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Name | Ghana | Nickname | The Black Stars | Association | Ghana Football Association | Confederation | CAF (Africa) | Head coach | Goran Stevanović | Captain | John Mensah | Most caps | Richard Kingson (89) | Top scorer | Abedi Pele (33) | Home stadium | Ohene Djan Sports Stadium Baba Yara Stadium Tamale Stadium Sekondi Stadium | FIFA code | GHA | FIFA ranking | 33 | Highest FIFA ranking | 14 (February, April, May 2008) | Lowest FIFA ranking | 89 (June 2004) | Elo ranking | 25 | Highest Elo ranking | 8 (30 June 1996, February, April, May 2008) | Lowest Elo ranking | 97 (14 June 2004) | First international | Gold Coast Gold Coast 1 � 0 Nigeria (Accra, Gold Coast; 28 May 1950) | Biggest win | Kenya 0 � 10 Ghana (London, Great Britain; 12 December 2001) | Biggest defeat | Bulgaria 10 � 0 Ghana (Leon, Mexico; 2 October 1968) | Appearances | 2 | First World Cup | 2006 | Best result | Quarter-finals, 2010 | African Cup of Nations | Appearances | 17 | First apps. | 1963 | Best result | Winners, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982 |
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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 qualified for five straight Olympic Games Football Tournaments when the tournament was still a full senior national team competition. The team has won the Africa Cup of Nations four times (in 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982), making Ghana the second most successful team in the contest's history, behind Egypt. The Olympic Team, the Black Meteors, in 1992 became the first African country to win a medal at football.
After going through 2005 unbeaten, Ghana won the FIFA most improved team of the year award and they reached the second round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup led by Serbian football coach, Ratomir Dujković.
At the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, they became the third African team in history to reach the World Cup quarter-finals.
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African Nations Cup record : |
2006 FIFA World Cup Matches |
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Category |
Team A |
Result |
Team B |
Date |
Venue |
Scorers |
Round of 16 |
Brazil |
0 |
Ghana Ghana |
27 June |
Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund |
Brazil: Ronaldo 5, Adriano 45+, Roberto 84 [http://youtube.com/watch?v=hV6JBG86c74 Half; Half |
Group E |
Ghana Ghana |
1 |
United States |
22 June |
Frankenstadion, Nuremberg |
Ghana Dramani 22, Appiah 47+; USA: Dempsey 43)[http://youtube.com/watch?v=WjQj3m47uEM Pre-Match; Half; half |
Group E |
Ghana Ghana |
0 |
Czech Republic |
17 June |
RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne |
Ghana: [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=191943&cc=5901 2, [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=191943&cc=5901 82) [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=191943&cc=5901
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Group E |
Italy |
0 |
Ghana Ghana |
12 June |
AWD-Arena, Hannover |
Italy: [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=191926&cc=5901, 40 [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=191926&cc=5901 83)[http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=191926&cc=5901
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Football in Ghana|name=Football in Ghana
National Association, National team, Ghana Premier League, Soccer Clubs, Leagues, Venues |
U-17 team, U-20 team, U-23 team, Senior team, Women's team |
Ghanaian Managers, Teams, Players, FA Cup |