Ghana national football team
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{{Infobox National football team
| Name = Ghana
| Badge = Ghana_FA.gif
| FIFA Trigramme = GHA
| FIFA Rank = 20
| 1st ranking date = August 1993
| FIFA max = 14
| FIFA max date = February, April, May 2008
| FIFA min = 89
| FIFA min date = June 2004
| Elo Rank = 30
| Elo max = 14
| Elo max date = 30 June 1966
| Elo min = 97
| Elo min date = 14 June 2004
| Nickname = The Black Stars
| Association = [[Ghana Football Association]]
| Confederation = [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] ([[Africa]])
| Coach = Vacant
| Captain = [[Stephen Appiah]]
| Vice-Captain = [[John Mensah]]
| Most caps = [[Abédi Pelé]] (73)<ref name="uefa meridian">{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/meridiancup/news/kind=1/newsid=1880.html |title=All-Stars clash kick off in Bari |accessdate=2007-04-06 |date=[[1 February]] [[2001]] |work=Meridian Cup |publisher=UEFA}}</ref>
| Top scorer = [[Abédi Pelé]] (33)
| Home Stadium = [[Ohene Djan Stadium|Ohene Djan Sports Stadium]]
| Overall Record = P - 474 W - 225 D - 120 L - 129
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| First game = {{flagicon|Gold Coast}} '''Gold Coast''' 1-0 {{fb-rt|Nigeria}}<br/><small>([[Accra]], [[Ghana]]; [[28 May]] [[1950]])</small><br/>{{fb|Ghana}} 7-0 {{fb-rt|Nigeria}}<br/><small>([[Accra]], [[Ghana]]; [[30 October]] [[1955]])<ref name="Ghana 7:0 Nigeria - How the 'Daily Graphic' captured it in 1955">{{cite web|url=http://myjoyonline.com/sports/200802/13148.asp |title=Ghana 7:0 Nigeria - How the 'Daily Graphic' in 1955 |accessdate=2008-02-01 |date=30 October 1955 |work=Ghanaian Daily Graphic |publisher=myjoyonline.com}}</ref></small>
| Largest win = {{fb|Kenya}} 0-13 {{fb-rt|Ghana|1964}}<br/><small>([[Nairobi|Nairobi Jamhuri Park]], [[Kenya]]; [[12 December]] [[1965]])</small><ref name="Kenya International Matches">{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesk/kenya-intres.html |title=Kenya International Matches |accessdate=2007-04-10 |date=[[1 February]] [[2000]] |work=Kenya International Matches |publisher=RSSSF}}</ref>
| Largest loss = {{fb|Brazil}} 8-2 {{fb-rt|Ghana|name=Ghana}}<br/><small>([[São José do Rio Preto]], [[Brazil]]; [[27 March]] [[1996]])<ref name="BLACK METEORS HUMILIATED 8-2 BY BRAZIL">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsrunner.com/archive/NW170496.HTM |title=BLACK METEORS HUMILIATED 8-2 BY BRAZIL |accessdate=2007-02-01 |date=[[3 April]] [[1996]] |work=Ghanaian News Runner |publisher=newsrunner.com}}</ref><ref name="International Matches Project">{{cite web|url=http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~nfm24/football/1996ic1.html |title=1996 INTERCONTINENTAL MATCHES |accessdate=2001-02-01 |date=[[1 February]] [[2001]] |work=Author: Neil Morrison |publisher=srcf.ucam.org}}</ref></small>
| World cup apps = 1
| World cup first = 2006
| World cup best = Round 2, [[Football World Cup 2006|2006]]
| Regional name = [[African Nations Cup]]
| Regional cup apps = 16
| Regional cup first = [[1963 African Nations Cup|1963]]
| Regional cup best = Winners, [[1963 African Nations Cup|1963]], [[1965 African Nations Cup|1965]], <br>[[1978 African Nations Cup|1978]], [[1982 African Nations Cup|1982]]
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{{MedalBronze | [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
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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 (British colony)|Gold Coast]]''.
Although the team did not qualify for the senior [[FIFA World Cup]] until [[Football World Cup 2006|2006]] they had actually qualified for five straight [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games Football Tournaments]] when the tournament was still a full senior National Team competition. The team have won the [[African Cup of Nations]] four times<ref>{{cite news | date=[[2004-01-16]] | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/3396199.stm | title=African Football: The early years | publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]] | accessdate=2004-01-16}}</ref> (in [[1963 African Nations Cup|1963]], [[1965 African Nations Cup|1965]], [[1978 African Nations Cup|1978]], and [[1982 African Nations Cup|1982]]), making Ghana the second most successful team in the contest's history, behind [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]].
Ghana has always enjoyed tremendous success at the other [[FIFA]] Tournaments. The [[Ghana national U17 football team|Ghana U17 team]], the ''Black Starlets'' have won the [[FIFA U-17 World Championship|FIFA Under-17 World Cup]] title twice and finished as runner-up twice. The [[Ghana national U20 football team|Ghana U20 team]], the ''Black Satellites'' have also finished as runner-up at the [[FIFA World Youth Championship|FIFA Under-20 World Cup]] twice as well. The [[Ghana national football team#Summer Olympic Football|Ghana Olympic Team]], the ''Black Meteors'' became the 1st African Country to win a [[Bronze medal|medal]] in [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics]].
After going through [[2005]] unbeaten, Ghana won the [[FIFA World Rankings]] [http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/index/0,2548,112618,00.html?articleid=112618 Most Improved team of the year award] and they reached [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/bracket.html the second round] of the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 Germany World Cup]].
== History==
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===Amateur status===
It is on record that the game of football was introduced into the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]] towards the close of the 19th century by merchants from Europe. The sailors at their leisure times played football among themselves and sometimes with a select side of the indigenous people. The popularity of the game spread like wild fire within a short time along the coast culminating in the formation of the first football club, Excelsior, in 1903 by Mr. Briton, a Jamaican-born British, who was then "Head Teacher" of Philip Quaicoe Government Boys School in Cape Coast. As the popularity of the game grew, other clubs along the coast, namely: [[Accra Hearts of Oak]], Kumasi Asante Kotoko Cape Coast Venomous Vipers, Cape Coast Mysterious Dwarfs, [[Sekondi Hasaacas FC]] and Sekondi Eleven Wise all amateur clubs were formed.
===Football Revolution (1957)===
In 1957, [[Kwame Nkrumah]], the first prime minister of an independent African nation, thought that if he sent his message of a united Africa through football, then it would help not only the independence of Ghana, but the independence of Africa as a whole.
The die was cast; Football Administration was given a new lease. Mr. Ohene Djan was elected General Secretary of the Association by the clubs. The Ghana Amateur Football Association was officially founded. Forward looking and dynamic as he was, he affiliated the Association to [[CAF]] and [[FIFA]] in [[1958]], in the same year respectively. He was instrumental in getting a Pharmaceutical Firm Merrs R.R. Harding and Company to sponsor the first FA cup competition among eight clubs. In the same year he succeeded in securing the services of an ex-patriate Coach, Mr. [[George Ainsley]] for the National Team. Then in 1959, he succeeded again in organising the first National league before [[Ghana]] became a [[Republic]] on [[1 July]], [[1960]].
Until he was removed from power by a coup in 1966, Nkrumah used football as a tool to depict how strong Africa and Ghana could be. The sport became well supported and this led to Ghana becoming one of the most powerful footballing nations in Africa.<ref>{{cite news | date=[[2007-01-24]] | url=http://www.soccerblog.com/2008/01/ghana_the_crucible_of_african_soccer.htm | title=Ghana: The crucible of African soccer | publisher=SoccerBlog.com | accessdate=2008-01-24}}</ref>
===Early years===
When Ghana celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in [[2007]], one of its first sporting heroes remembered the role he played in the nation's early identity. [[Joseph Agyeman-Gyau]] was a striker in the Black Stars side that won its inaugural [[African Cup of Nations]] title in [[1963 African Cup of Nations|1963]], just six years after the country's Independence.
"That victory was very good for Ghana because it united the whole country," the sexagenarian told BBC Sport. "One of the purposes of (Ghana's first president) [[Kwame Nkrumah]] was to tell the whole world that we can do things for ourselves and achieve positive results.
"In [[1960]], the Black Stars played Spanish giants [[Real Madrid]]. At the time, the Spaniards were the [[La Liga|Spanish]], [[UEFA Champions League|European]] and [[Intercontinental Cup (football)|World Champions]] but we drew 3-3 in [[Accra]]. "The whole world couldn't believe it but it was a fact."
"Football is one of our cultures. You should use whatever you can to rally people, so that we will see the purpose of strength in unity." <ref>{{cite news | date=[[2007-03-06]] | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/6424539.stm | title=Ghanaian football's early years | publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]] | accessdate=2007-03-06}}</ref>
(In [[1960]], before they met Ghana, [[La Liga|Spanish]] Champions [[Real Madrid]] beat [[Germany|German]] team [[Eintracht Frankfurt]] [[European Cup 1959-60#Final|7-3]] to win the [[European Cup 1959-60|1960 European Cup]] at [[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] on [[May 18]], [[1960]] and beat [[Uruguay|Uruguyan]] Club [[C.A. Peñarol|Peñarol]] 5-1 in the two-legged final to win the [[Intercontinental Cup (football)|Intercontinental Cup]]. Real Madrid's most legendary names including [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]] and [[Ferenc Puskás]] played in that game. The score was 3-2 for Ghana with about a minute to go, before Real equalized.)
Ghana won the [[African Cup of Nations]] back-to-back in December [[1963 African Cup of Nations|1963]] and November [[1965 African Cup of Nations|1965]]. Three weeks after their new [http://www.rsssf.com/tables/65a.html African conquest] in [[Tunisia]], [[Kenya]]'s first Head of State, [[President]] [[Jomo Kenyatta]] invited the Ghana Black Stars - African Champions and the toughest national football team in black Africa at the time – to tour Kenya and play the [[Kenya national football team]] at the [[Nairobi]] Jamhuri Park, as part of Kenya's Independence([[Jamhuri Day]]) celebrations in December [[1965]]. [[President]] [[Jomo Kenyatta]] was on hand to see the pure class of the magicians from the former Gold Coast even if it was just the first half. [[Kenya national football team|Kenya]] started the game with legendary Gossage Cup goalkeeper Benedict Okoth in goal. However, after four quick trips to the back of his net to retrieve the ball, the Kenyan team management brought in the young James Sianga as replacement. He repeated the trips to the back of the net nine more times, for a final score of 0-13.<ref name="Kenya International Matches">{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesk/kenya-intres.html |title=Kenya International Matches |accessdate=2007-04-10 |date=[[1 February]] [[2000]] |work=Kenya International Matches |publisher=RSSSF}}</ref> in Ghana's favor.
Legendary Ghanaian Super Striker [[Osei Kofi]] now a Reverend, who played in the November [[1965 African Nations Cup]] and the Kenyan Independence Day '''[[Jamhuri Day|Jamhuri Cup]]''' International friendly match, on [[December 12]], [[1965]], recounted this 13-0 Friendly match and record win, in the Pre-[[2006 FIFA World Cup]] documentary DVD series '''"The History of Football: The Beautiful Game"''' and also on Skysports, before Ghana's [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] game against the [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]].
This 13-0 win, came a couple of years after Ghana had gone to [[Malawi]], and beaten their [[Malawi national football team|national football team]] 12-0 on [[October 15]] [[1962]], in a similar International friendly match. It was also in the 1960s that Ghana went to consecutive [[African Nations Cup]] final back-to-back-to-back-to-back from [[1963 African Cup of Nations|1963]], [[1965 African Cup of Nations|1965]], [[1968 African Cup of Nations|1968]] and [[1970 African Cup of Nations|1970]].
On [[12 November]] [[1965]], Ghana beat [[Congo DR national football team|Congo-Kinshasa]] (now [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]) 5-2 in the [[1965 African Cup of Nations]] [[1965 African Cup of Nations#Group B|1st Round Group B]] match played in [[Sousse]], [[Tunisia]]. Scorers in that match were: [[Osei Kofi]] 13', [[Ben Acheampong]] 18', 59', [[Jones Attuquayefio]] 84', 89'; Kalala 43, (pen) 45'. The Congolese called Ghana ''Black Stars'' for a revenge International friendly match on their Independence day at the [[Stade Tata Raphaël]], in [[Kinshasa]] on [[30 June]], [[1966]]. The excellent Ghanaians asserted themselves again by beating their Hosts 3-0.
After that defeat, the then President of [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]], [[Mobutu Sese Seko|Joseph-Désiré Mobutu]] decided to totally overhaul their national team, and change their name as well. Thus the ''Lions'' became ''Léopards''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.congosports.netfirms.com/csfootnat.htm |title=Congolaises Football National |accessdate=2007-01-01 |date=[[2 January]] [[2001]] |work=Congo Sports |publisher=CongoSports}}</ref>. The new team was put together by their [[Hungary|Hungarian]] Trainer '''Ferenc Csanadi''' and later won the [[1968 African Cup of Nations]] beating Ghana by 1-0 in the Final on [[21 January]], [[1968]] in [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopia]] to deny the Ghanaians a third straight Continental title, in the competition's greatest upset of all-time<ref>{{cite news | date=[[2006-01-10]] | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/4524900.stm | title=African Nations Cup upsets | publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]] | accessdate=2006-01-10}}</ref>.
===Charles Kumi Gyamfi Impact===
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As far back as September [[1960]], Ghanaian international and later coach [[Charles Kumi Gyamfi]] was the first foreign import to [[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]. He was the first African player in the German league.
It all started on [[2 August]], [[1959]], with a test match in [[Accra]] between [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]] and [[Accra Hearts of Oak]]. It was the first of five matches during a tour through [[Ghana]] and [[Nigeria]] which had been sponsored by the [[DFB|West-German Football Association]]. Beyond any doubt one of the "hottest" matches Fortuna has ever played. Fortuna players remember the heat and the game being played on a sandy, bumpy pitch. Charles Gyamfi, Accra Hearts of Oak's captain, and Düsseldorf's captain [[Erich Juskowiak]] exchanged banners before the match which the German guests later won 3-2.
During a reception at then [[Prime Minister]] Nkrumah's residence later that evening, it was agreed that 28-year-old Charles Gyamfi had to transfer to [[Germany]] not only to play for Fortuna Düsseldorf but also to study professional coaching at the [http://www.dshs-koeln.de/navi_window/index_03.htm German Sport University Cologne]. It is reported that Charles Gyamfi was very quick to learn the German language and stunned spectators and football experts alike with his athletic and quick game, a general trade mark of African football. However, it is also reported that he never liked the German winter with snow and ice and returned, homesick, to Ghana in [[1961]].
With a German Football Coaching degree in his rucksack, Charles Gyamfi won the [[African Cup of Nations]] three times as a coach ([[1963 African Cup of Nations|1963]], [[1965 African Cup of Nations|1965]], [[1982 African Cup of Nations|1982]]) - a record that stands up to today. He also coached the Ghana Olympic team in [[1964 Summer Olympics|Tokyo]] in [[Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964]] and in [[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich]] in [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]]. Today, he is one of the Ghana Football Association's honorary presidents.
Just like Charles Gyamfi, [[Benjamin Koufie]], former Black Star Coach as well as Ex-[[Ghana Football Association#Presidents|GFA President]], learned his trade in [[Köln]] (1961) and [[Leipzig]] (1964)<ref>{{cite news | date=[[2007-04-01]] | url=http://www.ghana.diplo.de/Vertretung/ghana/en/03/Nsiah/text.html | title=50 years of Ghana National Football - The German Connection | publisher=[[ghana.diplo.de]] | accessdate=2007-04-01}}</ref>.
===Changing times===
Changing times changing needs. Ghana Football shrugged off its fully Amateur Status to become Professional, enabling clubs to be incorporated under the companies Code (Act 193, 1963) as Limited Liability Companies either by shares or guarantee through the 1993 Famous Winneba Declaration.
=== Memorable Losses: The 'Bochum Disaster'===
On the night of [[14 April]] [[1993]], Ghana’s senior National team played then [[1990 FIFA World Cup]] defending champions [[Germany national football team|Germany]] away at the [[Ruhrstadion]], [[Bochum]], [[Germany]] in an international friendly match. Parading then 3-time [[African Footballer of the Year]] [[Abedi Pele]], back-to-back [[Bundesliga top scorers|Bundesliga top-scorer]] [[Anthony Yeboah]] among others [http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/52914209.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=780858ABC91EC2148F2E3DD8E7C202B6 Match Photo Here], Ghana shocked the World Champions by taking the lead through [[Prince Polley]] in the 44', in front of 37,000 home fans. They took the 1-0 lead over Germany into half-time.
Germany stormed back in the 2nd half and scored 3 quick goals in the 70th minute alone through [[Ulf Kirsten]], [[Stefan Effenberg]], and [[Jürgen Klinsmann]]. With the Ghanaian team in disarray, the World Champions added 3 more goals in the 82’, 86', and 88’, for a final score of 6-1<ref name="International Matches">{{cite web|url=http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~nfm24/football/1993ic1.html |title=1993 INTERCONTINENTAL MATCHES |accessdate=2007-06-20 |date=[[1 January]] [[2000]] |work=Author: Neil Morrison |publisher=srcf.ucam.org}}</ref>.
