Ghana national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Ghana women's national football team.

Ghana

Nickname(s)	Black Stars
Association	Ghana Football Association (GFA)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	James Kwesi Appiah
Captain	Asamoah Gyan
Most caps	Asamoah Gyan (106)
Top scorer	Asamoah Gyan (51)
FIFA code	GHA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	52 1 (7 February 2019)[1]
Highest	14 (February 2008, April–May 2008)
Lowest	89 (June 2004)
Elo ranking
Current	51 4 (2 February 2019)[2]
Highest	13 (30 June 1966)
Lowest	97 (14 June 2004)
First international
Gold Coast and British Togoland 1–0 Nigeria  (Accra, British Gold Coast; 28 May 1950)
Biggest win
Unofficial:  Nyasaland 0–12 Ghana  (Nyasaland; 12 October 1962)[3] Official:  Kenya 2–13 Ghana  (Nairobi, Kenya; 12 December 1965)[3][4]
Biggest defeat
Bulgaria 10–0 Ghana  (León, Mexico; 14 October 1968)[5]
World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 2006)
Best result	Quarter-finals, 2010
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	21 (first in 1963)
Best result	Champions, 1963, 1965, 1978 and 1982
African Nations Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 2009)
Best result	Second place, 2009, 2014

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The Ghana national football team represents Ghana in international association football and has done so since the 1950s. The team is nicknamed the Black Stars after the Black Star of Africa in the flag of Ghana. It is administered by the Ghana Football Association, the governing body for football in Ghana and the oldest football association in Africa (founded in 1920). Prior to 1957, the team played as the Gold Coast.

Although the team qualified for the senior FIFA World Cup for the first time in 2006, they had qualified for four Olympic Games Football Tournaments when the tournament was still a full senior national team competition; their best achievement was the third position at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The team has won the Africa Cup of Nations four times^[6] (in 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982) and has been runner-up five times (in 1968, 1970, 1992, 2010, and 2015). After going through 2005 unbeaten, the Ghana national football team won the FIFA Best Mover of the Year Award and reached the second round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. At the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, they became only the third African team to reach the World Cup quarter-finals, and in 2014 they competed in their third consecutive World Cup.

Contents

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  1 History
  
  
  
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    1.1 20th century
    
  
  
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    1.2 21st century
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Team image
  
  
  
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    2.1 Kits and crest
    
    
    
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    2.2 Grounds and training grounds
    
  
  
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    2.3 Media coverage
    
  
  
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    2.4 Organization and finance
    
  
  
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    2.5 Supporters
    
  
  
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    2.6 Rivalries
    
  
  
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    2.7 In books and popular culture
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Personnel
  
  
  
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    3.1 Current technical staff
    
  
  
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    3.2 Former head coaches
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Players
  
  
  
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    4.1 Current squad
    
  
  
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    4.2 Recent call-ups
    
  
  
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    4.3 Youth teams
    
    
    
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  5 Competitive record
  
  
  
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    5.1 Africa Cup of Nations record
    
  
  
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    5.2 African Nations Championship record
    
  
  
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    5.3 African Games
    
  
  
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    5.4 West African Nations Cup and WAFU Nations Cup record
    
  
  
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    5.5 Olympic record
    
  
  
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  6 Team honours
  
  
  
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    6.1 Continental tournaments
    
  
  
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    6.2 Continental Subregion
    
  
  
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    6.3 Other tournaments and cups
    
  
  
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  7 Results and fixtures
  
  
  
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    7.1 2017
    
  
  
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  8 Records
  
  
  
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    8.1 Most capped players
    
  
  
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    8.2 Most goals scored
    
  
  
  
  


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  9 See also
  


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  10 References
  


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  11 Titles chronology
  


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  12 External links
  

History

20th century

Black Stars members in the 1960s pose with some of Ghana's successive international football trophies won.

The Gold Coast Football Association was founded in 1920, succeeded by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in 1957, which affiliated to Confederation of African Football and FIFA the following year.

On 19 August 1962 at the Accra Sports Stadium, the Black Stars played Spanish giants Real Madrid, who were at the time Spanish champions, former European champions and intercontinental champions, and drew 3–3.^[7]

Charles Kumi Gyamfi became coach in 1961, and the Black Stars won successive African Cup of Nations titles, in 1963 and 1965, and achieved their record win, 13–2 away to Kenya, shortly after the second of these. They also reached the final of the tournament in 1968 and 1970, losing 1–0 on each occasion, to DR Congo and Sudan respectively. Their domination of this tournament earned the Black Stars team the nicknames of "the Black Stars of West Africa" and "the Black Stars of Africa" in the 1960s.^[8]

The team had no success in FIFA World Cup qualification during this era, and failed to qualify for three successive African Cup of Nations in the 1970s, but qualified for the Olympic Games football tournaments, becoming the first team from sub-Saharan Africa to qualify for the Games,^[9] and reaching the quarter-finals in 1964 and withdrawing on political grounds in 1976 later winning the 1982 African cup of nations. After three failures to reach the tournament final, the 1992 African Cup of Nations saw the Black Stars finish second.

21st century

Black Stars Continuum

Prior to the year 2000, disharmony among the squad which eventually led to parliamentary and executive intervention to settle issues between two squad members, Abedi Pele and Anthony Yeboah in the late 1990s, may have played some part in the failure of the team to build on the successes of the national underage teams in the late 1990s, but a new generation of Black Stars players who went to the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship final became the core of the team at the 2002 African Cup of Nations, and were undefeated for a year in 2005 and reached the finals of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the first time the team had reached the global stage of the tournament. The Black Stars started by succumbing to a 2–0 defeat to eventual champions Italy, but wins over the Czech Republic (2–0) and the United States (2–1) saw them through to the second round, where they lost 3–0 to Brazil.^[10]

Black Stars squad line-up prior to match

In 2008, Ghana reached a high ranking of 14 according to the FIFA World Rankings. The Black Stars went on to secure a 100 percent record in their qualification campaign, winning the group and becoming the first African team to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In the final tournament, the team competed in Group D with Germany, Serbia and Australia. Ghana reached the round of 16 where they played the United States, winning 2–1 in extra time to become the third African nation to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. The team then lost to Uruguay in a penalty shootout in the quarter-finals, having missed a penalty kick in extra time after a certain goal was prevented by Luis Suárez's deliberate handball, who was then shown a red card for his actions.^[11]

In 2013 Ghana became the only team in Africa to reach four consecutive semi-finals of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations twice, from 1963 and 1970 and from 2008 and 2013.^[12]

Ghana was sufficiently highly ranked by FIFA to start their qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in the Second round. They won the group, and in the following round qualified for the 2014 World Cup finals in November 2013, beating Egypt 7–3 on aggregate in a two-legged play-off.^[13][13] Ghana was drawn in Group G for the finals, where they faced Germany, Portugal, and the United States.^[14] The World Cup finals ended up in disappointment as Ghana exited in the group stages with issues of poor planning and payment bonuses being blamed for the poor performance, although they did manage a 2–2 draw with Germany, who ended up winning the competition.

