Ghana national football team explained

Ghana
Nickname:	Black Stars
Badge:	Ghana FA.png
Badge Size:	160px
Association:	Ghana Football Association
Confederation:	CAF (Africa)
Sub-Confederation:	WAFU (West Africa)
Coach:	Otto Addo
Captain:	André Ayew
Most Caps:	André Ayew (120)
Top Scorer:	Asamoah Gyan (51)
Home Stadium:	Various
Fifa Trigramme:	GHA
Fifa Max:	14
Fifa Max Date:	April–May 2007, February 2008
Fifa Min:	89
Fifa Min Date:	June 2004
Elo Max:	13
Elo Max Date:	30 June 1966
Elo Min:	97
Elo Min Date:	14 June 2004
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First Game:	(Accra, British Gold Coast; 28 May 1950)
Largest Win:	0–12 (Nyasaland; 15 October 1962)^[1]
Largest Loss:	8–2 (São José do Rio Preto, Brazil; 27 March 1996)^[2]
World Cup Apps:	4
World Cup First:	2006
World Cup Best:	Quarter-finals (2010)
Regional Name:	Africa Cup of Nations
Regional Cup Apps:	24
Regional Cup First:	1963
Regional Cup Best:	Champions (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982)
2Ndregional Name:	West African Nations Cup / WAFU Nations Cup
2Ndregional Cup Apps:	8
2Ndregional Cup First:	1982
2Ndregional Cup Best:	Champions (1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 2013)
3Rdregional Name:	COSAFA Cup
3Rdregional Cup Apps:	1
3Rdregional Cup First:	2015
3Rdregional Cup Best:	Quarter-finals (2015)

The Ghana national football team represents Ghana in men's international football.^[3] The team is named the Black Stars after the Black Star of Africa in the flag of Ghana.^[4] It is governed by the Ghana Football Association, the governing body for football in Ghana. Prior to 1957, it played as the Gold Coast.

Ghana qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 2006.^{[5] [6]} The team has won the Africa Cup of Nations four times (1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982), while finishing as runners-up five times (1968, 1970, 1992, 2010, and 2015). They have also qualified for the CHAN four times, finishing as runners-up twice (2009 and 2014).^[7]

History

On 19 August 1962 at the Accra Sports Stadium, hosted Real Madrid, who were at the time Spanish champions, former European champions and intercontinental champions and drew 3–3.^[8]

Charles Kumi Gyamfi became coach in 1961, and they won successive African Cup of Nations titles, in 1963 and 1965. The Black Stars achieved their record win, 13–2 away to Kenya, after the second of these. They reached the final of the tournament in 1968 and 1970, losing 1–0 on both occasions, to DR Congo in 1968 and Sudan in 1970. Their domination of the tournament earned them the nickname "the Black Stars of Africa" in the 1960s.^[9]

Fortunes changed for the Black Stars however, after they failed to qualify for 3 successive African Cup of Nations in the 1970s.^[10] In the early 1980s however, with emerging talents such as Abedi Pele, the Black Stars beat Libya in the 1982 African Cup of Nations final hosted by Libya to win their fourth and to date, last continental title.^[11] Fortunes changed again however, as in the 1984 tournament, they were knocked out in the group stages, and did not qualify for the 1986, 1988 and 1990 tournaments. In 1992 however, the Black Stars would come runners-up to the Ivory Coast in a penalty shootout after a goalless draw, which saw every player on the pitch take a penalty, in which they were beaten 11-10.^[12] The Black Stars were at a disadvantage however, as African Footballer of the Year winner and the tournament's best player, Abedi Pele, had been suspended for the final.

