Ghana national football team is the national football team of Ghana.
Ghana national football team
International competitions
Participation in Olympic Games
After 1988, the senior national team did not participate in the Olympic Games. The Olympic team won the bronze medal in 1992, reached the quarterfinals in 1996 and was eliminated in the preliminary round in 2004.
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Participation in world championships
→ Main article: Ghana national football team/World Cups
Ghana has been participating in World Cup qualifiers since 1962. The team qualified for the World Cup in Germany in 2006 for the first time and reached the round of 16, where the Black Stars lost to Brazil. Four years later, Ghana reached the quarter-finals of the first World Cup on African soil, losing to Uruguay on penalties.
So far, the Ghanaian national team has earned 14 points from 12 World Cup matches, with four wins, three draws (including a game lost on penalties) and five defeats. The goal difference is 13:16, and the team is 37th in the perennial standings. In their last appearance in 2014, Ghana were the only opponents of eventual world champions Germany not to lose to them and to score more than one goal.
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On 19 November 2013, Ghana qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. After winning their group ahead of the national teams from Zambia, Sudan and Lesotho, the Black Stars reached the World Cup finals as the fourth African participant with a 6-1 victory and a 1-2 defeat against Egypt. In the preliminary round of the World Cup, Ghana faced Germany, Portugal and the United States in Group G.
Participation in African Championships
Also since 1962, Ghana has participated in the qualifiers for the African Football Championship. On 5 February 2015, Ghana reached the final for the 9th time and is the sole record finalist. In the "Eternal Table", Ghana is in third place with 47 wins, 13 draws and 23 defeats with a goal difference of 111:71.
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Internationals
→ Main article: List of international matches played by the Ghana national football team.
Matches against German-speaking national teams
| Date | Location | Home team | Result | Visiting team | |
| 1. | 23.02.1964 | Ghana 1964 | 3:0 | Germany Democratic Republic 1949 | |
| 2. | 14.04.1993 | Germany | 6:1 | Ghana | |
| 3. | 24.03.2007 | Austria | 1:1 | Ghana | |
| 4. | 23.06.2010 | Johannesburg (South Africa | Germany | 1:0 | Ghana |
| 5. | 21.06.2014 | Fortaleza (Brazil | Germany | 2:2 | Ghana |
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So far, there have been no encounters between Ghana and Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein.
