Ghana national football team

Ghana

Nickname(s)	The Black Stars
Association	Ghana Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Goran Stevanović
Captain	John Mensah
Most caps	Richard Kingson (90)
Top scorer	Abedi Pele (33)
Home stadium	Ohene Djan Sports Stadium Baba Yara Stadium Tamale Stadium Sekondi Stadium
FIFA code	GHA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	26
Highest	14 (February, April, May 2008)
Lowest	89 (June 2004)
First international
Gold Coast 1–0 Nigeria (Accra, Gold Coast; 28 May 1950)
Biggest win
Kenya 0–13 Ghana (Nairobi, Kenya; 12 December 1965)
Biggest defeat
Bulgaria 10–0 Ghana (Leon, Mexico; 2 October 1968)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2006)
Best result	Quarter-finals, 2010
African Cup of Nations
Appearances	18 (first in 1963)
Best result	Winners, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982
Medal record Men’s Football 1992 Barcelona Team

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 (in 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982), making Ghana the second most successful team in the contest's history, behind Egypt. The Olympic Team, 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 Confederation of African Football and FIFA the following year. Englishman George Ainsley was 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. 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 led 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, 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 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 Suárez's deliberately parried handball who was then shown a red card for his actions.

World Cup record

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." Of their 2006 performance, FIFA.com said, "Ghana are surely a side in ascendancy."

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

Ghana vs. Serbia in the 2010 FIFA World Cup group D match at Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria on 13 June 2010.

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

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
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-Final	7th	5	2	2	1	5	4
Total	2/13		9	4	2	3	9	10

African Cup of Nations record

After the 1963 and 1965 triumphs, Ghana hosted and won the 13th edition of the African Cup of Nations trophy for keeps in 1978, and four years later, won it again in Tripoli, Libya. The team have won the African Cup of Nations four times (in 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982), making Ghana the second most successful team in the contest's history, together with Cameroon; Egypt has won the past three tournaments (2006, 2008, 2010) to give it a record seven titles.

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

African Cup of Nations
Titles: 4 Appearances: 18
Year	Position		Year	Position		Year	Position
1957	Did not enter		1978	Champions		1998	Round 1
1959	Did not enter		1980	Round 1		2000	Quarter-finals
1962	Did not qualify		1982	Champions		2002	Quarter-finals
1963	Champions		1984	Round 1		2004	Did not qualify
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	Qualified
1974	Did not qualify		1994	Quarter-finals		2013	TBD
1976	Did not qualify		1996	Fourth Place		2015	TBD

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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

***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

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

Olympic record

Ghana won the Olympic Bronze Medal in 1992

• 1964: 1/4 finals
• 1968: Group Stage
• 1972: Group Stage
• 1976: Group Stage
• 1992: Bronze medal
• 1996: 1/4 finals
• 2004: Group Stage

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

Match results

This is the senior Ghanaian national team forthcoming International Friendly matches

Key

  Win   Draw   Loss

Ghana v Kaizer Chiefs

Ghana v South Africa

Ghana v Platinum Stars

18 January 2012 International Friendly	Ghana	2 – 0	Platinum Stars	Rustenburg, South Africa
15:00 UTC+2	Gyan 27' A. Ayew 32'	Report		Stadium: Royal Bafokeng Stadium

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For 2011 match results, see Ghana national football team 2011

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2012 African Cup of Nations

Following the 2010 World Cup tournament, the Ghanaians started with the score of 16 points from 6 matches in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification (Group I) campaign.

Ghana kept a clean sheet throughout their qualification campaign, drawing only with Sudan. The four-time African champions began the journey with a 3-0 win over Swaziland, drew with the Nile Crocodiles but won convincingly against Congo in their third game. They won all their return leg matches, capping off their schedule with a 2-0 victory over Sudan in Khartoum.