Team image

Kits and crest

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Ghana home shirt: 1970s–1980s

The black star is present on the Flag of Ghana and national coat of arms in the centre of the national crest. Adopted following the independence of Ghana in 1957, the black star has always been included in its kits.^[8] The Black Stars' kits were sponsored by Puma SE from 2005, with the deal ending in 2014.^[15]

The Black Star kit is used instead of the original gold, green, and red coloured football kit based on the colours of the Ghana national flag. The Black Stars have used an all-white and partly black football kit which was worn from the years 1957 to 1989 and again from 2006 until December 2014.

Between 1990 and 2006 the Ghana national football team used the kit in the colours of the national flag of Ghana, with gold, green and red used extensively, as in the team's crest and also known as the Pan-African colours. The gold with green and red kit concept and design was also used in the sixties and seventies, and designed with gold and green vertical stripes and red shoulders. An all black second kit was introduced in 2008 and in 2015, Black Stars' gold-red-green coloured kit and all black coloured kit is to be reassigned to the position of 1st and 2nd kits following the induction of a brown with blue and gold coloured Black Stars 3rd kit in 2012.^[16][17]

The Ghana national football team's football kit for the 2014 FIFA World Cup was ranked as the best kit of the tournament by BuzzFeed.^[18]

Black Stars 2008 Africa Cup of Nations 1st and 2nd kits

Kit suppliers

Kit supplier	Period	Notes
Erima	1991–1992
Adidas	1992–2000
Kappa	2000–2005
Puma	2005–

Kit deals

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Kit supplier	Period	Contract date	Contract duration	Value	Notes
Puma	2005–present

Grounds and training grounds

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Kumasi Sports Stadium

Lizzy Sports Complex

There is no home stadium for the Black Stars. World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches have been played at the Essipong Stadium and Sekondi-Takoradi Stadium in Sekondi-Takoradi, the Len Clay Stadium, Kumasi Sports Stadium and Abrankese Stadium in Kumasi, the Cape Coast Sports Stadium in Cape Coast, the Accra Sports Stadium in the Accra and the Tamale Stadium in Tamale. Some smaller, regional stadia (stadiums) were also used in the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying and 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification qualifying campaigns.

The Black Stars' training facilities and training grounds are located at Agyeman Badu Stadium, Berekum Sports Stadium in Brong-Ahafo, the Tema Sports Stadium in Tema and the multi-functional Lizzy Sports Complex in Legon.^[19]

Media coverage

83 percent of the Ghanaian people are Akan-speakers, and about 21 percent are English-speakers; match schedules of the Black Stars are broadcast both in English as in the case of inter-continental matches and in Akan nationally by Adom TV, PeaceFM, AdomFM and HappyFM. During the scheduled qualification for the 2014 World Cup national broadcaster GTV, a sub-division of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), broadcast to the Ghanaian public home qualifiers with away qualifiers broadcast by the satellite television broadcasting corporation Viasat 1. The friendly match against Turkey in August 2013 was televised by Viasat 1 and the qualifiers for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2018 Inter-Continental Championships are scheduled for public broadcast by the corporations GFA TV, GBC and Viasat 1.^[20]

Organization and finance

The Black Stars as it stands now has no official head because of corrupt practices by the then president, Kwesi Nyantakyi.^[21] and vice-president George Afriyie,^[22] with Frank Davis as director of football, and Edward Bawa as treasurer.^[23] The Ghana Football Association (GFA) signed a CN¥92.2 million (US$15 million) deal with Ghanaian state-run oil and gas exploration corporation, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), to sponsor the Black Stars and the renewable contract saw the oil and gas exploration corporation become the global headline sponsor of the Black Stars, with a yearly Black Stars player salary wage bill,^[24][25] following the gold mining corporations Ashanti Goldfields Corporation and Goldfields Ghana Limited (GGL), which had been sponsoring the Black Stars since 2005.^[26]

On 28 August 2013, Ghana Football Association (GFA) launched a TV channel and named GFA TV, thus becoming the first football association on the African continent to launch its own TV network. The channel has the exclusive rights to broadcast all the Black Stars' matches.^[27] In November 2013, the Black Stars signed a 2013–2015 CN¥30.6 million (US$5 million) and an additional classified multi-million private bank sponsorship deal with the Ghanaian state-run private banking institution UniBank.^[28]

Supporters

The Black Stars maintain an average stadium match attendance of 60,000+ and a match attendance high of 80,000+, such as in the case of the Black Stars' 2010 FIFA World Cup quarter-final against Uruguay in which was attended by 84,017 spectators.^[29] Ghana's match against England on 29 March 2011 had the largest away following for any association football national team since the re-opening of Wembley Stadium in 2007.^[30] The match was watched by 700 million people around the world.^[30]

Following the team's appearances at the 2006 and 2010 World Cup tournaments they were greeted by several hundred avid fans dancing and singing at Kotoka International Airport in Accra.^[31]

Rivalries

Main article: Ghana-Nigeria football rivalry

Ghana vs. Nigeria in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations Quarter-Final

The Black Stars' main footballing rivalry is with the Super Eagles, the national team of Nigeria. The "Battle of Supremacy on the Gulf of Guinea" is between two of the most successful teams on the African continent.^[32] The proximity of the two countries to each other, a dispute between the different association football competitions and wider diplomatic competition for influence across West Africa add to this rivalry.^[32]

In books and popular culture

Products including books, documentary films, Azonto dances and songs have been made in the name of the Ghana national football team. These may be intended with commercial motives but are focused on previous and future World Cups or Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

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  Books: Several books have been published on the team's history and participation in major tournaments. These include Ghana, The Rediscovered Soccer Might: Watch Out World!,^[33] about the history and performance of the Black Stars and also all the major association football national teams that the Black Stars have ever played against, and The Black Stars of Ghana by Alan Whelan;^[34] about Black Stars commencing their progress through the final rounds of the 2010 World Cup and into the quarter-finals.

Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah

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  Documentary films: In 2010 Miracle Films Ghana Limited showcased a vintage documentary film picture, Kwame Nkrumah & Ghana's Black Stars, about Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah "Africa's man of the 2nd millennium" and "Pan-African pioneer",^[35] who invested a lot of energy into making Ghana's association football national team – the Black Stars – a force in African football.^[36]
  


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  Nickname: The Black Star Line, a shipping industry line incorporated by the founder of the Back-to-Africa movement, civil rights movement leader Marcus Garvey and the organiser of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA) from 1919 to 1922, gives the Ghana national football team their nicknames, the Black Stars of West Africa and the Black Stars of Africa.^[36]
  


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  Dances: Upon the Black Stars scoring against opposition teams, dance forms of the worldwide popular Ghanaian Azonto were performed by Black Stars players in their goal celebrations in match victories at the 2010 World Cup and in 2013, a new elite dance version of the Ghanaian Azonto named; "(Akan: Mmonko)" (shrimp), was established and showcased at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations by the Black Stars players.^[37] Black Stars goal celebrations in match victories at the 2014 World Cup and upon scoring against opposition teams, are to establish and showcase Alkayida.^[38]
  


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  Songs: On occasions of past World Cups or African Championships, a number of Ghanaian musicians with music producers created hiplife football songs which were composed in the Akan language – the 2006 World Cup song, "Akan: Tuntum Nsorom Ye Ko Yen Anim", (Black Stars, We are moving forward) musical composed by the Musicians Union of Ghana, is to motivate the Black Stars to perform creditably in their quest for the capturing of the World Cup trophy.^[39] Black Stars' captain and top-goalscorer Asamoah Gyan recorded and released a Hiplife song with 'Castro The Destroyer', where he features under the alias 'Baby Jet'. The song is entitled "African Girls" and is sung in the Akan language and was launched onto the Ghanaian screens, continental West Africa screens and onto the Sub-Saharan Africa screens. The music video shows the famous "Asamoah Gyan Dance" goal celebration which he demonstrated at the 2010 World Cup and in the Premier League. The song "African Girls" won an award at the Ghana Music Awards in 2011. The 2010 World Cup song, "Ghana Black Stars (Official Song 2010 World Cup)" composed by Ghanaian hiplife music group "Kings and Queens Entertainment" approved by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) as the GFA has indicated that the Black Stars are a protected brand.^[40]
  

Personnel

Current technical staff

Head Coach	James Kwesi Appiah
Technical Director	Francis Oti
Assistant Coach	Maxwell Konadu
Assistant Coach	Ibrahim Tanko
Goalkeeper Coach	Richard Kingson
Goalkeeper Coach	Simon Addo
Technical Coordinator	Franklin Appiah
Technical Coordinator	Joseph Asamoah
Head Scout	Otto Addo
Head Masseur	Samuel Ankomah
Physiotherapists	Colonel Ofosu Anim
	Ralph Frank
Head Psychologist	Professor Joseph Mintah
Head Doctor	Prof. Dr.Chris Adomako
Video Analyst	Michael Okyere
Business Manager	Anthony Baffoe
Equipment Manager	Ismail Amidu
Dentist	David Yaw Edu Arthur

Last updated: October 2014
Source: Ghana Football Association official website

Former head coaches

Since 1957 Ghana has had 32 different head coaches and three caretakers. C. K. Gyamfi is the most successful of these, leading the Black Stars to three Africa Cup of Nations titles – in 1963, 1965 and 1982 – making Gyamfi the joint most successful coach in the competition's history.^[41]Fred Osam Duodu led the Black Stars to their 1978 Africa Cup of Nations title;^[42]Ratomir Dujković, Milovan Rajevac, and James Kwesi Appiah, have all led the Black Stars to World Cup qualification.^[43][44]

v t e Ghana national football team – managers

Ainsley (1958–59) Sjolberg (1959–62) Ember (1962) Gyamfi (1963–65) Parreira (1967) Marotzke (1968–70) Koufie (1970–73) Nicolae (1973–74) Weigang (1974–75) Sampaio (1977–78) Osam-Duodu (1978–81) Gyamfi (1982–83) Afranie (1984) Addo (1984) Gutendorf (1986–87) Osam-Duodu (1988–89) Ziese (1990–92) Pfister (1992–93) Osam-Duodu (1993) Larsen (1993–94) Affrey-Fynn (1994) Gavrilă (1995) Kurtz (1996) Arday (1996–97) Israël (1997–98) Dossena (1998–2000) Osam-Duodu (2000) Attuquayefio (2001) Osam-Duodu (2001–02) Živadinović (2002) Afranie (2002–03) Ziese (2003) Zumdickc (2003) Barreto (2003–04) Arday (2004) Dujković (2004–06) Le Roy (2006–08) Tettehc (2008) Rajevac (2008–10) Appiah (2010–11) Stevanović (2011–12) Appiah (2012–14) Konaduc (2014) Grant (2014–17) Konaduc (2017) Appiah (2017–) (c) = caretaker manager

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Ethiopia in November 2018.^[45]
Caps and goals updated as 18 November 2018 after the game against Ethiopia.
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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Richard Ofori	(1993-11-01) 1 November 1993 (age 25)	14	0	Maritzburg United
	1GK	Lawrence Ati-Zigi	(1996-11-29) 29 November 1996 (age 22)	2	0	Sochaux
	2DF	Harrison Afful	(1986-06-24) 24 June 1986 (age 32)	84	0	Columbus Crew
	2DF	John Boye	(1987-04-23) 23 April 1987 (age 31)	63	5	Metz
	2DF	Jonathan Mensah	(1990-07-13) 13 July 1990 (age 28)	61	1	Columbus Crew
	2DF	Lumor Agbenyenu	(1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 (age 22)	10	0	Sporting CP
	2DF	Kasim Nuhu	(1995-06-22) 22 June 1995 (age 23)	5	2	1899 Hoffenheim
	2DF	Andy Yiadom	(1991-12-02) 2 December 1991 (age 27)	5	0	Reading
	3MF	André Ayew	(1989-12-17) 17 December 1989 (age 29)	80	14	Fenerbahçe
	3MF	Christian Atsu	(1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 27)	59	10	Newcastle United
	3MF	Mubarak Wakaso	(1990-07-25) 25 July 1990 (age 28)	52	12	Alavés
	3MF	Afriyie Acquah	(1992-01-05) 5 January 1992 (age 27)	34	1	Empoli
	3MF	Thomas Partey	(1993-06-13) 13 June 1993 (age 25)	19	7	Atlético Madrid
	3MF	Nana Opoku Ampomah	(1996-01-02) 2 January 1996 (age 23)	4	0	Waasland-Beveren
	3MF	Majeed Ashimeru	(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 21)	1	0	St. Gallen
	4FW	Asamoah Gyan (Captain)	(1985-11-22) 22 November 1985 (age 33)	106	51	Kayserispor
	4FW	Jordan Ayew	(1991-09-11) 11 September 1991 (age 27)	51	14	Crystal Palace
	4FW	Abdul Majeed Waris	(1991-09-19) 19 September 1991 (age 27)	32	4	Nantes
	4FW	Emmanuel Boateng	(1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 (age 22)	3	1	Levante

