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There is no home stadium for the Ghana team. 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, Ghana|Tamale]]. Some smaller, regional stadia were also used in the [[2002 African Cup of Nations qualification|2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying]] and [[2004 African Cup of Nations qualification|2004 African Cup of Nations qualification qualifying campaigns]].
There is no home stadium for the Ghana team. 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, Ghana|Tamale]]. Some smaller, regional stadia were also used in the [[2002 African Cup of Nations qualification|2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying]] and [[2004 African Cup of Nations qualification|2004 African Cup of Nations qualification qualifying campaigns]].


The Black Stars training facilities and [[Training ground (association football)|training grounds]] are located at [[Agyeman Badu Stadium]], [[Berekum Sports Stadium]] in Brong-Ahahfo, the [[Tema Sports Stadium]] in Tema and the multi-functional Lizzy Sports Complex in [[Legon]].<ref>{{cite web | year= 2013 |url=http://www.ghanafa.org/gallery/photos/102/ | title= Ghana's senior men's national team prepare for World Cup qualifier | work=ghanafa.org | publisher= | accessdate=14 September 2013}}</ref>
The Black Stars training facilities and [[Training ground (association football)|training grounds]] are located at [[Agyeman Badu Stadium]], [[Berekum Sports Stadium]] in Brong-Ahahfo, the [[Tema Sports Stadium]] in [[Tema]] and the multi-functional Lizzy Sports Complex in [[Legon]].<ref>{{cite web | year= 2013 |url=http://www.ghanafa.org/gallery/photos/102/ | title= Ghana's senior men's national team prepare for World Cup qualifier | work=ghanafa.org | publisher= | accessdate=14 September 2013}}</ref>


==Media coverage==
==Media coverage==

Revision as of 12:54, 11 February 2014

Ghana
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Black Stars
Black Stars of Africa
AssociationGhana Football Association (GFA)
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
Head coachAkwasi Appiah
CaptainAsamoah Gyan[1]
Top scorerEdward Acquah
Kwasi Owusu (40)
FIFA codeGHA
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current24
Highest14 (February, April, May 2008)
Lowest89 (June 2004)
First international
 Gold Coast 1–0 Nigeria 
(Accra, British Gold Coast; 28 May 1950)
Biggest win
 Kenya 0–13 Ghana Ghana
(Nairobi, Kenya; 12 December 1965)[2]
Biggest defeat
 Bulgaria 10–0 Ghana Ghana
(Leon, Mexico; 2 October 1968)[3]
World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 2006)
Best resultQuarter-finals: 2010
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances19 (first in 1963)
Best resultWinners: 1963, 1965,
1978, 1982

Template:Contains Akan text

The Ghana national football team (Akan: Gaana adehyeman nan-bɔɔl tiim), popularly nicknamed as the Black Stars (Akan: Nsoroma Tuntum) has represented the Republic of Ghana in association football since the 1950s. Black Stars is administered by the Ghana Football Association (GFA), the governing body for football in Ghana and the oldest football association in the Geographic Africa (founded in 1920). Prior to 1957, the team 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[5] (in 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982) and has been runners up 4 times (in 1968, 1970, 1992, and 2010). At the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, they became only the third African team to reach the World Cup quarter-finals.

After going through 2005 unbeaten, Ghana national football team won the FIFA most improved team of the year award and they reached the second round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.


History

Further information: Football in Ghana

Chronicles and rebirth

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

The Gold Coast Football Association was founded in 1920 then succeeded by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in 1957, and was 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.[6]

Charles Kumi Gyamfi became coach in 1961, and Black Stars 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 Black Stars team the nicknames of "the Black Stars of West Africa" and "the Black Stars of Africa" in the 1960s.[7] 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 1991. The 1992 African Cup of Nations, after three failures to reach the final tournament, saw Black Stars finish second, after a Ivory Coast win on penalty shootout in the final.