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Main article: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification § Group I Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Ghana 6 5 1 0 13 1 +12 16 Sudan 6 4 1 1 8 3 +5 13 Congo 6 2 0 4 5 10 −5 6 Eswatini 6 0 0 6 2 14 −12 0   Congo – 0–3 0–1 3–1 Ghana 3–1 – 0–0 2–0 Sudan 2–0 0–2 – 3–0 Eswatini 0–1 0–3 1–2 – The draw for the final tournament took place on 29 October 2011 at the Sipopo Conference Palace in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire along with hosts Gabon and Equatorial Guinea were the top seeded teams for the draw of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. Ghana was placed in group D along with Botswana, West African rivals Mali and Guinea, thus making it an open and fairly difficult group. Group D Main article: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Group D Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Ghana 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage 2 Mali 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6 3 Guinea 3 1 1 1 7 3 +4 4 4 Botswana 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: 24 January 2012 17:00 Ghana 1–0 Botswana John Mensah 25' Report Stade de Franceville, Franceville Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal) 24 January 2012 20:00 Mali 1–0 Guinea B. Traoré 30' Report Stade de Franceville, Franceville Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia) 28 January 2012 17:00 Botswana 1–6 Guinea Selolwane 23' (pen.) Report S. Diallo 15', 27' A. R. Camara 42' Traoré 45' M. Bah 83' Soumah 86' Stade de Franceville, Franceville Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach (Morocco) 28 January 2012 20:00 Ghana 2–0 Mali Gyan 64' A. Ayew 71' Report Stade de Franceville, Franceville Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria) 1 February 2012 19:00 Botswana 1–2 Mali Ngele 50' Report Dembélé 56' Keita 75' Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan) 1 February 2012 19:00 Ghana 1–1 Guinea Agyemang-Badu 27' Report A. R. Camara 45' Stade de Franceville, Franceville Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa) 24 January 2012 17:00 UTC+1 Ghana 1 – 0 Botswana Mensah 25' Report Stade de Franceville, Franceville Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal) 28 January 2012 20:00 UTC+1 Ghana 2 – 0 Mali Gyan 63' A. Ayew 76' Report Stade de Franceville, Franceville Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria) 1 February 2012 19:00 UTC+1 Ghana Match 24 Guinea Stade de Franceville, Franceville Team honours This is a list of honours for the senior Ghanaian national team African Cup of Nations Winners: 4 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982 African Cup of Nations runners-up: 4 1968, 1970, 1992, 2010 West African Nations Cup Winners: 5 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987 All-African Games: Champions 1 Gold medal 2 Bronze medals 1978, 2003, 2011 African Nations Championship runners-up: 1 2009 Squad Current squad Match Date: 28 January 2012 and 1 February 2012 Opposition: Mali and Guinea Caps and goals correct as of: 28 January 2012 [a] Note: The following 23-man squad have been called-up to participate in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations and also selected for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Group D match against Mali on 28 January 2012 and Guinea on 1 February 2012.
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Ghana squad within the last 12 months. Retired Players are not listed.

#	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Height (m)	Club	Caps	Goals	Last Call-Up
Goalkeepers
22	Richard Kingson	(1978-06-13) 13 June 1978	1.83	Unattached	90	1	v. Brazil (5 September 2011)
Defenders
N/A	Yaw Frimpong	(1986-12-04) 4 December 1986	1.67	Asante Kotoko	0	0	v. Nigeria (11 October 2011)
N/A	David Addy	(1990-02-21) 21 February 1990	1.80	Panetolikos (loan-F.C. Porto)	6	0	v. South Korea (7 June 2011)
25	Sumaila Rashid	(1991-05-10) 10 May 1991	1.89	Ebusua Dwarfs	0	0	v. Gabon (15 November 2011)
Midfielders
N/A	Albert Adomah	(1987-12-13) 13 December 1987	1.85	Bristol City	2	0	v. Nigeria (11 October 2011)
N/A	Mohammed Rabiu	(1989-12-31) 31 December 1989	1.88	Evian Thonon Gaillard	0	0	v. Brazil (5 September 2011)
N/A	Prince Buaben	(1988-04-23) 23 April 1988	1.78	Watford	2	0	v. Nigeria (9 August 2011)
N/A	Agyemang Opoku	(1989-06-07) 7 June 1989	1.74	Al-Sadd	10	0	v. South Korea (7 June 2011)
N/A	Michael Essien	(1982-12-03) 3 December 1982	1.78	Chelsea	52	9	v. South Korea (7 June 2011)INJ
N/A	Bennard Yao	(1985-03-21) 21 March 1985	1.88	Dijon FCO	7	0	v. England (29 March 2011)
Forwards
N/A	Emmanuel Clottey	(1987-08-30) 30 August 1987	1.78	Berekum Chelsea	3	0	v. South Korea (7 June 2011)
12	Derek Asamoah	(1981-05-01) 1 May 1981	1.70	Pohang Steelers	4	1	v. Gabon (15 November 2011)
18	Dominic Adiyiah	(1989-11-29) 29 November 1989	1.72	Karşıyaka (loan-A.C. Milan)	16	2	v. Gabon (15 November 2011)
18	Emmanuel Baffour	(1990-04-02) 2 April 1990	1.82	New Edubiase United	0	0	v. Gabon (15 November 2011)
20	Quincy	(1986-04-15) 15 April 1986	1.80	Panathinaikos (loan-Al-Sadd)	18	2	v. Gabon (15 November 2011)
21	Nathaniel Asamoah	(1990-02-22) 22 February 1990	1.80	Asante Kotoko	0	0	v. Eswatini (2 September 2011)
23	Jeffrey Schlupp	(1992-12-23) 23 December 1992	1.81	Leicester City	1	0	v. Gabon (15 November 2011)

