Ghana

Nickname(s)	The Black Stars
Association	Ghana Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Milovan Rajevac[1]
Captain	Stephen Appiah
Most caps	Abedi Pele (73)[2]
Top scorer	Abedi Pele (33)
Home stadium	Ohene Djan Sports Stadium
FIFA code	GHA
FIFA ranking	38
Highest FIFA ranking	14 (February, April, May 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	89 (June 2004)
Elo ranking	37
Highest Elo ranking	14 (30 June 1966)
Lowest Elo ranking	97 (14 June 2004)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
First international
Gold Coast 1-0 Nigeria (Accra, Gold Coast; 21 May 1950)
Biggest win
Kenya 0-13  Ghana (Nairobi, Kenya; 12 December 1965)[3]
Biggest defeat
Brazil 8-2 Ghana  (São José do Rio Preto, Brazil; 27 March 1996)[4][5]
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 2006)
Best result	Round 2, 2006
African Nations Cup
Appearances	16 (First in 1963)
Best result	Winners, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze	1992 Barcelona[6]	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^[7] (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, before beating Brazil 4-3 on Penalties to win the trophy in 2009, becoming the first African Nation to win the cup. The Ghana Olympic Team^[6], 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.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Team honours 1.1.1 World Cup record 1.2 African Nations Cup Record 2 Players 2.1 Current squad 2.2 Recent call-ups 2.3 Most Capped Players 2.4 Top Goalscorers 3 Previous Nations Cup squads 4 APOY and other award winning players 5 Technical staff 5.1 Head coaches 6 Competitive Statistics 7 Trivia 8 See also 9 External links 10 Titles 11 References

[edit] History

The Ghana Amateur Football Association was founded in 1957, soon after the country's independence, and was affiliated to both CAF and FIFA the following year, Englishman George Ainsley being appointed coach of the national team.

In 1960, the Black Stars played Spanish giants Real Madrid, who were at the time Spanish, European and intercontinental champions, and drew 3-3.

Charles Kumi Gyamfi became coach in 1961, and Ghana won successive African Cup of Nations titles, in 1963 and 1965, and achieved their record win, 13-0 away to Kenya, shortly after the second of these. They also reached the final of the tournament in 1968 and 1970, losing 1-0 on each occasion, to DR Congo and Sudan respectively. Their domination of this tournament earned the country the nickname of "the Brazil of Africa" in the 1960s^[8]. The team had no success in FIFA World Cup qualification during this era, and failed to qualify for three successive African Cup of Nations in the 1970s, but qualified for the Olympic Games Football Tournaments, reaching the quarter finals in 1964 and withdrawing on political grounds in 1976 and 1980.

Ghana again won the African Cup of Nations in 1978, retaining the Abdelaziz Abdallah Salem Trophy in perpetuity for having won it three times, and 1982, but a relatively barren period followed, with the full national team dominating the short lived West African Nations Cup from 1982-87, but making little progress in continent-wide competitions until the appointment of Burkhard Ziese as coach in 1991. The 1992 African Cup of Nations, after three failures to reach the final tournament, saw Ghana finish second, beaten on penalties in the final by Côte d'Ivoire.

Disharmony among the squad, which eventually lead to parliamentary and executive intervention to settle issues between two of the team, Abedi Pele and Anthony Yeboah, may have played some part in the failure of the team to build on the successes of the national underage teams. Ghana slipped to 89th place in the FIFA World Rankings, but a new generation of players who went to the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship final became the core of the team at the 2002 African Cup of Nations and the 2004 Olympic Games^[6], and were undefeated for a year in 2005 and reached the finals of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the first time the team had reached the global stage of the tournament. Ghana started with a 2-0 defeat to eventual champions Italy, but wins over the Czech Republic (2-0) and USA (2-1) saw them through to the second round, where they were beaten 3-0 by Brazil. On 5 September 2009 won 2:0 against Sudan national football team and qualified oneself to the second in aftermath^[9].

