World Cup Appearance
Highest Finish:
Quarter-final (2010)
Star Players:Sulley Muntari, Asamoah Gyan, Kevin Prince Boateng
Titles:0
FIFA Ranking Position:37
Coach:Kwesi Appiah (since 11/04/2012)
Population: 23.9 million (UN 2008)
Area: 238,533 sq km
Capital: Accra
Currency: Cedi
Federation: Ghana Football Association, affiliated to FIFA in 1958
Registered players: 27,500
Kit colours: White shirts, white shorts, white socks
Team nickname: The Black Stars
World Cup record: second round (2006), quarter-final (2010)
CAN appearances: 19 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013)
CAN honours: Winner (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982), finalist (1968, 1970, 1992, 2010), 3rd place (2008, 2012), 4th place (1994, 1996, 2013)
How they qualified for FIFA World Cup 2014: Finished top of CAF Zone second round Group 5 with 12 pts (4 wins, 0 draws, 2 defeats, 11 goals for, 5 against) ahead of Gabon (12pts), Libya (12), and Lesotho (0). Then finished top of third round Group D with 13 points (4 wins, 1 draw, 1 defeat, 9 goals for, 3 against) ahead of Benin (10pts), Mali (9) and Sudan (1)
Top clubs: Asante Kotoko, Hearts of Oak
Population: 23.9 million (UN 2008)
Area: 238,533 sq km
Capital: Accra
Currency: Cedi
Federation: Ghana Football Association, affiliated to FIFA in 1958
Registered players: 27,500
Kit colours: White shirts, white shorts, white socks
Team nickname: The Black Stars
World Cup record: second round (2006), quarter-final (2010)
CAN appearances: 19 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013)
CAN honours: Winner (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982), finalist (1968, 1970, 1992, 2010), 3rd place (2008, 2012), 4th place (1994, 1996, 2013)
How they qualified for FIFA World Cup 2014: Finished top of CAF Zone second round Group 5 with 12 pts (4 wins, 0 draws, 2 defeats, 11 goals for, 5 against) ahead of Gabon (12pts), Libya (12), and Lesotho (0). Then finished top of third round Group D with 13 points (4 wins, 1 draw, 1 defeat, 9 goals for, 3 against) ahead of Benin (10pts), Mali (9) and Sudan (1)
Top clubs: Asante Kotoko, Hearts of Oak