Ghana National Football Team

The Ghana national football team, popularly known as the Black Stars, is the national association football team of Ghana and is controlled by the Ghana Football Association. Before gaining independence from Great Britain in 1957, the country played as the Gold Coast.

Although the team did not qualify for the senior FIFA World Cup until 2006 they had actually qualified for five straight 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 (in 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982), making Ghana the second most successful team in the contest's history, behind Egypt.

Ghanaian teams has enjoyed considerable success in FIFA's age-restricted tournaments. The Ghana U17 team, the Black Starlets, have won the FIFA Under-17 World Cup title twice and finished as runner-up twice. The Ghana U20 team, the Black Satellites, have also finished as runner-up at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup twice. The Ghana Olympic Team, the Black Meteors, became the first African Country to win a medal in Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

After going through 2005 unbeaten, Ghana won the FIFA World Rankings Most Improved team of the year award and they reached the second round of the 2006 Germany World Cup.


Competitive Record
FIFA World Cup record
1930 to 1958 - Did not enter
1962 - Did not qualify
1966 - Withdrew from qualification
1970 to 1978 - Did not qualify
1982 - Withdrew from qualification
1986 to 2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Second Round
2010 - Qualified

Olympic Games record
1992 - Third place

African Nations Cup record
1957 - Did not enter
1959 - Did not enter
1962 - Did not qualify
1963 - Champions
1965 - Champions
1968 - Runners-up
1970 - Runners-up
1972 - Did not qualify
1974 - Did not qualify
1976 - Did not qualify
1978 - Champions
1980 - First Round
1982 - Champions
1984 - First Round
1986 - Did not qualify
1988 - Did not qualify
1990 - Did not qualify
1992 - Runners-up
1994 - Fourth place
1996 - Fourth place
1998 - First Round
2000 - Quarter-finals
2002 - Quarter-finals
2004 - Did not qualify
2006 - First Round
2008 - Third place
2010 - Qualified

West African Nations Cup record
1982 - Champions
1983 - Champions
1984 - Champions
1986 - Champions
1987 - Champions

All-African Games record
1978 - Third place
2003 - Third place