[edit] Team honours

• African Cup of Nations: 4
  

1963, 1965, 1978, 1982

• African Cup of Nations runners-up: 3
  

1968, 1970, 1992

West African Nations Cup 6 titels

• All-African Games: 2 Bronze medals
  

1978, 2003

[edit] World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Round of 16	13	4	2	0	2	4	6
2010	Qualified
Total	2/19		4	2	0	2	4	6

[edit] African Nations Cup Record

African Cup of Nations
Titles: 4 Appearances: 16
Year	Position		Year	Position		Year	Position
1957	Did not enter		1976	Did not qualify		1994	Fourth Place
1959	Did not enter		1978	Champions		1996	Fourth Place
1962	Did not qualify		1980	Round 1		1998	Round 1
1963	Champions		1982	Champions		2000	Quarter-finals
1965	Champions		1984	Round 1		2002	Quarter-finals
1968	Second Place		1986	Did not qualify		2004	Did not qualify
1970	Second Place		1988	Did not qualify		2006	Round 1
1972	Did not qualify		1990	Did not qualify		2008	Third Place
1974	Did not qualify		1992	Second Place		2010	Qualified

For 2010, see 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Ghana were the only African side to advance to Round 2 of 2006 FIFA World Cup (Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, Angola, and Tunisia were all eliminated in group play), and the sixth nation in a row from Africa to progress beyond the group stages of the 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 Coach Otto Rehhagel told FIFA.com, the teams you used to regard as a little behind tactically, 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 ascend to glory. BBC says: Ghana going forward^[10].

Of the 32 countries that participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ghana was ranked the 13th Best Nation by FIFA.

2006 FIFA World Cup Matches
Category	Team A	Result	Team B	Date	Venue	Scorers
Round of 16	Brazil	3-0	Ghana	27 June	Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund	Brazil: Ronaldo 5, Adriano 45+, Ze Roberto 84 [1] First Half; Second Half
Group E	Ghana	2-1	United States	22 June	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg	Ghana Dramani 22, Appiah 47+; USA: Clint Dempsey 43)[2] Pre-Match; 1st Half; 2nd half
Group E	Ghana	2-0	Czech Republic	17 June	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne	Ghana: Asamoah 2, Muntari 82) [3]
Group E	Italy	2-0	Ghana	12 June	AWD-Arena, Hannover	Italy: Pirlo, 40 Iaquinta 83)[4]

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called in for the World Cup qualifier against Mali on November 15 2009.^[11] Caps/goals correct as of November 14 2009

Goalkeepers

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut
Daniel Adjei	September 10, 1989 (1989-09-10) (age 20)	Liberty Professionals F.C.	1 (0)	v Mali, 15 November 2009
Richard Kingson	June 13, 1978 (1978-06-13) (age 31)	Wigan Athletic	49 (1)	v Brazil, 27 March 1996

Defenders

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut
Daniel Addo	September 3, 1989 (1989-09-03) (age 20)	King Faisal Babes	1 (0)	v Mali, 15 November 2009
Eric Addo	November 12, 1978 (1978-11-12) (age 31)	Roda JC	32 (0)	v Tunisia, 9 February 1998
Lee Addy	September 26, 1985 (1985-09-26) (age 24)	Bechem Chelsea	1 (0)	v Argentina, 01 October 2009
Samuel Inkoom	August 22, 1989 (1989-08-22) (age 20)	FC Basel	4 (0)	v Tunisia, 20 November 2008
John Paintsil	June 15, 1981 (1981-06-15) (age 28)	Fulham	52 (0)	v Algeria, 5 December 2001
Jonathan Quartey	June 2, 1988 (1988-06-02) (age 21)	OGC Nice	4 (0)	v Libya, 5 September 2008
Isaac Vorsah	June 21, 1988 (1988-06-21) (age 21)	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	5 (0)	N/A