Tensions among the squad led to the parliamentary and executive to intervene and settle issues between star players Abedi Pele and Tony Yeboah. In the 1990s, this may have played some part in the failure of the team to build on the successes of the national underage teams. However, the generation of Black Stars players who went to the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship final became the "core" of the team at the 2002 African Cup of Nations, going undefeated for a year in 2005 and qualifying for the final tournament of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The Black Stars started by succumbing to a 2–0 defeat to eventual champions Italy, and wins over Czech Republic (2–0) and United States (2–1). This saw them advance through to the second round, where they lost 3–0 to Brazil.^[13]

Under head coach Milovan Rajevac, the Black Stars went on to secure a 100% win record in their qualification campaign, winning their group and becoming the first African team to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In the final tournament, they were placed in Group D with Germany, Serbia and Australia, advancing to the round of 16 where they played the United States, winning 2–1 in extra time to become only the third African nation to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. They then lost to Uruguay in a penalty shootout in the quarter-finals, after Uruguayan forward Luis Suárez blocked a header with his hand in the penalty box in extra time and was sent off. Asamoah Gyan missed the penalty given for the handball, with the score remaining at 1-1. Ghana went on to lose the penalty shootout 4-2, not making it to the semi-finals which would have been the first time an African country qualified for the semi-finals of a World Cup.^[14]

In 2013, it became the only team in Africa to reach 4 consecutive semi-finals of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations twice, the first time since between 1963 and 1970.^[15]

The Black Stars were sufficiently ranked by FIFA to start their qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in the second round. They won their group, and in the following round qualified for the 2014 World Cup finals in November 2013, after beating Egypt 7–3 on aggregate in a 2-legged play-off.^[16] They were drawn in Group G for the finals, where they faced Germany, Portugal, and the United States.^[17] They exited in the group stages recording 1 draw and 2 losses. However, they were the only team to not lose to Germany in the tournament, and the only team to hold onto a lead against the Germans at any point, drawing 2-2 (and leading 2-1) with the eventual winners.

In the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, they reached the final, to be denied the title on penalties against Ivory Coast. While their 2017 Africa Cup of Nations campaign ended in a 4th place finish - the third one in 4 consecutive editions of the tournament - in the qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup, they finished behind Egypt and Uganda in their final group. At the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, they were eliminated by Tunisia in the Round of 16. In 2021, Manager Rajevac was brought back, but the Black Stars ended up failing to win a match at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations where they lost 2–3 to debutants the Comoros after an André Ayew red card to finish bottom of their group. Thus, they failed to progress beyond the group stage for the first time since 2006. They drew 0–0 in a match against Nigeria and drew 1–1 in Nigeria to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup on away goals.^[18] During the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Ghana lost their first match against Portugal (3–2). They earned their first and only victory in their second match against South Korea 3–2 after an insane thriller. In a "must win match to qualify" against Uruguay, the opponent that kicked out Ghana 12 years ago, Ghana instead lost 2–0 and thus finished bottom; however, despite failing to avenge the loss, South Korea's 2–1 win over Portugal ensured Ghana to have a consolation prize by also sending out Uruguay from the competition on the virtue of goals scored.

Culture

Kits and crest

Adopted following the independence of Ghana in 1957, the black star has been included in the Black Stars' kits. The Black Stars kits were sponsored by Puma SE from 2005, with the deal ending in 2014.^[19]

Between 1990 and 2006 the Ghana national team used the kit in the colours of the national flag of Ghana, with gold, green and red used, as in the team's crest and also known as the Pan-African colours. The gold with green and red kit concept and design was used in the 60s and 70s, and designed with gold and green vertical stripes and red shoulders. An all black second kit was introduced in 2008 and in 2015, Black Stars' gold-red-green coloured kit and all black coloured kit is to be reassigned to the position of 1st and 2nd kits following the induction of a brown with blue and gold coloured Black Stars 3rd kit in 2012.

The team's kit for the 2014 FIFA World Cup was ranked as the best kit of the tournament by BuzzFeed.^[20]

Kit supplier	Period
Erima	1991–1992
	1992–2000
	2000–2005
	2005–

Grounds

The training facilities and training grounds are located at Agyeman Badu Stadium, Berekum Sports Stadium in Brong-Ahafo, the Tema Sports Stadium in Tema and the multi-functional Lizzy Sports Complex in Legon.^[21]

Organization and finance

The Black Stars had no official head because of "corrupt" practices^{[22] [23] [24]} by the then president, Kwesi Nyantakyi^[25] and vice-president George Afriyie,^[26] with Frank Davis as director of football, and Edward Bawa as treasurer.^[27] The Ghana Football Association (GFA) signed a CN¥92.2 million (US$15 million) deal with Ghanaian state-run oil and gas exploration corporation, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), to sponsor the Black Stars and the renewable contract saw the oil and gas exploration corporation become the global headline sponsor of the Black Stars, with a yearly Black Stars player salary wage bill,^{[28] [29]} following the gold mining corporations Ashanti Goldfields Corporation and Goldfields Ghana Limited (GGL), which had been sponsoring the Black Stars since 2005.^[30]

