Ghana national football team

Ghana

Nickname(s)	The Black Stars
Association	Ghana Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Milovan Rajevac[1]
Captain	John Mensah
Most caps	Richard Kingson (82)
Top scorer	Abedi Pele (33)
Home stadium	Ohene Djan Sports Stadium Baba Yara Stadium Tamale Stadium Sekondi Stadium
FIFA code	GHA
FIFA ranking	23
Highest FIFA ranking	13 (February, April, May 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	33 (June 2004)
Elo ranking	20
Highest Elo ranking	8 (30 June 1996, February, April, May 2008)
Lowest Elo ranking	97 (14 June 2004)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Gold Coast 1–0 Nigeria  (Accra, Gold Coast; 21 May 1950)
Biggest win
Kenya 0–10 Ghana  (London, Great Britain; 12 December 2001)[2]
Biggest defeat
Bulgaria 10–0 Ghana  (Leon, Mexico; 2 October 1968)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 2006)
Best result	Quarter-finals, 2010
African Nations Cup
Appearances	17 (First in 1963)
Best result	Winners, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982

The Ghana national football team, popularly known as the Black Stars, is the national association football team of Ghana and is controlled by the Ghana Football Association. Before gaining independence from Great Britain in 1957, the country played as the Gold Coast.

Although the team did not qualify for the senior FIFA World Cup until 2006, they had qualified for five straight Olympic Games Football Tournaments when the tournament was still a full senior national team competition. The team has won the Africa Cup of Nations four times^[4] (in 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982), making Ghana the second most successful team in the contest's history, behind Egypt. The Olympic Team,^[3] the Black Meteors, in 1992 became the first African country to win a medal at football.

After going through 2005 unbeaten, Ghana won the FIFA most improved team of the year award and they reached the second round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup led by Serbian football coach, Ratomir Dujković.

At the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, they became the third African team in history to reach the World Cup quarter-finals.

History

The Ghana Amateur Football Association was founded in 1957, soon after the country's independence, and was affiliated to both CAF and FIFA the following year, Englishman George Ainsley being appointed coach of the national team.

In 1960 the Black Stars played Spanish giants Real Madrid, who were at the time Spanish, European and intercontinental champions, and drew 3–3.

Charles Kumi Gyamfi became coach in 1961, and Ghana won successive Africa Cup of Nations titles, in 1963 and 1965, and achieved their record win, 13–0 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 country the nickname of "the Brazil of Africa" in the 1960s^[5]. 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, reaching the quarter finals in 1964 and withdrawing on political grounds in 1976 and but making little progress in continent-wide competitions until the appointment of Burkhard Ziese as coach in 1991. The 1992 African Cup of Nations, after three failures to reach the final tournament, saw Ghana finish second, beaten on penalties in the final by Côte d'Ivoire.

Disharmony among the squad, which eventually lead to parliamentary and executive intervention to settle issues between two of the team, Abedi Pele and Anthony Yeboah, may have played some part in the failure of the team to build on the successes of the national underage teams. Ghana slipped to 89th place in the FIFA World Rankings, but a new generation of 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 the 2004 Olympic Games^[3], 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. Ghana started with a 2–0 defeat to eventual champions Italy, but wins over the Czech Republic (2–0) and USA (2–1) saw them through to the second round, where they were beaten 3–0 by Brazil.

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 2010 FIFA World Cup. The World Cup Draw in Cape Town on the 4 December 2009 saw the Ghanaian team being placed alongside Germany, Serbia and Australia in Group D. They were able to reach the last 16 where they played the USA, defeating them 2–1 in extra time to become the third African nation to reach the World Cup quarterfinals. They then lost on penalties to Uruguay in the quarterfinals, having missed a penalty in extra time after a certain goal was saved off the line by Luis Suarez's deliberately parried handball who was then shown a red card for his actions.