Midfielders

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut
Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu	February 12, 1990 (1990-02-12) (age 19)	Asante Kotoko	2 (0)	v Australia, 23 May 2008
Anthony Annan	July 21, 1986 (1986-07-21) (age 23)	Rosenborg	21 (0)	v Austria, 24 March 2007
Stephen Appiah (c)	December 24, 1980 (1980-12-24) (age 28)	Bologna	53 (14)	v Benin, 24 December 1996
Andre Ayew	December 17, 1989 (1989-12-17) (age 19)	Marseille	15 (0)	N\A
Michael Essien	December 3, 1982 (1982-12-03) (age 26)	Chelsea	45 (8)	v Egypt, 4 January 2002
Sulley Ali Muntari	August 27, 1984 (1984-08-27) (age 25)	Internazionale	47 (12)	v Slovenia, 17 May 2002

Strikers

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut
Dominic Adiyiah	November 20, 1989 (1989-11-20) (age 20)	Milan	1 (0)	v Mali, 14 November 2009
Matthew Amoah	October 24, 1980 (1980-10-24) (age 29)	NAC Breda	29 (11)	v Morocco, 21 January 2002
Abdul Rahim Ayew	September 27, 1985 (1985-09-27) (age 24)	El Zamalek	1 (0)	v Mali, 15 November 2009
Kwadwo Asamoah	September 9, 1988 (1988-09-09) (age 21)	Udinese Calcio	5 (1)	N/A
Asamoah Gyan	November 22, 1985 (1985-11-22) (age 23)	Rennes	27 (13)	v Somalia, 19 November 2003

[edit] Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Ghana squad recently.