Notes

• ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
• ^WD Player withdrew from the squad due to personal reason.

Top goalscorers

As of 28 January 2012, the players with the most goals for the senior Ghanaian national team are: ^[a]

Pos.	Player	FM	WCQ	CANQ	CAN	WC	Overall	Image of player
1	Abédi Pélé						33	Abédi Pélé is the leading goalscorer for Ghana.
2	Tony Yeboah						29
3	Asamoah Gyan	13	4	2	5	4	28	Asamoah Gyan is the 3rd highest goalscorer for Ghana and is currently on loan from Sunderland A.F.C. to Al Ain FC.
4	Sulley Muntari	7	4	1	3	2	17	Sulley Muntari is the 4th highest goalscorer for Ghana and is currently playing for Internazionale.
5	Stephen Appiah	8	5	0	0	1	14	Stephen Appiah is the 5th highest goalscorer for Ghana and is currently without a club.
6	Matthew Amoah	4	8	0	1	0	13	Matthew Amoah is the 6th highest goalscorer for Ghana and is currently playing for Mersin İdmanyurdu SK.
7	Charles Akonnor						12
	Junior Agogo	5	4	0	3	0	12	Junior Agogo is the joint 7th highest goalscorer for Ghana and is currently playing for Hibernian F.C.
8	Kwame Ayew						9
	Michael Essien	3	4	0	2	0	9	Michael Essien is the joint 8th highest goalscorer for Ghana and is currently playing for Chelsea.
9	Charles Amoah						8
10	Felix Aboagye						7
11	Isaac Boakye						6	Isaac Boakye is the 11th highest goalscorer for Ghana.
	Prince Tagoe	0	3	3	0	0	6	Prince Tagoe is the joint 11th highest goalscorer for Ghana and is currently playing for Bursaspor.
	Laryea Kingston	3	3	0	0	0	6	Laryea Kingston is the joint 11th highest goalscorer for Ghana and is currently playing for Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.
Correct as of 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Player Drain To Other Countries

One obstacle for potential Ghanaian football (soccer) players is that some promising players represent other youth national teams and to a lesser effect choose other nations. As many Ghanaians have roots in other countries throughout the world, they are eligible to play for non-Ghanaian national teams.

The following players were or are currently playing for other youth national teams, but are still eligible to play for Ghana at any level:

Pos.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Height (m)	Club	Notes	Ref.
MF	Reinhold Yabo	(1992-02-10) 10 February 1992	1.75	Alemannia Aachen (loan-1. FC Köln)	Germany
DF	Lennard Sowah	(1992-08-23) 23 August 1992	1.85	Hamburger SV	Germany
FW	Akwasi Asante	(1992-09-06) 6 September 1992	1.85	Birmingham City	Has not yet played for any of the Dutch national teams
DF	Daniel Boateng	(1992-09-02) 2 September 1992	1.88	Arsenal	Has not yet played for any of the English national teams
MF	Emmanuel Frimpong	(1992-01-10) 10 January 1992	1.78	Arsenal	England
MF	Dennis Appiah	(1992-06-09) 9 June 1992	1.79	Monaco	France
FW	Jeff Mensah	(1992-08-10) 10 August 1992	1.78	Viborg FF	Denmark
FW	Kevin Mensah	(1991-05-15) 15 May 1991	1.74	Viborg FF	Denmark
DF	Kofi Sarkodie	(1991-03-22) 22 March 1991	1.75	Houston Dynamo	United States
FW	Gideon Boateng	(1991-08-26) 26 August 1991	1.84	CS Visé	Has not yet played for any of the Belgian national teams
DF	Jerry Vandam	(1988-12-08) 8 December 1988	1.86	Caen (loan-Lille)	Has not yet played for any of the French national teams
MF	Jeffrey Sarpong	(1988-08-03) 3 August 1988	1.76	Real Sociedad	Netherlands
DF	Yaw Amankwah	(1988-07-07) 7 July 1988	1.95	Sandefjord	Has not yet played for any of the Norwegian national teams
DF	Godwin Antwi	(1988-06-07) 7 June 1988	1.85	Vejle Boldklub	Spain
DF	Davidson Drobo-Ampem	(1988-03-26) 26 March 1988	1.89	Esbjerg fB (loan-St. Pauli)	Has not yet played for any of the German national teams
MF	Stanley Aborah	(1987-06-23) 23 June 1987	1.70	Vitesse	Belgium
MF	Mohammed Lartey	(1986-12-04) 4 December 1986	1.75	Hansa Rostock	Has not yet played for any of the German national teams
FW	Patrick Amoah	(1986-08-18) 18 August 1986	1.84	White Star Woluwe	Has not yet played for any of the Swedish national teams
MF	Richmond Rak	(1985-03-10) 10 March 1985	1.73	FC Le Mont	Switzerland

The following is a list of Ghanaian-born players who chose other national teams:

Name	Nation	Notes	Ref.
Gerald Asamoah	Germany	Asamoah was born in Mampong, Ghana on 3 October 1978, he made his debut for Germany in 2001 against Slovakia, making him the first African-born black player to ever play for the side, as Erwin Kostedde and Jimmy Hartwig, two previous internationals, had one black and one white parent. He scored on his debut, and went on to play in the 2002 and 2006 World Cups.
George Boateng	Netherlands	Boateng was born in Nkawkaw, Ghana on 5 September 1975, he made his international debut for the Netherlands in a 1–1 draw with Denmark in November 2001. Boateng has earned four caps in total for the Dutch.
Freddy Adu	United States	Adu was born in Tema, Ghana on 2 June 1989, he made his international debut when he was called into the U.S. national team's training camp by coach Bruce Arena in January 2006 for a friendly match against Canada. Adu was capped in that game on 22 January (at 16 years and 234 days), becoming the youngest player to debut with the U.S. national team when he replaced an injured Eddie Johnson in the 81st minute at the University of San Diego's Torero Stadium in San Diego, California.
Alexander Tettey	Norway	Tettey was born in Accra, Ghana on 4 April 1986, he made his international debut after becoming a naturalized Norwegian. He made his first appearance on the Norwegian national team in their 2–1 win against Argentina on 22 August 2007. As of November 2011, he holds 12 caps for his adoptive country.

The following players, not born in Ghana but eligible to play for Ghana, chose other national teams:

Name	Nation	Notes	Ref.
Mario Balotelli	Italy	Born in Italy, to Ghanaian parents. In 1993, the Barwuah family agreed to entrust the three-year-old boy to Italians Francesco and Silvia Balotelli. On 7 August 2007, five days before his 17th birthday, Balotelli received his first senior International call-up for Ghana from their coach Claude Le Roy for a friendly against Senegal at the New Den stadium in London, England, on 21 August 2007. He declined the offer citing once again his willingness to play for Italy when he became eligible. He also stated his willingness to represent Italy at international level once he acquired an Italian passport. Balotelli received his first call-up for the Italian senior team, as part of the squad announced by new head coach Cesare Prandelli, for a friendly match against Côte d'Ivoire - the first match after the 2010 World Cup. On 10 August 2010, two days before his 20th birthday, he made his debut in that match.
Danny Welbeck	England	Born in England, to Ghanaian parents. He made his senior England national football team debut in March 2011 in a 1–1 friendly draw against Ghana.
David Odonkor	Germany	Born in Germany, to a Ghanaian father and a German mother, Odonkor made his full debut for the German national football team on 30 May 2006 in a friendly match against Japan, going on to appear as a substitute in four World Cup games.
Jérôme Boateng	Germany	Born in Germany, to a Ghanaian father and a German mother. Boateng made his debut with the Germany national football team on 10 October 2009 against Russia.
Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe	Belgium	Odjidja-Ofoe was born in Belgium and is of half Ghanaian origin, his father is from Ghana and his mother is from Gent in Belgium. As of November 2011, Odjidja-Ofoe holds three international caps with the Belgium national football team.
Georginio Wijnaldum	Netherlands	Wijnaldum used to be known as Georginio Boateng. His Dutch mother was married with a man from Ghana and whom last name was Boateng. The name Wijnaldum is his mother's last name. On 30 May 2011 it was announced that Wijnaldum would be part of the Netherlands national football team squad playing two friendlies in South-America versus Brazil and Uruguay. He made no appearances in either match. He made his debut in the match against San Marino on 2 September 2011. He entered the field as a substitute in the 86th minute and promptly scored his first international goal for the Netherlands in the 90th minute.

