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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 football team manager was officially established in 1958 by Ohene Djan, whom the Ohene Djan Sports stadium was named after. This happened after he was elected General Secretary of the Football Association by the clubs and the Ghana Amateur Football Association was officially founded.
Ati-Zigi was a member of the Ghana national under-17 team in 2013 and he played for the team in the 2013 African U-17 Championship. [24] [25] [26] In 2015, he was promoted to the Ghana under-20 side. He earned a place in the final squad for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [27] He started in all four games as Ghana was eliminated by Mali in the ...
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.
Wollacott moved to Scottish club Hibernian on 23 June 2023 for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-year contract. [24] [25] He made his first appearance for Hibs in a Europa Conference League tie against Andorran side Inter Club d'Escaldes on 3 August, but during that match he suffered a thigh injury that meant he had to be substituted.
James Kwesi Appiah was Ghana's assistant coach between 2007 and 2012 serving under Claude Le Roy and Milovan Rajevac. [12] [15] Appiah was coach of Ghana U23 as they won the 2011 All-Africa Games. [16] He was appointed as the Head coach of the Ghana national team in April 2012, [17] [18] describing himself as "the underdog" in the process. [19]
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