Ghana national football team facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Ghana
Nickname(s)	Black Stars
Association	Ghana Football Association (GFA)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	James Kwesi Appiah
Captain	Asamoah Gyan
Most caps	Asamoah Gyan (106)
Top scorer	Asamoah Gyan (51)
FIFA code	GHA
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	52 1 (7 February 2019)
Highest	14 (February 2008, April–May 2008)
Lowest	89 (June 2004)
Elo ranking
Current	51 4 (3 March 2019)
Highest	13 (30 June 1966)
Lowest	97 (14 June 2004)
First international
	Gold Coast and British Togoland; 1–0 Nigeria ; (Accra, British Gold Coast; 28 May 1950)
Biggest win
	; Nyasaland 0–12 Ghana Matches">Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) – List of International Matches. RSSSF; ; (Nairobi, Kenya; 12 December 1965)
Biggest defeat
	[[File:{{{flag alias-1968}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Bulgaria 10–0 Ghana ; (León, Mexico; 14 October 1968)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 2006)
Best result	Quarter-finals, 2010
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	21 (first in 1963)
Best result	Champions, 1963, 1965, 1978 and 1982
African Nations Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 2009)
Best result	Second place, 2009, 2014

Ghana national football team is the national football team of Ghana.

Images for kids

Black Stars members in the 1960s pose with some of Ghana's successive international football trophies won.
Black Stars Continuum
Black Stars squad line-up prior to match
Ghana home shirt: 1970s–1980s
Ghana vs. Nigeria in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations Quarter-Final
Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah
Black Stars at the CAF Africa Cup of Nations

Bernard Aryee former Black Stars Central midfielder and part of the Bronze Medalist squad at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic football tournament.

Black Stars at the World Cup and Black Stars vs. Uruguay in the 2010 FIFA World Cup quarter-final match at Soccer City, Johannesburg on 2 July 2010
Black Stars vs. Argentina national football team, at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, in Córdoba, Argentina.
Asamoah Gyan is the most capped player with 109 appearances, and top scorer with 51 goals