It was later reported by the Ghanaian newspaper ''Daily Graphic''{{Fact|date=March 2008}} that there was division in the Ghanaian team dressing room at half time over how to share the match bonus. The foreign based players on the team wanted a bigger bonus than their locally based counterparts and the issue was still unresolved when the Ghanaians stepped out on the field to play the 2nd half. The Ghanaian media coined the term 'Bochum Disaster', which stuck in Ghanaian footballing folklore as the worst defeat of all time for the Black Stars.
Ghana's U-23 Olympic Youth Team, the ''Black Meteors'' also lost 2-8<ref name="BLACK METEORS HUMILIATED 8-2 BY BRAZIL">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsrunner.com/archive/NW170496.HTM |title=BLACK METEORS HUMILIATED 8-2 BY BRAZIL |accessdate=2007-02-01 |date=[[3 April]] [[1996]] |work=Ghanaian News Runner |publisher=newsrunner.com}}</ref> away to their Brazilian counterparts [[Brazil national football team|Brazil Olympic Team]] on [[27 March]], [[1996]] at [[Teixeirão]] in [[São José do Rio Preto]], [[Brazil]] in a Pre-[[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Olympic]] Friendly<ref name="International Matches Project">{{cite web|url=http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~nfm24/football/1996ic1.html |title=1996 INTERCONTINENTAL MATCHES |accessdate=2001-02-01 |date=[[1 February]] [[2001]] |work=Author: Neil Morrison |publisher=srcf.ucam.org}}</ref> later classified as a FIFA 'A' International. After [[Sávio]] scored a 47min penalty to make it 2-0 for Brazil, [[Anthony Yeboah]] pulled one back for Ghana. With the game at 1-2 in Brazil's favor, young Ghanaian defender [[Samuel Kuffour]] was sent off in the 51st min for a tackle in the Ghanaian box for another penalty to Brazil, which [[André Luiz]] scored. The 10-man Meteors youngsters couldn't keep up with their hosts and eventually lost 2-8.
Both Olympic Teams would meet again, four months later, in the [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta Olympics Tournament]] proper, at the [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics#Quarter-finals|Quarter Finals]] where Ghana lost 2-4 to Brazil, after the Ghanaians squandered a 2-1 lead in the second half. Brazil broke the 2-2 tie in the 62nd minute on [[Ronaldo]]'s second goal, and [[Bebeto]] added the clincher 10 minutes later<ref>{{cite news | date=[[1996-07-28]] | url=http://www.jsonline.com/sports/oly/brazil728.html | title=Brazil moves closer to Olympic gold | publisher=[[jsonline.com]] | accessdate=2007-04-01}}</ref>.. [http://www.jsonline.com/sports/oly/brazil728.html Match Report Here].
=== The “Black Monday” ===
On Monday [[30 March]] [[1987]] fresh from winning the [[West African Nations Cup]] in [[Liberia]] for the 5th consecutive time, going 5 wins in 5 matches ''(2-0 v [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]], 4-0 v [[Niger national football team|Niger]], 3-0 v [[Togo national football team|Togo]], 3-1 v [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], and 2-1 v Hosts [[Liberia national football team|Liberia]] in the Final)'' Ghana played the "Leone Stars" of [[Sierra Leone national football team|Sierra Leone]] in [[Accra]] in the 1st leg qualifying match for the [[1988 African Cup of Nations]]. The match was initially scheduled for the day before, which was a Sunday, but the [[Sierra Leone]] fans could not make it due to a flight problem. Ghana, confident of a win over a supposedly weaker opponent, decided to fly the "Leone Stars" on their own airplane from [[Freetown]] to [[Accra]] for the match which was rescheduled for that Monday.
The Black Stars wore an all red outfit with black armbands to mourn the loss of the great Ghanaian Sports Director and [[Ghana Football Association#Presidents|first GFA President]] Ohene-Djan who had passed away earlier. The Black Stars team captain for the day was Abdul Aziz.
The Sierra Leoneans shocked Ghana with two early goals from long range by their left winger John Dumbulla. The Black Stars worked tirelessly until they got a late consolation goal when Abdul Aziz connected home an overlapping Naana Eshun cross from the right wing to bring the final score to a 1-2 upset win in favour of the visitors; a result which eventually knocked Ghana out of the running for the tournament proper. This shock result spun Ghana Football into deep crisis with several losses thereafter that took over 3 full years to recover; including a 0-2 loss to [[Liberia national football team|Liberia]] in a [[1990 FIFA World Cup]] qualifier in 1988 and another loss to [[Gabon national football team|Gabon]] during a [[1990 African Cup of Nations]] qualifier in 1989 - 2 bad results that knocked Ghana out of the two major 1990 tournaments. The Ghanaian media named that infamous day "Black Monday", which stuck to this day.
===FIFA World Cup Qualifying jinx===
Ghana tried to qualify for the senior [[FIFA World Cup]] 11 previous times from 1962 - 2002, without success. Although Ghana did not qualify for the senior [[FIFA World Cup]] until [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]] (Once tagged ''The Best team never to have qualified for a World Cup''), they had actually qualified for 8 [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games Football Tournaments]], 5 of them back when the Tournament was still a full senior National Team competition in [[Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964]], [[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]], [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]], [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]] and [[Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980]] (they boycotted the [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]] and [[Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980]] Olympics due to politics).{{Fact|date=April 2008}}
In Ghana, a lot of theories made up by players, officials, fans and the media abound, with virtually all of them saying that "Ghana always saw the [[FIFA World Cup]] as an ''European thing''" in those days and never took its qualification serious, even withdrawing from the Qualifiers on two occasions in [http://www.rsssf.com/tables/66qual.html 1966] and [http://www.rsssf.com/tables/82q.html 1982], since [[Confederation of African Football|African teams]] were marginalized; whereas the [[Olympic Games]] was considered a more global sporting event and everything was done to prepare the ''Black Stars'' team hence their record participation in the Olympics and none appearance at the World Cup.<ref>All 15 African teams who entered the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] qualifying, including Ghana, withdrew after seeding due to [[FIFA]] reserving one place for both [[Confederation of African Football|Africa]] and [[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]] ({{cite news | date=[[2000-04-01]] | url=http://www.rsssf.com/tables/66qual.html | title=World Cup 1966 qualifications: Africa | publisher=[[rsssf.com]] | accessdate=2007-04-01}}).</ref>
For instance in 1978, Ghana had a very strong team that eventually won the [[African Cup of Nations]], but celebrated sports journalists in the country wrote that Ghana cannot win the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]], so they should rather concentrate on winning the [[1978 African Cup of Nations]] for keeps (3 times). They cited the fact that Ghana had earlier lost all 3 [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics#Group D|Group D]] matches at the [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Olympics]] 0-4 to [[Poland national football team|Poland]], 0-4 to [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]] and 1-3 to [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]]. To many people in Ghana, the World Cup was a mirage and decided to channel their energies into doing so well in the [[1978 African Cup of Nations|Nations Cup]] to win it for keeps and retire the original [[African Cup of Nations]], which they did that year.
Ghana has always enjoyed success at the other [[FIFA]] tournaments, winning the [[FIFA U-17 World Championship|FIFA World Under-17]] title twice and finishing runner-up twice. Ghana has also finished second at the [[FIFA World Youth Championship]] twice as well. The Ghana Olympic Team, the ''Black Meteors'' became the 1st African country to win a [[Bronze medal|medal]] in [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics]].
== Recent Years ==
=== 1990s Dressing Room Politics & Splits ===
Ghana appointed German [[Burkhard Ziese]] as Coach in 1991 and he helped Ghana to qualify for the [[1992 African Cup of Nations]] in [[Senegal]] under the captainship of [[Kwasi Appiah]] of then Ghana League Champions [[Asante Kotoko]]. The Black Stars went to a pre-tournament training camp in [[Faro]], [[Portugal]] for two weeks ahead of the competition and Kwasi Appiah was stripped of his captainship and the armband given to Abedi Pele on a reason that he was not French-speaking.
This created deep divisions in the team because to the 9 or so present and former [[Asante Kotoko]] players on the squad that reason was not plausible, and that the officials had not handled the captainship transition well (half of the team was from [[Kumasi]], half from [[Accra]]). The open-secret controversy hung over the Black Stars for many years through the better part of the 1990s and eventually needed a [[parliament]]ary and [[Executive (government)|executive]] intervention to settle the polarized issue between the two stars of the team [[Abedi Pele]] and [[Anthony Yeboah]] who were at the forefront of it all. Both players were called to the Ghana Parliament for a resolution to the crisis, but the deep dressing room division was allowed to fester for so long, that it had already done harm to Ghana’s chances at the [[1994 African Cup of Nations|1994]] and [[1996 African Cup of Nations|1996 Nations Cup]] and their hopes of qualifying for the [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]] and [[1998 FIFA World Cup]]s as well.
=== The “Generation gap” ===
After the bickering [[Abedi Pele]]/ [[Anthony Yeboah]] generation retired in disappointment in 1998 ''(they were the only generation that never won the [[African Cup of Nations]] for Ghana even though they lost the [[1992 African Cup of Nations|1992 Final]] v [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]] 10-11 on Penalty Kicks)'', Ghana went through a lull performance period that people usually refer to as the "generation gap". They contended that Ghana did not develop the superb youngsters who won all those FIFA Youth Tournaments in the early to mid-’90s and actually never gave majority of them the chance to play senior internationals. The end result was that Ghana struggled for good results between 1998 and 2003, culminating in their missing out of the [[2004 African Cup of Nations]] after a 0-1 away loss to [[Rwanda national football team|Rwanda]].
After sinking to such new lows, even on the [[FIFA World Rankings]] moving from 15th to 89th, Ghana picked up with a new generation of players who went to the [[2001 FIFA World Youth Championship]] Final, played a young team of 19 year olds at the [[2002 African Cup of Nations]] to gain experience and continued to build them up at the [[2004 Olympic Games]] until that team qualified them for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] as the youngest team at that tournament. Today, the Ghanaian team is again one of the African football powers.<ref>{{cite news | date=[[2007-06-26]] | url=http://www.namibian.com.na/2007/June/sport/079F56FC3A.html | title=Essien eyes Nations Cup title | publisher=[[namibia.com.na]] | accessdate=2007-06-26}}</ref>
== Team honours ==
*{{sport honours|[[African Cup of Nations]]|4|[[1963 African Cup of Nations|1963]], [[1965 African Cup of Nations|1965]], [[1978 African Cup of Nations|1978]], [[1982 African Cup of Nations|1982]]}}
*{{sport honours|[[African Cup of Nations]] runners-up|3| [[1968 African Cup of Nations|1968]], [[1970 African Cup of Nations|1970]], [[1992 African Cup of Nations|1992]]}}
*{{sport honours|[[West African Nations Cup]]|5|1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987}}
*{{sport honours|[[Football at the All-Africa Games|All-African Games]]|2 Bronze medals|1978, 2003}}
*{{sport honours|[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympic Games]]|1 Bronze medal|[[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]}}
*{{sport honours|[[African Youth Championship]]|2|1993, 1999}}
*{{sport honours|[[African Under-17 Championship]]|2|1995, 1999}}
*{{sport honours|[[FIFA U-17 World Cup]]|2|1991, 1995}}
*{{sport honours|[[FIFA U-17 World Cup]] runners-up|2|1993, 1997}}
*{{sport honours|[[FIFA U-20 World Cup]] runners-up|2|1993, 2001}}
==World Cup record==
*[[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]] to [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]] - ''Withdrew''
*[[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]] to [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]] - ''Withdrew''
*[[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]] to [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]] - Round 2
==African Nations Cup record==
{|
|valign="top"|
*[[1957 African Nations Cup|1957]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[1959 African Nations Cup|1959]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[1962 African Nations Cup|1962]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[1963 African Nations Cup|1963]] - '''Champions'''
*[[1965 African Nations Cup|1965]] - '''Champions'''
*[[1968 African Nations Cup|1968]] - Second place
*[[1970 African Nations Cup|1970]] - Second place
|width="50"|
|valign="top"|
*[[1972 African Nations Cup|1972]] to [[1976 African Nations Cup|1976]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[1978 African Nations Cup|1978]] - '''Champions'''
*[[1980 African Nations Cup|1980]] - Round 1
*[[1982 African Nations Cup|1982]] - '''Champions'''
*[[1984 African Nations Cup|1984]] - Round 1
*[[1986 African Nations Cup|1986]] to [[1990 African Nations Cup|1990]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[1992 African Nations Cup|1992]] - Second place
|width="50"|
|valign="top"|
*[[1994 African Nations Cup|1994]] - Quarterfinals
*[[1996 African Nations Cup|1996]] - Fourth place
*[[1998 African Nations Cup|1998]] - Round 1
*[[2000 African Nations Cup|2000]] - Quarterfinals
*[[2002 African Nations Cup|2002]] - Quarterfinals
*[[2004 African Nations Cup|2004]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[2006 African Nations Cup|2006]] - Round 1
|width="50"|
|valign="top"|
*[[2008 African Nations Cup|2008]] - Third Place
|}
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===Most African Nations Cup Wins===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Wins!!Nation!!Year(s)
|-
|align=center| 6 times || {{fb|Egypt}} || [[1957 African Cup of Nations|1957]], [[1959 African Cup of Nations|1959]], [[1986 African Cup of Nations|1986]], [[1998 African Cup of Nations|1998]], [[2006 African Cup of Nations|2006]], [[2008 African Cup of Nations|2008]]
|-
|align=center| 4 times || {{fb|Ghana}} || [[1963 African Cup of Nations|1963]], [[1965 African Cup of Nations|1965]], [[1978 African Cup of Nations|1978]], [[1982 African Cup of Nations|1982]]
|-
|align=center| 4 times || {{fb|Cameroon}} || [[1984 African Cup of Nations|1984]], [[1988 African Cup of Nations|1988]], [[2000 African Cup of Nations|2000]], [[2002 African Cup of Nations|2002]]
|-
|}
{{col-4}}
=== Most African Nations Cup Final appearances ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Appearances!!Nation
|-
|align=center| '''7''' || {{fb|EGY}}
|-
|align=center| '''7''' || {{fb|GHA}}
|-
|align=center| '''6''' || {{fb|NGA}}
|-
|align=center| '''6''' || {{fb|CMR}}
|}
{{col-end}}
==[[African Cup of Nations]]==
The [[African Cup of Nations]] is the main international football competition for [[Confederation of African Football|African]] nations. It was first held in [[1957]], and since [[1968]] it has been held every two years in even numbered years. Ghana's very successful record historically in this Tournament earned the country the nickname of "the Brazil of Africa" in the 1960s<ref>{{cite news | date=[[2004-01-01]] | url=http://www.panapress.com/can2006/winners.htm | title=African Football: ANC winners from 1957 to 2002 | publisher=[[panapress.com]] | accessdate=2004-01-01}}</ref>.
The Ghana Amateur Football Association was affiliated to [[Confederation of African Football]] in [[1958]] and in [[1963]], it won the bid to host the [[1963 African Cup of Nations|5th African Cup of Nations]] to coincide with the Meeting of the [[Organisation of African Unity|O.A.U.]] [[Head of State|Heads of States]] and Government in [[Accra]].
Ghana won the trophy and went ahead again to successfully defend it in [[1965 African Cup of Nations|Tunisia in 1965]]. By these sterling feats, Ghana Football had become a house hold name on the [[Africa|African continent]]. Ohene Djan was one of the pillars in African Football and in [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]. As one of the then leading political leaders in Africa, [[Kwame Nkrumah|Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah]], the first [[President]] of the [[Ghana|Republic of Ghana]], used football to chalk political victories as follows:-
*he championed the cause of “African personality” in football;
*he used football as a tool to fight against apartheid in [[South Africa]];
*he used football to weld the heterogeneous cultures of [[Africa]] together; and
*he used football as a vehicle to place [[Ghana]] on the football map of Africa and the World.
Unfortunately, [[Kwame Nkrumah|Nkrumah]]'s fall from power resulted in Ghanaian football losing its status as best on the continent and it was only in the late [[1970]]'s that Ghana began to show a return to their previous form. Perhaps the most impressive performances in Ghana's football occurred in the later 1980s and 1990s, thanks to the country's youth teams.
In a nutshell, after the [[1965 African Cup of Nations]] triumph, Ghana narrowly lost 0-1 to [[Congo DR national football team|Democratic Republic of Congo]] ''formerly Congo-Kinshasa'' in the [[1968 African Cup of Nations]] final match , preventing the Ghanaians from winning an unprecedented 3 straight [[African Nations Cup]] trophies. Ghana again went to the final of the next [[1970 African Cup of Nations|African Nations Tournament in 1970]] against [[Sudan national football team|Sudan]], the Host Nation in [[Khartoum]], for their 4th consecutive final, an unprecedented feat unequalled to this day. The Sudanese after beating [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]] 2-1 in the Semi-Finals (After Extra-Time), beat Ghana 1-0 in [http://www.rsssf.com/tables/70a.html the Final], to win the Cup. The Ghanaians, who accused Ethiopian Referee '''Tesfaye Gebreyesus''' of favouring the Host team, boycotted the Award Ceremony and were expelled the same day by the Sudanese authorities<ref>{{cite news | date=[[2004-01-01]] | url=http://www.panapress.com/can2006/winners.htm | title=ANC winners from 1957 to 2002 | publisher=[[panapress.com]] | accessdate=2004-01-01}}</ref>.
