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The Ghana national football team represents Ghana in men's international football.[1] The team is named the Black Stars after the Black Star of Africa in the flag of Ghana.[2] It is governed by the Ghana Football Association, the governing body for football in Ghana.[3] Prior to 1957, it played as the Gold Coast.[4]

Ghana qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 2006.[5][6] 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).[7] They have also qualified for the CHAN four times, finishing as runners-up twice (2009 and 2014).[8]

As at November 20, 2025, Ghana ranked 72nd in the world and 17th among African football nations.[9]

History

On 19 August 1962 at the Accra Sports Stadium, Ghana hosted Real Madrid, who were at the time Spanish champions, drawing 3–3.[10]

Charles Kumi Gyamfi became coach in 1961, leading Ghana to successive African Cup of Nations titles, in 1963 and 1965. The Black Stars achieved their record win, 13–2 away to Kenya, in the latter.[11] They reached the final of the tournament in 1968 and 1970, losing 1–0 on both occasions, to DR Congo and Sudan respectively.[12] Their domination of the tournament earned them the nickname "the Black Stars of Africa" in the 1960s.[13]

Fortunes changed for the Black Stars however, after they failed to qualify for three successive AFCONs in the 1970s.[14] In the early 1980s, however, with emerging talents such as Abedi Pele, the Black Stars defeated 1982 AFCON hosts Libya in the final to win their fourth and to date, last continental title.[15] Fortunes changed again however, as in the 1984 tournament, they were knocked out in the group stages, before failing to qualify for the 1986, 1988 and 1990 tournaments.[16] In 1992, the Black Stars would finish runners-up to the Ivory Coast in a penalty shootout after a goalless draw, which saw every player on the pitch take a penalty, in which they were beaten 11-10,[17] with African Footballer of the Year Abedi Pele suspended for the final.[18]

Tensions among the squad led to the parliamentary and executive to intervene and settle issues between players Abedi Pele and Tony Yeboah. In the 1990s, this may have played some part in the failure of the team to build on the successes of the national underage teams. However, the generation of Black Stars players who went to the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship final became the "core" of the team at the 2002 African Cup of Nations, going undefeated for a year in 2005 and qualifying for the final tournament of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The Black Stars started by succumbing to a 2–0 defeat to eventual champions Italy, and wins over Czech Republic (2–0) and the United States (2–1). This saw them advance through to the second round, where they lost 3–0 to Brazil.[19]

Under head coach Milovan Rajevac, the Black Stars went on to secure a 100% win record in their qualification campaign, winning their group and becoming the first African team to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In the final tournament, they were placed in Group D with Germany, Serbia and Australia, advancing to the round of 16 after finishing second in their group. They played the United States, winning 2–1 in extra time to become only the third African nation to reach the World Cup quarter-finals, before losing to Uruguay in a penalty shootout in the quarter-finals, after Uruguayan forward Luis Suárez blocked a header with his hand in the penalty box in extra time and was sent off. Asamoah Gyan missed the penalty given for the handball, with the score 1–1. Ghana went on to lose the penalty shootout 4–2, twelve years before Morocco became the first African team to qualify for the semi-finals of the World Cup.[20]

In 2013, Ghana became the first team to reach four consecutive African Cup of Nations semi-finals twice, with the first occasion between 1963 and 1970.[21]

The Black Stars won their second round group of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying, and defeated Egypt 7–3 on aggregate in a two-legged play-off,[22] qualifying for the finals. They were drawn in Group G for the finals, where they faced Germany, Portugal, and the United States.[23] They exited in the group stage recording one draw against eventual champions Germany and two losses. However, they were the only team to not lose to Germany in the tournament, and the only team to hold onto a lead against the Germans at any point.

In the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, they reached the final, being denied the title on penalties against Ivory Coast. While their 2017 Africa Cup of Nations campaign ended in a 4th-place finish, they finished behind Egypt and Uganda in their final group qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. At the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, they were eliminated by Tunisia in the round of 16. In 2021, manager Rajevac was brought back, but the Black Stars ended up failing to win a match at the AFCON where they lost 2–3 to debutants the Comoros after an André Ayew red card to finish bottom of their group, failing to progress beyond the group stage for the first time since 2006. They drew 0–0 in a match against Nigeria and drew 1–1 in Nigeria to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup on away goals.[24] During the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Ghana lost their first match against Portugal 3–2. They earned their first and only victory in their second match against South Korea by the same scoreline. A victory against Uruguay was required for a spot in the round of 16 in a rematch of the 2010 quarter-final; Ghana instead lost 2–0 and thus finished bottom, while Uruguay was eliminated as well, as a result of South Korea upsetting Portugal.

