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Ghana


Federation founded: 1957
FIFA member since: 1958
Confederation: CAF
Colours: All white
Nickname: The Black Stars
World Cups qualified for: 3 (of 21)
Best results: Quarter-final 2010

WORLD CUP RANKING
P 12 W 4 D 3 L 5 GF 13 GA 16 Pts 15
Ghana is 37th on the all-time table.

WORLD CUP SUMMARY
1962 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1966 Did not enter
1970 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1974 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1978 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1982 Did not enter
1986 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1990 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1994 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1998 Did not qualify Qualifiers
2002 Did not qualify Qualifiers
2006 Round of 16 13 Squad Qualifiers
2010 Quarter-final 7 Squad Qualifiers
2014 First round 25 Squad Qualifiers
2018 Did not qualify Qualifiers
Ghana entered first time for the 1962 World Cup.

TEAM RECORDS
Champions -
Finalists -
Semi-finalists (or top 4) -
Quarter-finalists (or top 8) 2010
Biggest win 2-0 vs Czech Republic 2006
Biggest loss 0-3 vs Brazil 2006
Most wins in a row 2
Most losses in a row 1
Longest unbeaten run 2
Longest run without win 4
Longest run qualifying 3 (2006-14)
Longest run not qualifying 11 (1962-02)
Penalty shoot-outs 0 win, 1 loss
GHA vs Europe W2 - D1 - L3
GHA vs South America W0 - D1 - L1
GHA vs Asia W0 - D1 - L0
GHA vs N/C America W2 - D0 - L1

MOST WORLD CUP APPEARANCES
Asamoah Gyan 11 2006-14
Sulley Muntari 9 2006-14
Richard Kingson 9 2006-10
John Pantsil 9 2006-10
Kwadwo Asamoah 8 2010-14
John Mensah 8 2006-10

MOST WORLD CUP GOALS
Asamoah Gyan 6 2006-14
Andre Ayew 2 2010-14
Sulley Muntari 2 2006-14
Stephen Appiah 1 2006-10
Haminu Dramani 1 2006
Kevin Prince Boateng 1 2010-14


 

YEAR RD OPPONENTS RESULT 2006 1R Italy L 0-2 1R Czech Republic W 2-0 1R United States W 2-1 2R Brazil L 0-3 2010 1R Serbia W 1-0 1R Australia D 1-1 1R Germany L 0-1 2R United States [aet] W 2-1 QF Uruguay [2-4 ap] D 1-1 2014 1R United States L 1-2 1R Germany D 2-2 1R Portugal L 1-2



 

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