Ghana

Ghana national football team.

The Gold Coast Football Association was established in 1920 and was later replaced by Ghana Football Association (GFA) in 1957. It was became a member of the Confederation of African Football and FIFA the following year.

On the 19th August 1962, on the 19th of August 1962 at Accra Sports Stadium. Accra Sports Stadium The Black Stars played Spanish giants Real Madrid, who were at the time Spanish champions, and former European champions, and champions of the intercontinental championships with a 3-3 draw.

Charles Kumi Gyamfi became coach in 1961. The Black Stars won successive African Cup of Nations titles in 1963 and 1965 and then won the record for their team 13-2 in the final against Kenya just after the second. They also made it to the final of the competition in 1968 and in 1970 and lost 1-0 on both occasion against DR Congo and Sudan respectively. Their dominance in this tournament brought them the Black Stars team the nicknames of "the Black Stars of West Africa" and "the Black Stars of Africa" in the 1960s.

The team was unsuccessful with FIFA World Cup qualification during the time, and was unable to make it to three consecutive African Cup of Nations in the 1970s. However, it was able to participate in qualifying for the Olympic Games football tournaments, becoming the first sub-Saharan African team in Africa to be able to participate in the Games and reach the quarter-finals in 1964 , before withdrawing following qualifying in 1976 and in 1980 after which they won the 1982 African cup of nations in 1982. After three unsuccessful attempts to make the final of the tournament The 1992 African Cup of Nations saw the Black Stars finish second.

Prior to 2000, there was discord within the players that eventually led to parliamentary as well as executive intervention to settle disputes between two members of the squad, Abedi Pele and Tony Yeboah in the latter part of the 1990s, could be a factor in the squad's inability to replicate the success of the national teams for underage players in the latter part of the 1990s, but a new group comprised of Black Stars players who went to the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship final were the mainstay of the team in the 2002 African Cup of Nations, and they were undefeated for the entire year in 2005, and made it to the semifinals at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the first time that the team reached the international stage of the competition. They Black Stars started by succumbing to a 2-0 loss to the eventual champions Italy and then victories against Italy (2-0) and the Czech Republic (2-0) and the United States (2-1) saw them through to the second round which they lost the match 3-0 to Brazil.

The year 2008 saw Ghana was able to achieve a score of 14 on the FIFA Men's World Ranking. Under the direction of head coach Milovan Rajevac the Black Stars went on to attain a 100% record during their qualifying campaign by winning the group and being the very first African team to be selected for 2010's FIFA World Cup. The final game of the tournament was played in Ghana. the team played in Group D along with Germany, Serbia and Australia. Ghana got to in the 16th round, where they faced with the United States, winning 2-1 in extra time, becoming the 3rd African nation to make it to the World Cup quarter-finals. Ghana then fell to Uruguay through a penalty shootout during the quarterfinals in the quarter-finals, after they missed the penalty kick in extra time. What would be the goal to take Ghana into the semifinals was stopped by the deliberate handball of Luis Suarez which was then rewarded with the yellow card due to the actions of his.

In 2013, Ghana became the first team in Africa that has reached four semi-finals in a row of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations twice, in 1963 and 1970 , as well as between 2008 and 2013.

Ghana was highly ranked by FIFA to begin their qualification for World Cup in 2014. World Cup in the Second round. They were crowned the winners of their group and then in the next round they qualified to play in the 2014 World Cup finals in November 2013 when they beat Egypt 7-3, resulting in a play-off that was two legs. Ghana was a part of the group G to play in the World Cup finals in which they were to play Germany, Portugal, and the United States. It was the World Cup finals ended up disappointed due to the fact that Ghana was eliminated during the group stage, without winning a game and issues with poor planning and payments bonuses as the primary reason for their ineffective performance (although they managed to draw an 2-2 draw against the eventual winners Germany). Ghana had the distinction of being the only nation not to lose to Germany during the tournament.

