Ghana Soccer Team - Ghana Soccer

General Information
Country – Ghana
Capital City – Accra
Continent – Africa
Manager – Ratomir Dujkovic
Captain – Stephen Appiah

Team History
Founded 1957
Affiliated 1958

WC participations NONE
WC honours NONE
Continental Titles African Cup of Nations (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982), CSSA Nations Cup (1982-1984, 1986, 1987)

World Cup Record:
Year Host Performance
1930 Uruguay -
1934 Italy -
1938 France -
1950 Brazil -
1954 Switzerland -
1958 Sweden -
1962 Chile -
1966 England -
1970 Mexico -
1974 West Germany -
1978 Argentina -
1982 Spain -
1986 Mexico -
1990 Italy -
1994 U.S.A. -
1998 France -
2002 S.Korea/Japan -
2006 Germany in Group E with Italy, Czech Republic, U.S.A.
GHANA Football Team for 2006 FIFA World Cup

Coach:
Ratomir Djukovic

Goalkeepers:
Sammy Adjei, George Owu, Richard Kingston.

Defenders:
Hans Adu Sarpei, Samuel Osei Kuffour, John Mensah, Emmanuel Addoquaye Pappoe, Illiasu Shilla, Habib Mohamed, John Pantsil, Daniel Quaye, Issah Ahmed.

Midfielders:
Michael Essien, Derek Boateng, Stephen Appiah, Sulley Ali Muntari, Eric Addo, Otto Addo, Haminu Dramani.

Forwards:
Asamoah Gyan, Alex Tachie Mensah, Matthew Amoah, Razak Pimpong.

Ghana Statistics Participating for the First time in the World Cup Finals in Group E with Italy, Czech Republic, U.S.A.
The team is known as 'Black Stars'
Jersey No. Name of the Player
1 Sammy Adjei
2 Hans Adu Sarpei
3 Asamoah Gyan
4 Samuel Osei Kuffour
5 John Mensah
6 Emmanuel Addoquaye Pappoe
7 Illiasu Shilla
8 Michael Essien
9 Derek Boateng
10 Stephen Appiah
11 Sulley Ali Muntari
12 Alex Tachie Mensah
13 Habib Mohamed
14 Matthew Amoah
15 John Pantsil
16 George Owu
17 Daniel Quaye
18 Eric Addo
19 Razak Pimpong
20 Otto Addo
21 Issah Ahmed
22 Richard Kingston
23 Haminu Dramani

GHANA (GHA)

Ghana is playing in Group E along with Italy, USA and Czech Republic. The team is popularly known as Black Stars. It's a big opportunity for Ghana this time as they have qualified for their first FIFA World Cup Finals. The Black stars have been enjoying tremendous success at the youth level. They won the World Under-17 title twice. The Ghana team also secured the second position at the world youth championship. Ghana has been four times African Cup of Nations' winners (1963, 1965, 1978 and 1982). Ghana marks their first appearance in the FIFA World Cup.

Ghana qualified quite comfortably with a victory over Somalia. They had a 7-0 aggregate success that sent them into the group stage. In Group 2, they had a draw with 2010 FIFA World Cup hosts South Africa. When they started their campaign they suffered a 1-0 defeat in Burkina Faso. They defeated South Africa 3-0 in Kumasi in June, 2004.

Ghana topped their Group for the first time in September 2004. They defeated Cape-Verde Islands 2-0 in Kumasi. Coach Mariano Barreto quit and this created instability. Serbian Ratomir Dujkovic took charge in late 2004. Under his guidance, the team had a draw against Congo DR. In June 2005, they defeated Burkina Faso 2-1 on home grounds. A 2-0 success in South Africa restored them to the top of the group. A 4-0 victory over Cape Verde in Praia helped Ghana get a place in the FIFA World Cup Finals.

In the past Ghana has produced some of Africa's most talented footballers such as Osei Koffi, Abdulrazak Karim, Ben Acheampong, George Al Hasan, Abedi Pele and Anthony Yeboah.

Ghana has a formidable-midfield comprising of Captain Appiah, Michael Essien and Sulley Ali Muntari. Ghana team has set their goals high and the young bunch is a disciplined and focused one. The fans out there in Ghana have high hopes from their team.