Ghana failed to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, for the first time since 2004, as they finished bottom of the group below Angola, Sudan, and Niger.[25][26] However, they compensated by qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, their fourth appearance, after gaining necessary wins against Mali and Madagascar despite inconsistency throughout the qualifiers.

Culture

Kits and crest

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Home shirt: 1970s–1980s

The official jersey colours for the Black Stars are white for home games and yellow for away games.[27]

Adopted following the independence of Ghana in 1957, the black star has been included in the Black Stars' kits. The Black Stars' kits were sponsored by Puma SE from 2005, with the deal ending in 2014.[28]

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Badge and anthem

Between 1990 and 2006 the Ghana national team used the kit in the colours of the national flag of Ghana, with gold, green and red used, as in the team's crest and also known as the Pan-African colours. The gold with green and red kit concept and design was used in the 60s and 70s, and designed with gold and green vertical stripes and red shoulders. An all black second kit was introduced in 2008 and in 2015, Black Stars' gold-red-green coloured kit and all black coloured kit is to be reassigned to the position of 1st and 2nd kits following the induction of a brown with blue and gold coloured Black Stars 3rd kit in 2012.[29][30]

The team's kit for the 2014 FIFA World Cup was ranked as the best kit of the tournament by BuzzFeed.[31]

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Grounds

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The training facilities and training grounds are located at Agyeman Badu Stadium, Berekum Sports Stadium in Brong-Ahafo, the Tema Sports Stadium in Tema and the multi-functional Lizzy Sports Complex in Legon.[32]


Organization and finance

The Black Stars had no official head because of "corrupt" practices[33][34][35] by the then president, Kwesi Nyantakyi[36] and vice-president George Afriyie,[37] with Frank Davis as director of football, and Edward Bawa as treasurer.[38] The Ghana Football Association (GFA) signed a CN¥92.2 million (US$15 million) deal with Ghanaian state-run oil and gas exploration corporation, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), to sponsor the Black Stars and the renewable contract saw the oil and gas exploration corporation become the global headline sponsor of the Black Stars, with a yearly Black Stars player salary wage bill,[39][40] following the gold mining corporations Ashanti Goldfields Corporation and Goldfields Ghana Limited (GGL), which had been sponsoring the Black Stars since 2005.

On 28 August 2013, Ghana Football Association (GFA) launched a TV channel and named GFA TV. The channel has the exclusive rights to broadcast all the Black Stars' matches.[41] In November 2013, the Black Stars signed a 2013–2015 CN¥30.6 million (US$5 million) and an additional classified multi-million private bank sponsorship deal with the Ghanaian state-run private banking institution UniBank.[42]

Supporters

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Ghanaian supporters at the 2015 AFCON match between Ghana and Guinea

The Black Stars maintain an average stadium match attendance of over 60,000, with 84,017 watching the 2010 FIFA World Cup quarter-final against Uruguay.[43] Ghana's match against England on 29 March 2011 had the largest away following for any association football national team since the re-opening of Wembley Stadium in 2007.[44] The match was watched by 700 million people around the world.[44]

Following the team's appearances at the 2006 and 2010 World Cup tournaments, they were greeted by some hundred avid fans dancing and singing at Kotoka International Airport in Accra.[45]

Rivalries

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Ghana against Nigeria in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final

Ghana is rivals with Nigeria. The "Battle of Supremacy on the Gulf of Guinea" is between two of the "most successful teams on the African continent".[46] The proximity of the two countries to each other, a dispute between the different association football competitions and wider diplomatic competition for influence across West Africa add to this rivalry.[46][47] The match between these two countries is called the Jollof derby.[48]

Media and arts

Match schedules are broadcast in English as in the case of inter-continental matches and in Akan nationally by Adom TV, PeaceFM, AdomFM and HappyFM. During the scheduled qualification for the 2014 World Cup national broadcaster GTV, a sub-division of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), broadcast to the Ghanaian public home qualifiers with away qualifiers broadcast by the satellite television broadcasting corporation Viasat 1. The friendly match against Turkey in August 2013 was televised by Viasat 1 and the qualifiers for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2018 Inter-Continental Championships are scheduled for public broadcast by the corporations GFA TV, GBC and Viasat 1.[49]