Match results

2010 Africa Cup of Nations 15 January 2010	Côte d'Ivoire	3 – 1	Ghana	Cabinda, Angola
19:30 UTC+2	Gervinho  23' Tiéné  66' Drogba  90'	Report	Gyan  90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Chimandela, Cabinda Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)

2010 Africa Cup of Nations 19 January 2010	Burkina Faso	0 – 1	Ghana	Luanda, Angola
17:00 UTC+2		(Report)	A. Ayew  30'	Stadium: Estádio 11 de Novembro Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

2010 Africa Cup of Nations 24 January 2010	Angola	0 – 1	Ghana	Luanda, Angola
17:00 UTC+2		(Report)	Gyan  15'	Stadium: Estádio 11 de Novembro Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

2010 Africa Cup of Nations 28 January 2010	Ghana	1 – 0	Nigeria	Luanda, Angola
16:00 UTC+2	Gyan  21'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio 11 de Novembro Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

2010 Africa Cup of Nations 31 January 2010	Ghana	0 – 1	Egypt	Luanda, Angola
17:00 UTC+2		(Report)	Geddo  85'	Stadium: Estádio 11 de Novembro Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

International Friendly 3 March 2010	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2 – 1	Ghana	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
12:30 UTC+1	Ibišević  40' Pjanić  64'	(Report)	Muntari  85'	Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Damir Batinic (Croatia)

2011 ANC Qualifying 14 March 2010	Burkina Faso	2 – 6	Ghana	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
17:00 UTC+0				Stadium: Stade du 4-Août

2011 ANC Qualifying 27 March 2010	Ghana	2 – 0	Burkina Faso	Accra, Ghana
19:00 UTC+0				Stadium: Ohene Djan Stadium

International Friendly 1 June 2010	Netherlands	4 – 1	Ghana	Rotterdam, Netherlands
18:00 UTC+0	van der Vaart  71' Sneijder  81' van Persie  87'		Gyan  76'	Stadium: Feijenoord Stadion Attendance: 50,000

International Friendly 5 June 2010	Ghana	1 – 0	Latvia	Milton Keynes, England
UTC+1	Owusu-Abeyie  89'			Stadium: stadium:mk

2010 FIFA World Cup 13 June 2010	Serbia	0 – 1	Ghana	Pretoria, South Africa
16:00 UTC+2		Report	Gyan  85' (pen.)	Stadium: Loftus Versfeld Stadium Attendance: 38,833 Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

2010 FIFA World Cup 19 June 2010	Ghana	1 – 1	Australia	Rustenburg, South Africa
16:00 UTC+2	Gyan  25' (pen.)	Report	Holman  11'	Stadium: Royal Bafokeng Stadium Attendance: 34,812 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

2010 FIFA World Cup 23 June 2010	Ghana	0 – 1	Germany	Johannesburg, South Africa
20:30 UTC+2		Report	Özil  60'	Stadium: Soccer City Attendance: 83,391 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)

2010 FIFA World Cup 26 June 2010	United States	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Ghana	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
20:30 UTC+2	Donovan  62' (pen.)	Report	Boateng  5' Gyan  93'	Attendance: 34,976 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

2010 FIFA World Cup 2 July 2010	Uruguay	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) 4 – 2 (p.s.o.)	Ghana	Soccer City, Johannesburg
20:30 UTC+2	Forlan  55'	Report	Muntari  45+2'	Attendance: 84,017 Referee: Olegario Benquerenca Portugal

International Friendly 11 August 2010	South Africa	1 - 0	Ghana	FNB Stadium, Johannesburg
UTC+2	Mphela  42'	Report		Attendance: 40,000

2012 CAF Qualifying 3 September 2010	Swaziland	v	Ghana	Lobamba, Swaziland
18:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Somhlolo National Stadium

2012 CAF Qualifying 8 October 2010	Ghana	v	Sudan	Accra, Ghana
18:00 UTC+0				Stadium: Ohene Djan Stadium

Team honours

• African Cup of Nations: 4
  

1963, 1965, 1978, 1982

• African Cup of Nations runners-up: 4
  

1968, 1970, 1992, 2010

• West African Nations Cup: 5
  

1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987

• All-African Games: 2 Bronze medals
  

1978, 2003

World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1958	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962 to 2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Round of 16	13	4	2	0	2	4	6
2010	Quarter-finals	7	5	2	2	1	5	4
Total	2/19		9	4	2	3	9	10

The Ghana national team at the 2008 African Cup of Nations before the quarter-final match against Nigeria.

African Nations Cup record

African Cup of Nations
Titles: 4 Appearances: 18
Year	Position		Year	Position		Year	Position
1957	Did not enter		1976	Did not qualify		1994	Quarter-finals
1959	Did not enter		1978	Champions		1996	Fourth Place
1962	Did not qualify		1980	Round 1		1998	Round 1
1963	Champions		1982	Champions		2000	Quarter-finals
1965	Champions		1984	Round 1		2002	Quarter-finals
1968	Second Place		1986	Did not qualify		2004	Did not qualify
1970	Second Place		1988	Did not qualify		2006	Round 1
1972	Did not qualify		1990	Did not qualify		2008	Third Place
1974	Did not qualify		1992	Second Place		2010	Second Place

For 2010, see 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Ghana were the only African side to advance to Round 2 of 2006 FIFA World Cup (Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, Angola, and Tunisia were all eliminated in group play), and the sixth nation in a row from Africa to progress beyond the group stages of the World Cup. Ghana was the youngest team in the FIFA World Cup 2006 with an average age of 23 yrs and 352 days.

