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The Ghana national football team represents Ghana in men's international football. The team is named the Black Stars after the Black Star of Africa in the flag of Ghana. It is governed by the Ghana Football Association, the governing body for football in Ghana. Prior to 1957, it played as the Gold Coast.

Ghana

Nickname(s)

Black Stars

Association

Ghana Football Association

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Sub-confederation

WAFU (West Africa)

Head coach

Otto Addo

Captain

André Ayew

Most (caps)

André Ayew (120)

Top scorer

Asamoah Gyan (51)

Home stadium

Various

FIFA code

GHA

First colours

Second colours

FIFA ranking

Current

73

3 (24 October 2024)

Highest

14 (April–May 2007, February 2008)

Lowest

89 (June 2004)

First international

Gold Coast and

British Togoland 1–0 Nigeria

(Accra, British Gold Coast; 28 May 1950)

Biggest win

Nyasaland 0–12

Ghana
(Nyasaland; 15 October 1962)

Biggest defeat

Brazil 8–2 Ghana

(São José do Rio Preto, Brazil; 27 March 1996)

World Cup

Appearances

4 (first in 2006)

Best result

Quarter-finals (2010)

Africa Cup of Nations

Appearances

24 (first in 1963)

Best result

Champions (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982)

West African Nations Cup / WAFU Nations Cup

Appearances

8 (first in 1982)

Best result

Champions (1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 2013)

COSAFA Cup

Appearances

1 (first in 2015)

Best result

Quarter-finals (2015)

Ghana qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 2006. The team has won the Africa Cup of Nations four times (1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982), while finishing as runners-up five times (1968, 1970, 1992, 2010, and 2015). They have also qualified for the CHAN four times, finishing as runners-up twice (2009 and 2014).

History

On 19 August 1962 at the Accra Sports Stadium, hosted Real Madrid, who were at the time Spanish champions, former European champions and intercontinental champions and drew 3–3.

Charles Kumi Gyamfi became coach in 1961, and they won successive African Cup of Nations titles, in 1963 and 1965. The Black Stars achieved their record win, 13–2 away to Kenya, after the second of these. They reached the final of the tournament in 1968 and 1970, losing 1–0 on both occasions, to DR Congo in 1968 and Sudan in 1970. Their domination of the tournament earned them the nickname "the Black Stars of Africa" in the 1960s.

Fortunes changed for the Black Stars however, after they failed to qualify for 3 successive African Cup of Nations in the 1970s. In the early 1980s however, with emerging talents such as Abedi Pele, the Black Stars beat Libya in the 1982 African Cup of Nations final hosted by Libya to win their fourth and to date, last continental title. Fortunes changed again however, as in the 1984 tournament, they were knocked out in the group stages, and did not qualify for the 1986, 1988 and 1990 tournaments. In 1992 however, the Black Stars would come runners-up to the Ivory Coast in a penalty shootout after a goalless draw, which saw every player on the pitch take a penalty, in which they were beaten 11-10. The Black Stars were at a disadvantage however, as African Footballer of the Year winner and the tournament's best player, Abedi Pele, had been suspended for the final.

Tensions among the squad led to the parliamentary and executive to intervene and settle issues between star players Abedi Pele and Tony Yeboah. In the 1990s, this may have played some part in the failure of the team to build on the successes of the national underage teams. However, the 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, going undefeated for a year in 2005 and qualifying for the final tournament of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The Black Stars started by succumbing to a (2–0 defeat) to eventual champions Italy, and wins over Czech Republic ((2–0)) and United States (2–1). This saw them advance through to the second round, where they lost (3–0) to Brazil.

Under head coach Milovan Rajevac, the Black Stars went on to secure a 100% win record in their qualification campaign, winning their group and becoming the first African team to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In the final tournament, they were placed in Group D with Germany, Serbia and Australia, advancing to the round of 16 where they played the United States, winning 2–1 in extra time to become only the third African nation to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. They then lost to Uruguay in a penalty shootout in the quarter-finals, after Uruguayan forward Luis Suárez blocked a header with his hand in the penalty box in extra time and was sent off. Asamoah Gyan missed the penalty given for the handball, with the score remaining at 1-1. Ghana went on to lose the penalty shootout 4-2, not making it to the semi-finals which would have been the first time an African country qualified for the semi-finals of a World Cup.