Products including books, documentary films, Azonto dances and songs have been made in the name of the team. These may be intended with commercial motives and are focused on previous and future World Cups or Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

  • Books: books have been published on the team's history and participation in tournaments. These include Ghana, The Rediscovered Soccer Might: Watch Out World!,[50] about the history and performance of the Black Stars and association football national teams that the Black Stars have played against, and The Black Stars of Ghana by Alan Whelan;[51] about Black Stars commencing their progress through the final rounds of the 2010 World Cup and into the quarter-finals.
  • Documentary films: In 2010 Miracle Films Ghana Limited showcased a vintage documentary film picture, Kwame Nkrumah & Ghana's Black Stars, about Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah "Africa's man of the 2nd millennium" and "Pan-African pioneer",[52] who invested energy into making Ghana's association football national team – the Black Stars – a force in African soccer.[53]
  • Nickname: The Black Star Line, a shipping industry line incorporated by the founder of the Back-to-Africa movement, civil rights movement leader Marcus Garvey and the organiser of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA) from 1919 to 1922, gives the Ghana team its nicknames, the Black Stars of West Africa and the Black Stars of Africa.[53]
  • Dances: upon the Black Stars scoring against opposition teams, dance forms of the Ghanaian Azonto were performed by Black Stars players in their goal celebrations in match victories at the 2010 World Cup and in 2013, an elite dance version of the Ghanaian Azonto named; "(Template:Langx)" (shrimp), was established and showcased at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations by the Black Stars players.[54] Black Stars goal celebrations in match victories at the 2014 World Cup and upon scoring against opposition teams, are to establish and showcase Alkayida.[55]
  • Songs: On occasions of past World Cups or African Championships, a number of musicians with music producers created hiplife football songs which were composed in the Akan language – the 2006 World Cup song, "Template:Langx", (Black Stars, We are moving forward) musical composed by the Musicians Union of Ghana, is to motivate the Black Stars to perform creditably in its quest for the capturing of the World Cup trophy.[56] Black Stars' captain and top-goalscorer Asamoah Gyan recorded and released a Hiplife song with 'Castro The Destroyer', where he features under the alias 'Baby Jet'. The song is entitled "African Girls" and is sung in the Akan language and was launched onto the Ghanaian screens, continental West Africa screens and onto the Sub-Saharan Africa screens. The music video shows the "Asamoah Gyan Dance" goal celebration which he demonstrated at the 2010 World Cup. The song "African Girls" won an award at the Ghana Music Awards in 2011. The 2010 World Cup song, "Ghana Black Stars (Official Song 2010 World Cup)" composed by Ghanaian hiplife music group "Kings and Queens Entertainment" approved by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) as GFA has indicated that the Black Stars are a protected brand.[57]

Results and fixtures

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The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

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Coaches

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History

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Mali vs Ghana, exhibition game at Paris, 31 March 2015

Since 1957, the Ghanaian national football team has had 32 different head coaches and 3 caretakers. C. K. Gyamfi led the Black Stars to 3 Africa Cup of Nations titles – in 1963, 1965 and 1982 – making Gyamfi the "joint most successful coach" in the competition's history.[58] Fred Osam Duodu led the Black Stars to their 1978 Africa Cup of Nations title;[59] Ratomir Dujković, Milovan Rajevac, and James Kwesi Appiah have led the Black Stars to World Cup qualification,[60][61] with the former two being Serbs.[62][63][64][65][66][67][68] Otto Addo is the head coach of the Black Stars since 15 March 2024, replacing Chris Hughton.[69][70][71][72][73][74]

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Kirin Challenge Cup match against Japan and the friendly match against South Korea on 14 and 18 November 2025.[75]
Caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2025, after the match against South Korea.

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Notes
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  • WD Withdrew.
  • INJ Withdrew because of injury.
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  • SUS Suspended from the team.

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Local team

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The football association of Ghana (GFA) administers national teams at different levels, including one for the local national team. The team is restricted to players who only play in the local league, thus the Ghana Premier League. It is nicknamed Local Black Stars.[76][77][78]

Records

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Players in bold are still active with Ghana.