Ghana hosted and won the trophy for the third time during the 13th edition of the Tournament; the [[1978 African Cup of Nations]] - allowing them to keep the original trophy in perpetuity, and four years later, they truimphed again -for the 4th time- during the [[1982 African Cup of Nations]] in [[Tripoli]], [[Libya]]. Ghana has made a total of 15 appearances in the Continental Championship and played in an African record 7 [[Final]] matches, the last of which was a marathon penalty-shootout loss to the [[Côte d'Ivoire national football team|The Côte d'Ivoire team]] in [[1992 African Nations Cup|1992 Tournament]] in [[Senegal]]. The 1992 team featured and was captained by Abedi Pele - considered perhaps Africa's greatest footballer ever. he was the tournament's top player, and missed the final due to suspension following a controversial yellow card in the semi finals.
In the [[2006 African Nations Cup]] in [[Egypt]], Ghana competed in Group D. The group which also contained [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]] and [[Zimbabwe national football team|Zimbabwe]], became dubbed the [[Group of Death]].
Ghana exited the tournament in the 1st Round after Superstar midfielder [[Michael Essien]], key player [[Sulley Muntari]] and [[striker]] [[Asamoah Gyan]] got [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/4575580.stm injured prior to the start] of the Tournament and pulled out altogether, severely jolting the Ghana team. Ghana started with a [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/4636552.stm 0-1] loss to [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], beat [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/4648904.stm 1-0] and surprisingly lost to outsiders [[Zimbabwe national football team|Zimbabwe]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/4666706.stm 2-1], their first loss to Zimbabwe ever. See all 3 2006 Nations Cup [http://discussions.ghanaweb.com/viewtopic.php?t=39065 Ghana Match Information and video highlights here]
Ghana hosted the [[2008 African Cup of Nations]] from [[20 January]] to [[10 February]] [[2008]] in their 16th Appearance at the Tournament. They were in [[2008 African Cup of Nations#Group A|Group A]] together with {{fb|GUI}}, {{fb|NAM}} and {{fb|MAR}}.
====[[2008 African Cup of Nations#Group A|2008 ANC Group A]]====
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|- align=center bgcolor=#efefef
!width=165|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|GHA}}
|'''9'''||3||3||0||0||5||1||+4
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|GUI}}
|'''4'''||3||1||1||1||5||5||0
|- align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;"
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|'''3'''||3||1||0||2||7||6||+1
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|NAM}}
|'''1'''||3||0||1||2||2||7||-5
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}
|score = 2 - 1
|report= [http://www.ghanafa.org/blackstars/200801/2529.asp Report], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPdP8oD4AcQ Highlights]
|team2 = {{fb|GUI}}
|goals1 = [[Asamoah Gyan|Gyan]] {{goal|55|pen.}}<br>[[Sulley Muntari|Muntari]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = [[Oumar Kalabane|Kalabane]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium = [[Ohene Djan Stadium]], [[Accra]]<br />'''Ref:''' [[Eddy Maillet]] ([[Seychelles]])
}}
----
{{footballbox | date = [[January 24]], [[2008]]<br />
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}
|score = 1 - 0
|report= [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7205249.stm Report], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkT2fVKuKWY Highlights]
|team2 = {{fb|NAM}}
|goals1 = [[Junior Agogo|Agogo]] {{goal|41}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Ohene Djan Stadium]], [[Accra]]<br />'''Ref:''' [[Kacem Bennaceur]] ([[Tunisia]])
}}
----
{{footballbox | date = [[January 28]], [[2008]]<br />
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}
|score = 2 - 0
|report= [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7212088.stm Report], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_bJl0XdRQs Highlights]
|team2 = {{fb|MAR}}
|goals1 = [[Michael Essien|Essien]] {{goal|26}}<br>[[Sulley Muntari|Muntari]] {{goal|45}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Ohene Djan Stadium]], [[Accra]]<br />'''Ref:''' [[Modou Sowe]] ([[Gambia]])
}}
----
{{footballbox | date = [[February 03]], [[2008]]<br />
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}
|score = 2 - 1
|report= [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7224153.stm Report], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yavBl325fqo Highlights]
|team2 = {{fb|NGA}}
|goals1 = [[Michael Essien|Essien]] {{goal|45}}<br>[[Junior Agogo|Agogo]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2 = [[Yakubu Aiyegbeni|Yakubu]] {{goal|35|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Ohene Djan Stadium]], [[Accra]]<br />'''Ref:''' [[Mohamed Benouza]] ([[Algeria]])
}}
----
{{footballbox | date = [[February 07]], [[2008]]<br />
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}
|score = 0 - 1
|report= [http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/02/08/sports/OUKSP-UK-SOCCER-NATIONS-GHANA.php Report], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzlgMf0gdig Highlights]
|team2 = {{fb|CMR}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Alain Nkong|Nkong]] {{goal|71}}
|stadium = [[Ohene Djan Stadium]], [[Accra]]<br />'''Ref:''' [[Abderrahim El Arjoun]] ([[Morocco]])
}}
----
{{footballbox | date = [[February 09]], [[2008]]<br />
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}
|score = 4 - 2
|report= [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7235829.stm Report], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm7Av61RsNc Highlights]
|team2 = {{fb|CIV}}
|goals1 = [[Sulley Muntari|Muntari]] {{goal|10}}<br>[[Quincy Owusu-Abeyie|Owusu-Abeyie]] {{goal|70}}<br>[[Junior Agogo|Agogo]] {{goal|80}}<br>[[Haminu Draman|Dramani]] {{goal|84}}
|goals2 = [[Boubacar Sanogo|Sanogo]] {{goal|24, 32}}
|stadium = [[Baba Yara Stadium]], [[Kumasi]]<br />'''Ref:''' [[Jerome Damon]] ([[South Africa]])
}}
==[[West African Nations Cup]] [SCSA Zone III]==
The SCSA (Supreme Council of Sport in Africa) Zone "III" Regional Tournament also known as [http://rsssf.com/tablesc/cssa.html West African Nations Cup or "Zone 3" Championship] was held from 1982 to 1987 (not in 1985), but has been discontinued.
Ghana won all editions ([http://rsssf.com/tablesc/cssa.html#82 1982], [http://rsssf.com/tablesc/cssa.html#83 1983], [http://rsssf.com/tablesc/cssa.html#84 1984], [http://rsssf.com/tablesc/cssa.html#86 1986], [http://rsssf.com/tablesc/cssa.html#87 1987]), and indeed never lost a single match among the 25 matches they played.
The tournament was unsuccessfully revived in 2001 as WAFU Championship; in 2005 a "WAFU Laurent Gbagbo West African Unity Cup" was organised between four of the better teams of the region, apparently as an invitational tournament so not a proper successor of the tournament of the eighties.
==[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympic Football]]==
The Ghana [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic]] team is known as ''The Black Meteors''. They have qualified for 8 [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games Football Tournaments]], 5 of them back when the Tournament was still a full senior National Team competition in [[Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964]], [[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]], [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]], [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]] and [[Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980]] (''They however boycotted the [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]] and [[Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980]] Olympics'') and 3 times since it became an U23 competition in [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]], [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] and [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]].
Ghana's first participation in the Summer Olympics football competition in [[Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Summer Olympics]] pitched them against [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], [[Italy national football team|Italy]] and [[Japan national football team|Japan]] in Group D (''Italy later withdrew''). In their first game, Ghana [http://rsssf.com/tableso/ol1964f-det.html drew 1-1] with [http://rsssf.com/tableso/ol1964q.html#SAmerica South America Olympic Qualifying] Champions [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] on [[12 October]], [[1964]] on a goal by [[Edward Acquah]] and beat Host Nation [[Japan national football team|Japan]] 3-2 (Goals: Agyemang, Sam Acquah, Aggrey Fynn) four days later to top their Group after [[Italy national football team|Italy]] withdrew. But they lost the Quarter Final game 5-1 to [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]]. In that game, Ghana played well against Egypt before half time with the scores tied at 1-1, but their players complained about feeling too cold. It is an open secret now; that the Ghanaian Coaches looking to curb the numbing effects of the Tokyo cold, '''gave their Players liquor and some got drunk''' coming into the second half and they conceded 4 more goals. [http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/EgyptOlympicGames.html#gha64 losing heavily as a result]. [[Wilberforce Mfum]] scored Ghana's only goal of that game.
The [[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Summer Olympics]] might have been the most tumultuous of all Olympics, and that confusion and problems touched the football tournament as well. [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]], who had qualified for the tournament, refused to play [[Israel national football team|Israel]]. Morocco's replacement, Ghana [http://rsssf.com/tableso/ol1968f.html lost] to [[Israel national football team|Israel]], 5-3, in a fight-filled match that reportedly continued at the Olympic Village. Ghana also drew 2-2 with [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] and 1-1 with [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]].
Ghana qualified for the [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Summer Olympics]] but lost all three group matches against [[Poland national football team|Poland]], [[East Germany]] and [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]].[http://rsssf.com/tableso/ol1972f-det.html]
In the [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Summer Olympics]], [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], Ghana and [[Zambia national football team|Zambia]] Qualified for the Tournament but all withdrew only a day before the opening ceremony as part of a general African boycott against the participation of '''[[History of South Africa in the apartheid era|apartheid]]''' [[South Africa]]. They were not replaced, and so the competition involved [http://rsssf.com/tableso/ol1976f-det.html only 13 teams]. Ghana was in [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics#Group C|Group C]] alongside [[Poland national football team|Poland]], [[Iran national football team|Iran]] and [[Cuba national football team|Cuba]] but did not play any of their scheduled matches.
In the [[Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]], Ghana qualified from Africa by beating [[Liberia national football team|Liberia]] 2-0 away in [[Monrovia]] on Sunday [[24 February]] [[1980]] in the 1st leg of the Final Round and drew 2-2 at home in the 2nd leg, played in [[Accra]] on Sunday [[13 April]] [[1980]]. Ghana thus qualified 4-2 on aggregate<ref>{{cite news | date=[[2002-01-01]] | url=http://rsssf.com/tableso/ol1980q.html#Africa | title=Games of the XXII Olympiad, Football Qualifying Tournament | publisher=[[rsssf.com]] | accessdate=2002-01-01}}</ref>. They however boycotted the tournament. The [[Communist]] countries held their own private Eastern bloc party in 1980 because a number of nations boycotted the Olympics. [[United States of America|U.S]] [[President]] [[Jimmy Carter]] refused to send American teams to Moscow after the Soviets' [[Afghanistan]] invasion. Six other countries that had qualified for the [[Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics|football tournament]] followed suit -- [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]], Ghana, [[Iran national football team|Iran]], [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] and [[Norway national football team|Norway]]. [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] and [[Zambia national football team|Zambia]] replaced Ghana and [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]] respectively.
In the [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]], Ghana, who had the youngest team by far in the competition (18.8 years), were a surprise [[bronze medal]]lists, becoming the first African nation to earn a medal.[http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/olympicsmen/0,3664,102-OLY-1992,00.html] They did so in a 1-0 victory over yet another surprise, [[Australia national football team|Australia]], on [[7 August]].[http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1992-31-10621-AUS-GHA,00.html] They finished the match with their third goalkeeper, [[Simon Addo]], in the nets after second goalkeeper [[Ibrahim Dossey]] was forced out with an injury. Ghana won on a free-kick goal by [[Isaac Asare]] in the 20th minute, five minutes after Dossey had saved an Australian penalty. In the group stages, Ghana beat Australia [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1992-8-10011-GHA-AUS,00.html 3-1], tied [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1992-15-10012-DEN-GHA,00.html 0-0] with [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]], and tied [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1992-24-10015-MEX-GHA,00.html 1-1] with [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]. In the Quarter final, Ghana beat [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1992-28-10618-GHA-PAR,00.html 4-2 after extra-time] and lost [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1992-30-10620-ESP-GHA,00.html 2-0] to [[Spain national football team|Spain]] in the Semi-final.
In the [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Summer Olympics]], Ghana was knocked out at the Olympic Quarter Finals in a [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-28-32245-BRA-GHA,00.html 4-2] loss to a [[Ronaldo]] and [[Bebeto]] led Brazil side on 28th July, 1996 at the Atlanta games. Before then, they tied [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-21-32241-MEX-GHA,00.html 1-1] with Mexico, upset a [[Fabio Cannavaro|Cannavaro]] and [[Alessandro Nesta|Nesta]] led Italy team [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-13-32233-GHA-ITA,00.html 3-2] but lost the opening game of the competition [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-5-32225-KOR-GHA,00.html 1-0] to [[Korea Republic national football team|Korea]].
In the [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Summer Olympics]], Ghana opened the Tournament with a [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/MatchReport/0,3952,OLY-2004-37147,00.html 2-2 draw] game with an [[Andrea Pirlo]] led Italy after taking a 2-0 first half lead [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament#Group B|in Group B]]. They beat eventual [[silver medal]]lists Paraguay [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/MatchReport/0,3952,OLY-2004-37148,00.html 2-1] in the 2nd game, but lost to [[Japan national football team|Japan]][http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/MatchReport/0,3952,OLY-2004-37151,00.html 1-0] in the last group game. Tied on [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/matches/0,3677,OLY2004S8,00.html 4 points, 0 goals for, and Head-to-Head] with eventual Bronze medal winners Italy, the Ghanaians were unlucky to go through because Italy had scored 5 and conceded 5, whilst Ghana had scored 4 and conceded 4.
Ghana's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympic Football]] Squads: 1968, 1972, 1976, [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics#Men.27s Competition|1992]], 1996, [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/Olysquad/0,3713,GHA-OLY-2004-8229-9,00.html 2004]
On [[22 February]] [[2007]], FIFA declared [[Burkina Faso national football team|Burkina Faso]] losers of the [[2008 Olympic Games]] Qualifier against Ghana for fielding two ineligible players. Ghana football authorities protested to FIFA after Mady Saidou Panandetiguiri and Fousseni Traore played in the first leg match, which Burkina Faso won 2-0 in Ouagadougou on [[7 February]] [[2007]]. "Consequently, the game between Burkina Faso and Ghana that was played on 7 February 2007 is declared as a Burkina Faso forfeit, with a score of 0-3"<ref>{{cite news | date=[[2007-02-07]] | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/6392965.stm | title=Burkinabe win over Ghana revoked | publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]] | accessdate=2007-02-07}}</ref>.
===2008 Olympic Games Qualifying African Group A===
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|}
{{col-4}}
===Forthcoming Fixtures<ref>{{cite news | date=[[2007-06-02]] | url=http://www.sportscheduler.co.sz/olympics.htm | title=CAF Men's Football Olympic Games 2008 | publisher=[[sportscheduler.co.sz]] | accessdate=2007-06-02}}</ref>===
** {{fb|NGA}} 3-2 {{fb-rt|GHA}}, [[2 June]] [[2007]]
** {{fb|RSA}} 1-3 {{fb-rt|GHA}}, [[8 September]] [[2007]]
** {{fb|GHA}} 3-1 {{fb-rt|RSA}}, [[14 October]] [[2007]]
** {{fb|GHA}} 0-0 {{fb-rt|NGA}}, [[16 November]] [[2007]]
{{col-end}}
*''The three Olympic Qualifying Group winners from Africa qualified for the [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football Tournament]] at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing Games]]''
The Ghana Olympic Team participated in the [[2007 All-Africa Games]] in [[Algiers]], [[Algeria]] from [[11 July]]''-''[[23 July]], [[2007]]. Ghana was in Group A together with Tunisia, Cameroon (holders) and South Africa<ref>{{cite news | date=[[2007-04-10]] | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/6542881.stm | title=All-Africa Games' fixtures | publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]] | accessdate=2007-04-10}}</ref>. They reached the African Games after eliminating Nigeria's Olympic Team.
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
! width=12%|Category
! width=10%|Team A
! width=6%|Result
! width=10%|Team B
! width=12%|Date
! width=20%|Venue
! width=30%|Scorers
|-
| ''Friendly''
| {{fb|Iran}}
| '''[http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/artikel.php?ID=126371 4-2]'''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} '''Ghana U-23'''
| [[27 June]] [[2007]]
| [[Azadi Stadium]], [[Tehran|Tehran, Iran]]
| '''Iran''' Enayati 12, 27, Nekounam 15 (penalty), Aghily 50 min, '''Ghana U-23:''' Kumordzi 31; Addo<br />[http://www.irangoals.com/2007/06/28/video-iran-ghana/ All Goals Here]<br />
|-
|}
==[[2006 FIFA World Cup]]==
[[Image:World Cup 2006 Ghana fan.jpg|thumb|250px|A Ghana fan roots for his team before the 2006 World Cup match against Italy.]]
Ghana tried to qualify for the [[FIFA World Cup]] 11 previous times from 1962 - 2002, without success. In their World Cup debut, they had a Pre-Tournament [http://ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/photo.day.php?ID=99047 Training Camp] in [[Seeboden]] on the [[Millstätter See|Millstätter Lake]], in [[Austria]]'s southern province of [[Carinthia]]. Ghana competed in Group E of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The group also contained [[Italy national football team|Italy]], [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]] and [[United States men's national soccer team|the United States]]. [[2006 FIFA World Cup - Group E|Group E]] was dubbed the ‘’'''[[Group of Death]]'''‘’ by some as all the teams were deemed capable of qualifying and each team had the ability to decide their own fate going into the final set of games.
Ghana started with a [[2006 FIFA World Cup - Group E#Italy vs Ghana|2-0 defeat]] to Italy. However, they bounced back with a shock [[2006 FIFA World Cup - Group E#Czech Republic vs Ghana|2-0 victory]] over the Czech Republic {{wikinewsart|Ghana surge past Czech Republic in Group E}}, followed by a [[2006 FIFA World Cup - Group E#Ghana vs USA|2-1 victory]] over the USA team {{wikinewsart|Ghana beat United States of America 2-1 in Group E}}, to finish second in [[2006 FIFA World Cup - Group E|Group E]] and continue through to the next round along with eventual Champions Italy.
