Ghana national football team
The title of this article is ambiguous. For other meanings, see Ghana national football team (disambiguation).
The Ghana national football team (nicknamed the Black Stars) is the selection of Ghanaian football players who represent the Ghana Football Association (GFA) at international level, for example in friendly matches against the selection teams of other national associations, but also at the African Championship of the African continental association CAF or the FIFA World Cup.
The GFA team is one of the most successful national football teams on the African continent. They have reached the final of the African Football Championship nine times. Four times (1963, 1965, 1978 and 1982) the Ghanaian team won the title, five times (1968, 1970, 1992, 2010 and 2015) they were runners-up. They have also finished third once (2008) and fourth three times (1996, 2012, 2013). With a total of 19 African Championship appearances, the team ranks third in this respect behind Egypt and Côte d'Ivoire.
The team qualified for a World Cup for the first time in October 2005. During the World Cup the following year, the team under coach Ratomir Dujković was the only African side to make it through the preliminary round, only to be eliminated by Brazil in the round of 16. After successfully qualifying for the first World Cup on African soil (2010), they faced the German national football team, among others, in Group D of the preliminary round.
In addition, the GFA's junior teams have enjoyed great success, with the U-17s (nicknamed the Black Starlets) becoming world champions in 1991 and 1995, and the U-20s (nicknamed the Black Satellites) winning the world title in 2009. In addition, the U-23 team (nicknamed: Black Meteors) achieved a third place at the 1992 Olympics. In 2005, the national team was awarded the title of Emerging Player of the Year by the world governing body FIFA.
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 | Accra | Ghana 1964 | 3:0 | Germany Democratic Republic 1949 |
| 2. | 14.04.1993 | Bochum | Germany | 6:1 | Ghana |
| 3. | 24.03.2007 | Graz | 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.
The Ghana national team on February 3, 2008.
The Ghana national team on June 13, 2010.