On 28 August 2013, Ghana Football Association (GFA) launched a TV channel and named GFA TV. The channel has the exclusive rights to broadcast all the Black Stars' matches.^[31] In November 2013, the Black Stars signed a 2013–2015 CN¥30.6 million (US$5 million) and an additional classified multi-million private bank sponsorship deal with the Ghanaian state-run private banking institution UniBank.^[32]

Supporters

The Black Stars maintain an average stadium match attendance of 60,000+ and a match attendance high of 80,000+, such as in the case of its 2010 FIFA World Cup quarter-final against Uruguay which was attended by 84,017 spectators.^[33] Ghana's match against England on 29 March 2011 had the largest away following for any association football national team since the re-opening of Wembley Stadium in 2007. The match was watched by 700 million people around the world.

Following the team's appearances at the 2006 and 2010 World Cup tournaments, they were greeted by some hundred avid fans dancing and singing at Kotoka International Airport in Accra.^[34]

Rivalries

See main article: Jollof derby. A rivalry is with the Super Eagles, the Nigeria national team. The "Battle of Supremacy on the Gulf of Guinea" is between two of the "most successful teams on the African continent".^[35] The proximity of the two countries to each other, a dispute between the different association football competitions and wider diplomatic competition for influence across West Africa add to this rivalry.^[36] The match between these two countries is called the Jollof derby.^[37]

Other rivalries include the rivalry with Egypt and international rivalries with USA as well as Uruguay.

Media and arts

Match schedules are broadcast in English as in the case of inter-continental matches and in Akan nationally by Adom TV, PeaceFM, AdomFM and HappyFM. During the scheduled qualification for the 2014 World Cup national broadcaster GTV, a sub-division of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), broadcast to the Ghanaian public home qualifiers with away qualifiers broadcast by the satellite television broadcasting corporation Viasat 1. The friendly match against Turkey in August 2013 was televised by Viasat 1 and the qualifiers for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2018 Inter-Continental Championships are scheduled for public broadcast by the corporations GFA TV, GBC and Viasat 1.^[38]

Products including books, documentary films, Azonto dances and songs have been made in the name of the team. These may be intended with commercial motives and are focused on previous and future World Cups or Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

• Books: books have been published on the team's history and participation in tournaments. These include Ghana, The Rediscovered Soccer Might: Watch Out World!,^[39] about the history and performance of the Black Stars and association football national teams that the Black Stars have played against, and The Black Stars of Ghana by Alan Whelan;^[40] about Black Stars commencing their progress through the final rounds of the 2010 World Cup and into the quarter-finals.
• Documentary films: In 2010 Miracle Films Ghana Limited showcased a vintage documentary film picture, Kwame Nkrumah & Ghana's Black Stars, about Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah "Africa's man of the 2nd millennium" and "Pan-African pioneer",^[41] who invested energy into making Ghana's association football national team – the Black Stars – a force in African soccer.^[42]
• Nickname: The Black Star Line, a shipping industry line incorporated by the founder of the Back-to-Africa movement, civil rights movement leader Marcus Garvey and the organiser of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA) from 1919 to 1922, gives the Ghana team its nicknames, the Black Stars of West Africa and the Black Stars of Africa.^[42]
• Dances: upon the Black Stars scoring against opposition teams, dance forms of the Ghanaian Azonto were performed by Black Stars players in their goal celebrations in match victories at the 2010 World Cup and in 2013, an elite dance version of the Ghanaian Azonto named; "(Akan: Mmonko)" (shrimp), was established and showcased at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations by the Black Stars players.^[43] Black Stars goal celebrations in match victories at the 2014 World Cup and upon scoring against opposition teams, are to establish and showcase Alkayida.^[44]
• Songs: On occasions of past World Cups or African Championships, a number of musicians with music producers created hiplife football songs which were composed in the Akan language – the 2006 World Cup song, "Akan: Tuntum Nsorom Ye Ko Yen Anim", (Black Stars, We are moving forward) musical composed by the Musicians Union of Ghana, is to motivate the Black Stars to perform creditably in its quest for the capturing of the World Cup trophy.^[45] Black Stars' captain and top-goalscorer Asamoah Gyan recorded and released a Hiplife song with 'Castro The Destroyer', where he features under the alias 'Baby Jet'. The song is entitled "African Girls" and is sung in the Akan language and was launched onto the Ghanaian screens, continental West Africa screens and onto the Sub-Saharan Africa screens. The music video shows the "Asamoah Gyan Dance" goal celebration which he demonstrated at the 2010 World Cup. The song "African Girls" won an award at the Ghana Music Awards in 2011. The 2010 World Cup song, "Ghana Black Stars (Official Song 2010 World Cup)" composed by Ghanaian hiplife music group "Kings and Queens Entertainment" approved by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) as GFA has indicated that the Black Stars are a protected brand.^[46]