Ghana's unlikely run ended when they met [[2002 FIFA World Cup|defending World Champions]] [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] in the [[2006 FIFA World Cup knockout stage|Second Round]]. Influential player [[Michael Essien]] was suspended from the match for his two [[yellow card]]'s earlier in the Tournament. Despite all of this, Ghana dictated the style and pace of this match, surprising many with several near-goals<ref>{{cite news | date=[[2006-06-27]] | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4991528.stm | title=Brazil 3-0 Ghana | publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]] | accessdate=2006-06-27}}</ref>. In the end, [[2006 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Brazil vs Ghana|Brazil won 3-0]], although there was some controversy over the first two goals scored by [[Ronaldo]] and [[Adriano Leite Ribeiro|Adriano]] as they were both offside<ref>{{cite news | date=[[2006-06-27]] | url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/worldcup2006/matchreport/0,,1807688,00.html | title=Ronaldo tops the charts as rocky Brazil roll on | publisher=[[guardian.co.uk]] | accessdate=2006-06-27}}</ref>. [[Slovakian]] referee [[Ľuboš Micheľ]] also [[Red card (sports)|sent off]] [[Asamoah Gyan]] in the 82' for falling in the Brazilian penalty area. [[José Roberto da Silva Júnior|Zé Roberto]] scored the third for Brazil off a breakaway soon after<ref>{{cite news | date=[[2006-06-27]] | url=http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/internationals/article1111546.ece | title=Ghana's brave run broken by Brazilians | publisher=[[independent.co.uk]] | accessdate=2006-06-27}}</ref>. {{wikinewsart|Brazil knock-out Ghana 3-0 to grab quarter-final place}}
Ghana were the only African side to advance to [[2006 FIFA World Cup knockout stage|Round 2]] of [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] ([[Côte d'Ivoire national football team|Côte d'Ivoire]], [[Togo national football team|Togo]], [[Angola national football team|Angola]], and [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] were all eliminated in group play), and the sixth nation in a row from Africa to progress beyond the group stages of the [[FIFA World Cup|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. [[Greece national football team|Greece]] Coach [[Otto Rehhagel]] told [http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/index/0,2527,121964,00.html?articleid=121964 FIFA.com], the teams you used to regard as a little behind tactically, [http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/index/0,2527,121964,00.html?articleid=121964 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. FIFA.com says Black stars [http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/index/0,2548,118748,00.html?articleid=118748 ascend to glory]. BBC says: Ghana going forward<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.congosports.netfirms.com/csfootnat.htm |title=Ghana going forward |accessdate=2007-01-01 |date=[[27 June]] [[2006]] |work=BBC Sports |publisher=BBC Sports}}</ref>.
Of the 32 countries that participated in the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], Ghana was ranked the [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060718/1/8sse.html 13th Best Nation] by FIFA.
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
! width=100% colspan=7|'''[[Football World Cup 2006|2006 FIFA World Cup Matches]]'''
|-
! width=12%|Category
! width=10%|Team A
! width=6%|Result
! width=10%|Team B
! width=12%|Date
! width=20%|Venue
! width=30%|Scorers
|-
| '''[[wikinews:Brazil knock-out Ghana 3-0 to grab quarter-final place|Round of 16]]'''
| {{fb|Brazil}}
| '''[http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=191972&cc=5901 3-0]'''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| [[27 June]]
| [[Signal Iduna Park]], [[Dortmund]]
| '''Brazil''': [http://youtube.com/watch?v=eIG8hRFcgnQ Ronaldo] 5, [http://youtube.com/watch?v=uAyhvstibsw Adriano] 45+,<br /> [http://youtube.com/watch?v=hV6JBG86c74 Ze Roberto] 84) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btfu0YW5AFQ]<br />[http://files.filefront.com/7612386 First Half]; [http://files.filefront.com/7613123 Second Half]
|-
| '''Group E'''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| '''[http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=191959&cc=5901 2-1]'''
| {{fb|United States}}
| [[22 June]]
| [[Frankenstadion]], [[Nuremberg]]
| '''Ghana''' [http://youtube.com/watch?v=xuGExsxHLDg Dramani] 22, [http://youtube.com/watch?v=y6x7Mk2Iy0M Appiah] 47+; '''USA''': [http://youtube.com/watch?v=WjQj3m47uEM Clint Dempsey] 43)[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDci-coXtug]<br /> [http://files.filefront.com/7082506 Pre-Match]; [http://files.filefront.com/7083158 1st Half]; [http://files.filefront.com/7083681 2nd half]
|-
| '''Group E'''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| '''[http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=191943&cc=5901 2-0]'''
| {{fb|Czech Republic}}
| [[17 June]]
| [[RheinEnergieStadion]], [[Cologne]]
| '''Ghana:''' [http://youtube.com/watch?v=uJajyBV8vQY&mode=related&search= Asamoah] 2, [http://youtube.com/watch?v=G649U7R1FcA&mode=related&search= Muntari] 82) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH3JpS1Ya2E]<br />
|-
| '''Group E'''
| {{fb|Italy}}
| '''[http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=191926&cc=5901 2-0]'''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| [[12 June]]
| [[AWD-Arena]], [[Hannover]]
| '''Italy''': [http://youtube.com/watch?v=vP72vdZfYvw&mode=related&search= Pirlo], 40 [http://youtube.com/watch?v=jOw3HEBmoRA&mode=related&search= Iaquinta] 83)[http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/ghana/video/x8275_italia-ghana-120606_sport]<br />
|}
=== Forthcoming fixtures and Recent results ===
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
! width=12%|Category
! width=10%|Team A
! width=6%|Result
! width=10%|Team B
! width=12%|Date
! width=20%|Venue
! width=30%|{{goal}} Goal Scorers
|-
| ''[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier]]''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| '''[http://www.ghanafa.org/blackstars/200806/2981.asp 2-0]'''
| {{fb|Gabon}}
| [[22 June]] 2008
| [[Ohene Djan Stadium]], [[Accra]], [[Ghana]]
| '''Ghana''': [[Prince Tagoe|Tagoe]] 30' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0IK70N_NyU], [[Sulley Muntari|Muntari]] 78' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntQ9L2Mo8a0]
|-
| ''[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier]]''
| {{flagicon|Gabon}} [[Gabon national football team|Gabon]]
| '''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7454989.stm 2-0]'''
| {{fb|Ghana}}
| [[14 June]] 2008
| [[Stade Omar Bongo]], [[Libreville]], [[Gabon]]
| '''Gabon''': [[Rogur Meye]] 45'+1,[[Stephane N'Guema]] 58'
|-
| ''[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier]]''
| {{flagicon|Lesotho}} [[Lesotho national football team|Lesotho]]
| '''[http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=795155.html#ghana+hold+against+lesotho 2-3]'''
| {{fb|Ghana}}
| [[8 June]] 2008
| [[Free State Stadium]], [[Bloemfontein]], [[South Africa]]
| '''Ghana''': [[Laryea Kingston|Kingston]] 16', [[Junior Agogo|Agogo]] 41', 63'; '''Lesotho:''' Sello Muso 90'+2, Lehlohonolo Seema 90'+3
|-
| ''[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier]]''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| '''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7429566.stm 3-0]'''
| {{fb|Libya}}
| [[1 June]] 2008
| [[Baba Yara Stadium]], [[Kumasi]], [[Ghana]]
| '''Ghana''': [[Prince Tagoe|Tagoe]] 16', [[Laryea Kingston|Kingston]] 55', [[Junior Agogo|Agogo]] 67' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsE56FdQ55w]
|-
| ''Friendly''
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australia national football team|Australia]]
| '''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7417047.stm 1-0]'''
| {{fb|Ghana}}
| [[23 May]] 2008
| [[Stadium Australia]], [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
| '''Australia''': [[Mile Sterjovski|Sterjovski]] 46'[http://youtube.com/watch?v=24BulK-_bqE]
|-
| ''Friendly''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| '''[http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=723178.html#pardo+makes+ghana+penalty 1-2]'''
| {{fb|Mexico}}
| [[26 March]] 2008
| [[Craven Cottage]], [[London]], [[England]]
| '''Ghana''': [[Michael Essien|Essien]] 55' [http://www.dailymotion.com/petebrown60/video/x4v03h_essien-goal_sport]; '''Mexico''': [[Carlos Salcido|Salcido]] 76' [http://www.dailymotion.com/petebrown60/video/x4v044_salcido-goal_sport], [[Pável Pardo|Pardo]] 85' pen. [http://www.dailymotion.com/petebrown60/video/x4v04t_pardo-penalty_sport]
|-
| ''[[2008 African Cup of Nations]]''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| '''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7235829.stm 4-2]'''
| {{fb|Ivory Coast}}
| [[09 February]] 2008
| [[Baba Yara Stadium]], [[Kumasi]], [[Ghana]]
| '''Ghana''': [[Sulley Muntari|Muntari]] 10, [[Quincy Owusu-Abeyie|Owusu-Abeyie]] 70, [[Junior Agogo|Agogo]] 80, [[Haminu Draman|Dramani]] 84; '''Ivory Coast:''' [[Boubacar Sanogo|Sanogo]] 24, 32 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm7Av61RsNc]
|-
| ''[[2008 African Cup of Nations]]''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| '''[http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/02/08/sports/OUKSP-UK-SOCCER-NATIONS-GHANA.php 0-1]'''
| {{fb|Cameroon}}
| [[07 February]] 2008
| [[Ohene Djan Stadium]], [[Accra]], [[Ghana]]
| '''Cameroon:''' [[Alain Nkong|Nkong]] 71 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzlgMf0gdig]
|-
| ''[[2008 African Cup of Nations]]''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| '''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7224153.stm 2-1]'''
| {{fb|Nigeria}}
| [[03 February]] 2008
| [[Ohene Djan Stadium]], [[Accra]], [[Ghana]]
| '''Ghana''': [[Michael Essien|Essien]] 47+, [[Junior Agogo|Agogo]] 83;
'''Nigeria:''' [[Yakubu Aiyegbeni|Yakubu]] 35 (pen.) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yavBl325fqo]
|-
| ''[[2008 African Cup of Nations]]''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| '''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7212088.stm 2-0]'''
| {{fb|Morocco}}
| [[28 January]] 2008
| [[Ohene Djan Stadium]], [[Accra]], [[Ghana]]
| '''Ghana''': [[Michael Essien|Essien]] 26, [[Sulley Muntari|Muntari]] 89 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_bJl0XdRQs]
|-
| ''[[2008 African Cup of Nations]]''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| '''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7205249.stm 1-0]'''
| {{fb|Namibia}}
| [[24 January]] 2008
| [[Ohene Djan Stadium]], [[Accra]], [[Ghana]]
| '''Ghana''': [[Junior Agogo|Agogo]] 41 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkT2fVKuKWY]
|-
| ''[[2008 African Cup of Nations]]''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| '''[http://www.ghanafa.org/blackstars/200801/2529.asp 2-1]'''
| {{fb|Guinea}}
| [[20 January]] 2008
| [[Ohene Djan Stadium]], [[Accra]], [[Ghana]]
| '''Ghana''': [[Asamoah Gyan|Asamoah]] [http://www.d1g.com/video/show/1706813 55], [[Sulley Muntari|Muntari]] [http://www.d1g.com/video/show/?id=1706869 89];
'''Guinea:''' [[Oumar Kalabane|Kalabane]] [http://www.d1g.com/video/show/1706809 65] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPdP8oD4AcQ]
|-
| ''Friendly''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| '''[http://www.ghanafa.org/blackstars/200711/2323.asp 4-2]'''
| {{fb|Benin}}
| [[21 November]] 2007
| [[Ohene Djan Stadium]], [[Accra]], [[Ghana]]
| '''Ghana''': [[Junior Agogo|Agogo]] 47, [[Laryea Kingston|Kingston]] 78, 86, [[Stephen Appiah|Appiah]] 84; '''Benin:''' [[Stephane Sessegnon|Sessegnon]] 25, [[Razak Omotoyossi|Omotoyossi]] 46 [http://myvideos.africast.tv/video/08dbbb47-b81a-4a92-ac4f-99ee00102e00.htm]
|-
| ''Friendly''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| '''[http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/artikel.php?ID=134384 2-0]'''
| {{fb|Togo}}
| [[18 November]] 2007
| [[Ohene Djan Stadium]], [[Accra]], [[Ghana]]
| '''Ghana''': [[Baffour Gyan|Baffour]] 53, [[Laryea Kingston|Kingston]] 63 [http://myvideos.africast.tv/search/togo/0/ef1e3d69-6350-4630-88fa-99ea010ccfc9.htm]
|-
| ''Friendly''
| {{fb|Saudi Arabia}}
| '''[http://www.ghanafa.org/news/read.asp?contentid=2200 5-0]'''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| [[11 September]] 2007
| [[King Fahd Stadium]], [[Saudi Arabia]]
| '''Saudi Arabia:''' [http://www.dailymotion.com/petebrown60/video/x2yire_ksa-1-ghana-0_extreme Al-Qahtani 5],[http://www.dailymotion.com/petebrown60/video/x2yirv_ksa-3-ghana-0_extreme 51], [http://www.dailymotion.com/petebrown60/video/x2yirl_ksa-2-ghana-0_sport Kearairi 25], [http://www.dailymotion.com/petebrown60/video/x2yis6_ksa-4-ghana-0_extreme Harthi (pen.) 57], [http://www.dailymotion.com/petebrown60/video/x2yisg_ksa-5-ghana-0_extreme Tukar (pen.) 90]
|-
| ''Friendly''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| '''[http://www.ghanafa.org/news/read.asp?contentid=2192 2-0]'''
| {{fb|Morocco}}
| [[8 September]] 2007
| [[Stade Robert Diochon]], [[Rouen]], [[France]]
| '''Ghana''': [[Junior Agogo|Agogo]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEM2DbcT-Yk 47], [[Ahmed Barusso|Barusso]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oJd5F6VT6s&NR=1 74]
|-
| ''Friendly''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| '''[http://www.ghanafa.org/news/read.asp?contentid=2149 1-1]'''
| {{fb|Senegal}}
| [[21 August]] 2007
| [[New Den Stadium]], [[London|London, England]]
| '''Ghana''': [[Asamoah Gyan|Asamoah]] 45+; '''Senegal''': [[El Hadji Diouf|Diouf]] 74 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AE0-6JmeQw]
|-
| ''Friendly''
| {{fb|Brazil}}
| [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=215165&cc=5901 '''1-0''']
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| [[27 March]] 2007
| [[Råsunda Stadium]], [[Stockholm|Stockholm, Sweden]]
| '''Brazil''' [[Vagner Love]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itFHD6B2yWU 17]
|-
| ''Friendly''
| {{fb|Austria}}
| [http://www.ghanafa.org/news/read.asp?contentid=1846 '''1-1''']
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| [[24 March]] 2007
| [[UPC-Arena]], [[Graz|Graz, Austria]]
| '''Ghana:''' [[Sulley Muntari|Muntari]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYq5iA2vJ0s 87]; '''Austria:''' [[Rene Aufhauser]] 55
|-
| ''Friendly''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| [http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/index/0,2527,131396,00.html?articleid=131396 '''4-1''']
| {{fb|Nigeria}}
| [[06 February]] 2007
| [[Griffin Park]], [[Brentford|Brentford, England]]
| '''Ghana:''' [[Laryea Kingston|Kingston]] 50, [[Sulley Muntari|Muntari]] 53, [[Junior Agogo|Agogo]] 60, [[Joetex Asamoah Frimpong]] 74; '''Nigeria:''' [[Taye Ismaila Taiwo]] 65 Pen. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqhj2DGm49w] & [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm3v_h1C1cY]
|-
| ''Friendly''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| '''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/6149106.stm 1-1]'''
| {{fb|Australia}}
| [[14 November]] 2006
| [[Loftus Road|QPR's Loftus Road Stadium]], [[London|London, England]]
| '''Ghana''': [[Junior Agogo|Agogo]] 75; '''Australia''': [[John Aloisi|Aloisi]] 27 Pen. [http://youtube.com/watch?v=hukUjuTuumM]
|-
| ''Friendly''
| {{fb|South Korea}}
| '''[http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/artikel.php?ID=111790 1-3]'''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| [[8 October]] 2006
| [[Seoul World Cup Stadium]], [[Seoul, Korea]]
| '''Ghana''': [[Asamoah Gyan|Asamoah]] 48,83 [[Michael Essien|Essien]] 58; '''Korea''': [http://dory.mncast.com/mncHMovie.swf?movieID=10002840220061008214113 Kim Dong-hyun] 62
|-
| ''Friendly''
| {{fb|Japan}}
| '''[http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/artikel.php?ID=111583 0-1]'''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| [[4 October]] 2006
| [[International Stadium Yokohama]], [[Yokohama, Japan]]
| '''Ghana''': [[Haminu Draman]]i 72; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsW7DoL3kHA]
|-
| ''Friendly''
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| '''[http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/artikel.php?ID=109037 2-0]'''
| {{fb|Togo}}
| [[15 August]] 2006
| [[Griffin Park]], [[Brentford|Brentford, England]]
| '''Ghana''': [[Razak Pimpong|Pimpong]] 60; [[Alex Tachie-Mensah|Tachie-Mensah]] 90 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH3JpS1Ya2E]
|}
==Ghana squad==
Current Head coach: ''TBA''
[[2006 FIFA World Cup (squads)#Ghana|Ghana Squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup]]
====Current squad====
{| class="infobox" style="font-size: 70%"
! bgcolor="FF8800" colspan="3"|Most Recent Squad
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Date announced
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[27 May]] [[2008]] [http://www.ghanafa.org/blackstars/200805/2906.asp]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Game(s)
|colspan="2" valign="top"|{{fb|Libya}}, [[1 June]], {{fb|Lesotho}} [[8 June]], {{fb|Gabon}} [[14 June]], {{fb|Gabon}} [[22 June]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Venue(s)
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Baba Yara Stadium|Baba Yara]], [[Kumasi]], [[Ghana]]''';''' [[Free State Stadium|Free State]], [[Bloemfontein]], [[South Africa]]</br>[[Stade Omar Bongo|Omar Bongo]], [[Libreville]], [[Gabon]]''';''' [[Ohene Djan Stadium|Ohene Djan]], [[Accra]], [[Ghana]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Competition
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Dropped
|valign="top"| [[Derek Asamoah]], [[Koffi Amponsah|Amponsah]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Debutant(s)
|valign="top"| [[John Boye]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Injured
|valign="top"| '''*'''[[Stephen Appiah|Appiah]], [[André Ayew|Ayew]], [[Illiasu Shilla|Shilla]], [[Asamoah Gyan|Asamoah]], [[Matthew Amoah|Amoah]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Called Up
|valign="top"| [[Prince Tagoe]], [[Moussa Narry]], [[Issah Ahmed]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Notes
|colspan="2" valign="top"| '''[[Mario Balotelli]]''' Excused
|}
;Goalkeepers
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!DOB
!Club
!Caps (goals)
!Debut
|-
|-
| [[Richard Kingson]] || {{birth date and age|1978|6|13}} || Unattached || 58 (0) || v [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]],<br><small> [[27 March]] [[1996]] </small>
|-
| [[William Amamoo]] || {{birth date and age|1982|4|4}} || {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Gloria Buzău]] || 1 (0) || v [[Australia national football team|Australia]],<br><small> [[23 May]] [[2008]] </small>
|-
