The Ghana national football team, popularly nicknamed as the Black Stars has represented the Republic of Ghana in association football since the 1950s. Black Stars is administered by the Ghana Football Association (GFA), the governing body for football in Ghana and the oldest football association in the Geographic Africa (founded in 1920). Prior to 1957, the team played as the Gold Coast.
Ghana qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 2006. The team has won the Africa Cup of Nations four times (1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982), while finishing as runners-up five times (1968, 1970, 1992, 2010, and 2015). They have also qualified for the CHAN four times, finishing as runners-up twice (2009 and 2014).<\/P>","0108B3B67855A673":"619","76505AA7FEAE524629F3119E5AE1B881":"General Secretariat National Sports Council P.O. Box 1272","781CC09C30E6A152":"1","784C7E93CE11DD2A5DB4877325546098":"1975-6-9","691614162C53789F7BF95A6EBC086644":"188cm","5BAF7C8A60756B5496BBA4CBC6C0BED8DD63717CA1BB6492":"1","02EB7DF46653B329":"Ghana","64A2290C09C50CF35B7DBD9C8F3A2F5E":"80kg","989AD94B51E25F0B":"1602","A98A68DC04206563":"
First international Africa Cup of Nations
<\/STRONG>Gold Coast 1–0 Nigeria (Accra, British Gold Coast; 28 May 1950)
Biggest win
<\/STRONG>Kenya 2–13 Ghana (Nairobi, Kenya; 12 December 1965)
Biggest defeat
<\/STRONG>Bulgaria 10–0 Ghana (Leon, Mexico; 2 October 1968)
Top scorer
<\/STRONG>Edward Acquah, Kwasi Owusu (40)
Most caps:<\/STRONG>
Abedi Pele (73)<\/P>","406113B88EA1E6CB":"","AB7F89FECD1635E88F612521E9058068":"","5B70C105C09228B419825F9D2D3BB765":"Nana Otto Addo (born 9 June 1975) is a German-born Ghanaian football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of the Ghana national football team, and works as a talent coach for Borussia Dortmund.","9B2CF1B8E224CFD097332B024E65EDED":"120","94A63A88C13097EB":"Accra","5F7B7520852B84068F743240139E0997":"
<\/STRONG>Winners (4): 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982
Runners-up (4): 1968, 1970, 1992, 2010
African Nations Championship
<\/STRONG>Runners-up (2): 2009, 2014
All-Africa Games
<\/STRONG>Third place (1): 1978
Jalco Cup
<\/STRONG>Winners (4): 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959
Runners-up (4): 1951, 1954, 1956, 1958
Nkrumah Cup
<\/STRONG>Winners (3): 1959, 1960, 1963
Azikiwe Cup
<\/STRONG>Winners (5): 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967
West African Nations Cup
<\/STRONG>Winners (5): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987
CEDEAO Cup
<\/STRONG>Third place (1): 1991
WAFU Nations Cup
<\/STRONG>Winner (1): 2013
Third place (1): 2010<\/P>","A20449E387E65FAD0B1A86B77F820411":"2024-3-22","10F46377A2D9EE76FE37CF1F7D8CD961E656BCF9304C68C6":"1957","64CC7FC06580777C":"Otto Addo","473E4F49EDE372FCCD98814B96C64159":"","5BAF7C8A60756B540D834B0A0F0B7C9C":"0","39EE935EB0ECE6E5":"27.44","38882684D19FD665":"Ghana","D649C50F893C14D0":"ghanafootball@yahoo.com","E917916C02D12AF6D7EA48F7303A1362":"","B9284411187FEFF20D941F8E3FDF6E1E":"Germany,Ghana","e_index":8};