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut	Most recent callup
DF Daniel Opare	October 18, 1990 (1990-10-18) (age 19)	Real Madrid	0 (0)	N/A	v Togo, 18 November 2007
FW Derek Asamoah	May 1, 1981 (1981-05-01) (age 28)	Lokomotiv Sofia	3 (0)	v Korea Republic, 8 October 2006	v Australia, 23 May 2008
GK Patrick Antwi	November 4, 1987 (1987-11-04) (age 22)	Liberty Professionals	1 (0)	v Mexico, 26 March 2008	v Mexico, 26 March 2008
DF Richard Manu	January 20, 1974 (1974-01-20) (age 35)	Asante Kotoko	0 (0)	N/A	v Mexico, 26 March 2008
FW Baffour Gyan	July 2, 1980 (1980-07-02) (age 29)	FC Lokomotiv Astana	33 (5)	v Sudan, 25 February 2001	v Libya, 1 June 2008
DF Kofi Amponsah	April 23, 1978 (1978-04-23) (age 31)	Apollon Kalamarias	0 (0)	N/A	v Libya, 1 June 2008
FW Ransford Osei	December 5, 1990 (1990-12-05) (age 18)	Maccabi Haifa	1 (0)	N/A	v Togo, 18 November 2007
DF Alfred Arthur	December 25, 1986 (1986-12-25) (age 22)	Ashanti Gold SC	1 (0)	N/A	v Brazil, 27 March 2007
GK Sammy Adjei	September 1, 1980 (1980-09-01) (age 29)	Hearts of Oak	34 (0)	v Sudan, 25 February 2001	2008 African Nations Cup
GK Abdul Fatawu Dauda	April 6, 1985 (1985-04-06) (age 24)	Ashanti Gold SC	1 (0)	2008 African Cup of Nations, 20 January 2008	2008 African Nations Cup
DF Nana Akwasi Asare	July 11, 1986 (1986-07-11) (age 23)	KV Mechelen	2 (0)	v Morocco, 8 September 2007	2008 African Nations Cup
MF Bennard Yao Kumordzi	March 21, 1985 (1985-03-21) (age 24)	Panionios	4 (1)	v Brazil, 27 March 2007	v Tanzania, 20 August 2008
MF Kwadwo Asamoah	September 9, 1988 (1988-09-09) (age 21)	Udinese Calcio	5 (1)	N/A	2008 African Nations Cup
FW Nafiu Idrissu	June 12, 1986 (1986-06-12) (age 23)	Sharjah FC	0 (0)	N/A	v Togo, 18 November 2007
MF Derek Boateng	May 2, 1983 (1983-05-02) (age 26)	Getafe CF	18 (3)	v Mali, 25 December 2001	v Tanzania, 20 August 2008
DF Lee Addy	September 26, 1985 (1985-09-26) (age 24)	Bechem Chelsea	1 (0)	v Argentina, 01 October 2009
DF Emmanuel Ansong	October 22, 1989 (1989-10-22) (age 20)	Heart of Lions	1 (0)	N.A.	v Argentina, 01 October 2009
MF Abraham Annan	8 December 1988 (1988-12-08) (age 20)	Heart of Lions	1 (0)	v Argentina, 01 October 2009
MF Edmund Owusu-Ansah	April 2, 1983 (1983-04-02) (age 26)	Heart of Lions	2 (0)	v Niger, 30 March 2008
FW Joshua Otto	April 6, 1990 (1990-04-06) (age 19)	Hearts of Oak	1 (0)	v Argentina, 01 October 2009
DF Michael Ofosu-Appiah	December 29, 1988 (1988-12-29) (age 20)	Asante Kotoko	1 (0)	v Argentina, 01 October 2009
MF Gladson Awako	December 31, 1990 (1990-12-31) (age 18)	Heart of Lions	1 (0)	v Argentina, 01 October 2009
DF Karimu Alhassan	April 30, 1991 (1991-04-30) (age 18)	Hearts of Oak	1 (0)	v Argentina, 01 October 2009
MF Francis Coffie	August 16, 1988 (1988-08-16) (age 21)	Asante Kotoko	1 (0)	v Argentina, 01 October 2009
DF Bright Allotey	September 14, 1991 (1991-09-14) (age 18)	Great Olympics	1 (0)	v Argentina, 01 October 2009
MF Kofi Nti Boakye	April 5, 1987 (1987-04-05) (age 22)	Heart of Lions	1 (0)	v Argentina, 01 October 2009
DF David Addy	January 21, 1990 (1990-01-21) (age 19)	Randers FC	2 (0)	v Lesotho, 08 June 2008	v Niger, 02 November 2008
MF Frank Boateng	August 17, 1984 (1984-08-17) (age 25)	Asante Kotoko	1 (0)	v Argentina, 01 October 2009
FW Mahatma Otoo	February 6, 1992 (1992-02-06) (age 17)	Hearts of Oak	1 (0)	v Argentina, 01 October 2009
MF Jordan Opoku	October 8, 1983 (1983-10-08) (age 26)	Asante Kotoko	1 (0)	v Argentina, 01 October 2009
FW Obed Owusu	26 July 1990 (1990-07-26) (age 19)	Asante Kotoko	1 (0)	v Argentina, 01 October 2009
MF David Telfer	December 1, 1988 (1988-12-01) (age 20)	Ashanti Gold SC	1 (0)	v Zambia, 14 August 2009
FW Samad Oppong	July 21, 1988 (1988-07-21) (age 21)	Asante Kotoko	1 (0)	v Argentina, 01 October 2009
MF Samuel Ayew Yeboah	April 27, 1989 (1989-04-27) (age 20)	Liberty Professionals F.C.	1 (0)	v Niger, 02 November 2008
MF Stephen Ahorlu		Heart of Lions	1 (0)	v Argentina, 01 October 2009
GK William Amamoo	April 4, 1982 (1982-04-04) (age 27)	Vasalunds IF	1 (0)	v Australia, 23 May 2008	v Japan, 09 September 2009
GK George Owu	July 7, 1982 (1982-07-07) (age 27)	Al-Masry	8 (0)	v Somalia, 19 November 2003	v Australia, 23 May 2008
DF Harrison Afful	June 24, 1986 (1986-06-24) (age 23)	Esperance Sportive de Tunis	13 (0)	v Ivory Coast, 9 February 2008	v Benin, 11 October 2009
DF John Mensah (VC)	November 29, 1982 (1982-11-29) (age 26)	Sunderland	60 (0)	v Algeria, 5 December 2001	v Japan, 09 September 2009
DF Hans Sarpei	June 28, 1976 (1976-06-28) (age 33)	Bayer Leverkusen	24 (0)	v Zimbabwe, 7 November 2000	v Côte d'Ivoire, 09 February 2008
MF Laryea Kingston	November 7, 1980 (1980-11-07) (age 29)	Hearts	34 (6)	v Congo DR, 27 March 2005	v Benin, 11 October 2009
MF Agyeman Prempeh Opoku	June 7, 1989 (1989-06-07) (age 20)	Al Wahda	2 (0)	N/A	v Sudan, 20 June 2009
MF Prince Buaben	April 23, 1988 (1988-04-23) (age 21)	Dundee United	1 (0)	v Australia, 23 May 2008
MF Haminu Dramani	April 1, 1986 (1986-04-01) (age 23)	Kuban Krasnodar	34 (3)	v Saudi Arabia, 14 November 2005	v Benin, 11 October 2009
MF Moussa Narry	April 19, 1986 (1986-04-19) (age 23)	Auxerre	3 (0)	v Togo, 18 November 2007	v Mali, 07 June 2009
FW Junior Agogo	August 1, 1979 (1979-08-01) (age 30)	Apollon Limassol	26 (11)	v Japan, 4 October 2006	v Sudan, 20 June 2009
FW Quincy Owusu-Abeyie	April 15, 1986 (1986-04-15) (age 23)	FC Spartak Moscow	10 (1)	v Guinea, 20 January 2008	v Libya, 05 September 2009
FW Prince Tagoe	November 9, 1986 (1986-11-09) (age 23)	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	16 (3)	v Togo, 11 January 2006	v Sudan, 20 June 2009