In 2013, it became the only team in Africa to reach 4 consecutive semi-finals of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations twice, the first time since between 1963 and 1970.

The Black Stars were sufficiently ranked by FIFA to start their qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in the second round. They won their group, and in the following round qualified for the 2014 World Cup finals in November 2013, after beating Egypt 7–3 on aggregate in a 2-legged play-off. They were drawn in Group G for the finals, where they faced Germany, Portugal, and the United States. They exited in the group stages recording 1 draw and 2 losses. However, they were the only team to not lose to Germany in the tournament, and the only team to hold onto a lead against the Germans at any point, drawing 2-2 (and leading 2-1) with the eventual winners.

In the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, they reached the final, to be denied the title on penalties against Ivory Coast. While their 2017 Africa Cup of Nations campaign ended in a 4th place finish - the third one in 4 consecutive editions of the tournament - in the qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup, they finished behind Egypt and Uganda in their final group. At the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, they were eliminated by Tunisia in the Round of 16. In 2021, Manager Rajevac was brought back, but the Black Stars ended up failing to win a match at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations where they lost 2–3 to debutants the Comoros after an André Ayew red card to finish bottom of their group. Thus, they failed to progress beyond the group stage for the first time since 2006. They drew 0–0 in a match against Nigeria and drew 1–1 in Nigeria to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup on away goals. During the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Ghana lost their first match against Portugal (3–2). They earned their first and only victory in their second match against South Korea 3–2 after an insane thriller. In a "must win match to qualify" against Uruguay, the opponent that kicked out Ghana 12 years ago, Ghana instead lost 2–0 and thus finished bottom; however, despite failing to avenge the loss, South Korea's 2–1 win over Portugal ensured Ghana to have a consolation prize by also sending out Uruguay from the competition on the virtue of goals scored.

Culture

Kits and crest

Adopted following the independence of Ghana in 1957, the black star has been included in the Black Stars' kits. The Black Stars' kits were sponsored by Puma SE from 2005, with the deal ending in 2014.

Between 1990 and 2006 the Ghana national team used the kit in the colours of the national flag of Ghana, with gold, green and red used, as in the team's crest and also known as the Pan-African colours. The gold with green and red kit concept and design was used in the 60s and 70s, and designed with gold and green vertical stripes and red shoulders. An all black second kit was introduced in 2008 and in 2015, Black Stars' gold-red-green coloured kit and all black coloured kit is to be reassigned to the position of 1st and 2nd kits following the induction of a brown with blue and gold coloured Black Stars 3rd kit in 2012.

The team's kit for the 2014 FIFA World Cup was ranked as the best kit of the tournament by BuzzFeed.


2008 Africa Cup of Nations 1st and 2nd kits

Kit supplier	Period
Erima	1991–1992
Adidas	1992–2000
Kappa	2000–2005
Puma	2005–

Grounds

Kumasi Sports Stadium

Lizzy Sports Complex

The training facilities and training grounds are located at Agyeman Badu Stadium, Berekum Sports Stadium in Brong-Ahafo, the Tema Sports Stadium in Tema and the multi-functional Lizzy Sports Complex in Legon.

Organization and finance

The Black Stars had no official head because of "corrupt" practices by the then president, Kwesi Nyantakyi and vice-president George Afriyie, with Frank Davis as director of football, and Edward Bawa as treasurer. The Ghana Football Association (GFA) signed a CN¥92.2 million (US$15 million) deal with Ghanaian state-run oil and gas exploration corporation, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), to sponsor the Black Stars and the renewable contract saw the oil and gas exploration corporation become the global headline sponsor of the Black Stars, with a yearly Black Stars player salary wage bill, following the gold mining corporations Ashanti Goldfields Corporation and Goldfields Ghana Limited (GGL), which had been sponsoring the Black Stars since 2005.

On 28 August 2013, Ghana Football Association (GFA) launched a TV channel and named GFA TV. The channel has the exclusive rights to broadcast all the Black Stars' matches. In November 2013, the Black Stars signed a 2013–2015 CN¥30.6 million (US$5 million) and an additional classified multi-million private bank sponsorship deal with the Ghanaian state-run private banking institution UniBank.

Supporters

The Black Stars maintain an average stadium match attendance of 60,000+ and a match attendance high of 80,000+, such as in the case of its (2010 FIFA World Cup quarter-final) against Uruguay which was attended by 84,017 spectators. 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. The match was watched by 700 million people around the world.

