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The Ghana Football Association (GFA) signed a CN¥92.2 million (US$15 million) deal with Ghanaian state-run oil and gas exploration corporation, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), to sponsor the Black Stars and the renewable contract saw the oil and gas exploration corporation become the global headline sponsor of the Black Stars ...
Previously known as the Local Black Stars, the team is known as the Black Galaxies. [ 3 ] The Local Black Stars came second at the 2009 African Nations Championship , at the 2014 edition hosted in South Africa , [ 4 ] Ghana reached the final again but lost in a penalty shoot-out to the Libya.
The Ghana national U-17 football team, known as the Black Starlets, is the youngest team that represents Ghana in football. [1] They are two-time FIFA U-17 World Cup Champions in 1991 and 1995 and a two-time Runner-up in 1993 and 1997 . [ 2 ]
Since 1957, the sport has been administered by the Ghana Football Association. [1] Internationally, Ghana is represented by the male Black Stars and the female Black Queens. The top male domestic football league in Ghana is the Ghana Premier League, and the top female domestic football league in Ghana is the Ghana Women's Football League.
The Black Stars of Ghana have won the Africa Cup of Nations four times: in 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982, bettered only by Cameroon and Egypt. As the first winner of three AFCON tournaments, Ghana obtained the right to permanently hold the trophy in 1978. [4] AFCON 2015 match with Guinea
The Black Satellites reached the FIFA U-20 World Cup final in their 1st appearance in Australia 1993 (Australia 1993 U-20 html Stats here), catching many teams on the hop with their lightning changes of pace. In fact, nine of the 22 players in the "Black Satellites'" squad had lifted the FIFA U-17 World Championship two years earlier, so their ...
Since 1999 the academy has graduated 282 students, according to their website as of 2023. [23]Since 2007, Right to Dream has produced over 157 graduates playing professional football Globally. 67 Right to Dream graduates have also received call ups into National teams, from the Black Starlets(U17) to the Black Stars.
During the 2008 African Cup, the Black Stars of Ghana faced off against the Nigerian Super Eagles in the quarterfinals. The 60th encounter between both teams began with intense energy as Sulley Muntari confronted Obinna Nwaneri following a late tackle within the first 15 seconds of the match. [ 34 ]