GHANA
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In 2002, FIFA honoured Ghana in recognition of its youth development
programmes. This was just reward for the Ghana Football Association's
successful, long-term work in this area that resulted in triumphs in the
FIFA U-17 World Championship in 1991 and 1995, a runners-up spot at the
FIFA World Youth Championship 2001, and a bronze medal at the Olympic
Football Tournament in 1992.
Ghana have won the African Cup of Nations four times (1963, 1965, 1978 and1982), but have dropped down the pecking order in recent years. Ghana have now hit top form again by qualifying for the FIFA World Cup in Germany in 2006 for the first time in their history and reaching the quarter-finals in South Africa 2010. The women's national team has twice taken part in the FIFA Women's World Cup finals (1999 and 2003). T The nation's most celebrated footballers include Ibrahim Sunday (African Player of the Year in 1977), Abdul Razak (African Player of the Year in 1978), and Abedi Ayew Pele (African Player of the Year in 1991 and 1992). Other famous names are Tony Yeboah (played in England and Germany), Samuel Osei Kuffour (defender with Bayern Munich in Germany) and Marcel Desailly (dual French-Ghanaian citizen who has had a long and successful career in the French national team). (FIFA.com) ACHIEVEMENTS
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SQUADS
2013: - Season 2012/2013 - CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2013 - CAF African U-20 Championship 2013 2012: - Season 2011/2012 - CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2012 2011: - Season 2010/2011 - CAF African U-20 Championship 2011 Nickname The Black Stars Home Colours Jerseys: White Shorts: White Socks: White Other Results 4th Place FIFA U-20 World Cup (1997) 4th Place FIFA U-17 World Cup (2007) 1/4 Finals Summer Olympics (1996) FIFA World Cup Appearances 2 (2006, 2010) Best Result: Quarter Finals (2010) Africa Cup of Nations Appearances 19 FIFA Ranking Current : 26 (as of January 2013) Highest : 14 (February 2008) Lowest : 89 (June 2004) Average : 42 Most Caps Richard Kingson (90) Top Scorer Abedi Ayew Pelé (33)  |