Following this year's World Cup, Ghana slowly began to slowly enter a phase of decline. The last section of their glorious time was written in their 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, in which they Black Stars handily reached the final again but were unable to claim the trophy due to penalties against Ivory Coast. In 2017, their Africa Cup of Nations campaign concluded with a fourth-place finish - the third time in the four previous editions of the tournament they were unable to make an impression in qualifying in the qualifiers for 2018's World Cup, finishing behind Egypt and Uganda in their final group. In the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in the United States, the Black Stars once again couldn't recreate their winning ways and were defeated from the tournament by Tunisia at the end of the 16th round. The following year, Rajevac returned in the hope of bringing back Ghana's glory of the past however, the team sank to an all-time low in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, in which they failed to beat a single game and fell to newcomers the Comoros after receiving an Andre Ayew red-card to be at the bottom of their group, and fail to advance past the stage of group play for the first time since 2006.

In spite of having the Africa Cup of Nations being unsuccessful, Ghana drew 0-0 vs Nigeria and then drew 1-1 against Nigeria to be eligible to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup on the away goals rule.

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The black star is visible in the Flag of Ghana and national coat of arms that is located in the center of the national emblem. It was adopted after the nation's independence in Ghana in 1957 the black star was always featured in the kit. They Black Stars' kits were sponsored by Puma SE starting in 2005 until expiring in 2014.

This Black Star kit is used in lieu of the gold red, green and green colored football kit, that is based on the colors that are used on Ghana. Ghana nation's flag. It is believed that the Black Stars have used an mostly black and all white football kit that was used from 1957 until 1989, and then again from 2006 to December 2014.

From 1990 to 2006, the Ghana national team of three utilized the kit that reflected the colors of the flag of Ghana which included red, green, and gold frequently used, for example for the team's logo, and often referred to as the Pan-African colors. The gold-green and red kit design and concept was also utilized throughout the sixties, seventies featuring vertical stripes of green and gold with red shoulders. A second kit that was all black was launched in 2008 and the 2015 model was introduced. Black Stars' gold-red-green kit, as well as all black kits will be moved to the positions of kits 1 and 2 following the introduction of a brown kit with blue and gold-coloured Black Stars 3rd kit in 2012.

The Ghana national football team's soccer jersey for the 2014 FIFA World Cup was ranked as the top kit during the event by BuzzFeed.

There is no set venue for home games of Black Stars. Black Stars. World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches were played at the Sekondi Takoradi Stadium in Takoradi as well as at the Len Clay Stadium, Kumasi Sports Stadium and the Abrankese Stadium, both in Kumasi as well as Kumasi Sports Stadium, the Cape Coast Sports Stadium in Cape Coast, the Accra Sports Stadium in Accra in Ghana, and also The Tamale Stadium in Tamale. A few smaller regional stadiums (stadiums) have also been utilized during the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying and the 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification qualifying campaigns.

The Black Stars' training facilities and training facilities are located on Agyeman Badu Stadium Berekum Sports Stadium located in the Brong-Ahafo region. Tema Sports Stadium in Tema and the multi-functional Lizzy Sports Complex in Legon.

A majority of Ghanaian people speak Akan while around 21 percent speak English. the schedules for matches that are broadcast by The Black Stars are broadcast both in English as for inter-continental games, as well as in Akan national broadcasts by Adom TV, PeaceFM, AdomFM and HappyFM. The scheduled qualification in 2014, the World Cup national broadcaster GTV, a sub-division within GBC, the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) broadcasts to Ghanaian qualifying public at home, with away qualifiers being broadcast by the satellite television broadcasting company Viasat 1. The friendly game against Turkey on August 13, 2013 was telecast through Viasat 1 and the qualifiers for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2018 Inter-Continental Championships are scheduled for broadcast to the public by the companies GFA TV, GBC and Viasat 1.

