Ghana national football team - Definition and Overview

Ghana

Ghana_FA.gif Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname	The Black Stars
Association	Ghana Football Association
Coach	Mariano Barreto
Most caps	?
Top scorer	?
Home colours 　 Away colours
First International Ghana 1 - 0 Nigeria (Accra, Ghana; 28 May, 1950)
Largest win Malawi 0 - 12 Ghana (Malawi; 15 October, 1962)
Worst defeat Brazil 8 - 2 Ghana (São José, Brazil; 27 March, 1996)
World Cup
Appearances	none (First in -)
Best result	-
African Nations Cup
Appearances	14 (First in 1963)
Best result	Winners, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982

The Ghana national football team, or the Black Stars, is the national team of Ghana and is controlled by the Ghana Football Association. Although they have never made the World Cup, Ghana has enjoyed tremendous success on the youth level, winning the World Under-17 title twice, and finishing second at the World Youth Championship twice as well. Ghana won the African Nations Cup four times: 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1958 - Did not enter
• 1962 - Did not qualify
• 1966 - Withdrew
• 1970 to 1978 - Did not qualify
• 1982 - Withdrew
• 1986 to 2002 - Did not qualify

African Nations Cup record

Famous players

• Abedi Pele
• Tony Yeboah

External links

• RSSSF archive of results (http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/gha-intres.html)