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. Black Stars started by succumbing to 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 succumbed to a 3–0 defeat by Brazil.[8]

Ghana (Black Stars) vs. Brazil in the 2006 FIFA World Cup at Westfalenstadion, Dortmund on 27 June 2006; and Ghana vs. Germany in the 2010 FIFA World Cup group D match at Soccer City, Johannesburg on 23 June 2010.

In 2008, Ghana reached a high ranking of 14 according to the FIFA World Rankings. 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. In the final tournament, the team competed in Group D with Germany, Serbia and Australia. Ghana reached the last 16 where they played the USA, 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 saved off the goal line by Luis Suárez's deliberately parried handball who was then shown a red card for his actions.[9]

In 2013 Ghana became the only team in geographic Africa to reach four consecutive semi-finals of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations twice, from 1963 and 1970 and from 2008 and 2013.[10]

By virtue of Black Stars’ high ratings in the July 2011 Fifa Ranking, Black Stars did not take part in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF First Round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) with the qualification stage consisting of 12 home-and-away two-legged ties with the aforementioned ranking being used to seed the teams and Black Stars was duly placed in pot one of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Second Round and planted in group D, Black Stars contended with then defending Africa Cup of Nations champions Zambia.[11]

Black Stars’ first points were retrieved at Kumasi Sports Stadium in Kumasi and on said occasion, on 1 June 2012 Black Stars hosted and despatched Lesotho 7–0 and Black Stars topped the group by virtue of a better goal difference despite having the same number of points (three) as Zambia before Black Stars wrapped the qualification campaign up at the Kumasi Sports Stadium versus Zambia with Black Stars topping group D with 12 points and a positive goal difference of 14, ahead of Zambia who boasted a point and six goals less.[11]

Black Stars qualified for the 2014 World Cup finals on Tuesday evening 19 November 2013, in the second leg of their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Third Round two-legged tie play-off.[12] Black Stars boasted a 6–1 advantage from their clash with Egypt on 15 October 2013 and Black Stars were never going to be stopped from qualifying for the 2014 World Cup.[12]

Black Stars' comprehensive 7–3 aggregate oppositional demolition cemented Black Stars with qualification for their third consecutive World Cup and Black Stars became the fourth team in geographic Africa to qualify for three consecutive World Cup finals.[12] On 6 December 2013, Black Stars were seeded in pot two of the 2014 FIFA World Cup seeding and drawn group G at the Costa do Sauípe.[13]

Grounds and training grounds

Kumasi Sports Stadium
Lizzy Sports Complex

There is no home stadium for the Ghana team. 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 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-Ahahfo, the Tema Sports Stadium in Tema and the multi-functional Lizzy Sports Complex in Legon.[14]

Media coverage

The Ghanaian nationals are 98% English-speakers, and about 83% are Akan-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 Viasat 1; and during the scheduled qualification for World Cup 2014 national broadcaster GTV sub-division of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) broadcast to the Ghana public home qualifiers with away qualifiers broadcast by the satellite television broadcasting corporation Viasat 1, in which the exhibition 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 GBC and Viasat 1.[15]

Kit and team crest
Black Stars 2006 FIFA World Cup 1st and 2nd kits

The Ghana national football team (The Black Stars) are currently sporting an all-white and partly black football kit instead of a kit that coordinates in color of the Ghana national flag, as in the team's crest and in general, Pan-African colours. The Black Stars 1st kit color choice has been all-white from the years 1950 to 1989, and an introduction of a 2nd kit color to coordinate with the national flag of Ghana was worn from the years 1990 to 2006 designed with the national colors gold with red and green visibly decorated on its kits. The kit design was also used in the sixties and seventies, and designed with vertical stripes gold-green and red shoulders with introduction of an all black 3rd kit in 2008 aligning the team's symbol of continuity; Black Star and in 2014, Black Stars' all black colored kit is to be re-assigned to the position of 3rd kit following the induction of a brown with blue and gold colored Black Stars 3rd kit in 2012.[16][17] The Black Stars 1st kit was reconstructed to an all-white and partly black colored kit, at the beginning of the 21st century.

