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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 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 ...
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
In 2014, Abdul-Ganiyu was a member of the Ghana U-23 team. He was a member of the Black Meteors squad that lost to Nigeria by 1–0 during the official opening of the newly built Akpa Ibom Stadium in Uyo on 7 November 2014. [19] [20] In May 2016, he was called up to the Ghana A' national team ahead of the 2016 MS&AD Cup against Japan under-23 ...
Ghana qualified for the AFCON Tournament in January 2017 after finishing top of Group H in the qualifying stages. [43] Ghana could not qualified for the 2025 Africa cup of nations for the first time since 2004. [44] [45] Ghana football association apologized to Ghanaians for the Ghana black stars inability to qualify for AFCON 2025. [46] [47] [48]
Abedi Pele, in the dying moments of the first half, equalised for Ghana with a header, ensuring that the Black Stars entered halftime on level terms. [37] [38] Eight minutes into the second half, Prince Polley, the former Asante Kotoko S.C. forward, struck a first-time shot in the box to put Ghana ahead. [37] [38]
Association football is administered by the Ghana Football Association and the national men's football team is known as the Black Stars, with the under-20 team known as the Black Satellites. Ghana has participated in many championships, including the African Cup of Nations with 4 titles, the FIFA World Cup three times, (2006, 2010, and 2014 ...