Ghana national football team
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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.
Nickname(s) | Black Stars | ||
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Association | Ghana Football Association | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) | ||
Head coach | Otto Addo | ||
Captain | André Ayew | ||
Most caps | André Ayew (120) | ||
Top scorer | Asamoah Gyan (51) | ||
Home stadium | Various | ||
FIFA code | GHA | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 68 1 (4 April 2024)[1] | ||
Highest | 14 (April–May 2007, February 2008) | ||
Lowest | 89 (June 2004) | ||
First international | |||
Gold Coast and British Togoland 1–0 Nigeria (Accra, British Gold Coast; 28 May 1950) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Nyasaland 0–12 Gold Coast (Nyasaland; 15 October 1962)[2] | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Ghana 4–5 Bulgaria (Mexico; 2 October 1968) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 4 (first in 2006) | ||
Best result | Quarter-finals (2010) | ||
Africa Cup of Nations | |||
Appearances | 23 (first in 1963) | ||
Best result | Champions (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982) |
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]