Because of Ghana's performances in the tournament, there has been praise for their continuous efforts to push forward and their fearless attitude. Greek Coach Otto Rehhagel told FIFA.com, "the teams you used to regard as a little behind tactically, the Africans for example, have caught up. They're physically even better off than we are, as they have tremendous natural athleticism, and they've come on enormously in the areas which were non-existent before, discipline and tactics for example. Every team which faced Ghana or Cote d'Ivoire knew they'd been in a game." ^[6] Of their 2006 performance, FIFA.com said, "Ghana are surely a side in ascendancy." ^[7]

Of the 32 countries that participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ghana was ranked 13th by FIFA.[1]

2006 FIFA World Cup Matches
Category	Team A	Result	Team B	Date	Venue	Scorers
Round of 16	Brazil	3–0	Ghana	27 June	Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund	Brazil: Ronaldo 5, Adriano 45+, Zé Roberto 84 [2] First Half; Second Half
Group E	Ghana	2–1	United States	22 June	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg	Ghana Dramani 22, Appiah 47+; USA: Clint Dempsey 43)[3] Pre-Match; 1st Half; 2nd half
Group E	Ghana	2–0	Czech Republic	17 June	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne	Ghana: Asamoah 2, Muntari 82) [4]
Group E	Italy	2–0	Ghana	12 June	AWD-Arena, Hannover	Italy: Pirlo, 40 Iaquinta 83)[5]

Players

Goals

Squad

Current squad

The following 18-man squad was selected for the Friendly Match against South Africa.

Caps and goals updated as August 11, 2010.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Daniel Adjei November 10, 1989 (1989-11-10) (age 21) 4 0 Liberty Professionals GK Richard Kingson (vice-captain) June 13, 1978 (1978-06-13) (age 32) 82 1 Wigan Athletic GK Isaac Amoako August 20, 1983 (1983-08-20) (age 27) 17 0 Asante Kotoko DF John Pantsil June 15, 1981 (1981-06-15) (age 29) 61 0 Fulham DF Samuel Inkoom August 22, 1989 (1989-08-22) (age 21) 19 0 Basel DF Hans Sarpei June 28, 1976 (1976-06-28) (age 34) 35 0 Bayer Leverkusen DF David Addy February 21, 1990 (1990-02-21) (age 20) 2 0 Académica DF John Boye April 23, 1987 (1987-04-23) (age 23) 3 0 Stade Rennais F.C. DF Jonathan Mensah July 13, 1990 (1990-07-13) (age 20) 8 0 Udinese DF Lee Addy September 26, 1990 (1990-09-26) (age 20) 14 0 Red Star Belgrade DF Isaac Vorsah June 11, 1988 (1988-06-11) (age 22) 16 0 Hoffenheim MF Anthony Annan July 21, 1986 (1986-07-21) (age 24) 38 1 Rosenborg MF André Ayew December 17, 1989 (1989-12-17) (age 21) 26 1 Olympique de Marseille MF Kwadwo Asamoah September 9, 1988 (1988-09-09) (age 22) 22 1 Udinese MF Kevin-Prince Boateng March 6, 1987 (1987-03-06) (age 23) 6 1 Milan MF Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu December 2, 1990 (1990-12-02) (age 20) 14 0 Udinese MF Cofie Bekoe March 16, 1988 (1988-03-16) (age 22) 1 0 PetroJet MF Bennard Yao Kumordzi March 21, 1985 (1985-03-21) (age 25) 5 0 Panionios FW Asamoah Gyan November 22, 1985 (1985-11-22) (age 25) 44 22 Rennes FW Ransford Osei December 5, 1990 (1990-12-05) (age 20) 1 0 Twente FW Haminu Draman April 1, 1986 (1986-04-01) (age 24) 42 4 Lokomotiv Moscow FW Yaw Antwi June 15, 1985 (1985-06-15) (age 25) 3 1 Vojvodina

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Ghana squad in last twelve months.