| [[George Owu]] || {{birth date and age|1982|7|7}} || {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Al-Masry]] || 7 (0) || v [[Somalia national football team|Somalia]],<br><small> [[19 November]] [[2003]]</small>
|-
|}
;Defenders
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!width=17%|Name
!width=16%|DOB
!width=18%|Club
!width=13%|Caps (goals)
!width=35%|Debut
|-
| [[Hans Sarpei]] || {{birth date and age|1976|6|28}} || {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]] || 23 (0) || v [[Zimbabwe national football team|Zimbabwe]], [[7 November]] [[2000]]
|-
| [[Eric Addo]] || {{birth date and age|1978|11|12}} || {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[PSV Eindhoven]] || 28 (0) || v [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]], [[9 February]] [[1998]]
|-
| [[David Addy]] || || {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Wa All Stars]] || 1 (0) || v [[Australia national football team|Australia]] [[23 May]] [[2008]]
|-
| [[Harrison Afful]] || {{birth date and age|1986|6|24}} || {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Asante Kotoko]] || 7 (0) || v [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]], [[9 February]] [[2008]]
|-
| [[Francis Dickoh]] || {{birth date and age|1982|12|13}} || {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[F.C. Utrecht|Utrecht]] || 11 (0) || v [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] [[14 November]] [[2005]]
|-
| [[John Mensah]] (vc) || {{birth date and age|1982|11|29}} || {{flagicon|France}} [[Stade Rennais]] ||58 (0) || v [[Algeria national football team|Algeria]] [[5 December]] [[2001]]
|-
| [[John Pantsil]] || {{birth date and age|1981|6|15}} || {{flagicon|England}} [[Fulham F.C.]] || 45 (0) || v [[Algeria national football team|Algeria]], [[5 December]] [[2001]]
|-
| [[Issah Ahmed]] || {{birth date and age|1982|5|24}} || {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Randers FC]] || 12 (0) || v [[Burkina Faso national football team|Burkina Faso]] [[5 June]] [[2005]]
|-
| [[John Boye]] || || {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Heart of Lions]] || 1 (0) || v [[Gabon national football team|Gabon]] [[22 June]] [[2008]]
|-
| '''*''' [[Illiasu Shilla]]|| {{birth date and age|1982|10|26}} || {{flagicon|Russia}} [[FC Saturn Moscow Oblast|FC Saturn]] || 13 (0) || v [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]], [[29 May]] [[2006]]
|}
;Midfielders
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!width=17%|Name
!width=16%|DOB
!width=18%|Club
!width=13%|Caps (goals)
!width=35%|Debut
|-
| '''*''' [[Stephen Appiah]] '''(c)''' || {{birth date and age|1980|12|24}} || {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Fenerbahçe]] || 53 (13) || v [[Benin national football team|Benin]], [[24 December]] [[1996]]
|-
| [[Michael Essien]] || {{birth date and age|1982|12|3}} || {{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] || 42 (8) || v [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]] [[4 January]] [[2002]]
|-
| [[Laryea Kingston]] || {{birth date and age|1980|11|07}} || {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]] || 28 (6) || v [[Congo DR national football team|Congo DR]], [[27 March]] [[2005]]
|-
| [[Sulley Ali Muntari]] || {{birth date and age|1984|8|27}} || {{flagicon|England}} [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] || 42 (12) || v [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]], [[17 May]] [[2002]]
|-
| [[Anthony Annan]] || {{birth date and age|1986|7|21}} || {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Stabæk Fotball|Stabæk]] || 16 (0) || v [[Austria national football team|Austria]] [[24 March]] [[2007]]
|-
| [[Prince Buaben]] || {{birth date and age|1988|4|23}} || {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]] || 1 (0) || v [[Australia national football team|Australia]] [[23 May]] [[2008]]
|-
| [[Haminu Dramani]] || {{birth date and age|1986|4|1}} || {{flagicon|Russia}} [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]] || 27 (3) || v [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] [[14 November]] [[2005]]
|-
| [[Moussa Narry]] || {{birth date and age|1986|04|19}} || {{flagicon|France}} [[AJ Auxerre]] || 2 (0) || v [[Togo national football team|Togo]], [[18 November]] [[2007]]
|-
| '''*''' [[André Ayew]] || {{birth date and age|1989|12|17}} || {{flagicon|France}} [[Olympique de Marseille]] || 10 (0) || v [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]], [[21 August]] [[2007]]
|}
;Strikers
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!width=17%|Name
!width=16%|DOB
!width=18%|Club
!width=13%|Caps (goals)
!width=35%|Debut
|-
| '''*''' [[Asamoah Gyan]] || {{birth date and age|1985|11|22}} || {{flagicon|France}} [[Stade Rennais]] || 27 (13) || v [[Somalia national football team|Somalia]], [[19 November]] [[2003]]
|-
| [[Junior Agogo]] || {{birth date and age|1979|8|1}} || {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Zamalek]] || 21 (10) || v [[Japan national football team|Japan]] [[4 October]] [[2006]]
|-
| [[Emmanuel Agyemang Badu]] || || {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Berekum Arsenal]] || 2 (0) || v [[Australia national football team|Australia]] [[23 May]] [[2008]]
|-
| '''*''' [[Matthew Amoah]] || {{birth date and age|1980|10|24}} || {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[NAC Breda]] || 25 (7) || v [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]] [[21 January]] [[2002]]
|-
| [[Eric Bekoe]] || {{birth date and age|1986|12|10}} || {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Asante Kotoko]] || 3 (0) || v [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]], [[26 March]] [[2008]]
|-
| [[Quincy Owusu-Abeyie]] || {{birth date and age|1986|4|15}} || {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Villarreal]]<br><small> on loan from {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Spartak Moscow]] </small> || 9 (1) || v [[Guinea national football team|Guinea]], [[20 January]] [[2008]]
|-
| [[Prince Tagoe]]|| {{birth date and age|1986|11|9}} || {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Al-Ittifaq]] || 8 (2) || v [[Togo national football team|Togo]] [[11 January]] [[2006]]
|-
|}
====Recent callups====
The following players have also been called up to the Ghana squad recently:
;Players
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!width=22%|Name
!width=17%|DOB
!width=19%|Club
!width=8%|Caps (goals)
!width=17%|Debut
!width=19%|Most recent callup
|-
|-
| FW [[Mario Balotelli]] || {{birth date and age|1990|08|12}} || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[FC Internazionale Milano|Internazionale Milano]] || 0 (0) || v [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]], <br><small> [[21 August]] [[2007]] </small> || v [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]],<br><small> [[21 August]] [[2007]]</small>
|-
| DF [[Daniel Opare]] || {{birth date and age|1990|10|18}} || {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Madrid]] || 0 (0) || v [[Togo national football team|Togo]], <br><small> [[18 November]] [[2007]] </small> || v [[Togo national football team|Togo]],<br><small> [[18 November]] [[2007]]</small>
|-
| FW [[Derek Asamoah]] || {{birth date and age|1981|5|1}} || {{flagicon|France}} [[OGC Nice]] || 3 (0) || v [[Korea Republic national football team|Korea Republic]], <br><small> [[8 October]] [[2006]] </small> || v [[Australia national football team|Australia]],<br><small> [[23 May]] [[2008]]</small>
|-
| GK [[Patrick Antwi]]|| {{birth date and age|1987|11|4}} || {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Liberty Professionals FC|Liberty Professionals]] || 1 (0) || v [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]],<br><small> [[26 March]] [[2008]] </small> || v [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]],<br><small> [[26 March]] [[2008]]</small>
|-
| DF [[Richard Manu]] || {{birth date and age|1974|1|20}} || {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Asante Kotoko]] || 0 (0) || N/A || v [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]],<br><small> [[26 March]] [[2008]]</small>
|-
| MF [[Ahmed Barusso]] || {{birth date and age|1984|12|26}} || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[A.C. Siena]]<br><small> on loan from {{flagicon|Italy}} [[AS Roma]] </small> || 6 (1) || v [[Rwanda national football team|Rwanda]], <br><small> [[6 July]] [[2003]] </small> || v [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]],<br><small> [[26 March]] [[2008]]</small>
|-
| FW [[Baffour Gyan]] || {{birth date and age|1980|7|2}} || {{flagicon|Russia}} [[FC Saturn Moscow Oblast|FC Saturn]] || 33 (5) || v [[Sudan national football team|Sudan]], <br><small>[[25 February]] [[2001]] </small> || v [[Libya national football team|Libya]],<br><small> [[1 June]] [[2008]]</small>
|-
| '''*''' [[Koffi Amponsah|Kofi Amponsah]] || {{birth date and age|1978|4|23}} || {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Apollon Kalamarias]] || - (0) || v [[Greece national football team|Greece]] <br><small>[[14 December]] [[1999]]
|-
| FW [[Ransford Osei]] || {{birth date and age|1990|12|5}} || {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Kessben FC]] || 0 (0) || v [[Togo national football team|Togo]], <br><small> [[18 November]] [[2007]] </small> || v [[Togo national football team|Togo]],<br><small> [[18 November]] [[2007]]</small>
|-
| DF [[Samuel Kuffour]] || {{birth date and age|1976|9|3}} || {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Ajax Amsterdam]] || 59 (3) || v [[Sierra Leone national football team|Sierra Leone]], <br><small> [[28 November]] [[1993]]</small> || [[2006 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| GK [[Sammy Adjei]]|| {{birth date and age|1980|9|1}} || {{flagicon|Israel}} [[FC Ashdod]] || 34 (0) || v [[Sudan national football team|Sudan]],<br><small> [[25 February]] [[2001]] </small> || [[2008 African Nations Cup]]
|-
| GK [[Abdul Fatawu Dauda]]|| {{birth date and age|1985|4|6}} || {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Ashanti Gold SC]] || 0 (0) || [[2008 African Cup of Nations]],<br><small> [[20 January]] [[2008]] </small> || [[2008 African Nations Cup]]
|-
| DF [[Nana Akwasi Asare]] || {{birth date and age|1986|07|11}} || {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[KV Mechelen]] || 2 (0) || v [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]],<br><small> [[8 September]] [[2007]] </small> || [[2008 African Nations Cup]]
|-
| MF [[Bennard Yao Kumordzi]] || {{birth date and age|1985|3|21}} || {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Panionios]] || 3 (1) || v [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]],<br><small> [[27 March]] [[2007]] </small> || [[2008 African Nations Cup]]
|-
| FW [[Kwadwo Asamoah]] || {{birth date and age|1988|9|09}} || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Torino Calcio]] || 0 (0) || [[2008 African Cup of Nations]],<br><small> [[20 January]] [[2008]] </small> || [[2008 African Nations Cup]]
|-
| FW [[Chris Dickson (footballer)|Chris Dickson]] || {{birth date and age|1984|12|28}} || {{flagicon|England}} [[Charlton Athletic]] || 0 (0) || Pre-[[2008 African Cup of Nations]], <br><small> [[18 December]] [[2007]]</small> || Pre-[[2008 African Cup of Nations]],<br><small> [[18 December]] [[2007]]</small>
|-
| FW [[Joetex Asamoah Frimpong]]|| {{birth date and age|1983|4|17}} || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[BSC Young Boys]] || 12 (1) || v [[Burkina Faso national football team|Burkina Faso]], <br><small> [[5 June]] [[2005]] </small> || v [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]],<br><small> [[21 August]] [[2007]]</small>
|-
| FW [[Moses Sakyi]] || {{birth date and age|1981|03|12}} || {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[C.F. Estrela da Amadora|Estrela Amadora]] || 2 (0) || v [[Togo national football team|Togo]], <br><small> [[14 June]] [[2004]]</small> || v [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]],<br><small> [[11 September]] [[2007]]</small>
|-
| DF [[Yahaya Mohamed]] || {{birth date and age|1988|02|17}} || {{flagicon|France}} [[OGC Nice]] || 0 (0) || v [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]], <br><small> [[21 August]] [[2007]]</small> || v [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]],<br><small> [[21 August]] [[2007]]</small>
|-
| MF [[Michael Helegbe]] || {{birth date and age|1985|9|15}} || {{flagicon|France}} [[En Avant Guingamp]] || 3 (0) || v [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], <br><small> [[27 March]] [[2007]]</small> || v [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]],<br><small> [[21 August]] [[2007]]</small>
|-
| FW [[Abdul Nafiu Idrissu|Nafiu Idrissu]] || {{birth date and age|1986|6|12}} || {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Dhafra]] || 0 (0) || v [[Togo national football team|Togo]], <br><small> [[18 November]] [[2007]]</small> || v [[Togo national football team|Togo]],<br><small> [[18 November]] [[2007]]</small>
|-
| FW [[Razak Pimpong]] || {{birth date and age|1982|12|30}} || {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Viking F.K.]] || 10 (1) || v [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], <br><small> [[15 December]] [[2002]]</small> || v [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]],<br><small> [[21 August]] [[2007]]</small>
|-
| FW [[Sadat Bukari]] || {{birth date and age|1989|4|12}} || {{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Étoile Sportive du Sahel|Étoile du Sahel]] || 0 (0) || v [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]], <br><small> [[21 August]] [[2007]]</small> || v [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]],<br><small> [[21 August]] [[2007]]</small>
|-
| DF [[Isaac Vorsah]]|| {{birth date and age|1988|06|21}} || {{flagicon|Germany}} [[1899 Hoffenheim]] || 0 (0) || v [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]], <br><small> [[21 August]] [[2007]]</small> || v [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]],<br><small> [[21 August]] [[2007]]</small>
|-
| MF [[Derek Boateng]] || {{birth date and age|1983|5|02}} || {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Beitar Jerusalem FC|Beitar Jerusalem]] || 17 (3) || v [[Mali national football team|Mali]], <br><small> [[25 December]] [[2001]]</small> || v [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]],<br><small> [[27 March]] [[2007]]</small>
|-
| MF [[Ekow Benson]] || {{birth date and age|1989|04|23}} || {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Hearts of Oak]] || 1 (0) || v [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], <br><small> [[27 March]] [[2007]]</small> || v [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]],<br><small> [[27 March]] [[2007]]</small>
|-
| FW [[Peter Ofori-Quaye]] || {{birth date and age|1980|3|21}} || {{flagicon|Greece}} [[OFI Crete]] || N/A || N/A || v [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]],<br><small> [[27 March]] [[2007]]</small>
|-
| FW [[Alex Tachie-Mensah]] || {{birth date and age|1977|2|15}} || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[FC St. Gallen|St. Gallen]] || 11 (1) || v [[Mali national football team|Mali]], <br><small> [[25 December]] [[2001]]</small> || v [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]],<br><small> [[27 March]] [[2007]]</small>
|-
| DF [[Alfred Arthur]] || {{birth date and age|1986|12|25}} || {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Fußballclub Wacker Innsbruck]] || 1 (0) || v [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], <br><small> [[27 March]] [[2007]]</small> || v [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]],<br><small> [[27 March]] [[2007]]</small>
|-
| FW [[Ibrahim Salou]] || {{birth date and age|1979|5|29}} || {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Club Brugge K.V.|Club Brugge]] || 0 (0) || v [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]],<br><small> [[6 February]] [[2007]]</small> || v [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]],<br><small> [[6 February]] [[2007]]</small>
|-
| FW [[Isaac Boakye]] || {{birth date and age|1981|11|26}} || {{flagicon|Germany}} [[FSV Mainz]] || 18 (5) || v [[Zimbabwe national football team|Zimbabwe]],<br><small> [[3 June]] [[2001]]</small> || v [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]],<br><small> [[6 February]] [[2007]]</small>
|-
| DF [[Habib Mohamed]] || {{birth date and age|1983|12|10}} || {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Ankaragucu]] || 8 (0) || v [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]]<br><small> [[29 May]] [[2006]]</small> || v [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]],<br><small> [[6 February]] [[2007]]</small>
|-
| DF [[Daniel Quaye]] || {{birth date and age|1980|12|25}} || {{flagicon|China}} [[Chongqing Lifan]] || 7 (0) || v [[Sierra Leone national football team|Sierra Leone]]<br><small> [[5 May]] [[2001]]</small> || v [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]],<br><small> [[8 October]] [[2006]]</small>
|-
| DF [[Emmanuel Pappoe]]|| {{birth date and age|1981|3|03}} || {{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[AEK Larnaca]] || 29 (0) || v [[Sierra Leone national football team|Sierra Leone]],<br><small> [[19 October]] [[2002]]</small> || v [[Togo national football team|Togo]],<br><small> [[15 August]] [[2006]]</small>
|-
|MF [[Otto Addo]] || {{birth date and age|1975|6|09}} || {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Hamburg SV]] <br> || 15 (1) || v [[Eritrea national football team|Eritrea]],<br><small> [[28 February]] [[1999]]</small> || [[2006 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| FW [[Baba Adamu]] || {{birth date and age|1979|10|20}} || {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Sakaryaspor]] || 8 (2) || v [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]],<br><small> [[7 August]] [[1999]]</small> || v [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]],<br><small> [[1 March]] [[2006]]</small>
|-
| FW [[Patrick Agyemang|Patrick Agyeman]] || {{birth date and age|1980|9|29}} || {{flagicon|England}} [[Queens Park Rangers]] || 3 (1) || v [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]],<br><small> [[30 May]] [[2003]]</small> || v [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]],<br><small> [[1 March]] [[2006]]</small>
|-
| FW [[Elvis Hammond]] || {{birth date and age|1980|10|10}} || {{flagicon|England}} [[Leicester City]] || 1 (0) || v [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]],<br><small> [[1 March]] [[2006]]</small> || v [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]],<br><small> [[1 March]] [[2006]]</small>
|-
| MF [[Abubakari Yakubu]] || {{birth date and age|1981|12|13}} || {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Vitesse Arnhem]] || N/A || N/A || [[2006 African Nations Cup]]
|-
|}
===2006 FIFA World Cup Squad===
See [[2006 FIFA World Cup squads#Ghana|2006 FIFA World Cup - Ghana Squad]].