The Black Stars as it stands currently has no head official due to corrupt practices of the president of the time, Kwesi Nyantakyi. And vice-president George Agfriyie, along with Frank Davis as director of football as well as Edward Bawa as treasurer. And vice president George Afriyie. Ghana Football Association (GFA) announced an CNY=92.2 million (US$15 million) agreement with Ghanaian state-owned petroleum and exploration firm, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) which sponsors Ghana's Black Stars and the renewable contract was signed in which the exploration company becoming the principal patron for the Black Stars, with a annually Black Stars player salary wage bill that follows the gold mining companies Ashanti Goldfields Corporation and Goldfields Ghana Limited (GGL), who had sponsored and promoting the Black Stars since 2005.

On August 28, 2013 Ghana Football Association (GFA) created a TV channel, which was called it GFA TV, thus becoming the first football club in the African continent to create its own TV channel. GFA TV is the only channel with exclusive rights to broadcast all Black Stars' matches. In November 2013 The Black Stars signed a 2013-2015 CNY=30.6 million (US$5 million) and a further secured multi-million bank sponsoring agreement with UniBank, the Ghanaian public-owned private bank UniBank.

It is estimated that the Black Stars maintain an average stadium attendance of 60,000 , and an attendance record of over 80,000, like when it was the case with their Black Stars' 2010 FIFA World Cup quarter-final game against Uruguay that was watched by 84,017 fans. Ghana's game against England on the 29th of March in 2011 was the most watched away match for any national association football team since the reopening the doors of Wembley Stadium in 2007. The game was watched by 700 million viewers all over the world.

After the team's appearances in both the 2006 and 2010 World Cup tournaments they were received by hundreds of enthusiastic fans who were dancing and singing during the Kotoka International Airport in Accra.

There is a rivalry between the Black Stars' main footballing rivalry is with the Super Eagles, the national team from Nigeria. This "Battle of Supremacy in the Gulf of Guinea" is among two teams that have the highest success on the African continent. Due to the proximity of these two nations to one another as well as a disagreement between various association football tournaments, and a greater diplomatic battle for control across West Africa add to this rivalry. The game between the two nations is referred to as the Jollof derby.

Books, documentaries, film, Azonto dances and songs were created in the name of Ghana national team of football. They may have commercial purposes, but they focus on the past or upcoming World Cups or Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

• Books: Many books have been released on the history of the Black Stars and their the participation at major competitions. They include Ghana, The Rediscovered Soccer Might and Take a Look Out World!, about the history and achievements of Black Stars and also all the significant national associations football teams the Black Stars have ever played against, as well as the book The Black Stars of Ghana by Alan Whelan; about Black Stars starting their journey into the final stages at the 2011 World Cup and into the quarter-finals.
• Documentary films: In the year 2010 Miracle Films Ghana Limited showcased the first documentary film of the 20th century, Kwame Nkrumah & Ghana's Black Stars, about Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah "Africa's man of the 2nd millennium" and "Pan-African pioneer" who poured much of his energy in the creation of Ghana's association football national team known as known as the Black Stars - a force in African football.
• Nickname"The Black Star Line, a shipping industry line founded by the man who founded the Back-to-Africa movement and civil rights and leader Marcus Garvey and the organiser of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA) from 1919 until 1922. gave the Ghana national team national football their nicknames: the Black Stars of West Africa and the Black Stars of Africa.
• Dances: In the event of scoring by the Black Stars scoring against opposition teams, dance styles of the internationally renowned Ghanaian Azonto were performed by Black Stars players in their goal celebrations after winning matches during the 2010 World Cup and in 2013 an elite form of Ghanaian Azonto named; "(Akan: Mmonko)" (shrimp) was developed and was showcased at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations by the Black Stars players. Black Stars goal celebrations in victory games during the 2014 World Cup and upon scoring against teams from the opposition, aim to promote and highlight Alkayida.
• Songs: During the time that have occurred in the past World Cups or African Championships there were a few Ghanaian musicians along with music producers composed hiplife football songs that were written using the Akan language. For instance, the song from the 2006 World Cup song, "Akan: Tuntum Nsorom Ye Ko Yen"Anim", (Black Stars, We are moving forward) music written by the Musicians Union of Ghana, is designed to inspire to encourage the Black Stars to perform creditably in their bid for victory in the World Cup trophy. Black Stars' captain and the top goalscorer Asamoah Gyan released the Hiplife track titled 'Castro the Destroyer'. In the song, the singer is known as Baby Jet. The song's title is "African Girls" and is performed with the Akan language. It was released onto Ghanaian screens, the continental West Africa screens and onto screens in the Sub-Saharan Africa screens. The music video features the well-known "Asamoah Gyan Dance" goal celebration that was performed by him at the 2009 World Cup and in the Premier League. The track "African Girls" was awarded an award during the Ghana Music Awards in 2011. In 2010, the World Cup song, "Ghana Black Stars (Official Song 2010 World Cup)" composed by Ghanaian hiplife group "Kings as well as Queens Entertainment" is endorsed from the Ghana Football Association (GFA) as the GFA has confirmed they believe they are a protected brand. Black Stars are a protected brand.