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut	Most recent callup
DF Harrison Afful	July 24, 1986 (1986-07-24) (age 24) Espérance	20 (0)	N.A	v South Africa, 11 August 2010 2009
DF Bright Addai	December 19, 1992 (1992-12-19) (age 18)	Parma	1 (0)	v South Africa, 11 August 2010 2009
GK Stephen Ahorlu	September 5, 1988 (1988-09-05) (age 22)	Hapoel Ashkelon	0 (0)	N.A.	v Fifa World Cup 2010, 26 June 2010
DF John Mensah (captain)	November 29, 1982 (1982-11-29) (age 28)	Lyon	68 (0)	N.A.	v Fifa World Cup 2010, 26 June 2010
MF Derek Boateng	May 12, 1983 (1983-05-12) (age 27)	Getafe	22 (3)	N.A.	v Fifa World Cup 2010, 26 June 2010
MF Stephen Appiah	December 24, 1980 (1980-12-24) (age 30)	Bologna	69 (6)	N.A.	v Fifa World Cup 2010, 26 June 2010
MF Sulley Muntari	August 27, 1984 (1984-08-27) (age 26)	Internazionale	57 (17)	N.A.	v Fifa World Cup 2010, 26 June 2010
MF Abdul Rahim Ayew	April 16, 1988 (1988-04-16) (age 22)	Zamalek	6 (0)	N.A.	v Fifa World Cup 2010, 26 June 2010
FW Prince Tagoe	November 9, 1986 (1986-11-09) (age 24)	Hoffenheim	21 (3)	N.A.	v Fifa World Cup 2010, 26 June 2010
FW Matthew Amoah	October 24, 1980 (1980-10-24) (age 30)	NAC	44 (13)	N.A.	v Fifa World Cup 2010, 26 June 2010
FW Dominic Adiyiah	November 29, 1989 (1989-11-29) (age 21)	Milan	8 (0)	N.A.	v Fifa World Cup 2010, 26 June 2010
FW Quincy Owusu-Abeyie	April 15, 1986 (1986-04-15) (age 24)	Málaga	15 (2)	N.A.	v Fifa World Cup 2010, 26 June 2010
DF Emmanuel Ansong	October 22, 1989 (1989-10-22) (age 21)	Heart of Lions	1 (0)	N.A.	v Argentina, 1 October 2009
DF Michael Ofosu-Appiah	December 29, 1988 (1988-12-29) (age 22)	Asante Kotoko	1 (0)	v Argentina, 1 October 2009
MF Abraham Annan	8 December 1988 (1988-12-08) (age 22)	Heart of Lions	1 (0)	v Argentina, 1 October 2009
FW Joshua Otto	April 6, 1990 (1990-04-06) (age 20)	Hearts of Oak	1 (0)	v Argentina, 1 October 2009
ST Gladson Awako	December 31, 1990 (1990-12-31) (age 20)	Heart of Lions	1 (0)	v Argentina, 1 October 2009
DF Karimu Alhassan	April 30, 1991 (1991-04-30) (age 19)	Hearts of Oak	1 (0)	v Argentina, 1 October 2009
MF Francis Coffie	August 16, 1988 (1988-08-16) (age 22)	Asante Kotoko	1 (0)	v Argentina, 1 October 2009
MF Michael Essien	December 3, 1982 (1982-12-03) (age 28)	Chelsea	51 (9)	N.A.
DF Bright Allotey	September 14, 1991 (1991-09-14) (age 19)	Great Olympics	1 (0)	v Argentina, 1 October 2009
MF Kofi Nti Boakye	April 5, 1987 (1987-04-05) (age 23)	Heart of Lions	1 (0)	v Argentina, 1 October 2009
CM Frank Boateng	August 17, 1984 (1984-08-17) (age 26)	Asante Kotoko	1 (0)	v Argentina, 1 October 2009
FW Mahatma Otoo	February 6, 1992 (1992-02-06) (age 19)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1 (0)	v Argentina, 1 October 2009
MF Jordan Opoku	October 8, 1983 (1983-10-08) (age 27)	Asante Kotoko	1 (0)	v Argentina, 1 October 2009
FW Obed Owusu	26 July 1990 (1990-07-26) (age 20)	Asante Kotoko	1 (0)	v Argentina, 1 October 2009
MF David Telfer	December 1, 1988 (1988-12-01) (age 22)	Ashanti Gold	1 (0)	v Zambia, 14 August 2009
FW Samad Oppong	July 21, 1988 (1988-07-21) (age 22)	Asante Kotoko	1 (0)	v Argentina, 1 October 2009
MF Agyeman Prempeh Opoku	June 7, 1989 (1989-06-07) (age 21)	Al-Wahda	2 (0)	N/A	v Sudan, 20 June 2009
MF Mark Sekyere	February 28, 1989 (1989-02-28) (age 21)	ASEC Mimosas	1 (0)	v South Africa, 19 November 2009