Following the team's appearances at the 2006 and 2010 World Cup tournaments, they were greeted by some hundred avid fans dancing and singing at Kotoka International Airport in Accra.

Rivalries

Vs. Nigeria in the (**2008 Africa Cup of Nations Quarter-Final**)

A rivalry is with the Super Eagles, the Nigeria national team. The "Battle of Supremacy on the Gulf of Guinea" is between two of the "most successful teams on the African continent". The proximity of the two countries to each other, a dispute between the different association football competitions and wider diplomatic competition for influence across West Africa add to this rivalry. The match between these two countries is called the Jollof derby.

Other rivalries include the rivalry with Egypt and international rivalries with USA as well as Uruguay.

Media and arts

Match schedules are broadcast in English as in the case of inter-continental matches and in Akan nationally by Adom TV, PeaceFM, AdomFM and HappyFM. During the scheduled qualification for the 2014 World Cup national broadcaster GTV, a sub-division of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), broadcast to the Ghanaian public home qualifiers with away qualifiers broadcast by the satellite television broadcasting corporation Viasat 1. The friendly 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 GFA TV, GBC and Viasat 1.

Products including books, documentary films, Azonto dances and songs have been made in the name of the team. These may be intended with commercial motives and are focused on previous and future World Cups or Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

Books: books have been published on the team's history and participation in tournaments. These include Ghana, The Rediscovered Soccer Might: Watch Out World!, about the history and performance of the Black Stars and association football national teams that the Black Stars have played against, and The Black Stars of Ghana by Alan Whelan; about Black Stars commencing their progress through the final rounds of the 2010 World Cup and into the quarter-finals.
Documentary films: In 2010 Miracle Films Ghana Limited showcased a vintage documentary film picture, Kwame Nkrumah & Ghana's Black Stars, about Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah "Africa's man of the 2nd millennium" and "Pan-African pioneer", who invested energy into making Ghana's association football national team – the Black Stars – a force in African soccer.
Nickname: The Black Star Line, a shipping industry line incorporated by the founder of the Back-to-Africa movement, civil rights movement leader Marcus Garvey and the organiser of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA) from 1919 to 1922, gives the Ghana team its nicknames, the Black Stars of West Africa and the Black Stars of Africa.
Dances: upon the Black Stars scoring against opposition teams, dance forms of the Ghanaian Azonto were performed by Black Stars players in their goal celebrations in match victories at the 2010 World Cup and in 2013, an elite dance version of the Ghanaian Azonto named; "(Akan: Mmonko)" (shrimp), was established and showcased at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations by the Black Stars players. Black Stars goal celebrations in match victories at the 2014 World Cup and upon scoring against opposition teams, are to establish and showcase Alkayida.
Songs: On occasions of past World Cups or African Championships, a number of musicians with music producers created hiplife football songs which were composed in the Akan language – the 2006 World Cup song, "Akan: Tuntum Nsorom Ye Ko Yen Anim", (Black Stars, We are moving forward) musical composed by the Musicians Union of Ghana, is to motivate the Black Stars to perform creditably in its quest for the capturing of the World Cup trophy. Black Stars' captain and top-goalscorer Asamoah Gyan recorded and released a Hiplife song with 'Castro The Destroyer', where he features under the alias 'Baby Jet'. The song is entitled "African Girls" and is sung in the Akan language and was launched onto the Ghanaian screens, continental West Africa screens and onto the Sub-Saharan Africa screens. The music video shows the "Asamoah Gyan Dance" goal celebration which he demonstrated at the 2010 World Cup. The song "African Girls" won an award at the Ghana Music Awards in 2011. The 2010 World Cup song, "Ghana Black Stars (Official Song 2010 World Cup)" composed by Ghanaian hiplife music group "Kings and Queens Entertainment" approved by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) as GFA has indicated that the Black Stars are a protected brand.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2023

14 October (Friendly)	Mexico	2–0	Ghana	Charlotte, United States
21:00 UTC−4	Lozano 57' Antuna 72'	Report		Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Referee: Joe Dickerson (United States)

17 October (Friendly)	United States	4–0	Ghana	Nashville, United States
20:30 UTC−4	Reyna 10', 39' Pulisic 19' (pen.) Balogun 22'	Report		Stadium: Geodis Park Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)