The black star is present on the Flag of Ghana and national coat of arms in the center of the primordial national crest. Adopted following the independence of Ghana in 1957; the black star has always been included on its kits.[7] The national kit has been sponsored by Puma SE since 2005, with a deal continuing to 2014.[18]

Personnel

Current technical staff

File:James Akwasi Appiah.jpg
Head Coach and Manager, James Kwesi Appiah
Head Coach Ghana James Kwesi Appiah
Assistant Coach Ghana Maxwell Konadu
U-23 Coach
Goalkeeping Coaches Ghana Joe Carr
Ghana Simon Addo
Technical Coordinator Ghana Francis Oti Akenteng
Head Scout Ghana Otto Addo
Head Masseur Ghana Samuel Ankomah
Head Physiotherapist Ghana Colonel. Ofosu Anim
Head Psychologist Ghana Professor Dr. Patrick Ofori
Head Doctor Ghana Professor Dr. Adam Baba
Kit Manager Ghana Ismail Amidu
Equipment Manager
Other backroom staff Ghana Anthony Baffoe
Ghana Ozwald Boateng
U-20 Coach Ghana Sellas Tetteh
U-17 Coach Ghana Paa Kwesi Fabin

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

Squad

Black Stars squad members line-up before a FIFA World Cup Qualification match.

Current squad

Match Date:
1 February 2014
Opposition:
 Libya
Competition:
2014 African Nations Championship
Caps and goals correct as of:
1 February 2014, including the match against  Nigeria

Squad Selection Criteria

In international football, players can normally only play for one national team once they play in all or part of any match recognised as a full international by FIFA. Based on current FIFA rules, a player will be eligible to play for Black Stars, strictly if all of the 2 following statements applies:[19]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Isaac Amoako (1983-08-12) 12 August 1983 (age 41) 0 0 Ghana Asante Kotoko
16 1GK Adade Foli (1991-05-12) 12 May 1991 (age 33) 0 0 Ghana Medeama
22 1GK Steven Adams (1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 (age 34) 6 0 Ghana Aduana Stars
2 2DF Godfred Saka (1988-11-02) 2 November 1988 (age 35) 3 0 Ghana Aduana Stars
3 2DF Kwabena Adusei (1987-06-03) 3 June 1987 (age 37) 5 2 Ghana Asante Kotoko
5 2DF Abeiku Ainooson (1990-09-24) 24 September 1990 (age 33) 3 0 Ghana Asante Kotoko
14 2DF Tijani Joshua (1988-10-22) 22 October 1988 (age 35) 6 0 Ghana Ashanti Gold
15 2DF Nuru Sulley (1992-06-11) 11 June 1992 (age 32) 6 0 Ghana Hearts of Oak
20 2DF Francis Morton (1992-11-05) 5 November 1992 (age 31) 1 0 Ghana Ebusua Dwarfs
23 2DF Alfred Nelson (1992-08-18) 18 August 1992 (age 32) 1 0 Ghana Liberty Professionals
4 3MF Jackson Owusu (1988-10-15) 15 October 1988 (age 35) 3 0 Ghana Berekum Chelsea
6 3MF Michael Akuffu (1985-12-18) 18 December 1985 (age 38) 6 0 Ghana Asante Kotoko
7 3MF Richard Mpong (1990-07-04) 4 July 1990 (age 34) 5 1 Ghana Asante Kotoko
8 3MF Jordan Opoku (1987-10-08) 8 October 1987 (age 36) 6 0 Ghana Asante Kotoko
10 3MF Asiedu Attobrah (1995-03-15) 15 March 1995 (age 29) 3 0 Ghana New Edubiase United
11 3MF Theophilus Annorbaah (1987-09-17) 17 September 1987 (age 37) 5 1 Ghana Medeama
17 3MF Latif Mohammed (1993-01-22) 22 January 1993 (age 31) 5 0 Ghana Ashanti Gold
21 3MF Yahaya Mohamed (1988-02-17) 17 February 1988 (age 36) 5 1 Ghana Asante Kotoko
9 4FW Seidu Bancey (1990-05-15) 15 May 1990 (age 34) 4 0 Ghana Asante Kotoko
12 4FW Samuel Afful (1991-09-29) 29 September 1991 (age 32) 1 0 Ghana Sekondi Hasaacas
13 4FW Sulley Mohammed (1995-12-07) 7 December 1995 (age 28) 4 0 Ghana King Faisal Babes
18 4FW Paul de Vries (1996-03-03) 3 March 1996 (age 28) 2 0 Ghana Wa All Stars
19 4FW Kennedy Boateng (1989-11-30) 30 November 1989 (age 34) 2 0 Ghana Medeama