Results and fixtures

See main article: Ghana national football team results (2020–present). The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2024

Coaches

Position	Name
Head coach	Otto Addo
Assistant coach	Joseph Laumann
Assistant coach	John Paintsil
Goalkeeping coach	Fatau Dauda

History

See also: Ghana national football team manager. Since 1957 it has had 32 different head coaches and 3 caretakers. C. K. Gyamfi led the Black Stars to 3 Africa Cup of Nations titles – in 1963, 1965 and 1982 – making Gyamfi the "joint most successful coach" in the competition's history.^[47] Fred Osam Duodu led the Black Stars to their 1978 Africa Cup of Nations title;^[48] Ratomir Dujković, Milovan Rajevac, and James Kwesi Appiah have led the Black Stars to World Cup qualification.^{[49] [50]} Two Serbian managers guided Ghana to their first two World Cup appearances.^{[51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57]} Otto Addo is the head coach of the Black Stars since 15 March 2024, replacing Chris Hughton.^{[58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63]}

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Mali and Central African Republic on 6 and 10 June 2024.^[64]

Caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2024, after the match against Central African Republic.

Recent call-ups

The following have also been called up in the last twelve months.

Notes

• ^CNC Cancelled match.
• ^WD Withdrew.
• ^INJ Withdrew because of injury.
• ^PRE Preliminary squad.
• ^RET Retired from international soccer.
• ^SUS Suspended from the team.

Local team

See main article: Ghana A' national football team. The football association of Ghana (GFA) administers national teams at different levels, including 1 for the local national team. The team is restricted to players who only play in the local league, thus the Ghana Premier League. It is nicknamed Local Black Stars.^{[65] [66] [67]}

Records

^[68]

Players in bold are still active with Ghana.

Most appearances

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Player	width=50px	Caps	width=50px	Goals	width=100px	Career
1	André Ayew	120	24
2		109	51	2003–2019
3	Jordan Ayew	102	24	2010–present
4		93	1	1996–2011
5		91	0	2001–2013
6		86	0	2008–2018
7		84	20	2002–2014
8		81	3	2001–2012
9		78	11	2008–2017
10		74	4	2008–2019

Top goalscorers

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Player	width=50px	Goals	width=50px	Caps	width=50px	Ratio	width=100px	Career
1			109		2003–2019
2		45	41		1956–1964
3		36	45		1968–1976
4		29	59		1985–1997
5		25	62		1975–1988
6	Jordan Ayew	24	102		2010–present
	André Ayew	24	119
8		20	26		1960–1968
		20	84		2002–2014
10		19	25		1964–1973
		19	73		1982–1998

Captains

• Awuley Quaye (1978)
• Kuuku Dadzie (1980–1982)^[69]
• Emmanuel Quarshie (1982–1984)
• Isaac Paha (1984)
• James Kwesi Appiah (1984–1992)^[70]
• Abedi Pele (1992–1998)^[71]
• Charles Akonnor (1999–2001)
• Stephen Appiah (2002–2010)^[72]
• John Mensah (2010–2012)^[73]
• Asamoah Gyan (2012–2019)^[74]
• André Ayew (2019–)^{[75] [76]}