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 Abédi Pelé, 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, Abédi and Yeboah were voted as among of the best African players of the century in 1999 by IFFHS.

Abédi Pelé is a three time African Footballer of the Year winner. He is Ghana's most successful football player and highest goalscorer to date, and has received the Golden Foot award.

• 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 Shoe 1991
• 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

Position	Staff
Head coach	Goran Stevanović
Assistant coach	Akwasi Appiah
Goalkeepers' coach	Edward Ansah
Psychologist	Dr. Yao Mfodwo
Physiotherapist	Charles Botchway
Fitness coach	—
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

Last updated: December 2011
Source: Ghana Football Association official website

Head coaches

Date appointed	Manager name
2011 – present	Goran Stevanović
2010–2011	Akwasi Appiah (interim)
2008–2010	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

Date appointed	Manager name
2000	Fred Osam-Duodu
1999–2000	Giuseppe Dossena
1997–1998	Rinus Israël
1996–1997	Sam Arday
1996	Ismael Kurtz
1995	Petre Gavrilla
1994	E.J. Aggrey-Fynn
1993–1994	Jørgen E. Larsen
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

Notes

^{^} Won African Cup of Nations during tenure.

Competitive Statistics

FIFA World Cup Record

FIFA World Cup Record	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
World Cup Finals	9	4	2	3	9	10	−1
World Cup Quals (H)	30	20	8	2	57	17	+40
World Cup Quals (A)	29	7	8	14	31	38	−7
World Cup Total	68	31	18	19	97	65	+32

African Cup of Nations Record

Nations Cup Record	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Nations Cup Finals	68	39	13	16	94	56	+38
Nations Cup Quals (H)	31	22	6	3	69	23	+46
Nations Cup Quals (A)	31	11	8	12	42	31	+11
Nations Cup Total	130	72	27	31	205	110	+95

Nations Cup Record by team

Ghana versus	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Mali	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Botswana	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Ivory Coast	8	5	1	2	17	11	+6
Tunisia	6	5	1	0	10	4	+6
DR Congo	5	3	0	2	8	5	+3
Nigeria	8	3	2	3	7	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	67	38	13	16	92	56	+36

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	Ivory Coast	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.

Kits

Kit evolution

1990–1999

1950–1989 2000–present

Jersey gallery

• 1980s
  1980s
• 1980s Away
  1980s Away
• 1990s
  1990s
• 2006–2007
  2006–2007
• 2008–2010
  2008–2010
• 2008–2010 Away
  2008–2010 Away
• 2010–2011
  2010–2011
• 2010–2011 Away
  2010–2011 Away
• 2012–2013
  2012–2013
• 2012–2013 Away
  2012–2013 Away

See also

• Ghana national under-23 football team (Ghana national under-20 football team, Ghana national under-17 football team)
• Ghana women's national football team

• 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

Footnotes and references

Footnotes

1. ^{^} For sources on official squad player stats and each of the eight top goalscorers listed, please click on here + Search for players name on the current Ghana national football team squad list or for recent call-up players, Type/Search players name in Search bar.

External links

• Ghana Football Association official site
• Looking back at Ghana's World Cup 2006 at View Ghana
• Ghana List of International Matches at RSSSF