[edit] Most Capped Players

As of June 8, 2009

#	Player	Cap
1	Abédi Pelé Ayew	73
2	Karim Abdul Razak	70
3	Yaw Preko	68
4	Richard Kingston	62
5	John Mensah	61
6=	Anthony Yeboah	59
6=	Samuel Osei Kuffour	59
8	Stephen Appiah	56
9	John Paintsil	52
10	Charles Akonnor	51

[edit] Top Goalscorers

As of June 8, 2009

#	Player	Goals	Caps
1	Abédi "Pelé" Ayew	33	73
2	Anthony Yeboah	29	59
3	Karim Abdul Razak	25	70

[edit] Previous Nations Cup squads

Ghana Squad - 1963 African Cup of Nations Ghana Squad - 1965 African Cup of Nations Ghana Squad - 1968 African Cup of Nations Ghana Squad - 1970 African Cup of Nations Ghana Squad - 1978 African Cup of Nations

Ghana Squad - 1980 African Cup of Nations Ghana Squad - 1982 African Cup of Nations Ghana Squad - 1984 African Cup of Nations Ghana Squad - 1992 African Cup of Nations Ghana Squad - 1994 African Cup of Nations

Ghana Squad - 1996 African Cup of Nations Ghana Squad - 1998 African Cup of Nations Ghana Squad - 2000 African Cup of Nations Ghana Squad - 2002 African Cup of Nations Ghana Squad - 2006 African Cup of Nations

[edit] APOY and other award winning players

Ghana has had great players in their rich history from the early 1950s, through the 1960s 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 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 was listed in the 2004 "FIFA 100" greatest living footballers.

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 CAF Top 30 Best African Players of all-time. In addition, Abedi and Yeboah were voted as members of the Africa Best Player of the Century in 1999 by IFFHS.