===[[OneTouch Premier League#Domestic League Players|Domestic League Players Here]]===
See [[OneTouch Premier League#Domestic League Players|Ghana Domestic League Players List]].
===Other Ghana Players===
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-4}}
;Goalkeepers:
*{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Adam Larsen Kwarasey]], [[Strømsgodset I.F.]]
*{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Ibrahim Dossey]], [[Pandurii Târgu-Jiu]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Ibrahim Bolu]], [[Türkiyemspor Berlin]]
*{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Braimah Razak]], [[União da Madeira]]
;Defenders:
*{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Alfred Arthur]], [[Fußballclub Wacker Innsbruck]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Davidson Drobo-Ampem]], [[FC St. Pauli]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Samuel Ansah]], [[Erler SV 08]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Desmond N'Ze]], [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Internazionale Milano]]
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Eric Opoku]], [[AEK Athens]]
*{{flagicon|Romania}} [[George Blay]], [[Dinamo Bucureşti]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Emmanuel Boakye]], [[Heracles Almelo]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[George Cheremeh]], [[FC Internazionale Milano|Internazionale Milano]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Richmond Apraku]], [[RC Strasbourg]]
*{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Abass Inusah]], [[Platinum Stars]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Edward Asafu-Adjaye]], [[Luton Town F.C.]]
*{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Preston Papie]], [[ATM FA]]
*{{flagicon|India}} [[George Tutu]], [[Viva Kerala]]
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Kadir Mumuni]], [[FC Fredericia]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Edwin Bediako]], [[SV 07 Elversberg]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Kofi Mensah]], [[FC Omniworld]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Kevin Amankwaah]], [[Swansea City]]
*{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Mike Owusu]], [[Sjöbo IF]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Harry N'Timbanzeh]], [[Sutton United]]
*{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Ebenezer Ayisi]], [[FC Höchst]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Nana Ofori-Twumasi]], [[Chelsea FC]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Christian Ofori]], [[BC Berrenrath]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Ofusehne Oduro-Opuni]], [[Altona 93]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Enow Solomon]], [[Gallipoli Calcio]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Robert Oduro]], [[VfL Theesen]]
*{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Patrick Villars]], [[Bucheon FC]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Mohammed Muftawu]], [[KSV Klein-Karben]]
*{{flagicon|India}} [[Yaw Amankwa-Mireku]], [[Viva Kerala Kochi]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Alvin Quaye]], [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Curtis Obeng]], [[Manchester City FC|Manchester City]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Dennis Appiah]], [[AS Monaco]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Christian Gyan]], [[Excelsior Rotterdam|Excelsior]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Prince Addai]], [[FC Dordrecht]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Jérôme Boateng]], [[Hamburg SV]]
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Daniel Edusei]], [[Egaleo FC|Egaleo]]
*{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Jerry Akaminko]], [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Ransford Addo]], [[Royal Antwerp FC]]
*{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Samuel Johnson (footballer)|Samuel Johnson]], [[Kayserispor]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Mohamed Yahaya]], [[OGC Nice]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Godwin Antwi]], [[Liverpool FC|Liverpool]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Nathan D'Laryea]], [[Rochdale AFC]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Nana Boateng]], [[Tottenham Hotspur]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Will Antwi]], [[Wycombe Wanderers]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Stephen Ofei]], [[PFC Litex Lovech|Lovech]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Francis Gyimah]], [[Hamburger SV]]
*{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Illiasu Shilla]], [[FC Saturn Moscow Oblast]]
*{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Imoro Lukman]], [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.]]
*{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Princeton Owusu-Ansah]], [[Nyiregyhazi Spartacus]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Isaac Asare]], [[Lenetzon Beerse]]
*{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Jonathan Quartey]], [[Kaizer Chiefs]]
*{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Ibrahim Attiku]], [[IF Sylvia]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Nana Amaniampong]], [[FV Bad Honnef]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Richard Manu]], [[SC Halberg Brebach]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Henry Acquah]], [[SF Neitersen]]
*{{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[James Owusu Ansah]], [[ADET]]
*{{flagicon|Oman}} [[Abubakari Shaibu]], [[Al-Khaburah]]
*{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Samuel Afful]], [[ASV Deutsch Tschantschendorf]]
*{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Edward Abayeteye]], [[FC Grenchen]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Abdulrahman-Issah Danladi]], [[SV Ramlingen-Ehlershausen]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Daniel Ola]], [[A.C. Cesena]]
*{{flagicon|Finland}} [[David Davidson]], [[FC KooTeePee]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Will Antwi]], [[Wycombe Wanderers]]
;Midfielders:
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Jonathan D'Laryea]], [[Mansfield Town]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[King Gyan Osei]], [[K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Joe Yankson]], [[BV Cloppenburg]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Mallam Yahaya]], [[ASV Durlach]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Luis Hörger]], [[Heidenheimer SB]]
*{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Richard Nyarko]], [[ESV Knittelfeld]]
*{{flagicon|Austria}} [[George Afful]], [[ESV Knittelfeld]]
*{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Roland Osabutey]], [[Desportivo de Moncorvo]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Tonny Boateng]], [[TSG Wörsdorf]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Kwaku Kyere]], [[Damla Genc Hannover]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Theophilus Amuzu]], [[Vebroedering Denderhoutem]]
*{{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Daniel Addo]], [[AEL Limassol]]
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Lee Quaye]], [[Stal Stalowa Wola]]
*{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Alex Nyarko]], [[Yverdon Sports]]
*{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Emmanuel Duah]], [[Hapoel Acre F.C.|Hapoel Acre]]
*{{flagicon|China}} [[Lawrence Adjei]], [[Hohhot Binhai]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Anthony Obodai]], [[Sparta Rotterdam]]
*{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Godwin Attram]], [[Al-Shabab (KSA)]]
*{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Yussif Chibsah]], [[Gefle IF]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Mark Edusei]], [[Catania]]
*{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Emmanuel Osei]], [[UT Arad]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Akwetey Mensah]], [[El Ahly]]
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*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Jeremy Boakye]], [[FC St. Georg-Horn]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[King Gyan Osei]], [[K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot|GBA]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Quakye Oduro]], [[K.S.K. Beveren]]
*{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Abdul-Haq Seidu Osman|Abdul Osman]], [[Gretna F.C.]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Lawrence Aidoo]], [[Energie Cottbus]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Jürgen Molinari]], [[SG Wattenscheid 09]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Marcel Appiah]], [[TSG Sprockhövel]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Abu Ogogo]], [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Christian Saba]], [[Bayern Munich]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Emmanuel Frimpong]], [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Ibrahim Tanko]], [[SC Freiburg]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Mohammed Abubakari]], [[Feyenoord Rotterdam|Feyenoord]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Mohammed Lartey]], [[Bayer Leverkusen]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Daniel Ofori-Okyere]], [[KV Mechelen]]
*{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Imoro Lukman]], [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv|Bnei Yehuda]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Richmond Bossman]], [[Stormvogels Telstar]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Joseph Mensah]], [[TSV Crailsheim]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Abdul-Nafiu Iddrisu]], [[Feyenoord Rotterdam|Feyenoord]] on loan to [[ASEC Mimosas]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Richard Osei]], [[Union Solingen]]
*{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Charles Wittl]], [[FC Biel-Bienne]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Tony Yeboah]], [[TSG Sprockhövel]]
*{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Mahadi Abubaka]], [[ASEC Mimosas]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Iddi Abdul Yakini]], [[KV Mechelen|Mechelen]]
*{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[William Tiero]], [[Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F.|Académica]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Gordon Addai]], [[Bonner SC]]
*{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Abubakari Yahuza]], [[Hapoel Kfar Saba]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Kevin-Prince Boateng]], [[Tottenham Hotspur]]
*{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Ibrahim Abdul Razak]], [[Hapoel Ra'anana F.C.]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Ali Fuseini]], [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Daniel Mensah Boampong]], [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Jerry Prempeh]], [[Troyes AC|Troyes]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Emanuel Peprah]], [[A.C. Chievo Verona|Chievo]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Godfried Adoube]], [[Karlsruher SC]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Eric Agyeman]], [[A.C. Lumezzane]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Jeremy Boakye]], [[FC St. Georg-Horn]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Papa Dadson]], [[A.C. Lumezzane]]
*{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Charles Anderson (footballer)|Charles Anderson]], [[Landskrona BoIS]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Steffan Acka]], [[Hellas Verona F.C.|Verona]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Kelvin Owusu Bossman]], [[Reading F.C.]]
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Abdul Razak Salifu]], [[Aarhus Gymnastik Forening|Aarhus Gymnastik Forening(AGF)]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Stephan Boachie]], [[Bayern Munich]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Giovanni Kyeremateng]], [[FC Internazionale Milano|Internazionale Milano]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Daniel Owusu]], [[K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Frederick Owusu]], [[Messina]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Kenneth Owusu-Opoku]], [[Paris Saint Germain|PSG]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Mitch Apau]], [[Ajax Amsterdam]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Ralph Dua]], [[SC Heerenveen]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Kevin Osei]], [[Olympique de Marseille]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Bashiru Gambo]], [[Stuttgarter Kickers]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Jordan Ayew]], [[Olympique de Marseille]]
*{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Ishamel Yartey]], [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe]], [[Hamburger SV]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Kojo Asamoah]], [[Udinese]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Enoch Oteng]], [[K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot|GBA]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Erixon Danso]], [[Ajax Amsterdam]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Evans Ampsofo]], [[R.S.C. Anderlecht]]
*{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[William Owusu Acheampong]], [[Sporting Lisbon]]
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*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jeffrey Sarpong]], [[Ajax Amsterdam]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Joseph Owusu-Tabiri]], [[Barnet F.C.]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Henry Frimpong]], [[St Albans City F.C.]]
*{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Joseph Hendricks]], [[Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion F.C.]]
*{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Lawrence Quaye]], [[Al-Gharafa Sports Club]]
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Baba Sule]], [[CD San Isidro]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Nii Armah Welbeck]], [[FC Lübeck]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Francis Engmann]], [[Kampenhout]]
*{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Abubakari Yahuza]], [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Gideon Boateng]], [[R.S.C. Anderlecht]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[George Alhassan]], [[VfL Osnabrück]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Francis Engmann]], [[Kampenhout]]
*{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Abubakari Yahuza]], [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Sebastian Barnes (footballer)|Sebastian Barnes]], [[SF Neitersen]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Malik Buari]], [[St. Albans City]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Edward Sarpei]], [[BP Worringen]]
*{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Dennis Adu Boahen]], [[SC Süßenbrunn]]
*{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[David Adjei]], [[Chonbuk Buffalo]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Silas Owusu]], [[VfL Theesen]]
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Ngassam Nana Falemi]], [[Volyn Lutsk]]
*{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Robert Eshun]], [[Sarawak FC]]
*{{flagicon|Vietnam}} [[Emanuel Bentil]], [[Khatoco Khánh Hoà]]
*{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Emmanuel Kofi Ampiah]], [[Caiman Douala]]
*{{flagicon|Vietnam}} [[Seidu Issifu]], [[Quang Nam-Da Nang]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[George Cheremeh]], [[Internazionale Milano]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Nana Kwame Kuffour]], [[DC United]]
*{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Frederick Sarpong]], [[GAIS]]
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Hussain Abu]], [[Vancouver Thunderbirds]]
;Forwards:
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Henrik Kwaku Appiah]], [[Osterbro IF]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Nana Dartey Bediako]], [[FC Nöttingen]]
*{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Charles Amoah]], [[SC Copacabana Kalsdorf]]
*{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Alex Tachie-Mensah]], [[FC St. Gallen]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Frederick Famiyeh]], [[Rostocker FC]]
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Kwabena Agouda]], [[Hapoel Bnei Lod F.C.]]
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Prince Asubonteng]], [[Racing de Ferrol]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Daniel Boateng]], [[HSC/BW Tündern]]
*{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Seth Ablade]], [[Oulun Palloseura]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Kwaku Afriyie]], [[SV Lippstadt 08]]
*{{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Opoku Agyemang]], [[CS Sfaxien]]
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Sadick Adams]], [[Atletico Madrid]]
*{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Eric Bekoe]], [[Asante Kotoko]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Aziz Tetteh]], [[Udinese]]
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Mohammed Rabiu]], [[Gimnàstic de Tarragona]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Frank Wiafe Danquah]], [[Newcastle United]]
*{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Michael Mensah]], [[Trelleborgs FF]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Dominique Boateng]], [[SV Bernbach]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Said Ahmed Said]], [[FC Internazionale Milano|Internazionale Milano]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Nana Eshun]], [[SF Neitersen]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Freddy Loo]], [[FC Internazionale Milano|Internazionale Milano]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[James Owusu Sekyere]], [[FC Internazionale Milano|Internazionale Milano]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Kwame Quansah]], [[Heracles Almelo]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Chris Dickson (footballer)|Chris Dickson]], [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Yaw Donkor-Oppong]], [[Berlin Ankaraspor Kulübü 07]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Richmond Kissi]], [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Basty Owusu Kyeremateng]], [[FC Internazionale Milano|Internazionale Milano]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[David Amoo]], [[Liverpool FC|Liverpool]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Reagy Ofosu]], [[Hamburger SV]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Owusu Ampomah]], [[SC Freiburg]]
*{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Sam Yeboah]], [[Hapoel Kfar Saba]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Mohamed Alao-Fary]], [[FC Voran Ohe]]
*{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Samuel Edo]], [[GAIS]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[George Boateng]], [[SV Tasmania-Gropiusstadt 73]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Ben Kudjodji]], [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Miller Mensah Boampong]], [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Lloyd Owusu]], [[Brentford]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Kwaku Afriyie]], [[SV Lippstadt 08]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Gullit Asante-Okyere]], [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Mallam Yahaya]], [[Amicitia Viernheim]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Ekye Bismark]], [[AC Sangiovannese]]
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Kevin Mensah]], [[Viborg FF]]
*{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Dennis Obeng]], [[Vålerenga IF|Vålerenga]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Bradley Hudson-Odoi]], [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Gideon Boateng]], [[R.S.C. Anderlecht]]
*{{flagicon|United States}} [[Dominic Oduro]], [[FC Dallas]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Jo Kuffour]], [[AFC Bournemouth]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Lewis Asamoah]], [[1.FC Wülfrath]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Nana Boateng]], [[Millwall FC]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[John Cofie]], [[Manchester United]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Reagy Ofuso]], [[Hamburger SV]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Isaac Amoah]], [[SW Harelbeke]]
*{{flagicon|India}} [[Wisdom Abbey]], [[Viva Kerala]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[James Owusu Sekyere]], [[FC Internazionale Milano|Internazionale Milano]]
*{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Emmanuel Atukwei Clottey]], [[Fußballclub Wacker Innsbruck]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Eric Agyemang]], [[1.FC Magdeburg]]
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Fosu Boateng]], [[Boldklubben Frem]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Mohammed Abdulai]], [[SG Wattenscheid 09]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Epi Valerie Ebongolle]], [[ASGV Döhlau]]
*{{flagicon|United States}} [[Mohammed Issah]], [[Iowa City Alliance Soccer Club]]
*{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Felix Mordeku]], [[FC Herisau]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Joseph Annor Aziz]], [[FC Babberich]]
*{{flagicon|India}} [[Awuda Adama]], [[Viva Kerala]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Jeffrey Addai]], [[Arminia Bielefeld]]
*{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Jonathan Yamoah]], [[ATM FA]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Cliff Akurang]], [[Barnet F.C.]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Patrick Amponsah]], [[VfR Neumünster]]
*{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Mark Amofah]], [[Bloemfontein Celtic]]
*{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Emmanuel Clottey]], [[Fußballclub Wacker Innsbruck]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick Nyarko]], [[Chicago Fire (soccer)|Chicago Fire]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Jonathan Amon Kotei]], [[Chievo Verona]]
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Quincy Owusu-Abeyie]], [[Celta Vigo]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Jeremy Opoku-Karikari]], [[VfB Stuttgart]]
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Lee Quaye]], [[Stal Stalowa Wola]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Fiifi Solomon]], [[Kampenhout]]
*{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Godfred Appiah]], [[GAIS]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Emmanuel Oben-Takang]], [[SC Union 06 Berlin]]
*{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Abdul Nafiu Idrissu]], [[Dhafra]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Owusu Sekyere]], [[Virginia Commonwealth University]]
*{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Samuel Yeboah]], [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.]]