17 November (2026 World Cup qualification)	Ghana	1–0	Madagascar	Kumasi, Ghana
16:00 UTC±0	Williams 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Baba Yara Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)

21 November (2026 World Cup qualification)	Comoros	1–0	Ghana	Moroni, Comoros
19:00 UTC+3	Maolida 43'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Moroni Attendance: 11,628 Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania)

2024

8 January Friendly	Ghana	0–0	Namibia	Kumasi, Ghana
20:00 UTC±0		Report		Stadium: Baba Yara Stadium Referee: Charles Bulu (Ghana)

14 January (2023 Africa Cup of Nations GS)	Ghana	1–2	Cape Verde	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
20:00 UTC±0	Djiku 56'	Report	Monteiro 17' Rodrigues 90+2'	Stadium: Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium Attendance: 11,943 Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

18 January (2023 Africa Cup of Nations GS)	Egypt	2–2	Ghana	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
20:00 UTC±0	Marmoush 69' Mostafa 74'	Report	Kudus 45+3', 71'	Stadium: Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium Attendance: 20,808 Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

22 January (2023 Africa Cup of Nations GS)	Mozambique	2–2	Ghana	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
20:00 UTC±0	Catamo 90+1' (pen.) Mandava 90+4'	Report	J. Ayew 15' (pen.), 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Alassane Ouattara Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)

22 March (Friendly)	Nigeria	2–1	Ghana	Marrakech, Morocco
16:00 UTC±0	Dessers 38' (pen.) Lookman 84'	Report	Ayew 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

26 March (Friendly)	Uganda	2–2	Ghana	Marrakech, Morocco
16:00 UTC±0	Mukwala 23' (pen.) Shaban 82'	Report	Opoku 7' J. Ayew 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Bouchra Kaboubi (Morocco)

6 June 2026 World Cup qualification	Mali	1–2	Ghana	Bamako, Mali
19:00 UTC±0	K. Doumbia 45+1'	Report	Nuamah 58' J. Ayew 90+4'	Stadium: Stade du 26 Mars Attendance: 50,200 Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)

10 June 2026 World Cup qualification	Ghana	4–3	Central African Republic	Kumasi, Ghana
19:00 UTC±0	Ayew 6' (pen.), 60', 69' Fatawu 62'	Report	Mafouta 11', 41', 90'	Stadium: Baba Yara Stadium Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Abdulrazg Ahmed (Libya)

5 September 2025 AFCON qualification	Ghana	0–1	Angola	Kumasi, Ghana
16:00 UTC±0		Report	Milson 90+3'	Stadium: Baba Yara Stadium Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

9 September 2025 AFCON qualification	Niger	1–1	Ghana	Berkane, Morocco
16:00 UTC+1	Sako 81'	Report	Seidu 44'	Stadium: Berkane Municipal Stadium Referee: Lamin Jammeh (Gambia)

10 October 2025 AFCON qualification	Ghana	0–0	Sudan	Accra, Ghana
16:00 UTC±0		Report		Stadium: Accra Sports Stadium Referee: Patrice Milazar (Mauritius)

15 October 2025 AFCON qualification	Sudan	2–0	Ghana	Benghazi, Libya
15:00 UTC+2	Al-Tash 62' Abdelrahman 65'	Report		Stadium: Martyrs of February Stadium Referee: Mehrez Malki (Tunisia)

10 November 2025 AFCON qualification	Angola	v	Ghana	Angola
				Stadium: TBD

18 November 2025 AFCON qualification	Ghana	v	Niger	Ghana
				Stadium: TBD

Coaches

As of 24 January 2024

Position	Name
Head coach	Otto Addo
Assistant coach	Joseph Laumann
Assistant coach	John Paintsil
Goalkeeping coach	Fatau Dauda

History

Mali vs Ghana, exhibition game at Paris, 31 March 2015

Since 1957 it has had 32 different head coaches and 3 caretakers. C. K. Gyamfi led the Black Stars to 3 Africa Cup of Nations titles – in 1963, 1965 and 1982 – making Gyamfi the "joint most successful coach" in the competition's history.Fred Osam Duodu led the Black Stars to their 1978 Africa Cup of Nations title;Ratomir Dujković, Milovan Rajevac, and James Kwesi Appiah have led the Black Stars to World Cup qualification. Two Serbian managers guided Ghana to their first two World Cup appearances.Otto Addo is the head coach of the Black Stars since 15 March 2024, replacing Chris Hughton.

