Current FIFA Ranking: 72
Highest FIFA Ranking: 14 (last, Feb 2008)
Lowest FIFA Ranking: 89 (June 2004)
Football Team Nickname: Black Stars
Honours: AFCON (4): 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982
Head coach: Otto Addo (second spell, since March 2024)
Top scorer in qualifying: Jordan Ayew (7)
Star players: Jordan Ayew (Leicester), Mohammed Kudus (Spurs), Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth)
A disappointing appearance in 2022 ended with Ghana finishing bottom of their group (beat Korea Republic either side of defeats to Portugal and Uruguay) and they have now failed to progress from the group stage at each of the last three major tournaments (1 World Cup, 2 AFCON).
The Black Stars lit-up the 2010 World Cup before agonisingly losing on penalties to Uruguay in the quarter-final and they will be hoping to repeat the positives of that appearance next year – they are coached once again by Otto Addo who led them in Qatar but left after the finals, only to be reappointed in March 2024. Having played at the 2006 World Cup, he is the first Ghanaian to play and coach the team at the tournament.
