FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 Ghana national football team

Ghana 

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Ghana national football team :

The Ghana national football team, popularly known as the Black Stars, is the national association football team of Ghana and is controlled by the Ghana Football Association. Before gaining independence from Great Britain in 1957, the country played as the Gold Coast.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. In 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982 the team have won the Africa Cup of Nations four times, making Ghana the second most successful team in the contest's history, behind Egypt. In 1992 the Olympic Team, the Black Meteors, became the first African country to win a medal at football.After going through 2005 unbeaten, Ghana won the FIFA most improved team of the year award  and they reached the second round of the 2006 Germany World Cup.

  

Ghana national football Team configuration

Association	Ghana Football Association
Nickname(s)	The Black Stars
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Milovan Rajevac
Captain	Stephen Appiah
Most caps	Richard Kingston (89)
Top scorer	Abedi Pele (33)
Home stadium	Ohene Djan Sports Stadium
FIFA code	GHA
FIFA ranking	27
Highest FIFA ranking	14 (February, April, May 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	89 (June 2004)
Elo ranking	42
Highest Elo ranking	14 (30 June 1966)
Lowest Elo ranking	97 (14 June 2004)

 

Ghana national football team  honours

    

* African Cup of Nations: 4

                   1963, 1965, 1978, 1982

    

* African Cup of Nations runners-up: 4

                    1968, 1970, 1992, 2010

    

* West African Nations Cup: 5

                  1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987

    

* All-African Games: 2 Bronze medals

                  1978, 2003

Players

List of United States men's national soccer Players : 

Pos.	Name	Age
Goalkeepers	Isaac Amoako	27
	Daniel Adjei	20
	Richard Kingson	31
Defenders	John Mensah	27
	Samuel Inkoom	20
	Hans Sarpei	33
	Isaac Vorsah	21
	John Paintsil	28
	Eric Addo	31
	Lee Addy	20
Midfielders	Michael Essien	26
	Sulley Muntari	25
	Anthony Annan	29
	Andre Ayew	20
	Opoku Agyemang	23
	Kevin-Prince Boateng	23
	Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu	19
Strikers	Manuel Agogo	28
	Eric Bekoe	29
	Kwadwo Asamoah	20
	Asamoah Gyan	24
	Prince Tagoe	23
	Derek Asamoah	24

Most capped players :

As of 8 June 2009

Player	Caps
Abedi Pele	73
Karim Abdul Razak	70
Michael Essien	68
John Mensah	61
Tony Yeboah	59
Samuel Osei Kuffour	59
Richard Kingston	58
Stephen Appiah	56
John Paintsil	52
Charles Akonnor	51

Top goalscorers :

As of 8 June 2009

Player	Goals	Caps
Abedi Pele	33	73
Tony Yeboah	29	59
Karim Abdul Razak	25	70