Most appearances

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André Ayew is Ghana's most capped player with 120 appearances.
Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 André Ayew 120 24 2007–present
2 Jordan Ayew 117 33 2010–present
3 Asamoah Gyan 109 51 2003–2019
4 Richard Kingson 93 1 1996–2011
5 John Paintsil 91 0 2001–2013
6 Harrison Afful 86 0 2008–2018
7 Sulley Muntari 84 20 2002–2014
8 John Mensah 81 3 2001–2012
9 Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu 78 11 2008–2017
10 Kwadwo Asamoah 74 4 2008–2019

Top goalscorers

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Asamoah Gyan is Ghana's top goalscorer with 51 goals.
Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Asamoah Gyan 51 109 0.47 2003–2019
2 Edward Acquah 45 41 1.1 1956–1964
3 Kwasi Owusu 36 45 0.8 1968–1976
4 Jordan Ayew 33 117 0.27 2010–present
5 Tony Yeboah 29 59 0.49 1985–1997
6 Karim Abdul Razak 25 62 0.4 1975–1988
7 André Ayew 24 120 0.2 2007–present
8 Wilberforce Mfum 20 26 0.77 1960–1968
Sulley Muntari 20 84 0.24 2002–2014
10 Osei Kofi 19 25 0.76 1964–1973
Abedi Pele 19 73 0.26 1982–1998

Captains

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

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Top: At the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
Center and bottom: Ghana against Uruguay in the 2010 tournament at Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Ghana have qualified for 5 FIFA World Cup tournaments, in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2022 and 2026. In 2006, it was the only African side to advance to the second round in Germany, and was the sixth nation in a row from Africa to progress beyond the group stages of the World Cup.[89] Ghana had the youngest team in the 2006 edition with an average age of 23 years and 352 days,[89] and were praised for their improving performance.[90][91] FIFA ranked Ghana 13th out of the 32 countries who competed in the tournament.[92]

In the 2010 World Cup, Ghana reached the quarter-finals where they were eliminated by Uruguay, after Luis Suárez's handball prevented a possible winning goal.[93] Of the 32 countries that participated in the 2010 edition, FIFA ranked Ghana 7th.[94]

After beating Egypt 7–3 on aggregate in November 2013, Ghana qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.[95] For the first time, Ghana were eliminated in the group stage, drawing 2–2 against Germany, and losing to the United States and Portugal 2–1.[96] Eight years later, Ghana failed to advance past the group stage again, at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.[97]

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
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1930 to 1954 Part of United Kingdom Part of United Kingdom
Template:Flagicon 1958 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
Template:Flagicon 1962 Did not qualify 4 1 2 1 6 4 1962
Template:Flagicon 1966 Withdrew Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1970 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 2 3 1970
Template:Flagicon 1974 6 4 1 1 14 5 1974
Template:Flagicon 1978 3 1 0 2 3 5 1978
Template:Flagicon 1982 Withdrew Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1986 Did not qualify 4 1 2 1 2 2 1986
Template:Flagicon 1990 2 0 1 1 0 2 1990
Template:Flagicon 1994 4 2 0 2 4 3 1994
Template:Flagicon 1998 8 2 4 2 9 8 1998
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002 10 5 2 3 14 11 2002
Template:Flagicon 2006 Round of 16 13th 4 2 0 2 4 6 Squad 12 8 3 1 24 4 2006
Template:Flagicon 2010 Quarter-finals 7th 5 2 2 1 5 4 Squad 12 8 1 3 20 8 2010
Template:Flagicon 2014 Group stage 25th 3 0 1 2 4 6 Squad 8 6 0 2 25 6 2014
Template:Flagicon 2018 Did not qualify 8 2 5 1 9 5 2018
Template:Flagicon 2022 Group stage 24th 3 1 0 2 5 7 Squad 8 4 3 1 8 4 2022
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026 Qualified 10 8 1 1 23 6 2026
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030 To be determined To be determined 2030
Template:Flagicon 2034 2034
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Africa Cup of Nations

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At the 2015 AFCON vs. Guinea in the quarter-finals.