Below is a list of the results of the matches played over the last 12 months in addition to any future games that are scheduled.

Since 1957, Ghana has seen 32 head coaches, and three caretakers. C. K. Gyamfi is the most successful of them all who led his team of Black Stars to three Africa Cup of Nations championships in 1963 in 1965, and 1982 - giving Gyamfi the second-highest-performing coach in the history of the tournament. Fred Osam Duodu led the Black Stars to their 1978 Africa Cup of Nations title; Ratomir Dujkovic, Milovan Rajevac as well as James Kwesi Appiah, have all guided their respective Black Stars to World Cup qualifying. Serbian coaches have proven to be among the best foreign coach in Ghana in the past, and two managers each leading Ghana to two World Cup debuts. At present, the Ghanaian national team is under the direction of Otto Addo who is the coach in charge and is assisted by Chris Hughton, George Boateng and Mas-Ud Didi Diamantua as head coaches for the national senior squad, known as the Black Stars until the end in December 2022.

Detail of the players as below mentioned.

• A number of players from the following were summoned up for the friendly game.
• Dates of matches: between 23 and 27, September 20, 2022.
• Opinion:  Brazil and  Nicaragua

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Richard Ofori	1 November 1993 (age 28)	24	0	Orlando Pirates
12	GK	Abdul Manaf Nurudeen	8 February 1999 (age 23)	2	0	Eupen
16	GK	Joe Wollacott	8 September 1996 (age 26)	11	0	Charlton Athletic
2	DF	Tariq Lamptey	30 September 2000 (age 22)	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
3	DF	Denis Odoi	27 May 1988 (age 34)	4	0	Club Brugge
4	DF	Mohammed Salisu	17 April 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Southampton
14	DF	Gideon Mensah	18 July 1998 (age 24)	10	0	Bordeaux
15	DF	Joseph Aidoo	29 September 1995 (age 27)	10	0	Celta de Vigo
17	DF	Abdul Rahman Baba	2 July 1994 (age 28)	47	1	Reading
18	DF	Daniel Amartey	1 December 1994 (age 27)	43	0	Leicester City
23	DF	Alexander Djiku	9 August 1994 (age 28)	18	1	Strasbourg
26	DF	Alidu Seidu	25 February 1996 (age 26)	2	0	Clermont
	DF	Stephan Ambrosius	18 December 1998 (age 23)	0	0	Karlsruher SC
5	MF	Thomas Partey	13 June 1993 (age 29)	40	14	Arsenal
6	MF	Elisha Owusu	7 November 1997 (age 24)	2	0	Gent
8	MF	Daniel-Kofi Kyereh	8 March 1996 (age 26)	12	0	Freiburg
10	MF	André Ayew	17 December 1989 (age 32)	107	23	Al-Sadd
20	MF	Mohammed Kudus	2 August 2000 (age 22)	16	4	Ajax
21	MF	Iddrisu Baba	22 January 1996 (age 26)	18	0	Mallorca
7	FW	Abdul Fatawu Issahaku	8 March 2004 (age 18)	11	0	Sporting
9	FW	Jordan Ayew	11 September 1991 (age 31)	82	20	Crystal Palace
11	FW	Osman Bukari	13 December 1998 (age 23)	5	1	Red Star Belgrade
13	FW	Felix Afena-Gyan	19 January 2003 (age 19)	6	1	Cremonese
19	FW	Iñaki Williams	15 June 1994 (age 28)	1	0	Athletic Bilbao
22	FW	Kamaldeen Sulemana	15 February 2002 (age 20)	11	0	Rennes
27	FW	Antoine Semenyo	7 January 2000 (age 22)	1	0	Bristol City
28	FW	Daniel Afriyie	26 June 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Hearts of Oak
	FW	Benjamin Tetteh	10 July 1997 (age 25)	7	0	Hull City
	FW	Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer	13 September 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Hamburger SV