African Player of the Year and other award winning players

In the 1990s, Abédi Pelé and Tony Yeboah received FIFA World Player of the Year top ten nominations: the following decade Sammy Kuffour and Michael Essien received Ballon d'Or nominations. Abédi Pelé was listed in the 2004 "FIFA 100" greatest living footballers.

On 13 January 2007, the Confederation of African Football voted Abedi Pele, Michael Essien, Tony Yeboah, Ibrahim Abdul Razak and Samuel Kuffour as members of the CAF top 30 best African players of all-time. In addition, Abedi and Yeboah were voted as among of the best African players of the century in 1999 by IFFHS.

• Abédi Pelé – FIFA 100, WPOY Nom.1991, 9th 1992, 1991, 1992, 1993 APOY Winner, APOY Nom. 85,86,87,88,89,90, 5th Best African Player of All-Time
• Karim Abdul Razak – 1978 APOY Winner, 6th 1983, 26th Best African Player of All-Time
• Ibrahim Sunday – 1971 APOY Winner
• Samuel Kuffour – Ballon d'Or Nom. 2001, APOY Runner-up 1999,2001, 27th Best African Player of All-Time
• Tony Yeboah – WPOY 9th 1993, Ballon d'Or 23rd 1995, APOY Runner-up 1993, 3rd 1992, 6th 1991, 10th 1996, 24th Best African Player of All-Time
• Michael Essien – FIFA World Player of the Year – 22nd 2005, 22nd 2006, 15th 2007; Ballon d'Or – 24th 2007 27th 2006, 22nd 2005; APOY – 2nd 2007, 3rd 2006, 3rd 2005, 11th Best African Player of All-Time
• Robert Mensah – APOY Runner-up 1971, 9th 1970
• Adolf Armah – APOY Runner-up 1979
• Opoku Nti – APOY Runner-up 1983
• Mohammed Polo – APOY 4th 1977
• Nii Lamptey – APOY 5th 1991, FIFA U-17 Golden Ball, Silver Shoe1991
• Yaw Sam – APOY 6th 1973
• Malik Jabir – APOY 7th 1972
• Albert Asaase – APOY 7th 1982
• Charles Akunnor – APOY 7th 1998
• Osei Kofi – APOY 8th 1970
• Opoku Afriyie – APOY 8th 1982
• Stephen Appiah – APOY 8th 2003

Technical staff

Head Coach	Milovan Rajevac
Assistant Coach	Akwasi Appiah
Fitness Coach	Vacant
Goalkeeping Coach	Edward Ansah
Psychologist	Dr. Yao Mfodwo
Physiotherapist	Charles Botchway
Team Doctor	Dr Percy Annan
2nd Team Doctor	Dr Allan Akaba
Welfare Officer	Opoku Afriyie
Protocol Officer	Alex Asante
Spokesman	Randy Abbey
Kit Manager	Sherif Bobo Musah

Head coaches

Date appointed Manager name 2008–Present Milovan Rajevac 2008 Sellas Tetteh (interim) 2006–2008 Claude Le Roy 2004–2006 Ratomir Dujković 2004 Sam Arday (interim) 2004 Mariano Barreto 2003 Ralf Zumdick 2003 Burkhard Ziese 2002 Emmanuel Akwasi Afranie 2002 Milan Živadinović 2001–2002 Fred Osam-Duodu 2001 Cecil Jones Attuquayefio 2000 Fred Osam-Duodu 1999–2000 Giuseppe Dossena

Date appointed Manager name 1997–1998 Rinus Israël 1996–1997 Sam Arday 1996 Ismael Kurtz 1995 Petre Gavrilla 1995 Jørgen E. Larsen 1994 E.J. Aggrey-Fynn 1993 Fred Osam-Duodu 1992–1993 Otto Pfister 1990–1992 Burkhard Ziese 1988–1989 Fred Osam-Duodu 1986–1987 Rudi Gutendorf 1984 Herbert Addo