Competitive record

Summary

Competition				Total
World Cup	0	0	0	0
Africa Cup of Nations	4	5	1	10
Total	4	5	1	10

FIFA World Cup

See main article: Ghana at the FIFA World Cup. Ghana have qualified for 4 FIFA World Cup tournaments; 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2022. In 2006, it was the only African side to advance to the second round of the World Cup in Germany, and was the 6th nation in a row from Africa to progress beyond the group stages of the World Cup.^[77] It had the youngest team in the 2006 edition with an average age of 23 years and 352 days,^[77] and were praised for their improving performance.^{[78] [79]} FIFA ranked it 13th out of the 32 countries who competed in the tournament.^[80]

In the 2010 World Cup, it progressed beyond the group stages of the World Cup in South Africa, and reached the quarter-finals where it was eliminated by Uruguay. It was defeated on penalty shootout after Luis Suárez hand-balled on the goal line into extra time, preventing a possible winning goal.^[81] Of the 32 countries that participated in the 2010 edition, FIFA ranked it 7th.^[82]

After beating Egypt 7–3 on aggregate in November 2013, it qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.^[83] It was drawn in Group G with Germany, United States and Portugal.^[84] For the first time, it fell in the group stage, tying Germany 2–2 andlosing to the United States and Portugal by 2–1.^[85]

Round
World Cup Finals	15	5	3	7	18	23	−5
World Cup Quals (H)	34	24	8	2	78	19	+59
World Cup Quals (A)	33	9	8	16	37	42	−5
Total	82	38	19	25	133	84	+49

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position							Squad							Campaign
	Part of United Kingdom									Part of United Kingdom
	Not a FIFA member									Not a FIFA member
1962	Did not qualify									2	1	1	0	2	0	1962
1966	Withdrew	Withdrew
1970
1974	Did not qualify	6	3	1	1	14	5	1974
1978	3	1	0	2	3	5	1978
1982	Withdrew	Withdrew
1986
1990	Did not qualify	2	0	1	1	0	2	1990
1994	4	2	0	2	4	3	1994
1998	8	2	4	2	9	8	1998
2002	12	4	3	4	10	11	2002
2006	Round of 16	13th	4	2	0	2	4	6	Squad	12	8	3	1	24	4	2006
2010	Quarter-finals	7th	5	2	2	1	5	4	Squad	12	8	1	3	20	8	2010
2014	Group stage	25th	3	0	1	2	4	6	Squad	8	6	0	2	25	6	2014
2018	Did not qualify									8	2	5	1	9	5	2018
2022	Group stage	24th	3	1	0	2	5	7	Squad	8	4	3	1	8	4	2022
2026	Qualification in progress									4	3	0	1	7	5	2026
2030	To be determined	To be determined	2030
2034	2034
Total			15	5	3	7	18	23	–	89	44	22	21	135	66

Africa Cup of Nations

See main article: Ghana at the Africa Cup of Nations. The Black Stars of Ghana have won the Africa Cup of Nations four times: in 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982, bettered only by Cameroon and Egypt. As the first winner of three AFCON tournaments, Ghana obtained the right to permanently hold the trophy in 1978.^[86]

