Razak | 25 | 62 | 0.4 | 1975–1988 |
6 | André Ayew | 23 | 109 | 0.21 | 2007–present |
7 | Wilberforce Mfum | 20 | 26 | 0.77 | 1960–1968 |
Sulley Muntari | 20 | 84 | 0.24 | 2002–2014 | |
9 | Osei Kofi | 19 | 25 | 0.76 | 1964–1973 |
Abedi Pele | 19 | 73 | 0.26 | 1982–1998 | |
Jordan Ayew | 19 | 83 | 0.23 | 2009–present |
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Ghana's Black Stars have qualified for three FIFA World Cup tournaments; the 2006, 2010 and 2014. The year 2006 was the most successful for Ghana. Ghana is the one African team to progress into the 2nd round in the World Cup in Germany, and was the sixth country in the last six years from Africa to advance beyond the group stage at the World Cup. Ghana's Black Stars had the youngest team of the 2006 edition, with the average of age 23 and 352 days. They received praise for their improvement in performance. FIFA has ranked Ghana 13th out of 32 nations who participated during the competition.
The 2010. World Cup, Ghana progressed beyond the group stage in the World Cup in South Africa and made it to the quarter-finals in which they were eliminated by Uruguay. They were eliminated by Uruguay. Black Stars were defeated on penalty shootouts following Luis Suarez hand-balled on the goal line in the final time, which prevented a winning goal. Out of the 32 countries which took part at the tournament in 2010, FIFA ranked Ghana 7th.
The team beat Egypt 7-3, averaging 7-3, in November 2013 Ghana was selected for 2014's World Cup in Brazil. They were placed in Group G alongside Germany as well as The United States and Portugal. For the first timein their history, Ghana lost at the stage of group play, drawing Germany at 2-2, and defeating both United States and Portugal by 2 to 1.
FIFA World Cup record | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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World Cup Finals | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | −3 |
World Cup Quals (H) | 34 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 78 | 19 | 59 |
World Cup Quals (A) | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 42 | −5 |
World Cup Total | 76 | 37 | 18 | 21 | 124 | 71 | 53 |
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1962 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
1966 | Withdrew | ||||||||
1970 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
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1982 | Withdrew | ||||||||
1986 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
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2006 | Round of 16 | 13th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
2010 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
2014 | Group stage | 25th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
2018 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2022 | Qualified | ||||||||
2026 | To be determined | ||||||||
Total | Quarter-finals | 4/22 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 |
Ghana has been crowned the Africa Cup of Nations four times in the years 1963 and 1965, as well as 1978 and 1982. It was beaten by Cameroon and Egypt. The first time a team has won the three Nations Cup tournaments, Ghana was granted the right to keep the trophy until 1978. They Black Stars have qualified for the tournament 23 times with runners-up finishing fifth times, third one time Fourth four times. So, Ghana is second in final-game appearances at the tournament, just behind Egypt (who has the most with ten) having nine appearances, effectively reaching the final in more than 50% of the time it is during the tournament. Ghana also has the record for having the most consecutive semi-final appearances having made six straight semi-finals between the years of 2008 and 2017.
Africa Cup of Nations record | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Africa Cup of Nations Finals | 102 | 54 | 21 | 27 | 133 | 87 | 46 |
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
1957 | Part of United Kingdom | |||||||
1959 | Not affiliated to CAF | |||||||
1962 | Did not qualify | |||||||
1963 | Champions | 1st | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
1965 | Champions | 1st | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
1968 | Second place | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 |
Second place | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
1972 | Did not qualify | |||||||
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1978 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
1980 | Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1982 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
1984 | Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
1986 | Did not qualify | |||||||
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1992 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
1994 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
1996 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
1998 | Group stage | 11th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
2000 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
2002 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
2004 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2006 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
2008 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
2010 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
2012 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
2013 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
2015 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
2017 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
2019 | Round of 16 | 12th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
2021 | Group stage | 19th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
2023 | To be determined | |||||||
2025 | ||||||||
Total | 4 Titles | 23/33 | 102 | 54 | 21 | 27 | 133 | 87 |
Ghana has played for three African Nations Championship tournaments, two times finishing runners-up.
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
2011 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2014 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
2016 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2018 | ||||||||
2020 | ||||||||
2022 | Qualified | |||||||
Total | Runners-up | 3/6 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 11 |
The football competition in the African Games has been an under-23 competition since.
African Games record | ||||||||
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Tear | Result | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
1965 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1973 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1978 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1987 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1991–present | See Ghana national under-23 football team | |||||||
Total | 0/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
West African Nations Cup [SCSA Zone III] record
Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1982 | Final | Winner | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | |
1983 | Final | Winner | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | |
1984 | Final | Winner | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | |
1986 | Final | Winner | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | |
1987 | Final | Winner | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 12 | |
Total | 5 Finals | 5 Titles | 25 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 56 | 19 | 37 |
West African Football Union Nations Cup record
Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Semi-final | Third place | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 |
2011 | Semi-final | Fourth place | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 |
2013 | Final | Winner | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
Total | 1 Final | 1 Title | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 10 |
Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Athens 1896 | No association football competition | |||||||
Paris 1900 | At the 1900 and 1904 Olympics, clubs competed. | |||||||
St. Louis 1904 | ||||||||
London 1908 | The Gold Coast team did not participate. | |||||||
Stockholm 1912 | ||||||||
Antwerp 1920 | ||||||||
Paris 1924 | ||||||||
Amsterdam 1928 | ||||||||
Los Angeles 1932 | No association football competition. | |||||||
Berlin 1936 | The Gold Coast team did not participate. | |||||||
London 1948 | ||||||||
Helsinki 1952 | Did not participate. | |||||||
Melbourne 1956 | ||||||||
Rome 1960 | Did not qualify. | |||||||
Tokyo 1964 | Quarter-final | 7th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
Mexico 1968 | Round 1 | 12th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
Munich 1972 | Round 1 | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
Montreal 1976 | Withdrew after qualifying. | |||||||
Moscow 1980 | ||||||||
Los Angeles 1984 | Did not qualify. | |||||||
Seoul 1988 | ||||||||
1992–present | See Ghana national under-23 football team | |||||||
Total | 3/19 | 24th | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 31 |
As per detail below.
Africa Cup of Nations
African Nations Championship
Nkrumah Cup
West African Nations Cup
CEDEAO Cup
WAFU Nations Cup
Ugandan Independence Tournament
Pestabola Merdeka
Samuel K. Doe Cup 1986
Black Stars Tournament 1993 (Libreville, Gabon)
Great Artificial River Championship 1999 (Libya)
LG Cup