Ghana national football team
This article contains a list of miscellaneous information. (May 2008) |
Nickname(s) | The Black Stars | |||
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Association | Ghana Football Association | |||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | |||
Head coach | Goran Stevanović | |||
Captain | John Mensah | |||
Most caps | Richard Kingson (87) | |||
Top scorer | Abedi Pele (33) | |||
Home stadium | Ohene Djan Sports Stadium Baba Yara Stadium Tamale Stadium Sekondi Stadium | |||
FIFA code | GHA | |||
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FIFA ranking | ||||
Current | 15 | |||
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 0–10 Ghana (London, Great Britain; 12 December 2001)[1] | ||||
Biggest defeat | ||||
Bulgaria 10–0 Ghana (Leon, Mexico; 2 October 1968)[citation needed] | ||||
World Cup | ||||
Appearances | 2 (first in 2006) | |||
Best result | Quarter-finals, 2010 | |||
African Cup of Nations | ||||
Appearances | 17 (first in 1963) | |||
Best result | Winners, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982 |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Men's Football | ||
1992 Barcelona[2] | 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[3] (in 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982), making Ghana the second most successful team in the contest's history, behind Egypt. The Olympic Team,[2] 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.[4] 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,[2] 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
13 June 2010 2010 FIFA World Cup | 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) |
19 June 2010 2010 FIFA World Cup | 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) |
23 June 2010 2010 FIFA World Cup | 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) |
26 June 2010 2010 FIFA World Cup | 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) |
2 July 2010 2010 FIFA World Cup | 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 |
11 August 2010 International Friendly | South Africa | 1 – 0 | Ghana | FNB Stadium, Johannesburg |
UTC+2 | Mphela 42' | Report | Attendance: 40,000 |
3 September 2010 2012 CAF Qualifying | Eswatini | 0 – 3 | Ghana | Lobamba, Swaziland |
15:00 UTC+2 | Stadium: Somhlolo National Stadium |
10 October 2010 2012 CAF Qualifying | Ghana | 0 – 0 | Sudan | Kumasi, Ghana |
17:00 UTC+0 | Stadium: Baba Yara Stadium Attendance: 39,000 |
8 February 2011 International Friendly | Ghana | 4 – 1 | Togo | Antwerp, Belgium |
20:00 GMT | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Referee: Vervecken |
27 March 2011 2012 CAF Qualifying | Congo | 0 – 3 | Ghana | Brazzaville, Congo |
15:30 UTC+1 | Tagoe 5' Adiyiah 26' Muntari 68' |
Stadium: Stade de la Revolution |
29 March 2011 International Friendly | England | 1 – 1 | Ghana | London, England |
20:00 UTC+1 | Carroll 43' | Gyan 90+1' | Stadium: Wembley Stadium |
Team honours
World Cup record
FIFA World Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
1930 | Did not enter | |||||||
1934 | ||||||||
1938 | ||||||||
1950 | ||||||||
1954 | ||||||||
1958 | ||||||||
1962 | Did not qualify | |||||||
1966 | Withdrew | |||||||
1970 | Did not qualify | |||||||
1974 | ||||||||
1978 | ||||||||
1982 | Withdrew | |||||||
1986 | Did not qualify | |||||||
1990 | ||||||||
1994 | ||||||||
1998 | ||||||||
2002 | ||||||||
2006 | Round of 16 | 13th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
2010 | Quarter-Final | 7th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Total | Quarter-Final | 2/19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
African Nations Cup record
African Cup of Nations | |||||||||
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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." [5] Of their 2006 performance, FIFA.com said, "Ghana are surely a side in ascendancy." [6]
Of the 32 countries that participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ghana was ranked 13th by FIFA.[1]
2006 FIFA World Cup Matches | ||||||
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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
Pos. | Player | FM | WCQ | CAN | WC | Overall |
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1 | Asamoah Gyan | 14 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 24 |
2 | Sulley Muntari | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18
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3 | Matthew Amoah | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
4 | Junior Agogo | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
5 | Michael Essien | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
6 | Stephen Appiah | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
7 | Prince Tagoe | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
8 | Quincy Owusu-Abeyie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Andre Ayew | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Kevin-Prince Boateng | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Current squad
Squad
Current squad
The following 24-man squad has been selected for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification against Congo and the Friendly match against England on March 27 and 29, 2011.[7]
