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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.
Association football is the most popular sport in Ghana.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 Ghana Football Association (GFA) is the governing body of association football in Ghana, based in the capital city, Accra. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Founded in 1957 [ 2 ] to replace the Gold Coast Football Association which was founded in 1920, it organizes and governs Ghana's football leagues, football cup competitions and national teams.
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.
Black Stars squad (Ghanaian national football team) line-up prior to match of the Africa Cup of Nations. 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.
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]
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 ...