The following players were called up for Ghana during the past twelve months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Richard Attah	9 April 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Hearts of Oak	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
GK	Ibrahim Danlad	2 December 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Asante Kotoko	v.  Ethiopia, 11 November 2021 PRE
DF	Jonathan Mensah	13 July 1990 (age 32)	69	1	Columbus Crew	v.  Central African Republic, 5 June 2022
DF	Abdul Mumin	6 June 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Rayo Vallecano	v.  Central African Republic, 5 June 2022
DF	Montari Kamaheni	1 February 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Ashdod	v.  Nigeria, 29 March 2022
DF	Philomon Baffour	6 February 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Dreams	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
DF	Nicholas Opoku	11 August 1997 (age 25)	14	1	Amiens	v.  South Africa, 6 September 2021
DF	Fatawu Mohammed	2 June 1992 (age 30)	1	0	Hearts of Oak	v.  South Africa, 6 September 2021
DF	Joseph Adjei	20 August 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Legon Cities	v.  South Africa, 6 September 2021
MF	Augustine Okrah	14 September 1993 (age 29)	2	0	Bechem United	v.  Central African Republic, 5 June 2022
MF	Yaw Yeboah	28 March 1997 (age 25)	4	0	Columbus Crew	v.  Nigeria, 29 March 2022
MF	David Abagna	9 September 1998 (age 24)	1	0	Real Tamale	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
MF	Emmanuel Lomotey	19 December 1997 (age 24)	7	0	Malmö FF	v.  Ethiopia, 11 November 2021 PRE
MF	Majeed Ashimeru	10 October 1997 (age 24)	2	0	Anderlecht	v.  Ethiopia, 11 November 2021 PRE
MF	Alfred Duncan	10 March 1993 (age 29)	10	0	Fiorentina	v.  Zimbabwe, 9 October 2021 PRE
MF	Tariqe Fosu	5 November 1995 (age 26)	4	1	Stoke	v.  Zimbabwe, 9 October 2021 PRE
FW	Joseph Paintsil	1 February 1998 (age 24)	5	0	Genk	v.  Central African Republic, 5 June 2022
FW	Richmond Boakye	28 January 1993 (age 29)	19	7	Lamia	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
FW	Samuel Owusu	28 March 1996 (age 26)	17	1	ÄŒukarički	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
FW	Maxwell Abbey Quaye	2 February 1998 (age 24)	1	0	Great Olympics	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
FW	Joel Fameyeh	14 May 1997 (age 25)	6	2	Orenburg	v.  Zimbabwe, 9 October 2021 PRE
FW	Emmanuel Gyasi	11 January 1994 (age 28)	3	0	Spezia	v.  Zimbabwe, 9 October 2021 PRE

The Ghana football association Ghana (GFA) oversees various national teams at various levels, including the Ghanaian national football team. The team is limited to players who participate within the league that they play in, hence they are called Ghana Premier League. The team is known as"the Local Black Stars.