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Ghana in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Felix Annan	(1994-11-22) 22 November 1994 (age 24)	0	0	Asante Kotoko	v.  Sierra Leone, 11 October 2018
DF	Daniel AmarteyINJ	(1994-12-01) 1 December 1994 (age 24)	26	0	Leicester City	v.  Sierra Leone, 11 October 2018
DF	Nicholas Opoku	(1997-08-11) 11 August 1997 (age 21)	6	0	Udinese	v.  Sierra Leone, 11 October 2018
DF	Daniel Opare	(1990-10-18) 18 October 1990 (age 28)	20	0	Royal Antwerp	v.  Kenya, 8 September 2018
DF	Rashid Sumaila	(1992-12-18) 18 December 1992 (age 26)	10	0	Red Star Belgrade	v.  Iceland, 7 June 2018
DF	Joseph Attamah	(1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 24)	5	0	İstanbul Başakşehir	v.  Iceland, 7 June 2018
MF	Kwadwo AsamoahINJ	(1988-12-09) 9 December 1988 (age 30)	70	4	Internazionale	v.  Ethiopia, 18 November 2018
MF	Thomas Agyepong	(1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 (age 22)	5	0	Hibernian	v.  Sierra Leone, 11 October 2018
MF	Isaac Sackey	(1994-04-04) 4 April 1994 (age 24)	4	0	Alanyaspor	v.  Sierra Leone, 11 October 2018
MF	Bernard Mensah	(1994-10-17) 17 October 1994 (age 24)	4	1	Kayserispor	v.  Sierra Leone, 11 October 2018
MF	Frank Acheampong	(1993-10-13) 13 October 1993 (age 25)	23	2	Tianjin TEDA	v.  Kenya, 8 September 2018
MF	Ebenezer Ofori	(1995-07-01) 1 July 1995 (age 23)	10	1	New York City	v.  Kenya, 8 September 2018
MF	Edwin Gyasi	(1991-07-01) 1 July 1991 (age 27)	5	1	CSKA Sofia	v.  Kenya, 8 September 2018
MF	Albert Adomah	(1987-12-13) 13 December 1987 (age 31)	19	2	Aston Villa	v.  Iceland, 7 June 2018
FW	Richmond Boakye	(1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 (age 26)	14	6	Red Star Belgrade	v.  Sierra Leone, 11 October 2018
FW	Raphael Dwamena	(1995-09-12) 12 September 1995 (age 23)	9	2	Levante	v.  Kenya, 8 September 2018
FW	William Owusu	(1989-09-13) 13 September 1989 (age 29)	0	0	Royal Antwerp	v.  Kenya, 8 September 2018
FW	Kwasi Okyere Wriedt	(1994-07-10) 10 July 1994 (age 24)	2	0	Bayern Munich	v.  Iceland, 7 June 2018

Notes

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  ^DEC Player refused to join the team after the call-up.


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  ^INJ Withdrew because of injury.


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  ^PRE Preliminary squad.


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  ^RET Player has retired from international football.


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  ^SUS Suspended from the national team.

Youth teams

The football association of Ghana (GFA) administers several national teams at different age levels between 16 and 23 years of age.

Under-23

Main article: Ghana national under-23 football team

The under-23 level (or Olympic team) from the 1992 Summer Olympics competes in Olympic football tournaments, Football at the All-Africa Games, CAF U-23 Championship and is restricted to using players aged 23 years and under.^[46] The football at the Olympic Games is thus considered as an under-23 World Cup and since the Olympic Games of 1992; the under-23 level has participated in 5 Olympic Games, becoming the first African team to win an Olympic medal when they won bronze in 1992.^[46]

Under-20

Main article: Ghana national under-20 football team

The under-20 level is considered as the feeder level to the Black Stars senior squad and has competed at the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its inception in the 1970s. The under-20 level captured the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2009 after defeating Brazil 4–3 on penalties after the match finished 0–0 in extra time, and becoming the first on the Africa continent to do so. The under-20 level has been champions of the African Youth Championship three times: in 1995, 1999 and 2009, as well as twice runners-up in 2001 and 2013.

Under-17

Main article: Ghana national under-17 football team

The under-17 level is the youngest level and players chosen may not be more than 17 years of age. The team represents Ghana in the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The under-17 team have twice been FIFA U-17 World Cup champions, in 1991 and 1995. Additionally they finished as runners up on two occasions, 1993 and 1997. The under-17 level has participated in eight of the 15 tournaments of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, debuting in Scotland 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship and dominating the FIFA U-17 World Cup competition in the 1990s, where they reached four consecutive finals.^[47] They also twice won the African U-17 Championship.

Competitive record

Black Stars at the CAF Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations record

Ghana has won the Africa Cup of Nations four times – in 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982 – bettered by Cameroon and Egypt. As the first winner of three Nations Cup tournaments, Ghana obtained the right to permanently hold the trophy in 1978.^[48] The Black Stars have qualified for the tournament 20 times in total, finishing as runners-up five times, third once, and fourth three times. Thus, Ghana has the most final game appearances at the tournament with nine, essentially making the final in half of its appearances in the tournament. Ghana also holds the record of most consecutive semi-final appearances with five straight between 2008 and 2015.