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Mali and Central African Republic on 6 and 10 June 2024, respectively.

Caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2024, after the match against Central African Republic.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Lawrence Ati-Zigi	(1996-11-29) 29 November 1996 (age 27)	23	0	St. Gallen
1GK	Jojo Wollacott	(1996-09-08) 8 September 1996 (age 28)	12	0	Hibernian
1GK		(1999-05-28) 28 May 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Asante Kotoko

2DF	Alexander Djiku	(1994-08-09) 9 August 1994 (age 30)	29	1	Fenerbahçe
2DF	Gideon Mensah	(1998-07-18) 18 July 1998 (age 26)	26	0	Auxerre
2DF	Alidu Seidu	(2000-06-04) 4 June 2000 (age 24)	15	0	Rennes
2DF	Mohammed Salisu	(1999-04-17) 17 April 1999 (age 25)	13	2	Monaco
2DF	Baba Rahman	(1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 (age 30)	52	1	PAOK
2DF	Tariq Lamptey	(2000-09-30) 30 September 2000 (age 24)	8	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
2DF	Jerome Opoku	(1998-10-14) 14 October 1998 (age 26)	3	1	İstanbul Başakşehir
2DF	Ebenezer Annan	(2002-08-21) 21 August 2002 (age 22)	2	0	OFK Beograd
2DF	Abdul Mumin	(1998-06-06) 6 June 1998 (age 26)	2	0	Rayo Vallecano

3MF	Thomas Partey	(1993-06-13) 13 June 1993 (age 31)	49	13	Arsenal
3MF	Mohammed Kudus	(2000-08-02) 2 August 2000 (age 24)	34	11	West Ham United
3MF	Salis Abdul Samed	(2000-03-26) 26 March 2000 (age 24)	19	0	Lens
3MF	Edmund Addo	(2000-05-17) 17 May 2000 (age 24)	14	0	OFK Beograd
3MF	Ernest Nuamah	(2003-11-01) 1 November 2003 (age 21)	12	3	Lyon
3MF	Elisha Owusu	(1997-11-07) 7 November 1997 (age 26)	10	0	Auxerre
3MF	Abu Francis	(2001-04-27) 27 April 2001 (age 23)	1	0	Cercle Brugge
3MF	Ibrahim Sulemana	(2003-05-22) 22 May 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Atalanta

4FW	Jordan Ayew	(1991-09-11) 11 September 1991 (age 33)	104	28	Leicester City
4FW	Antoine Semenyo	(2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24)	21	2	Bournemouth
4FW	Kamaldeen Sulemana	(2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 22)	19	0	Southampton
4FW	Osman Bukari	(1998-12-13) 13 December 1998 (age 25)	17	3	Austin FC
4FW	Ibrahim Osman	(2004-11-29) 29 November 2004 (age 19)	2	0	Feyenoord
4FW	Brandon Thomas-Asante	(1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 (age 25)	1	0	Coventry City

Recent call-ups

The following have also been called up in the last twelve months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Richard Ofori	(1993-11-01) 1 November 1993 (age 31)	33	0	Orlando Pirates	2023 Africa Cup of Nations
GK		(1992-07-13) 13 July 1992 (age 32)	0	0	Great Olympics	2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE
GK		(2003-03-13) 13 March 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Medeama	2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE
GK	Abdul Manaf Nurudeen	(1999-02-08) 8 February 1999 (age 25)	4	0	Eupen	v. Comoros, 21 November 2023

DF	Daniel Amartey	(1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 29)	55	0	Beşiktaş	v. Uganda, 26 March 2024
DF	Denis Odoi	(1988-05-27) 27 May 1988 (age 36)	14	0	Club Brugge	v. Uganda, 26 March 2024
DF	Nicholas Opoku	(1997-08-11) 11 August 1997 (age 27)	18	1	Amiens	2023 Africa Cup of Nations
DF	Kingsley Schindler	(1993-07-12) 12 July 1993 (age 31)	4	0	Samsunspor	2023 Africa Cup of Nations
DF		(1999-03-04) 4 March 1999 (age 25)	1	0	Medeama	2023 Africa Cup of Nations
DF	Kasim Adams	(1995-06-22) 22 June 1995 (age 29)	17	2	1899 Hoffenheim	2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE
DF	Andy Yiadom	(1991-12-02) 2 December 1991 (age 32)	16	0	Reading	2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE
DF	Joseph Larweh Attamah	(1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 30)	6	0	Kayserispor	2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE
DF	Stephan Ambrosius	(1998-12-18) 18 December 1998 (age 25)	2	0	Karlsruher SC	2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE
DF	Patrick Kpozo	(1997-07-15) 15 July 1997 (age 27)	2	0	Baník Ostrava	2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE
DF		(2004-08-01) 1 August 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Medeama	2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE
DF	Razak Simpson	(1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 26)	0	0		2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE
DF	Joseph Aidoo	(1995-09-29) 29 September 1995 (age 29)	17	0	Celta Vigo	v. Comoros, 21 November 2023