Recent callups

The following additional players have been called up to the Black Stars squad in the year of 2014 and were not inducted into the Black Stars current squad by the Black Stars head coach; James Kwesi Appiah for the 2014 African Nations Championship, which commenced on 11 January 2014 to 1 February 2014. Caps and goals correct as of 10 January 2014. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Joshua Otto (1990-04-06) 6 April 1990 (age 34) 0 0 Ghana Wa All Stars 2014 African Nations Championship (preliminary squad)
MF Edmund Owusu-Ansah (1983-04-02) 2 April 1983 (age 41) 2 0 Ghana Heart of Lions 2014 African Nations Championship (preliminary squad)
MF Moro Abubakar (1991-08-17) 17 August 1991 (age 33) 0 0 Ghana Hearts of Oak 2014 African Nations Championship (preliminary squad)
FW Richard Gadze (1995-04-01) 1 April 1995 (age 29) 0 0 Ghana Ebusua Dwarfs 2014 African Nations Championship (preliminary squad)
Notes
  • INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
  • WD Player withdrew from the squad due to personal reason.

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.[20] 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.[20]

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.[21] They also twice won the African U-17 Championship.

Competitive records

Africa Cup of Nations record

Africa Cup of Nations
Titles: 4
Appearances: 19
Year Position Year Position Year Position
Sudan 1957 Did not enter Ghana 1978 Champions Burkina Faso 1998 Round 1
Egypt 1959 Did not enter Nigeria 1980 Round 1 GhanaNigeria 2000 Quarter-finals
Ethiopia 1962 Did not qualify Libya 1982 Champions Mali 2002 Quarter-finals
Ghana 1963 Champions Ivory Coast 1984 Round 1 Tunisia 2004 Did not qualify
Tunisia 1965 Champions Egypt 1986 Did not qualify Egypt 2006 Round 1
Ethiopia 1968 Second Place Morocco 1988 Did not qualify Ghana 2008 Third Place
Sudan 1970 Second Place Algeria 1990 Did not qualify Angola 2010 Second Place
Cameroon 1972 Did not qualify Senegal 1992 Second Place* GabonEquatorial Guinea 2012 Fourth Place
Egypt 1974 Did not qualify Tunisia 1994 Quarter-finals South Africa 2013 Fourth Place
Ethiopia 1976 Did not qualify South Africa 1996 Fourth Place Morocco 2015 TBD
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on 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 all three African Nations Championship tournaments held to date, twice finishing as runners-up.

Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA Squad
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 2009 Runner-up 2nd 5 1 3 1 8 6 Team
Sudan Sudan 2011 Round 1 14th 3 0 0 3 1 4 Team
South Africa South Africa 2014 Runner-up 2nd 6 3 3 0 4 1 Team
Rwanda Rwanda 2016 To be determined
Total 3/3 4th 14 4 6 4 13 11 3