The Black Stars of Ghana have won the Africa Cup of Nations four times: in 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982, bettered only by Cameroon and Egypt. As the first winner of three AFCON tournaments, Ghana obtained the right to permanently hold the trophy in 1978.[98]

In November 2024, following a 1–1 draw against Angola, Ghana failed to qualify for the 2025 AFCON, missing the tournament for the first time since 2004.[99][100]

Africa Cup of Nations record Qualification record
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Template:Flagicon 1957 Not affiliated to CAF Not affiliated to CAF
Template:Flagicon 1959
Template:Flagicon 1962 Did not qualify 2 0 2 0 2 2 1962
Template:Flagicon 1963 Champions 1st 3 2 1 0 6 1 Squad Qualified as hosts
Template:Flagicon 1965 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 12 5 Squad Qualified as defending champions
Template:Flagicon 1968 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 11 8 Squad Qualified as defending champions
Template:Flagicon 1970 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 2 1 6 4 Squad 2 2 0 0 15 1 1970
Template:Flagicon 1972 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 0 1 1972
Template:Flagicon 1974 4 1 0 3 3 7 1974
Template:Flagicon 1976 4 2 0 2 7 5 1976
Template:Flagicon 1978 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 9 2 Squad Qualified as hosts
Template:Flagicon 1980 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 1 1 Squad Qualified as defending champions
Template:Flagicon 1982 Champions 1st 5 2 3 0 7 5 Squad 4 2 2 0 6 4 1982
Template:Flagicon 1984 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 2 4 Squad Qualified as defending champions
Template:Flagicon 1986 Did not qualify 4 1 2 1 5 4 1986
Template:Flagicon 1988 2 0 1 1 1 2 1988
Template:Flagicon 1990 2 1 0 1 1 1 1990
Template:Flagicon 1992 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 1 0 6 2 Squad 8 5 2 1 11 2 1992
Template:Flagicon 1994 Quarter-finals 5th 3 2 0 1 3 2 Squad 2 2 0 0 3 0 1994
Template:Flagicon 1996 Fourth place 4th 6 4 0 2 7 5 Squad 4 3 0 1 9 3 1996
Template:Flagicon 1998 Group stage 11th 3 1 0 2 3 3 Squad 4 2 1 1 4 3 1998
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2000 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 3 4 Squad Qualified as hosts
Template:Flagicon 2002 7th 4 1 2 1 2 2 Squad 6 4 1 1 16 8 2002
Template:Flagicon 2004 Did not qualify 4 1 1 2 5 5 2004
Template:Flagicon 2006 Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 2 3 Squad 10 6 3 1 17 4 2006
Template:Flagicon 2008 Third place 3rd 6 5 0 1 11 5 Squad Qualified as hosts
Template:Flagicon 2010 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 0 2 4 4 Squad 12 8 1 3 20 8 2010
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2012 Fourth place 4th 6 3 1 2 6 5 Squad 6 5 1 0 13 1 2012
Template:Flagicon 2013 Fourth place 4th 6 3 2 1 10 6 Squad 2 2 0 0 3 0 2013
Template:Flagicon 2015 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 10 3 Squad 6 3 2 1 11 7 2015
Template:Flagicon 2017 Fourth place 4th 6 3 0 3 4 5 Squad 6 4 2 0 14 3 2017
Template:Flagicon 2019 Round of 16 12th 4 1 3 0 5 3 Squad 4 3 0 1 8 1 2019
Template:Flagicon 2021 Group stage 19th 3 0 1 2 3 5 Squad 6 4 1 1 9 3 2021
Template:Flagicon 2023 17th 3 0 2 1 5 6 Squad 6 3 3 0 8 3 2023
Template:Flagicon 2025 Did not qualify 6 0 3 3 3 7 2025
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2027 To be determined To be determined
File:Flag of none.svg 2028
Total 4 Titles 24/35 105 54 23 28 138 93 118 64 29 25 194 85
*Draws include matches decided by penalty shoot-out.

West African Nations Cup and WAFU Nations Cup

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Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
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1900 to 1956 Part of United Kingdom
Template:Flagicon Rome 1960 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon Tokyo 1964 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 1 2 7 12 Squad
Template:Flagicon Mexico 1968 Group stage 12th 3 0 2 1 6 8 Squad
Template:Flagicon Munich 1972 16th 3 0 0 3 1 11 Squad
Template:Flagicon Montreal 1976 Withdrew after qualifying
Template:Flagicon Moscow 1980
Template:Flagicon Los Angeles 1984 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon Seoul 1988
Since 1992 See Ghana national under-23 football team
Total Quarter-finals 3/8 10 1 3 6 14 31

Head-to-head record against FIFA recognized teams

As of 18 November 2025 after the match against South Korea.

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Honours

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