GHANA
Coach:
James Kwesi
Appiah
Road to Brazil: Nr.1 in africa-gr.D,
beat Egypt i play-off
(7-3 tot.)
Honours: Quarterfinal
2010
WC-app.: 4 (Incl.this) First WC: 2006 Association:
www.ghanafa.org/ Nickname: The Black stars
Although the team
did not qualify for
the senior FIFA
World Cup until
2006, they had
qualified for five
straight Olympic
Games Football
Tournaments when the
tournament was still
a full senior
national team
competition. The
team has won the
Africa Cup of
Nations four times
(in 1963, 1965,
1978, and 1982) and
has been runners up
4 times (in 1968,
1970, 1992, and
2010). In 1992, the
Ghana Olympic
football team became
the first African
football team to win
a medal at the
Olympics finishing
third.
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