• Abédi Pelé - FIFA 100, WPOY Nom.1991, 9th 1992, 1991, 1992, 1993 APOY Winner, APOY Nom. 85,86,87,88,89,90, 5th Best African Player of All-Time
• Karim Abdul Razak - 1978 APOY Winner, 6th 1983, 26th Best African Player of All-Time
• Ibrahim Sunday - 1971 APOY Winner
• Samuel Kuffour - Ballon d'Or Nom. 2001, APOY Runner-up 1999,2001, 27th Best African Player of All-Time
• Tony Yeboah - WPOY 9th 1993, Ballon d'Or 23rd 1995, APOY Runner-up 1993, 3rd 1992, 6th 1991, 10th 1996, 24th Best African Player of All-Time
• Michael Essien - FIFA World Player of the Year – 22nd 2005, 22nd 2006, 15th 2007; Ballon d'Or – 24th 2007 27th 2006, 22nd 2005; APOY – 2nd 2007, 3rd 2006, 3rd 2005, 11th Best African Player of All-Time
• Robert Mensah - APOY Runner-up 1971, 9th 1970
• Adolf Armah - APOY Runner-up 1979
• Opoku Nti - APOY Runner-up 1983
• Mohammed Polo - APOY 4th 1977
• Nii Lamptey - APOY 5th 1991, FIFA U-17 Golden Ball, Silver Shoe1991
• Yaw Sam - APOY 6th 1973
• Malik Jabir - APOY 7th 1972
• Albert Asaase - APOY 7th 1982
• Charles Akunnor - APOY 7th 1998
• Osei Kofi - APOY 8th 1970
• Opoku Afriyie - APOY 8th 1982
• Stephen Appiah - APOY 8th 2003
• Daniel Addo - FIFA U-17 Golden Ball 1993
• Ishmael Addo - FIFA U-17 Golden Shoe 1999
• Owusu Afriyie - FIFA U-17 Bronze Shoe 1997

[edit] Technical staff

Head Coach	Milovan Rajevac
Assistant Coach	Akwasi Appiah
Fitness Coach	Vacant
Goalkeeping Coach	Edward Ansah
Psychologist	Dr. Yao Mfodwo
Physiotherapist	Charles Botchway
Team Doctor	Dr Percy Annan
2nd Team Doctor	Dr Allan Akaba
Welfare Officer	Opoku Afriyie
Protocol Officer	Alex Asante
Spokesman	Randy Abbey
Kit Manager	Sherif Bobo Musah

[edit] Head coaches

Date appointed Manager name 2008 - Present Milovan Rajevac 2008 Sellas Tetteh (interim) 2006 - 2008 Claude Le Roy 2004 - 2006 Ratomir Dujković 2004 Sam Arday (interim) 2004 Mariano Barreto 2003 Ralf Zumdick 2003 Burkhard Ziese 2002 Emmanuel Akwasi Afranie 2002 Milan Živadinović 2001 - 2002 Fred Osam-Duodu 2001 Cecil Jones Attuquayefio 2000 Fred Osam-Duodu 1999 - 2000 Giuseppe Dossena

Date appointed Manager name 1997 - 1998 Rinus Israël 1996 - 1997 Sam Arday 1996 Ismael Kurtz 1995 Petre Gavrilla 1995 Jørgen E. Larsen 1994 E.J. Aggrey-Fynn 1993 Fred Osam-Duodu 1992 - 1993 Otto Pfister 1990 - 1992 Burkhard Ziese 1988 - 1989 Fred Osam-Duodu 1986 - 1987 Rudi Gutendorf 1984 Herbert Addo

Date appointed Manager name 1984 Emmanuel Akwasi Afranie 1982 - 1983 C. K. Gyamfi^ 1978 - 1981 Fred Osam-Duodu^ 1977 - 1978 O. C. Sampaio 1974 - 1975 Karl Weigang 1973 - 1974 Nicolae Nicuşor Dumitru 1968 - 1970 Karl Heinz Marotzke 1967 Carlos Alberto Parreira 1963 - 1965 C. K. Gyamfi^ 1963 Josef Ember 1959 - 1962 Adreas Sjolberg 1958 - 1959 George Ainsley

^Won African Cup of Nations during tenure

[edit] Competitive Statistics

FIFA World Cup Record

FIFA World Cup Record	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
World Cup Finals	4	2	0	2	4	6	-2
World Cup Quals (H)	30	20	8	2	57	17	+40
World Cup Quals (A)	29	7	8	14	31	38	-7
World Cup Total	63	29	16	18	92	61	+31