West African Nations Cup and WAFU Nations Cup record

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.
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Team
Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA
Greece Athens 1896 No association football competition
France Paris 1900 In 1900 and 1904 Olympics competed for clubs
United States St. Louis 1904
United Kingdom London 1908 Gold Coast national football did not participate
Sweden Stockholm 1912
Belgium Antwerp 1920
France Paris 1924
Netherlands Amsterdam 1928
United States Los Angeles 1932 No association football competition
Nazi Germany Berlin 1936 Gold Coast national football did not participate
United Kingdom London 1948
Finland Helsinki 1952 Did not participate [a]
Australia Melbourne 1956
Italy Rome 1960 Did not qualify
Japan Tokyo 1964 Quarter-Final 7th 4 1 1 2 7 12
Mexico Mexico 1968 Round 1 12th 3 0 2 1 6 8
Germany Munich 1972 Round 1 16th 3 0 0 3 1 11
Canada Montreal 1976 Round 1 (Did not participate)
Soviet Union Moscow 1980 Did not qualify
United States Los Angeles 1984
South Korea Seoul 1988
Spain Barcelona 1992 Since 1992 the competition has been competed by U-23 [n]
Total 6/22 24th 10 1 3 6 14 31
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 were the only African side to advance to the second round of 2006 FIFA World Cup and were the sixth nation in a row from Africa to progress beyond the group stages of the World Cup.[23] The Black Stars had the youngest team in the FIFA World Cup 2006 with an average age of 23 years and 352 days,[23] and were praised for their improving performance.[24][25] FIFA ranked Ghana 13th out of the 32 countries who competed in the tournament.[26]

In the 2010 World Cup, Ghana progressed beyond the group stages of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and reached the quarter-finals where they were eliminated by Uruguay. The Black Stars were defeated by Uruguay on penalties after Luis Suárez handballed on the goal line deep into extra time, preventing an almost certain winning goal.[27] Of the 32 countries that participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, FIFA ranked Ghana 7th.[28]

After beating Egypt 7–3 on aggregate in November 2013, Ghana qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.[29] They were drawn in group G with Germany, USA and Portugal.[30]

Ghana 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 2 3 9 10 −1
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
1962 Did not qualify
1966 Withdrew
1970 to 1978 Did not qualify
1982 Withdrew
1986 to 2002 Did not qualify
Germany 2006 Round of 16 13th 4 2 0 2 4 6
South Africa 2010 Quarter-Final 7th 5 2 2 1 5 4
Brazil 2014 Qualified
Russia 2018 To Be Determined
Qatar 2022
Total 2/13 9 4 2 3 9 10

Team honours

Last updated 1 February 2014[31]

Worldwide honours

Quarter-final: 2010

Continental tournaments

Winners (4): 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982
Runners-up (4): 1968, 1970, 1992, 2010
Runners-up (2): 2009, 2014

Continental Subregion

Winners (4): 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959
Runners-up (4): 1951, 1954, 1956, 1958
Winners (3): 1959, 1960, 1963
Winners (5): 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967
Winners (5): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987
Third place (1): 1991
Winner (1): 2013
Third place (1): 2010

Continental Multi-sport event

Winners: 2011 [n]
Third place (2): 1978, 2003

Other Tournaments and Cups

  • Uganda Independence Tournament 1962[35]
Winner: 1962
  • Independence Cup 1964 (Zambia)[36]
Winner: 1964
Runners up: 1982
  • Addis Abeba 25th Anniversary Tournament 1983[38]
Winner: 1983
  • Burkina Faso Tournoi Amical[39]
Winner: 1984
  • Samuel K. Doe Cup 1986[40]
Runners up: 1986
Third: 2003
  • Four Nation Tournament[42]
Winner: 2007
  • Liberian Independence Anniversary Tournament 2010[43]
Winner: 2010

Confederation of African Football

CAF Awards

African National Team of the Year Winners (3): 1983, 2006, 2010
  1. ^ Note: Designated as an U-23 tournament.