Africa Cup of Nations Record

Africa Cup of Nations Record	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Africa Cup of Nations Finals	92	52	17	20	123	71	+48

Africa Cup of Nations
Titles: 4 Appearances: 21
Year	Position		Year	Position		Year	Position		Year	Position
1957	Did not enter		1978	Champions		1998	Round 1		2017	Fourth place
1959	Did not enter		1980	Round 1		2000	Quarter-finals		2019	Qualified
1962	Did not qualify		1982	Champions		2002	Quarter-finals		2021	TBD
1963	Champions		1984	Round 1		2004	Did not qualify		2023	TBD
1965	Champions		1986	Did not qualify		2006	Round 1
1968	Second place		1988	Did not qualify		2008	Third place
1970	Second place		1990	Did not qualify		2010	Second place
1972	Did not qualify		1992	Second place*		2012	Fourth place
1974	Did not qualify		1994	Quarter-finals		2013	Fourth place
1976	Did not qualify		1996	Fourth place		2015	Second place*

*Denotes place was determined by penalty kicks.

** Gold background colour indicates that the team won the tournament.

***Red border color indicates the team was a host nation.

African Nations Championship record

Ghana has competed in three African Nations Championship tournaments, twice finishing as runners-up.

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
Ivory Coast 2009	Runner-up	2nd	5	1	3	1	8	6	Team
Sudan 2011	Round 1	14th	3	0	0	3	1	4	Team
South Africa 2014	Runner-up	2nd	6	3	3	0	4	1	Team
Rwanda 2016	Did not qualify
Total	3/3	4th	14	4	6	4	13	11	3

African Games

Football at the African Games has been an under-23 tournament since 1991.

See also: Ghana national under-23 football team

African Games Record
Year	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	4/4	0	0	0	0	0	0

West African Nations Cup and WAFU Nations Cup record

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 * Gold background colour indicates that the team won the tournament. **Red border color indicates the team was a host nation. Note: The tournament was not held in 1985.

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

Olympic record

Main article: Ghana Olympic football team

Bernard Aryee former Black Stars Central midfielder and part of the Bronze Medalist squad at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic football tournament.

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 [a]
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	Round 1 (Did not participate)
Moscow 1980	Did not qualify
Los Angeles 1984
Seoul 1988
Barcelona 1992	Since 1992 olympic football is competed by U-23 [n]
Total	3/19	24th	10	1	3	6	14	31

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^a. Note: The Gold Coast national football team established in 1950; country known as Gold Coast then renamed Ghana in 1957, not competing in international competitions and not being part of neither FIFA nor CAF until 1958, and therefore also recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

^n. Note: Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since 1992.

World Cup record

Main article: Ghana at the FIFA World Cup

The Black Stars have qualified for three FIFA World Cup tournaments; 2006, 2010, and 2014. In 2006, Ghana was the only African side to advance to the second round of the World Cup in Germany, and was the sixth nation in a row from Africa to progress beyond the group stages of the World Cup.^[49] The Black Stars had the youngest team in the 2006 edition with an average age of 23 years and 352 days,^[49] and were praised for their improving performance.^[50][51]FIFA ranked Ghana 13th out of the 32 countries who competed in the tournament.^[52]

In the 2010 World Cup, Ghana progressed beyond the group stages of the World Cup in South Africa, and reached the quarter-finals where they were eliminated by Uruguay. The Black Stars were defeated on penalty shootout after Luis Suárez hand-balled on the goal line deep into extra time, preventing a certain winning goal.^[53] Of the 32 countries that participated in the 2010 edition, FIFA ranked Ghana 7th.^[54]

After beating Egypt 7–3 on aggregate in November 2013, Ghana qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.^[55] They were drawn in Group G with Germany, the United States and Portugal.^[56] For the first time, Ghana fell in the group stage, tying Germany 2–2 and losing to both the United States and Portugal by 2–1.^[57]

Black Stars at the World Cup and Black Stars vs. Uruguay in the 2010 FIFA World Cup quarter-final match at Soccer City, Johannesburg on 2 July 2010

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
World Cup Finals	9	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

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1958	Did not enter
1962	Did not qualify
1966	Withdrew
1970 to 1978	Did not qualify
1982	Withdrew
1986 to 2002	Did not qualify
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	To be determined
2026
Total	Quarter-finals	3/21	12	4	3	5	13	16

Team honours

Last updated 8 February 2015

Continental tournaments

• 
  Africa Cup of Nations
  

Winners (4): 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982

Runners-up (5): 1968, 1970, 1992, 2010, 2015

• African Nations Championship

Runners-up (2): 2009, 2014

Continental Subregion

• 
  Nkrumah Cup^[58]
  

Winners (3): 1959, 1960, 1963

• West African Nations Cup

Winners (5): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987

• CEDEAO Cup

Third place (1): 1991

• WAFU Nations Cup

Winner (1): 2013

Third place (1): 2010

Other tournaments and cups

• 
  Pestabola Merdeka^[59]
  

Runners up: 1982

• 
  Samuel K. Doe Cup 1986^[60]
  

Runners up: 1986

• 
  Black Stars Tournament 1993 (Libreville, Gabon)^[61]
  

Third: 1993

• 
  Great Artificial River Championship 1999 (Libya)^[62]
  

Runners up: 1999

• 
  LG Cup^[63]
  

Third: 2003

Other awards

• 
  African National Team of the Year Winners (3): 1983, 2006, 2010


• 
  FIFA most improved team of the year award Winner: 2005

Results and fixtures

Black Stars vs. Argentina national football team, at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, in Córdoba, Argentina.