African Cup of Nations Record

Nations Cup Record	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Nations Cup Finals	66	37	13	16	91	56	+35
Nations Cup Quals (H)	31	22	6	3	69	23	+46
Nations Cup Quals (A)	31	11	8	12	42	31	+11
Nations Cup Total	128	70	27	31	202	110	+92

Nations Cup Record by team

Ghana versus	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Côte d'Ivoire	8	5	1	2	17	11	+6
Tunisia	6	5	1	0	10	4	+6
Congo DR	5	3	0	2	8	5	+3
Nigeria	6	2	1	3	6	7	-1
Senegal	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2
Congo	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5
Guinea	4	3	1	0	5	2	+3
Zambia	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1
Algeria	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1
South Africa	3	0	1	2	0	4	-4
Egypt	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Morocco	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1
Sudan	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Burkina Faso	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Cameroon	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1
Libya	2	0	2	0	3	3	0
Togo	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
Ethiopia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Uganda	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Malawi	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Mozambique	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Namibia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Zimbabwe	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
Total	66	37	13	16	91	56	+35

West African Nations Cup [SCSA Zone III] Record

Year	Venue	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1982	Benin	Final	Winner	5	3	2	0	14	8	+6
1983	Côte d'Ivoire	Final	Winner	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5
1984	Burkina Faso	Final	Winner	5	2	3	0	9	5	+4
1986	Ghana	Final	Winner	6	5	1	0	12	2	+10
1987	Liberia	Final	Winner	5	5	0	0	14	2	+12
Total	5/5	5 Finals	5 Championships	25	18	7	0	56	19	+37

• The Tournament was not held in 1985.

[edit] Trivia

Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (May 2008)

• Ghana hosted and won the Original African Cup of Nations Trophy (Known as The Abdelaziz Abdallah Salem Trophy) for Keeps in 1978 as they became the first Country to win three Nations Cup titles^[12].

• In the final of the 1992 African Cup of Nations on 26 January 1992, Ghana was defeated 11-10 by the 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.

• Of the 32 countries which participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ghana was ranked the 13th Best Nation by FIFA.^[13]

• Kwesi Owusu, former Black Stars captain, was the first footballer to score a goal at the Munich Olympic Stadium during the 1972 Olympic Games. His photograph still stands erect at one of the Olympic Villages in Olympiapark, Munich, Germany.

[edit] 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

[edit] External links

• [5]-The No.1 Site For Ghana Soccer
• Ghana Football Association - Official website
• Ghana Football Forum - Official Fan Forum
• 2008 African Cup of Nations website- Official Tournament Home
• Ghana Premier League website
• Ghana's 2006 FIFA World Cup Profile
• Ghanaweb Sports Page
• RSSSF Archive of all Ghana Matches
• History of Ghana at the African Cup of Nations
• Latest Ghana Soccer News
• Ghana CAN 2008 - African Cup of Nations News
• Ghana soccer Forum - Number one Fan Forum

[edit] Titles

Preceded by 1962 Ethiopia	African Champions 1963 (First title) 1965 (Second title)	Succeeded by 1968 Congo DR
Preceded by 1976 Morocco	African Champions 1978 (Third title)	Succeeded by 1980 Nigeria
Preceded by 1980 Nigeria	African Champions 1982 (Fourth title)	Succeeded by 1984 Cameroon
Preceded by Inaugural Champions	West African Champions 1982 (First title) 1983 (Second title) 1984 (Third title) 1986 (Fourth title) 1987 (Fifth title)	Succeeded by Defunct

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v • d • e Ghana squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Adjei • 2 Sarpei • 3 Gyan • 4 Kuffour • 5 Mensah • 6 Pappoe • 7 Shilla • 8 Essien • 9 Boateng • 10 Appiah • 11 Muntari • 12 Tachie‑Mensah • 13 Mohamed • 14 Amoah • 15 Paintsil • 16 Owu • 17 Quaye • 18 E. Addo • 19 Pimpong • 20 O. Addo • 21 Issah • 22 Kingson • 23 Dramani • Coach: Dujković

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