MF	André Ayew (captain)	(1989-12-17) 17 December 1989 (age 34)	120	24	Le Havre	v. Uganda, 26 March 2024
MF	Iddrisu Baba	(1996-01-22) 22 January 1996 (age 28)	29	0	Almería	2023 Africa Cup of Nations
MF	Joseph Paintsil	(1998-02-01) 1 February 1998 (age 26)	15	0	LA Galaxy	2023 Africa Cup of Nations
MF	Majeed Ashimeru	(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 27)	9	0	Anderlecht	2023 Africa Cup of Nations
MF	Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer	(2001-09-13) 13 September 2001 (age 23)	4	0	Hamburger SV	2023 Africa Cup of Nations
MF	Richmond Lamptey	(1997-03-18) 18 March 1997 (age 27)	1	0	Asante Kotoko	2023 Africa Cup of Nations
MF	Daniel Afriyie	(2001-06-26) 26 June 2001 (age 23)	6	4	Zürich	2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE
MF	Yaw Yeboah	(1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 27)	4	0	Columbus Crew	2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE
MF	Michael Baidoo	(1999-05-14) 14 May 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Elfsborg	2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE
MF	Forson Amankwah	(2002-12-31) 31 December 2002 (age 21)	2	0	Norwich City	2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE
MF		(2000-01-08) 8 January 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Great Olympics	2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE
MF		(2002-10-10) 10 October 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Dreams	2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE

FW	Iñaki Williams	(1994-06-15) 15 June 1994 (age 30)	17	1	Athletic Bilbao	2023 Africa Cup of Nations
FW	Jonathan Sowah	(2000-01-09) 9 January 2000 (age 24)	3	0	Medeama	2023 Africa Cup of Nations
FW	Abdul Fatawu	(2004-03-08) 8 March 2004 (age 20)	19	2	Leicester City	2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE
FW	Benjamin Tetteh	(1997-07-10) 10 July 1997 (age 27)	7	0	Metz	2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE
FW	Bernard Tekpetey	(1997-09-03) 3 September 1997 (age 27)	2	0	Ludogorets Razgrad	2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE
FW	John Antwi	(1992-08-06) 6 August 1992 (age 32)	2	0	Dreams	2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE
FW	Hafiz Konkoni	(1999-12-27) 27 December 1999 (age 24)	0	0	Young Africans	2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE
FW		(2002-06-21) 21 June 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Medeama	2023 Africa Cup of Nations ^PRE
Notes ^CNC Cancelled match. ^WD Withdrew. ^INJ Withdrew because of injury. ^PRE Preliminary squad. ^RET Retired from international football. ^SUS Suspended from the team.

Local team

The football association of Ghana (GFA) administers national teams at different levels, including 1 for the local national team. The team is restricted to players who only play in the local league, thus the Ghana Premier League. It is nicknamed Local Black Stars.

Records

As of 10 October 2024

Players in bold are still active with Ghana.

Most appearances

André Ayew is Ghana's most capped player with 120 appearances.


Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	André Ayew	120	24	2007–present
2	Asamoah Gyan	109	51	2003–2019
3	Jordan Ayew	108	28	2010–present
4	Richard Kingson	93	1	1996–2011
5	John Paintsil	91	0	2001–2013
6	Harrison Afful	86	0	2008–2018
7	Sulley Muntari	84	20	2002–2014
8	John Mensah	81	3	2001–2012
9	Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu	78	11	2008–2017
10	Kwadwo Asamoah	74	4	2008–2019

Top goalscorers

Asamoah Gyan is Ghana's top goalscorer with 51 goals.


Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Asamoah Gyan	51	109	0.47	2003–2019
2	Edward Acquah	45	41	1.1	1956–1964
3	Kwasi Owusu	36	45	0.8	1968–1976
4	Tony Yeboah	29	59	0.49	1985–1997
5	Jordan Ayew	28	108	0.26	2010–present
6	Karim Abdul Razak	25	62	0.4	1975–1988
7	André Ayew	24	120	0.2	2007–present
8	Wilberforce Mfum	20	26	0.77	1960–1968
8	Sulley Muntari	20	84	0.24	2002–2014
10	Osei Kofi	19	25	0.76	1964–1973
10	Abedi Pele	19	73	0.26	1982–1998

Captains

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–)

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Ghana have qualified for 4 FIFA World Cup tournaments; 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2022. In 2006, it was the only African side to advance to the second round of the World Cup in Germany, and was the 6th nation in a row from Africa to progress beyond the group stages of the World Cup. It had the youngest team in the (2006 edition) with an average age of 23 years and 352 days, and were praised for their improving performance.FIFA ranked it 13th out of the 32 countries who competed in the tournament.

In the 2010 World Cup, it progressed beyond the group stages of the World Cup in South Africa, and reached the (quarter-finals) where it was eliminated by Uruguay. It was defeated on penalty shootout after Luis Suárez hand-balled on the (goal line) into extra time, preventing a possible winning goal. Of the 32 countries that participated in the 2010 edition, FIFA ranked it 7th.

After beating Egypt 7–3 on aggregate in November 2013, it qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. It was drawn in Group G with Germany, United States and Portugal. For the first time, it fell in the group stage, tying Germany 2–2 and losing to the United States and Portugal by 2–1.

Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
World Cup Finals	15	5	3	7	18	23	−5
World Cup Quals (H)	34	24	8	2	78	19	+59
World Cup Quals (A)	33	9	8	16	37	42	−5

Total	82	38	19	25	133	84	+49

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Campaign
1930 to 1954	Part of United Kingdom									Part of United Kingdom
1958	Not a FIFA member									Not a FIFA member
1962	Did not qualify									2	1	1	0	2	0	1962
1966	Withdrew									Withdrew
1970	Withdrew									Withdrew
1974	Did not qualify									6	3	1	1	14	5	1974
1978	Did not qualify									3	1	0	2	3	5	1978
1982	Withdrew									Withdrew
1986	Withdrew									Withdrew
1990	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	0	2	1990
1994										4	2	0	2	4	3	1994
1998										8	2	4	2	9	8	1998
2002										12	4	3	4	10	11	2002
2006	Round of 16	13th	4	2	0	2	4	6	(Squad)	12	8	3	1	24	4	2006
2010	Quarter-finals	7th	5	2	2	1	5	4	(Squad)	12	8	1	3	20	8	2010
2014	Group stage	25th	3	0	1	2	4	6	(Squad)	8	6	0	2	25	6	2014
2018	Did not qualify									8	2	5	1	9	5	2018
2022	Group stage	24th	3	1	0	2	5	7	(Squad)	8	4	3	1	8	4	2022
2026	Qualification in progress									4	3	0	1	7	5	2026
2030	To be determined									To be determined						2030
2034	To be determined									To be determined						2034

Total	Quarter-finals	4/16	15	5	3	7	18	23	–	89	44	22	21	135	66

Africa Cup of Nations

At the 2015 AFCON vs. Guinea in the quarter-finals.

The Black Stars of Ghana have won the Africa Cup of Nations four times: in 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982, bettered only by Cameroon and Egypt. As the first winner of three AFCON tournaments, Ghana obtained the right to permanently hold the trophy in 1978.