Key

  Win
  Draw
  Loss

2017

Ghana  v  Egypt

12 November 2017 2018 WCQ R3	Ghana	1–1	Egypt	Kumasi, Ghana
15:30 GMT	Gyasi  64'	Report	Shikabala	Stadium: Baba Yara Stadium Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

2018

Japan  v  Ghana

30 May 2018 Friendly	Japan	0–2	Ghana	Yokohama, Japan
19:25 (UTC+9)		Report	Partey  9' Boateng  51' (pen.)	Stadium: Nissan Stadium (Yokohama) Attendance: 64,520 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

Iceland  v  Ghana

7 June 2018 Friendly	Iceland	2–2	Ghana	Reykjavík, Iceland
20:00 (UTC±0)	Árnason  6' Finnbogason  40'	Report	Nuhu  66' Partey  87'	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Referee: Bobby Madley (England)

Kenya  v  Ghana

8 September 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Kenya	1–0	Ghana	Kasarani, Kenya
16:00 (UTC+3)	Opoku  40' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Moi International Sports Centre Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Ghana  v  Sierra Leone

11 October 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Ghana	Cancelled	Sierra Leone	Kumasi, Ghana
16:00 (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Baba Yara Stadium Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

Sierra Leone  v  Ghana

14 October 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Sierra Leone	Cancelled	Ghana	Freetown, Sierra Leone
16:30 (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

Ethiopia  v  Ghana

18 November 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Ethiopia	0–2	Ghana	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
16:00 (UTC+3)		Report	J. Ayew  3', 24' (pen.)	Stadium: Addis Ababa Stadium Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

2019

Ghana  v  Kenya

22 March 2019 2019 AFCONQ	Ghana	v	Kenya	Ghana
		Report

Records

Most capped players

Asamoah Gyan is the most capped with 106

As of 18 November 2018

Players in bold are still active.

Most Capped Players

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Asamoah Gyan	2003–present	106	51
2	Richard Kingson	1996–2011	92	1
3	John Paintsil	2001–2013	90	0
4	Sulley Muntari	2002–2014	85	20
5	Harrison Afful	2008–present	84	0
6	John Mensah	2001–2012	83	3
7	André Ayew	2007–present	80	14
8	Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu	2008–present	78	11
9	Kwadwo Asamoah	2009–present	70	4
10	Karim Abdul Razak	1975–1988	70	25

Most goals scored

Asamoah Gyan is the top scorer with 51

As of 18 November 2018

Players in bold are still active.

Most Capped Players

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps
1	Asamoah Gyan	2003–present	51	106
2	Kwasi Owusu	?–?	36[64]	?
3	Abedi Pele	1982–1998	33	67
4	Edward Acquah	?–?	30[65]	?
5	Anthony Yeboah	1985–1997	29	59
6	Karim Abdul Razak	1975–1988	25	70
7	Wilberforce Kwadwo Mfum	?–?	24[66]	?
8	Osei Kofi	?–?	21[67]	?
9	Sulley Muntari	2002–2014	20	85

See also

• Ghana Player of the year

• Ghana portal


• Association football portal


• Association Football Variants portal

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Titles chronology

Last updated 28 November 2013

Achievements
Preceded by 1962 Ethiopia	African Champions 1963 (First title) 1965 (Second title)	Succeeded by 1968 DR Congo
Preceded by 1976 Morocco	African Champions 1978 (Third title)	Succeeded by 1980 Nigeria
Preceded by 1980 Nigeria	African Champions 1982 (Fourth title)	Succeeded by 1984 Cameroon
Preceded by Inaugural Champions	West African Champions 1982 (First title) 1983 (Second title) 1984 (Third title) 1986 (Fourth title) 1987 (Fifth title)	Succeeded by WAFU Nations Cup
Preceded by 2011 Togo	WAFU Nations Cup Champions 2013 (First title)	Succeeded by Incumbent

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ghana national football team.

• 
  Ghana Football Association official site


• 
  Ghana List of International Matches at RSSSF


• GSN


• Ghana at FIFA.com

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Sports in Ghana

Finalists

v t e 2006 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions  Italy Runners-up  France Third place  Germany Fourth place  Portugal Quarter-finals  Argentina  Brazil  England  Ukraine Round of 16  Australia  Ecuador  Ghana  Mexico  Netherlands  Spain  Sweden   Switzerland Group stage  Angola  Costa Rica  Ivory Coast  Croatia  Czech Republic  Iran  Japan  South Korea  Paraguay  Poland  Saudi Arabia  Serbia and Montenegro  Togo  Trinidad and Tobago  Tunisia  United States v t e 2008 Africa Cup of Nations finalists Champions Egypt Runners-up Cameroon Third place Ghana Fourth place Ivory Coast Eliminated in quarter-finals Angola Guinea Nigeria Tunisia Eliminated in group stage Benin Mali Morocco Namibia Senegal South Africa Sudan Zambia Qualification Squads v t e 2010 Africa Cup of Nations finalists Champions Egypt Runners-up Ghana Third place Nigeria Fourth place Algeria Eliminated in quarter-finals Angola Cameroon Ivory Coast Zambia Eliminated in group stage Benin Burkina Faso Gabon Malawi Mali Mozambique Togo Tunisia Qualification Squads Knockout stage v t e 2010 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions  Spain Runners-up  Netherlands Third place  Germany Fourth place  Uruguay Quarter-finals  Argentina  Brazil  Ghana  Paraguay Round of 16  Chile  England  Japan  Mexico  Portugal  Slovakia  South Korea  United States Group stage  Algeria  Austria  Cameroon  Denmark  France  Greece  Honduras  Italy  Ivory Coast  New Zealand  Nigeria  North Korea  Serbia  Slovenia  South Africa   Switzerland v t e 2012 Africa Cup of Nations finalists Champions Zambia Runners-up Ivory Coast Third place Mali Fourth place Ghana Eliminated in quarterfinals Equatorial Guinea Gabon Tunisia Sudan Eliminated in group stage Angola Botswana Burkina Faso Guinea Libya Morocco Niger Senegal Qualification Squads v t e 2013 Africa Cup of Nations finalists Winner Nigeria Second place Burkina Faso Third place Mali Fourth place Ghana Eliminated in quarterfinals Cape Verde Ivory Coast South Africa Togo Eliminated in group stage Algeria Angola Congo DR Ethiopia Morocco Niger Tunisia Zambia v t e 2014 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions  Germany Runners-up  Argentina Third place  Netherlands Fourth place  Brazil Quarter-finals  Belgium  Colombia  Costa Rica  France Round of 16  Algeria  Chile  Greece  Mexico  Nigeria   Switzerland  United States  Uruguay Group stage  Australia  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Cameroon  Croatia  Ecuador  England  Ghana  Honduras  Iran  Italy  Ivory Coast  Japan  Portugal  Russia  South Korea  Spain