*{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Ishamel Yartey]], [[S.L. Benfica]]
*{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Zeeni Yussuf]], [[GAIS]]
*{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Bernard 'BJ' Rockson]], [[Royal Thai Army FC]]
{{col-end}}
===Players with Ghanaian roots===
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*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Stanley Aborah Jnr]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Ernest-Adje Adjetey]]
*{{flagicon|United States}} [[Freddy Adu]]
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Oswald Adu]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Kolja Afriyie]]
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Samuel Afriyie]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Dickson Agyeman]]
*{{flagicon|Togo}} [[Eric Akoto]]
*{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Patrick Amoah]]
*{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Kwame Amoateng]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Nathan Peprah Annan]]
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Godwin Antwi]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Gerald Asamoah]]
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Richard Asante]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Prince Asubonteng]]
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Nana Attakora-Gyan]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Shabazz Baidoo]]
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*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Fred Benson]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[George Boateng]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Gerald Boateng]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Jérôme Boateng]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Kevin-Prince Boateng]]
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Randy Edwini-Bonsu]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Erixon Danso]]
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Justin Dasah]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Marcel Desailly]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Chris Dickson (footballer)|Chris Dickson]]
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Godwin Dwomoh]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Roy Essandoh]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Emmanuel Frimpong]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Christian Gandu]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[James Harper (footballer)|James Harper]]
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Kofi Ilboudo]]
*{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Jones Kusi-Asare]]
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Samuel Maheu]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Kofi Mensah]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Riga Mustapha]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[David Odonkor]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Rene Osei Kofi]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Richard Andoh]]
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*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Daniel Ofori-Okyere]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Eric Ofori Okyere]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Enoch Oteng]]
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Kennedy Owusu-Ansah]]
*{{flagicon|United States}} [[Ofori Sarkodie]]
*{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Nigel Quashie]]
*{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Richmond Rak]]
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Bernard 'BJ' Rockson]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Lloyd Sam]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Osei Sankofa]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jeffrey Sarpong]]
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Sebastian Svärd]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Charles Takyi]]
*{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Alexander Tettey]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Nana Ofori-Twumasi]]
{{col-end}}
==Previous [[African Cup of Nations|Nations Cup]] squads==
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{{col-3}}
*[[1963 African Cup of Nations (squads)#Ghana|Ghana Squad - 1963 African Cup of Nations]]
*[[1965 African Cup of Nations (squads)#Ghana|Ghana Squad - 1965 African Cup of Nations]]
*[[1968 African Cup of Nations (squads)#Ghana|Ghana Squad - 1968 African Cup of Nations]]
*[[1970 African Cup of Nations (squads)#Ghana|Ghana Squad - 1970 African Cup of Nations]]
*[[1978 African Cup of Nations (squads)#Ghana|Ghana Squad - 1978 African Cup of Nations]]
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*[[1980 African Cup of Nations (squads)#Ghana|Ghana Squad - 1980 African Cup of Nations]]
*[[1982 African Cup of Nations (squads)#Ghana|Ghana Squad - 1982 African Cup of Nations]]
*[[1984 African Cup of Nations (squads)#Ghana|Ghana Squad - 1984 African Cup of Nations]]
*[[1992 African Cup of Nations (squads)#Ghana|Ghana Squad - 1992 African Cup of Nations]]
*[[1994 African Cup of Nations (squads)#Ghana|Ghana Squad - 1994 African Cup of Nations]]
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*[[1996 African Cup of Nations (squads)#Ghana|Ghana Squad - 1996 African Cup of Nations]]
*[[1998 African Cup of Nations (squads)#Ghana|Ghana Squad - 1998 African Cup of Nations]]
*[[2000 African Cup of Nations (squads)#Ghana|Ghana Squad - 2000 African Cup of Nations]]
*[[2002 African Cup of Nations (squads)#Ghana|Ghana Squad - 2002 African Cup of Nations]]
*[[2006 African Cup of Nations (squads)#Ghana|Ghana Squad - 2006 African Cup of Nations]]
{{col-end}}
==Famous players==
Ghana has had great players in their rich history from the early 1950s, through the 1960s [[African Cup of Nations|ANC]] Championship sides to 1970 when CAF instituted a new [[African Footballer of the Year]] Best player Awards to the 1990s when [[Abédi Pelé]] and [[Tony Yeboah]] received [[FIFA World Player of the Year]] top ten nominations and the 2000s when [[Samuel Kuffour|Sammy Kuffour]] and [[Michael Essien]] became FIFA World Class Players and received [[Ballon d'Or]] nominations. Ghana has never been short of talent. [[Abédi Pelé]] is one of the [[FIFA 100|"FIFA 100"]] greatest living footballers of all-time.
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 [http://www.cafonline.com/news.php?id=1073 CAF Top 30] Best African Players of all-time. In addition, [[Abedi Pele|Abedi]] and [[Tony Yeboah|Yeboah]] were voted as members of the [http://www.iffhs.de/?d847e4a89bccdc475cfc5ffce81005fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeecf8a3c15 Africa Best Player of the Century] in 1999 by [[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS]].
*[[Arthur Wharton]] - [[English Football Hall of Fame]] 2003, first black association professional footballer though he preceded the 'Black Stars' era and played mainly in England.
*[[Abédi Pelé]] - [[FIFA 100]], [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html#player WPOY Nom.1991, 9th 1992], [[African Footballer of the Year|1991, 1992, 1993 APOY Winner]], [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy85.html APOY Nom. 85],[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy86.html 86],[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy87.html 87],[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afr-poy.html 88],[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy89.html 89],[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy90.html 90], [http://www.cafonline.com/news.php?id=1073 5th Best African Player of All-Time]
*[[Karim Abdul Razak]] - [[African Footballer of the Year|1978 APOY Winner]], [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy83.html 6th 1983], [http://www.cafonline.com/news.php?id=1073 26th Best African Player of All-Time]
*[[Ibrahim Sunday]] - [[African Footballer of the Year|1971 APOY Winner]]
*[[Samuel Kuffour]] - [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy01.html Ballon d'Or Nom. 2001], [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy99.html APOY Runner-up 1999],[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy01.html 2001], [http://www.cafonline.com/news.php?id=1073 27th Best African Player of All-Time]
*[[Tony Yeboah]] - [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html#player WPOY 9th 1993], [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy95.html Ballon d'Or 23rd 1995], [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy93.html APOY Runner-up 1993], [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy92.html 3rd 1992], [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy91.html 6th 1991], [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy96.html 10th 1996], [http://www.cafonline.com/news.php?id=1073 24th Best African Player of All-Time]
*[[Michael Essien]] - [[FIFA World Player of the Year]] – [[2005 FIFA World Player of the Year|22nd 2005]], [[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|22nd 2006]], [[2007 FIFA World Player of the Year|15th 2007]]; [[Ballon d'Or]] – [http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/BALLON_OR_2007.html 24th 2007] [http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/LAUREAT_2006.html 27th 2006], [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy05.html 22nd 2005]; [[African Footballer of the Year|APOY]] – [http://www.goal.com/en-india/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=574199 2nd 2007], [http://cafonline.com/news.php?id=1111 3rd 2006], [http://access.fifa.com/en/article/0,4151,114792,00.html 3rd 2005], [http://www.cafonline.com/news.php?id=1073 11th Best African Player of All-Time]
*[[Robert Mensah]] - [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy71.html APOY Runner-up 1971], [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy70.html 9th 1970]
*[[Adolf Armah]] - [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy79.html APOY Runner-up 1979]
*[[Opoku Nti]] - [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy83.html APOY Runner-up 1983]
*[[Mohammed Polo]] - [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy77.html APOY 4th 1977]
*[[Nii Lamptey]] - [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy91.html APOY 5th 1991], [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html#met FIFA U-17 Golden Ball, Silver Shoe][[1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1991]]
*[[Yaw Sam]] - [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy73.html APOY 6th 1973]
*[[Malik Jabir]] - [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy72.html APOY 7th 1972]
*[[Albert Asaase]] - [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy82.html APOY 7th 1982]
*[[Charles Akunnor]] - [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy98.html APOY 7th 1998]
*[[Osei Kofi]] - [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy70.html APOY 8th 1970]
*[[Opoku Afriyie]] - [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy82.html APOY 8th 1982]
*[[Stephen Appiah]] - [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy03.html APOY 8th 2003]
*[[Daniel Addo]] - [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html#met FIFA U-17 Golden Ball 1993]
*[[Ishmael Addo]] - [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html#met FIFA U-17 Golden Shoe 1999]
*[[Owusu Afriyie]] - [[1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship|FIFA U-17 Bronze Shoe 1997]]
===Other Heroes===
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{{col-4}}
*[[Charles Kumi Gyamfi]]
*[[Cecil Jones Attuquayefio]]
*[[Charles Addo Odametey]]
*[[Dodoo Ankrah]]
*[[Baba Yara]]
*[[Dogo Moro]]
*[[Kofi Pare]]
*[[Emmanuel Oblitey]]
*[[Joe Aikins]]
*[[Sam Acquah]]
*[[E.J. Aggrey-Fynn]]
*[[Mohammed Salisu]]
*[[Wilberforce Kwadwo Mfum]]
*[[Kuuku Dadzie]]
*[[Edward Ansah]]
*[[John Eshun]]
*[[Joseph Agyeman Gyau]]
*[[Addoquaye Laryea]]
*[[Ofei Dodoo]]
*[[Willie Klutse]]
*[[Hesse Odametten]]
*[[Dan Owusu]]
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*[[Kwesi Owusu]]
*[[Seth Ampadu]]
*[[George Alhassan]]
*[[John Essien]]
*[[Haruna Yusif]]
*[[Acquaye McLean]]
*[[John S. Bannerman]]
*[[Ben Acheampong]]
*[[Owusu Mensah]]
*[[Kofi Badu]]
*[[Joseph K. Carr]]
*[[Oliver Acquah]]
*[[Edward Acquah]]
*[[Sampson Lamptey]]
*[[Isaac Paha]]
*[[Offei Ansah]]
*[[Windsor Kofi Abbrey]]
*[[Thomas Hammond]]
*[[Prince Polley]]
*[[Akwasi Appiah]]
*[[Emmanuel Ampiah]]
*[[Nii Darko Ankrah]]
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*[[Anthony Baffoe]]
*[[Sarfo Gyamfi]]
*[[Stephen Frimpong Manso]]
*[[Stanley Aborah Snr]]
*[[Edward "Opeele" Aboagye]]
*[[Akwasi Appiah]]
*[[George Arthur]]
*[[Yaw Acheampong]]
*[[Shamo Quaye]]
*[[Frank Amankwah]]
*[[Emmanuel Duah]]
*[[Samuel Johnson]]
*[[Isaac Asare]]
*[[Alex Nyarko]]
*[[Frank Amankwah]]
*[[Augustine Ahinful]]
*[[Agyeman Duah]]
*[[Awudu Issaka]]
*[[John Mensah]]
*[[Isaac Boakye]]
*[[Anthony Mensah|Tony Osei Kwadwo]]
*[[Kwame Ayew]]
{{col-end}}
*The annual [[African Footballer of the Year|Confederation of African Football (CAF) awards]] took place for the first time in the Ghanaian capital [[Accra]], Ghana, on [[March 1]], [[2007]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/6201703.stm officials have disclosed]. The Initial five nominees for the prestigious individual awards were [[Samuel Eto'o]] ([[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]]/[[FC Barcelona]]), [[Nwankwo Kanu]] ([[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]/[[Portsmouth F.C.]]), [[Didier Drogba]] ([[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]]/[[Chelsea F.C.]]), [[Michael Essien]] ([[Ghana national football team|Ghana]]/[[Chelsea F.C.]]) and [[Mohamed Aboutreika]] ([[Egypt national football team|Egypt]]/[[Al Ahly]]). Read ''[http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/awards/index/0,2419,126987,00.html?articleid=126987 Fab five to fight it out]''. On [[December 31]], [[2006]] [[CAF]] the released the names of the top three nominees [[Samuel Eto'o|Eto'o]], [[Didier Drogba|Drogba]], and [[Michael Essien|Essien]] ] for the [[African Footballer of the Year|award]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/6221443.stm]. [[Didier Drogba|Drogba]] [http://cafonline.com/news.php?id=1112 won the award], becoming the first Ivorian Player to do so.