Africa Cup of Nations record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Campaign
1957	Not affiliated to CAF									Not affiliated to CAF
1959	Not affiliated to CAF									Not affiliated to CAF
1962	Did not qualify									2	0	2	0	2	2	1962
1963	Champions	1st	3	2	1	0	6	1	(Squad)	Qualified as hosts
1965	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	12	5	(Squad)	Qualified as defending champions
1968	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	11	8	(Squad)	Qualified as defending champions
1970	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	2	1	6	4	(Squad)	2	2	0	0	15	1	1970
1972	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	0	1	1972
1974										4	1	0	3	3	7	1974
1976										4	2	0	2	7	5	1976
1978	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	9	2	(Squad)	Qualified as hosts
1980	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	1	1	(Squad)	Qualified as defending champions
1982	Champions	1st	5	2	3	0	7	5	(Squad)	4	2	2	0	6	4	1982
1984	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	2	4	(Squad)	Qualified as defending champions
1986	Did not qualify									4	1	2	1	5	4	1986
1988										2	0	1	1	1	2	1988
1990										2	1	0	1	1	1	1990
1992	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	1	0	6	2	(Squad)	8	5	2	1	11	2	1992
1994	Quarter-finals	5th	3	2	0	1	3	2	(Squad)	2	2	0	0	3	0	1994
1996	Fourth place	4th	6	4	0	2	7	5	(Squad)	4	3	0	1	9	3	1996
1998	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	3	3	(Squad)	4	2	1	1	4	3	1998
2000	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	1	2	3	4	(Squad)	Qualified as hosts
2002	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	2	2	(Squad)	6	4	1	1	16	8	2002
2004	Did not qualify									4	1	1	2	5	5	2004
2006	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	2	3	(Squad)	10	6	3	1	17	4	2006
2008	Third place	3rd	6	5	0	1	11	5	(Squad)	Qualified as hosts
2010	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	0	2	4	4	(Squad)	12	8	1	3	20	8	2010
2012	Fourth place	4th	6	3	1	2	6	5	(Squad)	6	5	1	0	13	1	2012
2013	Fourth place	4th	6	3	2	1	10	6	(Squad)	2	2	0	0	3	0	2013
2015	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	10	3	(Squad)	6	3	2	1	11	7	2015
2017	Fourth place	4th	6	3	0	3	4	5	(Squad)	6	4	2	0	14	3	2017
2019	Round of 16	12th	4	1	3	0	5	3	(Squad)	4	3	0	1	8	1	2019
2021	Group stage	19th	3	0	1	2	3	5	(Squad)	6	4	1	1	9	3	2021
2023	Group stage	17th	3	0	2	1	5	6	(Squad)	6	3	3	0	8	3	2023
2025	Qualification in progress									4	0	2	2	1	4	2025
2027	To be determined									To be determined
2029	To be determined									To be determined

Total	4 Titles	24/34	105	54	23	28	138	93	–	116	64	28	24	192	82

*Draws include matches decided by penalty shoot-out.

West African Nations Cup and WAFU Nations Cup

West African Nations Cup [SCSA Zone III]

Year	Round	Position	Pld	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			25	18	7	0	56	19	+37

West African Football Union Nations Cup

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2010	Semi-final	Third place	5	4	0	1	11	3	+8
2011	Semi-final	4th place	4	1	0	3	5	8	−3
2013	Final	Winner	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5

Total			13	8	0	5	25	15	+10

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1900 to 1956	Part of United Kingdom
Rome 1960	Did not qualify
Tokyo 1964	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	1	2	7	12	(Squad)
Mexico 1968	Group stage	12th	3	0	2	1	6	8	(Squad)
Munich 1972	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	1	11	(Squad)
Montreal 1976	Withdrew after qualifying
Moscow 1980	Withdrew after qualifying
Los Angeles 1984	Did not qualify
Seoul 1988	Did not qualify
Since 1992	See Ghana national under-23 football team

Total	Quarter-finals	3/8	10	1	3	6	14	31	–

Honours

Continental

CAF African Cup of Nations
- Champions (4): 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982
- Runners-up (5): 1968, 1970, 1992, 2010, 2015
- Third place (1): 2008
CAF African Nations Championship
- Runners-up (2): 2009, 2014
African Games
- Bronze medal (1): 1978

Regional

West African Nations Cup
- Champions (5): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987
WAFU Nations Cup
- Champions (2): 2013, 2017
- Runners-up (1): 2019
- Third place (1): 2010

Friendly

Nkrumah Cup
- Champions (3): 1959, 1960, 1963
Ugandan Independence Tournament
- Champions (1): 1962
Pestabola Merdeka
- Runners-up (1): 1982
Samuel K. Doe Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1986
Black Stars Tournament (Libreville, Gabon)
- Third place (1): 1993
Great Artificial River Championship (Libya)
- Runners-up (1): 1999
LG Cup
- Third place (1): 2003

Summary

Senior Competition				Total
CAF African Cup of Nations	4	5	1	10
CAF African Nations Championship	0	2	0	2
Total	4	7	1	12

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