Ghana World Cup squads

v t e Ghana squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Adjei 2 Sarpei 3 Gyan 4 Kuffour 5 Mensah 6 Pappoe 7 Shilla 8 Essien 9 Boateng 10 Appiah (c) 11 Muntari 12 Tachie-Mensah 13 Mohamed 14 Amoah 15 Paintsil 16 Owu 17 Quaye 18 E. Addo 19 Pimpong 20 O. Addo 21 Issah 22 Kingson 23 Dramani Coach: Dujković v t e Ghana squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Agyei 2 Sarpei 3 Gyan 4 Pantsil 5 Mensah (c) 6 Annan 7 Inkoom 8 Jonathan 9 D. Boateng 10 Appiah 11 Muntari 12 Tagoe 13 A. Ayew 14 Amoah 15 Vorsah 16 Ahorlu 17 I. Ayew 18 Adiyiah 19 Addy 20 Quincy 21 Asamoah 22 Kingson 23 Prince Coach: Rajevac v t e Ghana squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup 1 Adams 2 Inkoom 3 Gyan (c) 4 Opare 5 Essien 6 Acquah 7 Atsu 8 Badu 9 Prince 10 A. Ayew 11 Muntari 12 Kwarasey 13 J. Ayew 14 Adomah 15 Sumaila 16 Dauda 17 Rabiu 18 Waris 19 Jonathan 20 Asamoah 21 Boye 22 Wakaso 23 Afful Coach: Appiah

Ghana African Cup of Nations squads

v t e Ghana squad – 1965 African Cup of Nations winners (2nd title) GK Ankrah GK Naawu DF Odametey DF Gyau DF Acquah DF Evans DF Kusi MF Lutterodt MF Pare MF Odoi MF Simmons MF Nti MF Mensah FW Attuquayefio FW Salami FW Kofi FW Gbadamosi Coach: Gyamfi v t e Ghana squad – 1968 African Cup of Nations runners-up GK Noawy GK Mensah GK E. Kofi DF Odametey DF Bukey DF Crentsil DF Eshun DF Kusi MF Acquah MF Boye MF Ghartey MF O. Kofi MF Odoi MF Sunday MF Wilson FW Foley FW Gbadamosi FW Jabir FW Attuquayefio FW Mfum FW Sampene Coach: Parreira v t e Ghana squad – 1970 African Cup of Nations runners-up O. Acquah S. Acquah Ankrah Akuetteh Attuquayefio Botwe Boye Eshun (c) Foley Gariba Ghartey Jabir E. Mensah R. Mensah Mingle Orlando Owusu Sunday Coach: Marotzke v t e Ghana squad – 1978 African Cup of Nations winners (3rd title) GK Carr GK F. Salifu GK Chesco DF Paha DF Ansah DF Quaye (c) DF Dadzie DF Yusif DF Acquaye DF J. Moore MF Armah MF Yawson MF A. Razak MF Polo MF Kyenkyehene FW Alhassan FW O. Afriyie FW Kayede FW E. Quarshie FW Seidu FW Klutse FW Blankson Coach: Osam-Duodu v t e Ghana squad – 1980 African Cup of Nations GK Carr GK S. Ansah DF Ansah DF Acquaye DF Odamtten DF Dadzie DF A. Armah MF Yawson MF Asabir MF Kumi MF E. Quarshie FW Arko FW O. Afriyie FW Klutse FW Kayede Coach: Osam-Duodu v t e Ghana squad – 1982 African Cup of Nations winners (4th title) GK Carr GK Mensah DF Yusif DF Sampson DF Lamptey DF Ampadu DF Appiah DF Odamtten DF Paha MF Baker MF Essien MF Nti MF Abbrey MF Mclean MF Asaase MF Abedi Pele MF Badu MF Bannerman FW Quarshie FW Afriyie FW Alhassan FW Kayede Coach: Gyamfi v t e Ghana squad – 1984 African Cup of Nations GK Carr GK Mensah DF Odoom DF Appau DF Odoi DF Appiah DF Odamtten DF Acquaye DF Ampadu DF Paha MF Kyenkyehene MF Asaase MF Razak MF Nti MF Bannerman MF Polo FW Abrey FW Alhassan FW Arko FW Sampene FW Kumi FW Kayede Coach: Afranie v t e Ghana squad – 1992 African Cup of Nations runners-up 1 E. Ansah 2 Ampeah 3 Ankrah 4 Appiah 5 Armah 6 Aborah 7 Gargo 8 Nti 9 Abrey 10 Lamptey 11 Gyamfi 12 Naawu 13 Asare 14 Baffoe 15 Ibrahim 16 S. Ansah 17 Abedi Pele 18 Polley 19 Manso 20 Preko 21 Yeboah 22 Abubakari Coach: Pfister v t e Ghana squad – 1994 African Cup of Nations GK Addo GK Ansah GK Mensah DF Ampeah DF Amankwah DF Armah DF Baffoe DF Dodoo DF Duah DF Manso DF Opoku DF Whyte MF Akonnor MF Lamptey MF Johnson MF Laud MF Abedi Pele MF Yaw FW Arthur FW Ayew FW Polley FW Yeboah Coach: Aggrey-Finn v t e Ghana squad – 1996 African Cup of Nations Fourth Place GK S. Addo GK Kingson GK Nanbanyin DF J. Addo DF Amankwah DF Asare DF Baidoo DF Dodoo DF Johnson DF Kuffour MF D. Addo MF Akonnor MF Kumah MF Lamptey MF Abedi Pele MF Yahaya MF Yaw FW Aboagye FW Ayew FW Preko FW Tanko FW Yeboah Coach: Kurtz v t e Ghana squad – 1998 African Cup of Nations 1 Kingson 2 Edusei 3 Owusu-Ansah 4 S. Kuffour 5 E. Addo 6 Gargo 7 Allotey 8 Nyarko 9 Tetteh 10 Abedi Pele 11 Akonnor 12 Ofori-Quaye 13 E. Kuffour 14 Agyeman-Duah 15 Johnson 16 S. Addo 17 Aboagye 18 Kumah 19 Bastios 20 Ackon 21 Moses 22 Mantey Coach: Israël v t e Ghana squad – 2000 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Kingson 2 Dugbatey 3 E. Kuffour 4 S. Kuffour 5 Baidoo 6 Gargo 7 Preko 8 Edusei 9 Ayew 10 Akonnor 11 Ahinful 12 Mantey 13 Nettey 14 Gyan 15 Johnson 16 Appiah 17 Ofori-Quaye 18 Kennedy 19 D. Addo 20 O. Addo 21 Nyarko 22 Adjei Coach: Dossena v t e Ghana squad – 2002 African Cup of Nations 1 Nanor 2 Mohammed 3 E.Kuffour 4 S.Kuffour 5 Mensah 6 Mireku 7 Amoah 8 Essien 9 Amoako 10 Boateng 11 Tachie-Mensah 12 Adjei 13 Boakye 14 Blay 15 Owusu-Ansah 16 Duah 17 Gyan 18 Addo 19 Amponsah 20 Razak 21 Paintsil 22 Kankani Coach: Duodu v t e Ghana squad – 2006 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Adjei 2 Ansah 3 Agyemang 4 Kuffour 5 Mensah 6 Pappoe 7 Kingston 8 Sarpei 9 Tagoe 10 Appiah 11 Dickoh 12 Attram 13 Frimpong 14 Amoah 15 Paintsil 16 Owu 17 Edusei 18 Yakubu 19 Mohammed 20 Adamu 21 Issah 22 McCarthy 23 Draman Coach: Dujković v t e Ghana squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations Third Place 1 Adjei 2 Sarpei 3 A. Gyan 4 Paintsil 5 Mensah 6 Annan 7 Kingston 8 Essien 9 Agogo 10 Asamoah 11 Muntari 12 Ayew 13 B. Gyan 14 Kumordzi 15 Barusso 16 Dauda 17 Asare 18 Addo 19 Shilla 20 Quincy 21 Afful 22 Kingson 23 Dramani Coach: Le Roy v t e Ghana squad – 2010 Africa Cup of Nations runners-up 1 McCarthy 2 Sarpei 3 Gyan 4 Osei 5 Jonathan 6 Annan 7 Inkoom 8 Essien 9 Opuku 10 Asamoah 11 Narry 12 Addy 13 A. Ayew 14 Amoah 15 Vorsah 16 Agyei 17 I. Ayew 18 Addo 19 Agyemang-Badu 20 Adiyiah 21 Afful 22 Kingson 23 Dramani Coach: Rajevac v t e Ghana squad – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Fourth Place 1 Agyei 2 Opare 3 Gyan 4 Paintsil 5 Mensah 6 Annan 7 Inkoom 8 Badu 9 Boateng 10 A. Ayew 11 Muntari 12 Tagoe 13 J. Ayew 14 Alhassan 15 Vorsah 16 Kwarasey 17 Addy 18 Jonathan 19 Takyi 20 Asamoah 21 Boye 22 Sowah 23 Abu Coach: Stevanović v t e Ghana squad – 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Fourth Place 1 Agyei 2 K. Boateng 3 Gyan (c) 4 Pantsil 5 Awal 6 Annan 7 Atsu 8 Badu 9 D. Boateng 10 Adomah 11 Rabiu 12 Kwarasey 13 Akaminko 14 Asante 15 Vorsah 16 Dauda 17 Clottey 18 Boakye 19 Mensah 20 Asamoah 21 Boye 22 Wakaso 23 Afful Coach: Appiah v t e Ghana squad – 2015 Africa Cup of Nations runners-up 1 Razak 2 Appiah 3 Gyan (c) 4 Gyimah 5 Awal 6 Acquah 7 Atsu 8 Badu 9 J. Ayew 10 A. Ayew 11 Wakaso 12 Sowah 13 Rabiu 14 Asante 15 Otoo 16 Dauda 17 Rahman 18 Amartey 19 Mensah 20 Accam 21 Boye 22 Acheampong 23 Afful Coach: Grant v t e Ghana squad – 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Fourth Place 1 Razak 2 Yiadom 3 Gyan (c) 4 Mensah 5 Partey 6 Acquah 7 Atsu 8 Badu 9 J. Ayew 10 A. Ayew 11 Wakaso 12 R. Ofori 13 Assifuah 14 Tekpetey 15 E. Ofori 16 Dauda 17 Rahman 18 Amartey 19 Gyimah 20 Tetteh 21 Boye 22 Acheampong 23 Afful Coach: Grant