==Technical staff==
{|
|-
|'''Head Coach'''|| ''Vacant''
|-
|'''Assistant Coach'''|| {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Akwasi Appiah]]
|-
|'''Fitness Coach'''|| ''Vacant''
|-
|'''Goalkeeping Coach'''|| {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Edward Ansah]]
|-
|'''Psychologist'''|| {{flagicon|Ghana}} '''Dr. Yao Mfodwo'''
|-
|'''Physiotherapist'''|| {{flagicon|Ghana}} '''Charles Botchway'''
|-
|'''Team Doctor'''|| {{flagicon|Ghana}} '''Dr Percy Annan'''
|-
|'''2nd Team Doctor'''|| {{flagicon|Ghana}} '''Dr Allan Akaba'''
|-
|'''Welfare Officer'''|| {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Opoku Afriyie]]
|-
|'''Protocol Officer'''|| {{flagicon|Ghana}} '''Alex Asante'''
|-
|'''Spokesman'''|| {{flagicon|Ghana}} '''Randy Abbey'''
|-
|'''Kit Manager'''|| {{flagicon|Ghana}} '''Sherif Bobo Musah'''
|-
|}
===Head coaches===
[http://ghanafa.org/gfasite/history/history.php?catid=2&subid=10 All Head Coaches of Ghana and the dates they were appointed.] Everything you need to know [http://ghanafa.org/gfasite/profiles/claudeleroy.php about Ghana's former coach Le Roy]
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
!style="background:black"|<font color="white">Date appointed
!style="background:black"|<font color="white">Manager name
|-
|-
|2006 - 2008||{{flagicon|France}} [[Claude Le Roy]]
|-
|2004 - 2006||{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Ratomir Dujković]]
|-
|2004||{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Sam Arday]] (interim)
|-
|2004||{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Mariano Barreto]]
|-
|2003||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Ralf Zumdick]]
|-
|2003||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Burkhard Ziese]]
|-
|2002||{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Emmanuel Akwasi Afranie]]
|-
|2002||{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Milan Živadinović]]
|-
|2001 - 2002||{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Fred Osam-Duodu]]
|-
|2001||{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Cecil Jones Attuquayefio]]
|-
|2000||{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Fred Osam-Duodu]]
|-
|1999 - 2000||{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Giuseppe Dossena]]
|-
|}
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
!style="background:black"|<font color="white">Date appointed
!style="background:black"|<font color="white">Manager name
|-
|1997 - 1998||{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Rinus Israël]]
|-
|1996 - 1997||{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Sam Arday]]
|-
|1996||{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Ismael Kurtz]]
|-
|1995||{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Petre Gavrilla]]
|-
|1995||{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Jørgen E. Larsen]]
|-
|1994||{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[E.J. Aggrey-Fynn]]
|-
|1993||{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Fred Osam-Duodu]]
|-
|1992 - 1993||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Otto Pfister]]
|-
|1990 - 1992||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Burkhard Ziese]]
|-
|1988 - 1989||{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Fred Osam-Duodu]]
|-
|1986 - 1987||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Rudi Gutendorf]]
|-
|1984||{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Herbert Addo]]
|}
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
!style="background:black"|<font color="white">Date appointed
!style="background:black"|<font color="white">Manager name
|-
|1984||{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Emmanuel Akwasi Afranie]]
|-
|'''[[1982 African Cup of Nations|1982]] - 1983||{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Charles Kumi Gyamfi|C. K. Gyamfi]]^'''
|-
|'''[[1978 African Cup of Nations|1978]] - 1981||{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Fred Osam-Duodu]]^'''
|-
|1977 - 1978||{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[O. C. Sampaio]]
|-
|1974 - 1975||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Karl Weigang]]
|-
|1968 - 1970||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Karl Heinz Marotzke]]
|-
|1967||{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Carlos Alberto Parreira]]
|-
|'''[[1963 African Cup of Nations|1963]] - [[1965 African Cup of Nations|1965]]||{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Charles Kumi Gyamfi|C. K. Gyamfi]]^'''
|-
|1963||{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Josef Ember]]
|-
|1959 - 1962||{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Adreas Sjolberg]]
|-
|1958 - 1959||{{flagicon|England}} [[George Ainsley]]
|-
|}
{{col-end}}
^Won [[African Cup of Nations]] during tenure
==Competitive Statistics==
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;FIFA World Cup Record:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!FIFA World Cup Record
!GP
!W
!D
!L
!GF
!GA
!GD
!Success
|-
|World Cup Finals||4||2||0||2||4||6||-2||50%
|-
|World Cup Quals (H)||30||20||8||2||57||17||+40||80%
|-
|World Cup Quals (A)||29||7||8||14||31||38||-7||37.93%
|-
!World Cup Total !!63!!29!!16!!18!!92!!61!!+31!!58.73%
|}
'''FIFA World Cup Record by team'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Ghana versus
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GF
!GA
!GD
!Success
|-
|{{fb|CZE}}||1||1||0||0||2||0||+2||100%
|-
|{{fb|ITA}}||1||0||0||1||0||2||-2||0%
|-
|{{fb|BRA}}||1||0||0||1||0||3||-3||0%
|-
|{{fb|USA}}||1||1||0||0||2||1||+1||100%
|-
!Total !!4!!2!!0!!2!!4!!6!!-2||50%
|}
____
;African Cup of Nations Record:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Nations Cup Record
!GP
!W
!D
!L
!GF
!GA
!GD
!Success
|-
|Nations Cup Finals||66||37||13||16||91||56||+35||65.90%
|-
|Nations Cup Quals (H)||31||22||6||3||69||23||+46||80.65%
|-
|Nations Cup Quals (A)||31||11||8||12||42||31||+11||48.39%
|-
!Nations Cup Total !!128!!70!!27!!31!!202!!110!!+92!!65.23%
|}
'''Nations Cup Record by team'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Ghana versus
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GF
!GA
!GD
!Success
|-
|{{fb|CIV}}||8||5||1'''*'''||2||17||11||+6||68.75%
|-
|{{fb|TUN}}||6||5||1||0||10||4||+6||91.67%
|-
|{{fb|COD}}||5||3||0||2||8||5||+3||60%
|-
|{{fb|NGA}}||6||2||1||3||6||7||-1||41.67%
|-
|{{fb|SEN}}||3||2||1||0||4||2||+2||87.50%
|-
|{{fb|CGO}}||3||3||0||0||7||2||+5||100%
|-
|{{fb|GUI}}||4||3||1||0||5||2||+3||87.50%
|-
|{{fb|ZAM}}||3||2||0||1||3||2||+1||66.66%
|-
|{{fb|ALG}}||3||1||1||1||3||4||-1||50%
|-
|{{fb|RSA}}||3||0||1||2||0||4||-4||16.67%
|-
|{{fb|EGY}}||2||1||1||0||2||1||+1||75%
|-
|{{fb|MAR}}||3||1||1||1||2||1||+1||50%
|-
|{{fb|SUD}}||2||1||0||1||3||1||+2||50%
|-
|{{fb|BFA}}||2||2||0||0||5||1||+4||100%
|-
|{{fb|CMR}}||3||0||2||1||1||2||-1||33%
|-
|{{fb|LBY}}||2||0||2'''*'''||0||3||3||0||50%
|-
|{{fb|TOG}}||2||1||0||1||3||2||+1||50%
|-
|{{fb|ETH}}||1||1||0||0||2||0||+2||100%
|-
|{{fb|UGA}}||1||1||0||0||2||0||+2||100%
|-
|{{fb|MWI}}||1||1||0||0||1||0||+1||100%
|-
|{{fb|MOZ}}||1||1||0||0||2||0||+2||100%
|-
|{{fb|NAM}}||1||1||0||0||1||0||+1||100%
|-
|{{fb|ZIM}}||1||0||0||1||1||2||-1||0%
|-
!Total !!66!!37!!13!!16!!91!!56!!+35!!65.90%
|}
''*Denotes draws including the [[1982 African Cup of Nations|1982]] & [[1992 African Cup of Nations|1992]] '''Final''' matches
decided on [[penalty shootout (football)|penalty kicks]] v [[Libya national football team|Libya]] (8-7p) & [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]] (10-11p).''
______
'''[[West African Nations Cup]] [SCSA Zone III] Record'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Year
!Venue
!Round
!Position
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GF
!GA
!GD
!Success
|-
|[http://rsssf.com/tablesc/cssa.html#82 1982]||{{fb|BEN}}||'''Final'''||'''Winner'''||5||3||2||0||14||8||+6||80%
|-
|[http://rsssf.com/tablesc/cssa.html#83 1983]||{{fb|CIV}}||'''Final'''||'''Winner'''||4||3||1||0||7||2||+5||87.5%
|-
|[http://rsssf.com/tablesc/cssa.html#84 1984]||{{fb|BFA}}||'''Final'''||'''Winner'''||5||2||3'''*'''||0||9||5||+4||70%
|-
|[http://rsssf.com/tablesc/cssa.html#86 1986]||{{fb|GHA}}||'''Final'''||'''Winner'''||6||5||1||0||12||2||+10||91.70%
|-
|[http://rsssf.com/tablesc/cssa.html#87 1987]||{{fb|LBR}}||'''Final'''||'''Winner'''||5||5||0||0||14||2||+12||100%
|-
|'''1988-2000'''||'''Not Held'''||-||'''Not Held'''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
!Total!!5/5!!5 Finals!!5 Championships!!25!!18!!7!!0!!56!!19!!+37!!86%'''
|}
''*Denotes draws including the [http://rsssf.com/tablesc/cssa.html#84 1984] '''Final''' match decided on
[[penalty shootout (football)|penalty kicks]] v [[Togo national football team|Togo]] (4-3p).''
''*The Tournament was not held in 1985.''
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;FIFA U20 World Cup Record:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!FIFA U20 World Cup Record
!GP
!W
!D
!L
!GF
!GA
!GD
!Success
|-
|World Cup Finals||25||15||6||4||39||21||+18||72.0%
|-
|Africa U20 Quals||55||32||12||11||78||36||+42||69.09%
|-
!U20 Total !!80!!47!!18!!15!!117!!57!!+60!!70.55%
|}
'''FIFA U20 World Cup Record by team'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Ghana versus
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GF
!GA
!GD
!Success
|-
|{{fb|BRA}}||2||1||0||1||3||3||0||50%
|-
|{{fb|ARG}}||2||1||0||1||1||3||-2||50%
|-
|{{fb|IRL}}||2||1||0||1||3||3||0||50%
|-
|{{fb|URU}}||2||0||1||1||3||4||-1||25%
|-
|{{fb|POR}}||1||1||0||0||2||0||+2||100%
|-
|{{fb|RUS}}||1||1||0||0||3||0||+3||100%
|-
|{{fb|ENG}}||1||1||0||0||2||1||+1||100%
|-
|{{fb|CHI}}||1||0||1||0||1||1||0||50%
|-
|{{fb|USA}}||1||1||0||0||1||0||1||100%
|-
|{{fb|UAE}}||1||1||0||0||3||0||+3||100%
|-
|{{fb|GER}}||1||0||1||0||2||2||0||50%
|-
|{{fb|JPN}}||1||1||0||0||2||1||+1||100%
|-
|{{fb|CRO}}||1||0||1||0||1||1||0||50%
|-
|{{fb|KAZ}}||1||1||0||0||3||0||+3||100%
|-
|{{fb|CRC}}||1||1||0||0||2||0||2||100%
|-
|{{fb|ESP}}||1||0||1'''*'''||0||1||1||0||50%
|-
|{{fb|PAR}}||1||1||0||1||2||1||+1||100%
|-
|{{fb|IRN}}||1||1||0||0||1||0||+1||100%
|-
|{{fb|FRA}}||1||0||1||0||0||0||0||50%
|-
|{{fb|ECU}}||1||1||0||0||1||0||+1||100%
|-
|{{fb|EGY}}||1||1||0||0||2||0||+2||100%
|-
!Total !!25!!15!!6!!4!!39!!21!!+18!!72.00%
|}
''*Denotes draws including the [[1999 FIFA World Youth Championship|1999]] '''Quarter-Final''' match
decided on [[penalty shootout (football)|penalty kicks]] v [[Spain national football team|Spain]] (7-8p).''
_____
;FIFA U17 World Cup Record:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!FIFA U17 World Cup Record
!GP
!W
!D
!L
!GF
!GA
!GD
!Success
|-
|U17 World Cup Finals||43||27||10||6||86||35||+51||74.42%
|-
|U17 Africa Quals||58||38||8||12||108||44||+64||72.41%
|-
!U17 Total !!101!!65!!18!!18!!194!!80!!+115!!73.42%
|}
'''FIFA U17 World Cup Record by team'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Ghana versus
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GF
!GA
!GD
!Succ.
|-
|{{fb|ESP}}||5||2||2||1||6||5||+1||60%
|-
|{{fb|BRA}}||5||3||1'''*'''||1||9||7||+2||70.00%
|-
|{{fb|JPN}}||2||2||0||0||2||0||+2||100%
|-
|{{fb|CUB}}||2||1||1||0||4||3||+1||75%
|-
|{{fb|BHR}}||2||1||0||1||5||1||+4||50%
|-
|{{fb|MEX}}||2||2||0||0||8||1||+7||100%
|-
|{{fb|URU}}||2||2||0||0||5||2||+3||100%
|-
|{{fb|USA}}||2||2||0||0||4||0||+4||100%
|-
|{{fb|OMA}}||2||2||0||0||7||2||+5||100%
|-
|{{fb|CRC}}||2||1||1||0||3||1||+2||75%
|-
|{{fb|SCO}}||1||0||1||0||0||0||0||50%
|-
|{{fb|ECU}}||1||1||0||0||2||1||+1||100%
|-
|{{fb|POR}}||1||1||0||0||2||0||+2||100%
|-
|{{fb|ARG}}||1||0||1||0||0||0||+0||50%
|-
|{{fb|THA}}||1||1||0||0||7||1||+6||100%
|-
|{{fb|QAT}}||1||0||1'''*'''||0||0||0||0||50%
|-
|{{fb|ITA}}||1||1||0||0||4||0||+4||100%
|-
|{{fb|AUS}}||1||1||0||0||1||0||+1||100%
|-
|{{fb|CHI}}||1||1||0||0||3||0||+3||100%
|-
|{{fb|PER}}||2||1||1||0||3||1||+2||75%
|-
|{{fb|CHN}}||1||0||1||0||1||1||0||50%
|-
|{{fb|NGA}}||1||0||0||1||1||2||-1||0%
|-
|{{fb|GER}}||2||0||0||2||3||5||-2||0%
|-
|{{fb|TRI}}||1||1||0||0||4||1||+3||100%
|-
|{{fb|COL}}||1||1||0||0||2||1||+1||100%
|-
!Total !!43!!27!!10!!6!!86!!35!!+51!!74.42%
|}
''*Denotes draws including the [[1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1991]] & [[1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1999]] '''Semi-Final''' matches
decided on [[penalty shootout (football)|penalty kicks]] v [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]] (4-2p) & [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] (2-4p).''
{{col-end}}
==Trivia==
{{trivia|date=May 2008}}
*Ghana hosted and won the Original [[African Cup of Nations]] Trophy (Known as '''The Abdelaziz Abdallah Salem Trophy''') for Keeps in [[1978 African Cup of Nations|1978]] as they became the first Country to win three Nations Cup titles<ref>{{cite news | date=[[2001-09-25]] | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/1562471.stm | title=African Nations Cup trophy revealed | publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]] | accessdate=2001-09-25}}</ref>.
*In the final of the [[1992 African Cup of Nations]] on [[26 January]] [[1992]], [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] was defeated 11-10 by the [[Côte d'Ivoire national football team|Côte d'Ivoire]] in the highest-scoring penalty shoot-out in International football competition at the time- the 24-shot shoot-out, when Ghana played their record 7th [[African Cup of Nations]] final game. Ghana captain and influential play maker [[Abédi Pelé]], who won the best player of that tournament was suspended for the final because of [[yellow card]] accumulation from the 2-1 [[semi-final]] win over [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]].
*Of the 32 countries which participated in the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], Ghana was ranked the 13th Best Nation by FIFA.<ref>{{cite web | last = Yahoo News | first = | title = Defunct Link | url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060718/1/8sse.html | accessdate = 2008-05-28 }}</ref>
*Kwesi Owusu, former Black Stars captain, was the first footballer to score a goal at the [[Olympic Stadium (Munich)|Munich Olympic Stadium]] during the [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Olympic Games]]. His photograph still stands erect at one of the Olympic Villages in [[Olympiapark, Munich]], [[Germany]].
==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==
{{reflist}}
http://www.ghanafa.org/blackstars/200801/2586.asp
==External links==
*[http://www.ghanasoccernet.com/Ghanasoccernet.com]-The No.1 Site For Ghana Soccer
*[http://www.ghanafa.org/ Ghana Football Association] - Official website
*[http://discussions.ghanaweb.com/viewforum.php?f=2/ Ghana Football Forum] - Official Fan Forum
*[http://www.ghanacan2008.com/ 2008 African Cup of Nations website]- Official Tournament Home
*[http://www.ghanaleague.com/ Ghana Premier League website]
*[http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/team/overview.html?team=GHA Ghana's 2006 FIFA World Cup Profile]
*[http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/ Ghanaweb Sports Page]
*[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/gha-intres.html RSSSF Archive of all Ghana Matches]
*[http://www.ghanablackstarslive.com/canhistorydetails.php?hid=1 History of Ghana at the African Cup of Nations]
*[http://www.vibeghana.com Latest Ghana Soccer News]
*[http://sports.thinkghana.com/ghanacan2008 Ghana CAN 2008] - African Cup of Nations News
{{start box}}
{{succession box
| before = [[1962 African Cup of Nations|1962]] {{fb-rt|ETH|1897}}
| title = [[African Cup of Nations|African Champions]]
| years = '''[[1963 African Cup of Nations|1963]]''' ''(First title)''<br>'''[[1965 African Cup of Nations|1965]]''' ''(Second title)''
| after = [[1968 African Cup of Nations|1968]] {{fb-rt|Congo DR|1966}}
}}
{{succession box
| before = [[1976 African Cup of Nations|1976]] {{fb-rt|MAR}}
| title = [[African Cup of Nations|African Champions]]
| years = '''[[1978 African Cup of Nations|1978]]''' ''(Third title)''
| after = [[1980 African Cup of Nations|1980]] {{fb-rt|NGA}}
}}
{{succession box
| before = [[1980 African Cup of Nations|1980]] {{fb-rt|NGA}}
| title = [[African Cup of Nations|African Champions]]
| years = '''[[1982 African Cup of Nations|1982]]''' ''(Fourth title)''
| after = [[1984 African Cup of Nations|1984]] {{fb-rt|CMR}}
}}
{{succession box
| before = Inaugural Champions
| title = [[West African Nations Cup|West African Champions]]
| years = '''[[1982 West African Nations Cup|1982]]''' ''(First title)''<br>'''[[1983 West African Nations Cup|1983]]''' ''(Second title)''<br>'''[[1984 West African Nations Cup|1984]]''' ''(Third title)''<br>'''[[1986 West African Nations Cup|1986]]''' ''(Fourth title)''<br>'''[[1987 West African Nations Cup|1987]]''' ''(Fifth title)''
| after = Defunct
}}
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[[Category:Ghanaian sportspeople]]
[[ar:منتخب غانا لكرة القدم]]
[[ca:Selecció de futbol de Ghana]]
[[cs:Ghanská fotbalová reprezentace]]
[[de:Ghanaische Fußballnationalmannschaft]]
[[et:Ghana jalgpallikoondis]]
[[es:Selección de fútbol de Ghana]]
[[fr:Équipe du Ghana de football]]
[[ko:가나 축구 국가대표팀]]
[[hr:Ganska nogometna reprezentacija]]
[[id:Tim nasional sepak bola Ghana]]
[[it:Nazionale di calcio del Ghana]]
[[he:נבחרת גאנה בכדורגל]]
[[lv:Ganas futbola izlase]]
[[lt:Ganos vyrų futbolo rinktinė]]
[[hu:Ghánai labdarúgó-válogatott]]
[[mk:Национален фудбалски тим на Гана]]
[[nl:Ghanees voetbalelftal]]
[[ja:サッカーガーナ代表]]
[[no:Ghanas herrelandslag i fotball]]
[[pl:Reprezentacja Ghany w piłce nożnej]]
[[pt:Seleção Ganesa de Futebol]]
[[ru:Сборная Ганы по футболу]]
[[sk:Ghanské národné futbalové mužstvo]]
[[sl:Ganska nogometna reprezentanca]]
[[sr:Фудбалска репрезентација Гане]]
[[fi:Ghanan jalkapallomaajoukkue]]
[[sv:Ghanas herrlandslag i fotboll]]
[[vi:Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Ghana]]
[[tr:Gana Millî Futbol Takımı]]
[[zh:迦納國家足球隊]]