Ghana national football team

The Ghanaian national football team (nicknamed the Black Stars ) is the selection of Ghanaian football players of the Ghana Football Association ( GFA ) at the international level, for example in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations, but also at the African Cup of African continental federation CAF or the World Cup FIFA represented.

The HFA selection is one of the most successful national football teams of the African continent. Already eight times she stood in the final of the African Cup of Nations. Four times (1963, 1965, 1978 and 1982 ) was the Ghanaian team to win the title, as many times (1968, 1970, 1992 and 2010), she went as Vice - African champions from the square. These even get a third (2008) and a fourth place three times (1996, 2012, 2013 ). With a total of 19 Africa championship appearances the team is in this respect behind Egypt and Ivory Coast in third place.

The team was able to qualify for a World Cup in October 2005 for the first time. During the World Cup the following year the selection under coach Ratomir Dujković survived as the only African team to the first round, and it failed only in the second round in Brazil.

After a successful qualifying for the first World Cup on African soil (2010) they met in the preliminary round in Group D, among others, the German national football team. The first game against Serbia was won 1-0 in the second game they reached a 1-1 draw against Australia. Both goals were scored by penalty, which Ghana is the first team that has reached the knockout stages of a World Cup only through penalty goals. Because, despite a 0-1 defeat in their final group game against Germany, the Black Stars have qualified for the second time in a row for the knockout stages, where they met the USA and won after extra time 2-1. In the quarterfinals, Ghana met the two -time world champions Uruguay. The game won Uruguay 4-2 in a penalty shootout ( 1-1 after extra time ). During the World Cup the team was supervised by the Serb Milovan Rajevac.

In addition, the junior teams of the GFA could celebrate great successes: The U -17 (nicknamed the Black Starlets ) was in the years 1991 and 1995 World Champion, the U-20 national team (nicknamed the Black Satellites ) could win the World Cup title in 2009. In addition, the U -23 (nicknamed the Black Meteors ) achieved a third place at the 1992 Olympic Games. In 2005, the national team was honored by the world governing body FIFA titled Newcomer of the Year.

  • 2.1 Coaches
  • 2.2 Players 2.2.1 Current squad
  • 2.2.2 Record Holder
  • 3.1 games against German -speaking teams

International Competitions

The national team at the Olympic Games

After 1988, the national team no longer participated in the Olympics. The Olympic team won the bronze medal in 1992, reached the quarter-finals in 1996 and retired in 2004 from the previous round.

  • Italy 1960: not qualified
  • Japan 1964: 7th place
  • Mexico 1968: Preliminary
  • Federal Republic of Germany 1972: Preliminary
  • Canada 1976: not qualified
  • Soviet Union 1955 1980: did not participate
  • United States 1984: not qualified

The national team at World Championships

Since 1962, Ghana takes part in the qualifications for the World Cup. For the World Cup in Germany 2006, the team was able to qualify for the first time and reached the second round, where the Black Stars of the Brazilian team documents. Four years later moved Ghana at the first World Cup on African soil for the quarter finals and lost there against Uruguay on penalties.

So far won the Ghanaian national team in nine World Cup games 14 points in four wins, two draws (including one lost in a penalty shootout game ) and three defeats. The goal difference is 9:10. In the Eternal table the team occupies the 34th place.

  • Uruguay 1930: did not participate
  • Italy 1861 1934: did not participate
  • French Third Republic 1938: did not participate
  • Brazil 1889 1950: did not participate
  • Switzerland 1954: did not participate
  • Sweden 1958: did not participate
  • Chile 1962: not qualified
  • England 1966: did not participate
  • Mexico 1970: not qualified
  • Federal Republic of Germany 1974: not qualified
  • Argentina 1978: not qualified
  • Spain 1982: did not participate
  • Mexico 1986: not qualified
  • Italy 1990: not qualified
  • United States 1994: not qualified
  • France 1998: not qualified
  • Germany 2006: Eighth
  • Brazil 2014: qualified

On November 19, 2013, Ghana failed to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. After the group victory against the national teams from Zambia, Sudan, Lesotho and the Black Stars reached thanks to a 6-1 victory and a 1-2 defeat against Egypt became the fourth African participant the World Cup finals. In the preliminary round of the world championship meets Ghana in Group D Germany, Portugal and the United States.

The national team at African Cup

Also since 1962, Ghana takes part in the qualifications for the African Cup. In the Eternal table Ghana lies with 47 victories, 13 draws and 23 defeats with a goal difference of 111:71 in third place.

  • Sudan 1956 1957: did not participate
  • United Arab Republic 1959: did not participate
  • Ghana 1961 1963: African champions
  • Tunisia 1965: African champions
  • Sudan 1956 1970: 2nd place
  • Cameroon 1972: not qualified
  • Ghana 1978: African champions
  • Nigeria 1980: Preliminary
  • Libya 1982: African champions
  • Ivory Coast 1984: Preliminary
  • Morocco 1988: not qualified
  • Algeria 1990: not qualified
  • Senegal 1992: 2nd place
  • Tunisia 1994: quarter-finals
  • Ghana Nigeria 2000: quarter-finals
  • Mali 2002: quarter-finals
  • Tunisia 2004: not qualified
  • Ghana 2008: 3rd place
  • Angola 2010: 2nd place
  • Equatorial Guinea Gabon 2012: 4th place
  • Morocco 2015: qualification from September 2014

People

Coach

Since 1958, trained about 30 different coaches the national football team of Ghana. In various sources, there are different information.

  • 200100000: Ghanaians Fred Osam - Duodu
  • 200200000: Serb Milan Živadinović
  • 200200000: Ghanaians Emmanuel Kwasi Afranie
  • 200300000: German Burkhard Ziese
  • 2003-2004: German Ralf Zumdick
  • 200400000: Ghanaians Sam Arday
  • 200400000: Italians Mariano Barreto
  • 2004-2006: Serbian Ratomir Dujković
  • 2006-2008: Frenchman Claude Le Roy
  • 200800000: Sellas Tetteh Ghana
  • 2008-2010: Serb Milovan Rajevac
  • 201000000: James Kwesi Appiah Ghana
  • 2011-2012: Serb Goran Stevanovic
  • Since 201200: James Kwesi Appiah Ghana

Player

Current squad

The specified squad includes the national players who are in the squad for the African Cup of Nations 2013.

Record holder

Due to the poor source location in African football, it is hard to make record players and goal scorers identified. Here the data of FIFA are usually specified and supplemented by other sources. On June 7, 2013 Asamoah Gyan scored in the 2-1 World Cup qualifier two goals which he surpassed the 33 goals from Pelé Abédi against Sudan and has since been named by the Ghanaian Association and FIFA as the scorer.

Internationals

Games against German -speaking teams

So far, no encounters between Ghana and Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein were held.

Honors

After the successful participation at the Football World Cup 2006 in Germany at least twelve members of the squad with the second highest award of the Republic, the Order of the Volta, were honored.

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