Ghana Olympic squads

v t e Ghana squad – 1964 Summer Olympics 1 Ankrah 2 S. Acquah 3 Oblitey 4 Simmons 5 Odametey 6 Nkansah 7 Osei 8 Mfum 9 Aggrey 10 E. Acquah 11 Pare 12 Gibirine 13 Laryea 14 Atta 15 Ofari 16 Okai 17 Gyau 18 Salisu 19 Anoi 20 Odoi 21 Adjei Coach: Gyamfi v t e Ghana squad – 1968 Summer Olympics 1 Mensah 2 Boateng 3 Kusi 4 Eshun 5 Odametey 6 Sunday 7 Kofi 8 Attuquayefio 9 Alhassan 10 Gbadamosi 11 Sampene 12 Gariba 13 Noawy 14 Wilson 15 Jabir 16 Acquah 17 Kpakpo 18 Foley 19 Botchway Coach: Marotzke v t e Ghana squad – 1972 Summer Olympics 1 France 2 Akuetteh 3 Acquah 4 Mingle 5 Eshun 6 Sunday 7 Essuman 8 Lamptey 9 Gariba 10 Sam 11 Jabir 12 Boye 13 Yaw 14 Odame 15 Owusu 16 Ghartey 17 Kofi 18 Mensah 19 Derchie Coach: Gyamfi v t e Ghana football squad – 1992 Summer Olympic – Bronze Medalists 1 Mensah 2 Amankwah 3 Asare 4 Gargo 5 Yaw 6 Nyarko 7 Rahman 8 Lamptey 9 Ayew 10 Quaye 11 Kumah (c) 12 Kuffour 13 Adjei 14 Kalilu 15 Aryee 16 Addo 17 Konadu 18 Preko 19 Amadu 20 Dossey Coach: Arday v t e Ghana men's football squad – 1996 Summer Olympics 1 Kingson 2 Nettey 3 Welbeck 4 Baidoo 5 J. Addo 6 Dodoo 7 S. Kuffour 8 Yahaya 9 Ahinful 10 Akonnor 11 Duah 12 Aboagye 13 Kennedy 14 Ebenezer 15 Saba 16 S. Addo 17 E. Kuffour 18 Amoako Coach: Arday v t e Ghana men's football squad – 2004 Summer Olympics 1 Owu 2 Lamine 3 B. Gyan 4 Osei 5 Mensah 6 Pappoe 7 Yahuza 8 Taylor 9 Poku 10 Appiah 11 Villars 12 A. Gyan 13 Pimpong 14 Paintsil 15 Coleman 16 Tiero 17 Chibsah (c) 18 Alhassan Coach: Barreto

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