Team schedules and results

Black Stars vs. Argentina national football team, at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, in Córdoba, Argentina.
This is Black Stars' forthcoming 2014 African Nations Championship, 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, International Friendly, and 2014 World Cup – group g matches
Key
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
13 January 2014 (2014-01-13) 2014 African Nations Championship – group c Ghana  1 – 0  Congo South Africa Mangaung
17:00 UTC+2 Annorbaah 34' Report Stadium: Free State Stadium
Referee: Kenya Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)
17 January 2014 (2014-01-17) 2014 African Nations Championship – group c Ghana  1 – 1  Libya South Africa Mangaung
17:00 UTC+2 Yahaya 6' Report Al Badri 73' (pen.) Stadium: Free State Stadium
Referee: Morocco Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)
South Africa Victor Gomes (South Africa)
21 January 2014 (2014-01-21) 2014 African Nations Championship – group c Ghana  1 – 0  Ethiopia South Africa Mangaung
19:00 UTC+2 Adusei 76' (pen.) Report Stadium: Free State Stadium
Referee: Egypt Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
26 January 2014 (2014-01-26) 2014 African Nations Championship – quarter-final Ghana  1 – 0  DR Congo South Africa Mangaung
17:00 UTC+2 Adusei 68' (pen.) Report Stadium: Free State Stadium
Referee: Mauritania Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)
29 January 2014 (2014-01-29) 2014 African Nations Championship – semi-final Ghana  0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 1 p)		  Nigeria South Africa Mangaung
20:30 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Free State Stadium
Referee: Zambia Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Penalties
Akuffu soccer ball with check mark
Annorbaah soccer ball with check mark
Ainooson soccer ball with check mark
Attobrah soccer ball with check mark		 Uzoenyi soccer ball with check mark
Kwambe soccer ball with red X
Ogonna soccer ball with red X
1 February 2014 (2014-02-01) 2014 African Nations Championship – final Ghana  0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 4 p)		  Libya South Africa Cape Town
20:00 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Algeria Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)
Penalties
Akuffu soccer ball with red X
Ainooson soccer ball with red X
Attobrah soccer ball with check mark
Saka soccer ball with check mark
Owusu soccer ball with check mark
Joshua soccer ball with red X		 Al Badri soccer ball with check mark
Al Mahdi soccer ball with check mark
Al Maghasi soccer ball with check mark
Elgadi soccer ball with red X
Omar soccer ball with red X
El Trbi soccer ball with check mark
5 March 2014 (2014-03-05) International Friendly Ghana  v.  Montenegro Montenegro Podgorica
18:00 UTC+2 Stadium: Stadion pod Goricom
31 May 2014 (2014-05-31) International Friendly Ghana  v.  Netherlands Netherlands Rotterdam
Stadium: Stadion Feijenoord
June 2014 (2014-06) International Friendly Ghana  v.  Costa Rica United States Los Angeles
Stadium: StubHub Center
June 2014 (2014-06) International Friendly Ghana  v.  Honduras United States Los Angeles
Stadium: StubHub Center
16 June 2014 2014 World Cup – group g Ghana  v.  United States Brazil Natal
19:00 UTC+3 Stadium: Arena das Dunas
21 June 2014 2014 World Cup – group g Ghana  v.  Germany Brazil Fortaleza
16:00 UTC+3 Stadium: Estádio Castelão
26 June 2014 2014 World Cup – group g Ghana  v.  Portugal Brazil Brasília
13:00 UTC+3 Stadium: Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
For 2013 Black Stars schedules and results, see Ghana national football team 2013

Supporters

File:Ghana national football team (Black Stars fans and ultras) Panorama.jpeg
First-left image: Black Stars fans at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and blowing vuvuzelas.
Second-middle image: Black Stars fans goal celebrating a 1–0 victory against Serbia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Third-right image: Black Stars Henchmen Ultras at the Kumasi Sports Stadium.

Black Stars maintains an average stadium match attendance of 60,000+ and an average stadium 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.[44] 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.[45] The match was watched by 700 million people around the world.[45]

Following the team's appearances at the 2006 and 2010 World Cup tournaments they were greeted by several hundred dancing and singing at Kotoka International Airport in Accra.[46]

Rivalries

Black Stars line up a direct free kick prior to Black Stars defeating the Nigeria national football team 2–1 in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations Quarter-Final.