Africa Cup of Nations record									Africa Cup of Nations qualification
Year	Round	Position
1957	align=center rowspan=2 colspan="8"	Not affiliated to CAF	align=center rowspan=2 colspan="8"	Not affiliated to CAF
1959
1962	align=center colspan="8"	Did not qualify	2	0	2*	0	2	2
1963	Champions	1st	3	2	1	0	6	1	Qualified as hosts
1965	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	12	5	Qualified as defending champions
1968	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	11	8	Qualified as defending champions
1970	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	2	1	6	4	2	2	0	0	15	1
1972	align=center rowspan=3 colspan="8"	Did not qualify	2	0	0	1	0	1
1974	4	1	0	3	3	6*
1976	4	2	1	1	7	6*
1978	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	9	2	Qualified as hosts
1980	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	1	1	Qualified as defending champions
1982	Champions	1st	5	2	3	0	7	5	4	2	2	0	6	4
1984	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	2	4	Qualified as defending champions
1986	align=center rowspan=3 colspan="8"	Did not qualify	4	2	1	1	5	4
1988	2	0	1	1	1	2
1990	2	1	0	1*	1	1
1992	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	1	0	6	2	8	5	2	1	11	3
1994	Quarter-finals	5th	3	2	0	1	3	2	2	2	0	0	3	0
1996	Fourth place	4th	6	4	0	2	7	5	4	3	0	1	9	3
1998	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	3	3	4	2	1	1	4	3
2000	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	1	2	3	4	Qualified as hosts
2002	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	2	2	6	4	1	1	16	4
2004	align=center colspan="8"	Did not qualify	4	1	1	2	4	4
2006	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	2	3	10	6	3	1	11	7
2008	Third place	3rd	6	5	0	1	11	5	Qualified as hosts
2010	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	0	2	4	4	10	8	1	3	20	6
2012	Fourth place	4th	6	3	1	2	6	5	6	5	0	1	13	1
2013	Fourth place	4th	6	3	2	1	10	6	2	2	0	0	3	0
2015	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	10	3	6	3	2	1	11	7
2017	Fourth place	4th	6	3	0	3	4	5	6	4	2	0	14	3
2019	Round of 16	12th	4	1	3	0	5	3	4	3	0	1	8	1
2021	Group stage	19th	3	0	1	2	3	5	6	4	1	1	9	3
2023	Group stage	17th	3	0	2	1	5	6	6	3	3	0	8	3
	To be determined	To be determined
2027
Total	4 Titles	24/34	105	54	23	28	138	93	106	63	24	23	169	75

• Draws include matches decided by penalty shoot-out.

West African Nations Cup and WAFU Nations Cup

West African Nations Cup [SCSA Zone III]

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1982	Final	Winner	5	3	2	0	14	8	+6
1983	Final	Winner	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5
1984	Final	Winner	5	2	3	0	9	5	+4
1986	Final	Winner	6	5	1	0	12	2	+10
1987	Final	Winner	5	5	0	0	14	2	+12
Total			25	18	7	0	56	19	+37

West African Football Union Nations Cup

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2010	Semi-final	Third place	5	4	0	1	11	3	+8
2011	Semi-final	4th place	4	1	0	3	5	8	−3
2013	Final	Winner	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5
Total			13	8	0	5	25	15	+10

Olympic Games

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
London 1908	Did not participate
Stockholm 1912
Antwerp 1920
Paris 1924
Amsterdam 1928
Berlin 1936
London 1948
Melbourne 1956
Rome 1960	Did not qualify
Tokyo 1964	Quarter-final	7th	4	1	1	2	7	12
Mexico 1968	Round 1	12th	3	0	2	1	6	8
Munich 1972	Round 1	16th	3	0	0	3	1	11
Montreal 1976	Withdrew after qualifying
Moscow 1980
Los Angeles 1984	Did not qualify
Seoul 1988
Total			10	1	3	6	14	31

Note: The Gold Coast team established in 1950; country known as Gold Coast then renamed Ghana in 1957, not competing in international tournaments and not being part of neither FIFA nor CAF until 1958, and therefore recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Other

• Nkrumah Cup^[87]

Winners: 1959, 1960, 1963

• Ugandan Independence Tournament^[88]

Winners: 1962

• Pestabola Merdeka^[89]

Runners up: 1982

• Samuel K. Doe Cup 1986^[90]

Runners up: 1986

• Black Stars Tournament 1993 (Libreville, Gabon)^[91]

Third: 1993

• Great Artificial River Championship 1999 (Libya)^[92]

Runners up: 1999

• LG Cup^[93]

Third: 2003

External links

• of the Ghana Football Association
• List of international matches at the RSSSF
• Ghana at FIFA
• Ghana at CAF

Notes and References

1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gha-intres.html Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) – List of International Matches
2. Web site: Ghana. Elo Ratings. 28 March 2022. 19 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220519021945/http://eloratings.net/Ghana. live.
3. Web site: Black Stars. Association. Ghana Football. www.ghanafa.org. en. 22 May 2020. 23 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200523044246/https://www.ghanafa.org/category/black-stars. live.
4. Web site: Ghana Flag Ghana High Commission . 2023-07-19 . Brazil Consulate.
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