Caps and goals updated as March 29, 2011.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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1 | GK | Sammy Adjei | August 20, 1983 | 37 | 0 | Hearts of Oak | ||
16 | GK | Ernest Sowah | March 31, 1988 | 0 | 0 | Berekum Chelsea | ||
22 | GK | Richard Kingson (vice-captain) | June 13, 1978 | 87 | 1 | Blackpool | ||
2 | DF | Daniel Opare | October 18, 1990 | 2 | 0 | Standard Liège | ||
4 | DF | John Paintsil | June 15, 1981 | 66 | 0 | Fulham | ||
5 | DF | John Mensah (captain) | November 29, 1982 | 71 | 0 | Sunderland | ||
7 | DF | Samuel Inkoom | August 22, 1989 | 24 | 1 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | ||
14 | DF | David Addy | February 21, 1990 | 12 | 0 | Académica | ||
15 | DF | Isaac Vorsah | June 11, 1988 | 20 | 0 | Hoffenheim | ||
17 | DF | Lee Addy | September 26, 1990 | 19 | 0 | Red Star Belgrade | ||
19 | DF | Jonathan Mensah | July 13, 1990 | 11 | 1 | Granada | ||
6 | MF | Anthony Annan | July 21, 1986 | 43 | 1 | Schalke 04 | ||
8 | MF | Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu | December 2, 1990 | 19 | 0 | Udinese | ||
9 | MF | Derek Boateng | May 2, 1983 | 24 | 3 | Getafe | ||
10 | MF | Kwadwo Asamoah | September 9, 1988 | 27 | 1 | Udinese | ||
11 | MF | Sulley Muntari | August 27, 1984 | 60 | 18 | Sunderland | ||
13 | MF | André Ayew | December 17, 1989 | 30 | 2 | Marseille | ||
20 | MF | Bennard Yao Kumordzi | March 21, 1985 | 8 | 1 | Panionios | ||
MF | Opoku Agyemang | June 7, 1989 | 9 | 0 | Al-Ahly Doha | |||
3 | FW | Asamoah Gyan | November 22, 1985 | 47 | 25 | Sunderland | ||
12 | FW | Prince Tagoe | November 9, 1986 | 24 | 4 | Partizan | ||
18 | FW | Dominic Adiyiah | November 20, 1989 | 11 | 2 | Partizan | ||
21 | FW | Emmanuel Clottey | 30 August 1987 | 2 | 0 | Berekum Chelsea | ||
25 | FW | Nathaniel Asamoah | February 22, 1990 | 0 | 0 | Asante Kotoko |
Recent callups
The following players have also been called up to the Ghana squad in last twelve months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up | ||
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GK | Isaac Amoako | 20 August 1983 | 17 | 0 | Asante Kotoko | v. Sudan, 9 October 2010 | ||
GK | Daniel Agyei | 10 November 1989 | 4 | 0 | Liberty Professionals | v. Eswatini, 5 September 2010 | ||
GK | Stephen Ahorlu | 5 September 1988 | 1 | 0 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 2010 FIFA World Cup 26 June 2010 | ||
DF | Harrison Afful | 24 June 1986 | 31 | 0 | Espérance | v. Saudi Arabia, 17 November 2010 | ||
DF | Hans Sarpei | 28 June 1976 | 36 | 1 | Schalke 04 | v. Sudan, 9 October 2010 | ||
DF | Seth Owusu | 28 February 1989 | 0 | 0 | Chivas USA | v. Sudan, 9 October 2010 | ||
DF | Bright Addai | 19 December 1992 | 1 | 0 | All Stars | v. South Africa, 11 August 2010 | ||
MF | Kevin-Prince Boateng | March 6, 1987 | 8 | 1 | Milan | v. England, 29 March 2011 | ||
MF | Stephen Appiah | 24 December 1980 | 69 | 16 | Cesena | 2010 FIFA World Cup 26 June 2010 | ||
MF | Abdul Rahim Ayew | 16 April 1988 | 6 | 0 | Lierse | 2010 FIFA World Cup 26 June 2010 | ||
FW | Matthew Amoah | 24 October 1980 | 44 | 13 | NAC | v. Saudi Arabia, 17 November 2010 | ||
FW | Quincy Owusu-Abeyie | 15 April 1986 | 16 | 2 | Málaga | v. Saudi Arabia, 17 November 2010 | ||
FW | Jordan Ayew | 11 September 1991 | 2 | 0 | Marseille | v. Sudan, 9 October 2010 | ||
FW | Yaw Antwi | 15 June 1985 | 6 | 2 | Vojvodina | v. Eswatini, 5 September 2010 |
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 | Goran Stevanovic |
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
^Won African Cup of Nations during tenure
Competitive Statistics
- FIFA World Cup Record
FIFA World Cup Record | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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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 |
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Nations Cup Finals | 66 | 37 | 13 | 16 | 91 | 56 | +35 |
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 | 128 | 70 | 27 | 31 | 202 | 110 | +92 |
Nations Cup Record by team
Ghana versus | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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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 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 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 | 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 |
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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.
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
References
- ^ "Kenya International Matches". Kenya International Matches. RSSSF. 1 February 2000. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "African Football: The early years". bbc.co.uk. 2004-01-16. Retrieved 2004-01-16.
- ^ "African Football: ANC winners from 1957 to 2002". panapress.com. 2004-01-01. Retrieved 2004-01-01.
- ^ Rehhagel: Africa is catching up
- ^ Black Stars Ascend To Glory
- ^ http://www.goal.com/en/news/1658/ghana/2011/03/15/2395309/ghana-coach-goran-stevanovic-names-squad-for-congo-england
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