Type: | Women |
Ghana | |
Badge: | Ghana FA.png |
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Nickname: | Black Queens |
Association: | GFA |
Confederation: | CAF (Africa) |
Sub-Confederation: | WAFU (West Africa) |
Coach: | Nora Häuptle |
Captain: | Elizabeth Addo[1] |
Most Caps: | Portia Boakye |
Fifa Trigramme: | GHA |
Fifa Max: | 42 |
Fifa Max Date: | June 2008 |
Fifa Min: | 66 |
Fifa Min Date: | August 2024 |
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First Game: | 5–1 (Lagos, Nigeria; 16 February 1991) |
Largest Win: | 13–0 (Conakry, Guinea; 11 July 2004)[2] |
Largest Loss: | 11–0 (Paderborn, Germany; 22 July 2016) |
World Cup Apps: | 3 |
World Cup First: | 1999 |
World Cup Best: | Group stage (1999, 2003, 2007) |
Regional Name: | Olympic Games |
2Ndregional Name: | Women's Africa Cup of Nations |
2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 12 |
2Ndregional Cup First: | 1991 |
2Ndregional Cup Best: | Runners-up (1998, 2002, 2006) |
The Ghana women's national football team represents Ghana in international women's football. The team is governed by the Ghana Football Association. Its players are known as the Black Queens.[3]
The Ghana women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Black Queens."[4] [5]
Kit supplier | Period | |
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1991–1992 | ||
1992–2000 | ||
Kappa | 2000–2005 | |
Puma | 2005– |
World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches have been played at the Essipong Stadium in Sekondi-Takoradi, Kumasi Sports Stadium in Kumasi, the Cape Coast Sports Stadium in Cape Coast, the Accra Sports Stadium in the Accra and the Tamale Stadium in Tamale.[6]
The Black Queen's training facilities and training grounds are Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence also known as the National camp site or the GFA Technical Centre (GSCE) located in Prampram.[7] [8] [9] [10]
The black queens have a rivalry with the Super Falcons, the Nigeria women's national football team dating to when they played their first international match.[11] [12] [13] [14]
See main article: Ghana women's national football team results.
Role | Name | |
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Head coach | Nora Häuptle | |
Assistant coach | Aboagye Dacosta | |
Assistant coach | Joyce Boatey-Agyei | |
Pysiotherapist | Margaret Foli | |
Goalkeeping coach | Raymond Fenny | |
Welfare manager | Anita Wiredu-Minta | |
Kits manager | Patience Quarshie | |
Team doctor | Caryn Agyeman Prempeh | |
Team nurse | Rosemary Aseidua |
The following 22 players were called up for friendly match against Japan on 13 July 2024.[30] [31]
Caps and goals as of 10 March 2020 after the match against Kenya.
(Players are listed within position group by order of kit number, seniority, caps, goals, and then alphabetically)
The following players have been called up to a Guinea squad in the past 12 months.
Notes:
See main article: Ghana at the FIFA Women's World Cup.
FIFA Women's World Cup record | ||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Squad | |||||||
1991 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
1995 | ||||||||||
1999 | Group stage | 13th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | Squad | |
2003 | 12th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Squad | ||
2007 | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | Squad | ||
2011 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
2015 | ||||||||||
2019 | ||||||||||
2023 | ||||||||||
2027 | To be determined | |||||||||
Total | Group stage | 3/9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 30 |
FIFA Women's World Cup history | |||||
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Year | Round | Date | Opponent | Result | Stadium |
1999 | Group stage | 20 June | D 1–1 | Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough | |
23 June | L 0–7 | Civic Stadium, Portland | |||
26 June | L 0–2 | Soldier Field, Chicago | |||
2003 | Group stage | 21 September | L 0–1 | The Home Depot Center, Carson | |
25 September | L 0–3 | ||||
28 September | W 2–1 | PGE Park, Portland | |||
2007 | Group stage | 12 September | L 1–4 | Yellow Dragon Sports Center, Hangzhou | |
15 September | L 0–4 | ||||
20 September | L 2–7 |
Olympic Games record | ||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Squad | |||||||
1996 | Africa not eligible | |||||||||
2000 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
2004 | ||||||||||
2008 | ||||||||||
2012 | ||||||||||
2016 | ||||||||||
2020 | ||||||||||
2024 | ||||||||||
2028 | To be determined | |||||||||
Total | 0/7 |
Women's Africa Cup of Nations record | ||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Squad | |||||||
1991 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Squad | |
1995 | Semi-finals | 4th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Squad | |
1998 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | Squad | |
2000 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | Squad | |
2002 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | Squad | |
2004 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | Squad | |
2006 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | Squad | |
2008 | Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Squad | |
2010 | Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | Squad | |
2012 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
2014 | Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Squad | |
2016 | Third place[42] | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | Squad | |
2018 | Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Squad | |
2020 | Cancelled | |||||||||
2022 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
2024 | Qualified | |||||||||
Total | Runners-up | 13/15 | 45 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 72 | 49 |
African Games record | |||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | |||||||
2003 | Did not enter | ||||||||
2007 | |||||||||
2011 | |||||||||
2015 | Gold medalist | 1st | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
2019 | Did not enter | ||||||||
2023 | Gold medalist | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
Total | 2 Gold medals | 2/6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
WAFU Zone B Women's Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | ||||||
2018 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 |
2019 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Total | 1 Title | 1/1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 |