The Ghana Football Association Ghana (GFA) manages numerous national teams in various levels of age, ranging from 16 and 23 years old.

The under-23 team (or Olympic team) from the 1992 Summer Olympics is a team that competes at Olympic games of football, the Football All-Africa Games, CAF U-23 Championship and is limited to players who are between 23 and 23 years old. The football team at the Olympic Games is thus considered as an under-23 World Cup and since the Olympic Games of 1992; the under-23 team has played in five Olympic Games, becoming the first African team to earn an Olympic medal, when they took home bronze in the 1992 Olympics.

The level for under-20s is regarded as a feeder to senior players in the Black Stars senior squad and has been a part of the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its beginning during the 1970s. The under-20 team won the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2009 when they defeated Brazil 4-3 in penalties after the match ended in 0-0 extra time. It was the first team on the Africa continent to win the tournament. Under-20 teams have won the African Youth Championship four times in 1999, 1995, 2009 and 2021 and also two runners-up in the years 2001 and 2013.

The level for under-17 is the smallest level, and the chosen players must be older than 17 years old. The team is representing Ghana at Ghana's participation in the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The team's under-17s has twice been FIFA U-17 World Cup champions in 1991 and in 1995. They also finished runners-up in two instances in 1997 and 1993. The under-17 team has been involved in 8 of the 15 competitions in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, beginning with the Scotland in 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship and taking the lead in at the FIFA U-17 World Cup competition in the 1990swhen they made it to four finals in a row. They also won two times in the African U-17 Championship.

At the time of writing, 27 September 2022.

Players who are bold are in active service in Ghana.

• Awuley Quaye (1978)
• Kuuku Dadzie (1980–1982)
• Emmanuel Quarshie (1982–1984)
• Isaac Paha (1984)
• James Kwesi Appiah (1984–1992)
• Abedi Pele (1992–1998)
• Charles Akonnor (1999–2001)
• Stephen Appiah (2002–2010)
• John Mensah (2010–2012)
• Asamoah Gyan (2012–2019)
• André Ayew (2019–present)

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Ghana's Black Stars have qualified for three FIFA World Cup tournaments; the 2006, 2010 and 2014. The year 2006 was the most successful for Ghana. Ghana is the one African team to progress into the 2nd round in the World Cup in Germany, and was the sixth country in the last six years from Africa to advance beyond the group stage at the World Cup. Ghana's Black Stars had the youngest team of the 2006 edition, with the average of age 23 and 352 days. They received praise for their improvement in performance. FIFA has ranked Ghana 13th out of 32 nations who participated during the competition.

The 2010. World Cup, Ghana progressed beyond the group stage in the World Cup in South Africa and made it to the quarter-finals in which they were eliminated by Uruguay. They were eliminated by Uruguay. Black Stars were defeated on penalty shootouts following Luis Suarez hand-balled on the goal line in the final time, which prevented a winning goal. Out of the 32 countries which took part at the tournament in 2010, FIFA ranked Ghana 7th.

The team beat Egypt 7-3, averaging 7-3, in November 2013 Ghana was selected for 2014's World Cup in Brazil. They were placed in Group G alongside Germany as well as The United States and Portugal. For the first timein their history, Ghana lost at the stage of group play, drawing Germany at 2-2, and defeating both United States and Portugal by 2 to 1.

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Part of  United Kingdom
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-finals	7th	5	2	2	1	5	4
2014	Group stage	25th	3	0	1	2	4	6
2018	Did not qualify
2022	Qualified
2026	To be determined
Total	Quarter-finals	4/22	12	4	3	5	13	16

Ghana has been crowned the Africa Cup of Nations four times in the years 1963 and 1965, as well as 1978 and 1982. It was beaten by Cameroon and Egypt. The first time a team has won the three Nations Cup tournaments, Ghana was granted the right to keep the trophy until 1978. They Black Stars have qualified for the tournament 23 times with runners-up finishing fifth times, third one time Fourth four times. So, Ghana is second in final-game appearances at the tournament, just behind Egypt (who has the most with ten) having nine appearances, effectively reaching the final in more than 50% of the time it is during the tournament. Ghana also has the record for having the most consecutive semi-final appearances having made six straight semi-finals between the years of 2008 and 2017.