Date appointed Manager name 1984 Emmanuel Akwasi Afranie 1982–1983 C. K. Gyamfi^ 1978–1981 Fred Osam-Duodu^ 1977–1978 O. C. Sampaio 1974–1975 Karl Weigang 1973–1974 Nicolae Nicuşor Dumitru 1968–1970 Karl Heinz Marotzke 1967 Carlos Alberto Parreira 1963 – 1965 C. K. Gyamfi^ 1963 József Ember 1959–1962 Adreas Sjolberg 1958–1959 George Ainsley

^Won African Cup of Nations during tenure

Competitive Statistics

FIFA World Cup Record

African Cup of Nations Record

Nations Cup Record by team

Ghana versus	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Côte d'Ivoire	8	5	1	2	17	11	+6
Tunisia	6	5	1	0	10	4	+6
Congo DR	5	3	0	2	8	5	+3
Nigeria	6	3	1	3	6	7	0
Senegal	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2
Congo	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5
Guinea	4	3	1	0	5	2	+3
Zambia	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1
Algeria	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1
South Africa	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4
Egypt	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
Morocco	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1
Sudan	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Burkina Faso	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Cameroon	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1
Libya	2	0	2	0	3	3	0
Togo	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
Ethiopia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Uganda	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Malawi	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Mozambique	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Namibia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Zimbabwe	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Total	66	37	13	16	91	56	+35

West African Nations Cup [SCSA Zone III] Record

Year	Venue	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1982	Benin	Final	Winner	5	3	2	0	14	8	+6
1983	Côte d'Ivoire	Final	Winner	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5
1984	Burkina Faso	Final	Winner	5	2	3	0	9	5	+4
1986	Ghana	Final	Winner	6	5	1	0	12	2	+10
1987	Liberia	Final	Winner	5	5	0	0	14	2	+12
Total	5/5	5 Finals	5 Championships	25	18	7	0	56	19	+37

• The Tournament was not held in 1985.

Trivia

In the final of the 1992 African Cup of Nations on 26 January 1992, Ghana was defeated 11–10 by the Côte d'Ivoire in the highest-scoring penalty shoot-out in International football competition at the time- the 24-shot shoot-out, when Ghana played their record 7th African Cup of Nations final game. Ghana captain and influential play maker Abédi Pelé, who won the best player of that tournament was suspended for the final because of yellow card accumulation from the 2–1 semi-final win over Nigeria.

Kwesi Owusu, former Black Stars captain, was the first footballer to score a goal at the Munich Olympic Stadium during the 1972 Olympic Games. His photograph still stands erect at one of the Olympic Villages in Olympiapark, Munich, Germany.

See also

• 1963 African Cup of Nations – Host
• 1978 African Cup of Nations – Host
• 2000 African Cup of Nations – Co-Host
• 2008 African Cup of Nations – Host
• African Footballer of the Year

External links

• Ghana Football Association – Official website
• 2008 African Cup of Nations website- Official Tournament Home
• Ghana Premier League website
• Ghana's 2006 FIFA World Cup looking back scores, video and pictures
• Ghanaweb Sports Page
• RSSSF Archive of all Ghana Matches
• History of Ghana at the African Cup of Nations
• Latest Ghana Soccer News
• Ghana CAN 2008 – African Cup of Nations News

Titles

Preceded by 1962 Ethiopia	African Champions 1963 (First title) 1965 (Second title)	Succeeded by 1968 Congo DR
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 Defunct

International association football FIFA · World Cup · Confederations Cup · U-20 World Cup · U-17 World Cup · Olympics · Asian Games · All-Africa Games · Pan American Games · Minor tournaments · World Rankings · Player of the Year · FIFA Ballon d'Or  · Teams · Debuts · Competitions · Federations · Codes Asia AFC – Asian Cup Africa CAF – Africa Cup of Nations North, Central America and Caribbean CONCACAF – Gold Cup South America CONMEBOL – Copa América Oceania OFC – Nations Cup Europe UEFA – European Championship Non-FIFA N.F.-Board – Viva World Cup– Europeada

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

Ghana squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Agyei • 2 Sarpei • 3 A. Gyan • 4 Pantsil • 5 Mensah (c) • 6 Annan • 7 Inkoom • 8 Jonathan • 9 D. Boateng • 10 S. Appiah • 11 Muntari • 12 Tagoe • 13 A. Ayew • 14 Amoah • 15 Vorsah • 16 Ahorlu • 17 I. Ayew • 18 Adiyiah • 19 Addy • 20 Quincy • 21 K. Asamoah • 22 Kingson • 23 Prince • Coach: Rajevac

References