Ghana's main footballing rivalry is with Nigeria; the "Battle of Supremacy on the Gulf of Guinea" is between two of the most successful teams on the African continent.[47] The proximity of the two countries to each other, a dispute between the different association football competitions and a non-sporting dispute between Ghana and Nigeria in which Ghana battles Nigeria in contention for the supremacy of the whole of West Africa zone and for the more territorial domain of Sub-Saharan Africa add to this rivalry.[47]

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Gold Coast-born Arthur Wharton is the first black professional footballer in the world during the 1880s.[48][49][50]

Products including books, documentary films, Azonto dances and songs have been made in the name of the Ghana national football team. These may or may not be intended with commercial motives but are focussed on previous and future World Cups or Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

  • Books: have been published on the team's participation in major tournaments. Additionally, books regarding individual Black Stars players, such as the 1880s legendary Ghanaian and first black professional footballer in the world, Arthur Wharton, and in which the most covered topics are that of Black Stars. Ghana, The Rediscovered Soccer Might: Watch Out World!,[51] about the history and performance of Black Stars and also all the major association football national teams that Black Stars has ever played against: ‘The Black Stars of Ghana’ by Alan Whelan;[52] about Black Stars commencing their progress through the final rounds of the 2010 World Cup and into the quarter-finals: ‘The Principles of Modern Soccer Coaching’ by Ben Koufie,[53] about the association football tactics and skills and principles involved in winning association football matches by Ghanaian FIFA and CAF executive Ben Koufie.[54]
Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah

Organization and finance

Economics and Sponsorship

Black Stars is headed by president of the Ghana Football Association Kwesi Nyantakyi, and vice-president Fred Pappoe, with Frank Davis as director of football, and Edward Bawa as treasurer.[60] The Ghana Football Association (GFA) signed a CN¥92.2 million ($15 million) deal with Ghanaian state-run oil and gas exploration corporation, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), to sponsor Black Stars and the renewable contract saw the oil and gas exploration corporation become the global headline sponsor of Black Stars, with a yearly Black Stars players salary wage bill,[61][62] following the gold mining corporations; Ashanti Goldfields Corporation, Goldfields Ghana Limited (GGL), which has been sponsoring Black Stars since 2005.[63]

On 28 August 2013, Ghana Football Association (GFA) launched its TV Channel and TV programmed called GFA TV, thus becoming the first football association on the Africa continent to launch its own TV programme and TV network which has the exclusive rights and television rights to the broadcasting of all the Black Stars' matches.[64] In November 2013, Black Stars signed a 2013–2015 CN¥30.6 million (US$5 million) and an additional classified multi-million private bank sponsorhip deal with 100% wholly owned Ghanaian state-run private banking institution UniBank.[65]

Former Head coaches

Black Stars (Ghana national football) since the year 1957 to the year 2012 has been conducted by thirty-two different head coaches and three caretakers (interim) from the year 2004 to the year 2011 and recruited by Black Stars president Kwesi Nyantakyi. The role of Black Stars head coach has been to select the players to compete in Black Stars participating matches and tournaments since the year 1957 to date, the role of Black Stars assistant coach has been to assist Black Stars head coach since the year 1957 to date. Black Stars national head coach C.K. Gyamfi is the most successful head coach that Black Stars has been conducted by, C.K. Gyamfi led Black Stars to capture three continental Africa Cup of Nations tropies in 1963 (first trophy), 1965 (second trophy) and in 1982 (fourth trophy) making C.K. Gyamfi the joint most successful coach in Africa Cup of Nations history,[66] with the second most successful head coach that Black Stars has been conducted by being national head coach Fred Osam Duodu whom led Black Stars to capture the continental Africa Cup of Nations trophy in 1978 (third trophy).[67] In April 2012, national head coach James Kwesi Appiah was inaugurated and inducted as Black Stars head coach.[68][69]

Updated on 19 November 2013.

Former players

See Ghana international footballers for all Ghanaian internationals with a Wikipedia article.

See also

References

Notes

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Footnotes

  1. ^ According to the "three points for a win" standard.

Titles chronology

Last updated 28 November 2013

Preceded by African Champions
1963 (First title)
1965 (Second title) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by African Champions
1978 (Third title) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by African Champions
1982 (Fourth title) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Inaugural Champions
 West African Champions
1982 (First title)
1983 (Second title)
1984 (Third title)
1986 (Fourth title)
1987 (Fifth title) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by WAFU Nations Cup Champions
2013 (First title) 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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