Africa Cup of Nations record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1957	Part of United Kingdom
1959	Not affiliated to CAF
1962	Did not qualify
1963	Champions	1st	3	2	1	0	6	1
1965	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	12	5
1968	Second place	2nd	5	3	1	1	11	8
	Second place	2nd	5	2	1	1	6	4
1972	Did not qualify
1974
1976
1978	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	9	2
1980	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	1	1
1982	Champions	1st	5	2	3	0	7	5
1984	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	2	4
1986	Did not qualify
1988
1990
1992	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	1	0	6	2
1994	Quarter-finals	5th	3	2	0	1	3	2
1996	Fourth place	4th	6	4	0	2	7	5
1998	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	3	3
2000	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	1	2	3	4
2002	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	2	2
2004	Did not qualify
2006	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	2	3
2008	Third place	3rd	6	5	0	1	11	5
2010	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	0	2	4	4
2012	Fourth place	4th	6	3	1	2	6	5
2013	Fourth place	4th	6	3	2	1	10	6
2015	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	10	3
2017	Fourth place	4th	6	3	0	3	4	5
2019	Round of 16	12th	4	1	3	0	5	3
2021	Group stage	19th	3	0	1	2	3	5
2023	To be determined
2025
Total	4 Titles	23/33	102	54	21	27	133	87

Ghana has played for three African Nations Championship tournaments, two times finishing runners-up.

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2009	Runners-up	2nd	5	1	3	1	7	6
2011	Group stage	14th	3	0	0	3	1	4
2014	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	3	0	4	1
2016	Did not qualify
2018
2020
2022	Qualified
Total	Runners-up	3/6	14	4	6	4	12	11

The football competition in the African Games has been an under-23 competition since.

African Games record
Tear	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1965	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991–present	See Ghana national under-23 football team
Total	0/4	0	0	0	0	0	0

West African Nations Cup [SCSA Zone III] record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1982	Final	Winner	5	3	2	0	14	8	6
1983	Final	Winner	4	3	1	0	7	2	5
1984	Final	Winner	5	2	3	0	9	5	4
1986	Final	Winner	6	5	1	0	12	2	10
1987	Final	Winner	5	5	0	0	14	2	12
Total	5 Finals	5 Titles	25	18	7	0	56	19	37

West African Football Union Nations Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2010	Semi-final	Third place	5	4	0	1	11	3	8
2011	Semi-final	Fourth place	4	1	0	3	5	8	−3
2013	Final	Winner	4	3	0	1	9	4	5
Total	1 Final	1 Title	13	8	0	5	25	15	10

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Africa Cup of Nations

• Winners (4): 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982
• Runners-up (5): 1968, 1970, 1992, 2010, 2015

African Nations Championship

• Runners-up (2): 2009, 2014

Nkrumah Cup

• Winners (3): 1959, 1960, 1963

West African Nations Cup

• Winners (5): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987

CEDEAO Cup

• Third place (1): 1991

WAFU Nations Cup

• Winners (2): 2013, 2017
• Third place (1): 2010

Ugandan Independence Tournament

• Winners: 1962

Pestabola Merdeka

• Runners up: 1982

Samuel K. Doe Cup 1986

• Runners up: 1986

Black Stars Tournament 1993 (Libreville, Gabon)

• Third: 1993

Great Artificial River Championship 1999 (Libya)

• Runners up: 1999

LG Cup

• Third: 2003

• African National Team of the Year Winners (3): 1983, 2006, 2010
• FIFA most improved team of the year award Winner: 2005