Ghana national under-23 football team

Ghana Olympic football team
Nickname(s) The Black Meteors
Association Ghana Football Association (GFA)
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Head coach Malik Jabir
Home stadium Accra Sports Stadium
FIFA code GHA
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
Olympic Games
Appearances 6 (First in 1964)
Best result 3rd: 1992
All-Africa Games
Appearances 5 (First in 1973)
Best result Gold Medal (2011)
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze 1992 Barcelona Team

Ghana national under-23 football team (also known as Ghana Olympic football team or Black Meteors), represents Ghana in international football competitions in Olympic Games, All-Africa Games, and CAF U-23 Championship. The selection is limited to players aged 23 and under the age of 23, except during the Olympic Games where the use of three overage players is allowed. The team is controlled by the Ghana Football Association (GFA).

The team had qualified for five straight Olympic Games Football Tournaments when the tournament was still a full senior national team competition. In 1992, they became the first African country to win a medal at Olympic Games football. The Black Meteors failed to qualify for Beijing 2008 and although being the 2011 All-Africa Games champions, the Ghana Olympic football team failed to qualify for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship thus will not participate in London 2012.[2]

History

Ghana appeared in the quarter-final of the Olympic games in 1964 where they were beaten by Romania in the quarter-final. They played in the 1968, 1972 Olympic tournaments, but never progressed further than the Group stages. They also qualified in 1976 then withdrew.

In 1992, Ghana reached the semi-final for the first time, they defeated Australia 2-0 to claim their first bronze medal in the event, and thus became the first African country to win a medal at football.

Ghana reached the quarter-finals of the Olympics football tournament in 1996 for the second time, they lost 4-2 against Brazil.

In the Athens 2004 tournament Ghana were eliminated in the Group stages after they lost a must win game 1-0 against Japan. The team were not able to qualify for Beijing 2008 and London 2012.

Olympic record

Former Olympic squads

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

All-Africa Games record

Former All-Africa Games squads

Note: Football at the All-Africa Games has been an under-23 tournament since 1991.

Current squad

Head coach: Ghana Malik Jabir

Ghana national under-23 football team squad.
# Name Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
Goalkeepers
1 Eric Ofori Antwi November 20, 1994 0 0 Ghana Amidaus Professionals
Defenders
2 Richard Ofori April 24, 1993 0 0 Portugal Academica Coimbra
4 Ebenezer Ofori July 1, 1995 0 0 Sweden AIK
5 Isaac Donkor August 15, 1995 0 0 Italy Inter Milan
13 Daniel Pappoe December 30, 1993 0 0 England Brighton & Hove Albion
Midfielders
3 Thomas Partey June 13, 1993 0 0 Spain Atlético Madrid on loan to Almería
6 Alfred Duncan March 10, 1993 0 0 Italy Inter Milan on loan to Sampdoria
8 Evans Nyarko July 6, 1992 0 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund
10 Bernard Mensah October 17, 1994 0 0 Portugal Vitória Guimarães
15 Mohammed Fatau December 24, 1992 0 0 Spain Rayo Vallecano on loan from Granada CF
18 Ibrahim Moro November 10, 1993 0 0 Sweden AIK
19 Richard Boateng July 10, 1992 0 0 Spain Granada CF
21 Emmanuel Frimpong January 10, 1992 0 0 Russia Ufa
Strikers
7 Bernard Mensah December 29, 1994 0 0 England Watford
9 Kwame Nsor August 1, 1992 0 0 France FC Metz
11 Frank Acheampong October 16, 1993 0 0 Belgium Anderlecht
14 Francis Narh April 18, 1994 0 0 Czech Republic Baník Ostrava
16 Kennedy Ashia December 13, 1993 0 0 Ghana Liberty Professionals
17 Ebenezer Assifuah July 3, 1993 0 0 Switzerland FC Sion
20 Richmond Boakye January 28, 1993 0 0 Italy Juventus
22 Kwame Karikari January 21, 1992 0 0 Sweden AIK

See also

References

  1. ↑ Since 1992, squads for Football at the Summer Olympics have been restricted to three players over the age of 23. The achievements of such teams are not usually included in the statistics of the international team.
  2. ↑ Ghana Football Association. www.ghanafa.org.

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