Ghana the city of Africa
Ghana is one of Africa's major forces in the Africa Cup of Nations . Ghana made its debut in 1963 , and quickly emerged as a powerful team in the tournament and went on to win the tournament again in 1965 , 1978 and in 1982 , which was the last tournament to date Ghana has won.[1] [2] [3]
Overall record 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 Africa Cup of Nations record Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA 1957 Not affiliated to CAF 1959 1962 Did not qualify 1963 Champions 1st 3 2 1 0 6 1 1965 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 12 5 1968 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 11 8 1970 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 2 1 6 4 1972 Did not qualify 1974 1976 1978 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 9 2 1980 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 1 1 1982 Champions 1st 5 2 3 0 7 5 1984 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 2 4 1986 Did not qualify 1988 1990 1992 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 1 0 6 2 1994 Quarter-finals 5th 3 2 0 1 3 2 1996 Fourth place 4th 6 4 0 2 7 5 1998 Group stage 11th 3 1 0 2 3 3 2000 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 3 4 2002 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 2 1 2 2 2004 Did not qualify 2006 Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 2 3 2008 Third place 3rd 6 5 0 1 11 5 2010 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 0 2 4 4 2012 Fourth place 4th 6 3 1 2 6 5 2013 Fourth place 4th 6 3 2 1 10 6 2015 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 10 3 2017 Fourth place 4th 6 3 0 3 4 5 2019 Round of 16 12th 4 1 3 0 5 3 2021 Group stage 19th 3 0 1 2 3 5 2023 Group stage 17th 3 0 2 1 5 6 2025 To be determined 2027 Total 4 Titles 24/34 105 54 23 28 138 93
*Denotes place was determined via penalty shoot-out. Participation history Ghana at the 1963 African Cup of Nations Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Ghana 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 3 Ethiopia 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 2 Tunisia 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 1
Source: [citation needed ]
Final Referee: Hédi Ben Abdelkader (
Tunisia )
Ghana at the 1965 African Cup of Nations Group B Source: [citation needed ]
Final Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Abdelaziz Chekaïmi (
Algeria )
Ghana at the 1968 African Cup of Nations Group B Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Khelifi (Algeria)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Rajab (Uganda)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Boua (Ivory Coast)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tarekegn (Ethiopia)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Awanda (Kenya)
Semi-final Final Ghana at the 1970 African Cup of Nations Group B Source: [citation needed ]
Attendance: 7,525
Referee: Obeid (Sudan)
Attendance: 3,342
Referee: Koudou (Ivory Coast)
Attendance: 3,342
Referee: Kandem (Cameroon)
Attendance: 3,927
Referee: Khelifi (Algeria)
Attendance: 3,927
Referee: Simfukwe (Zimbabwe)
Semifinal Final Ghana at the 1978 African Cup of Nations Group A Source: [citation needed ]
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Suleiman El Naim (
Sudan )
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: ... Sylla
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: C. Monty
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Pierre Mutombo (
Zaïre )
Semi-final Final Ghana at the 1980 African Cup of Nations Group B
Source: [citation needed ]
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ngesa Gabriel Odengo (
Kenya )
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Idrissa Traoré (
Mali )
Ghana at the 1982 African Cup of Nations Group A Source: [citation needed ]
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Kambaji Kabongo (
Zaire )
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Idrissa Traoré (
Mali )
Semifinal Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bester Kalombo (
Malawi )
Final Ghana at the 1984 African Cup of Nations Group B Source: [citation needed ]
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hassan Abdel Hafiz (
Sudan )
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Karim Camara (
Guinea )
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Salem Mohamed Adal (
Libya )
Ghana at the 1992 African Cup of Nations Group D Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Ghana 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 4 Zambia 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 Egypt 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
Source: [citation needed ]
Quarter-final Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ibrahim Faye (
Gambia )
Semi-final Final Ivory Coast 0–0 (a.e.t.) Ghana Report Penalties Aka Hobou Sekana M. Traoré Tiéhi Gadji-Celi Kouadio Abouo Maguy Sie Gouamené Aka 11–10 Baffoe Lamptey Naawu Asare Yeboah Manso Armah Abroah Ampeah Opoku Ansah Baffoe
The penalty shootout was significant in that it was the first in the final of a major international tournament that every player on the pitch took a penalty.
Ghana at the 1994 African Cup of Nations Group D Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Ghana 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 4 Senegal 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 Guinea 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
Source: [citation needed ]
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Hussein Ali Moussa (
Egypt )
Quarterfinal Ghana at the 1996 African Cup of Nations Group D Source: [citation needed ]
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Charles Masembe (
Uganda )
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (
Mali )
Quarterfinal Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (
Mali )
Semifinal Third place match Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Omer Yengo (
Congo )
Ghana at the 1998 African Cup of Nations Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Tunisia 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6 DR Congo 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6 Ghana 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3 Togo 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
Source: [citation needed ]
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Omer Yengo (
Congo )
Attendance: 800
Referee: Pierre Mounguegui (
Gabon )
Ghana at the 2000 African Cup of Nations Group A Group A of the 2000 AFCON remains as the only group stage that all four teams to achieve four points out of three matches.
Source: [citation needed ]
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Abderrahim Al-Arjoune (
Morocco )
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Olufunmi Olaniyan (
Nigeria )
Quarterfinal Ghana at the 2002 African Cup of Nations Group B Source: [citation needed ]
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Chukwudi Chukwujekwu (
Nigeria )
Quarterfinal Ghana at the 2006 African Cup of Nations Group D Source: [citation needed ]
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (
Sudan )
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Abderrahim Al-Arjoune (
Morocco )
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: René Louzaya (
Congo )
Ghana at the 2008 African Cup of Nations Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Ghana 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9 Advanced to the quarter-finals Guinea 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 Morocco 3 1 0 2 7 6 +1 3 Namibia 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: [citation needed ]
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Muhmed Ssegonga (
Uganda )
Quarter-final Semi-finals Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Abderahim El Arjoune (
Morocco )
Third place match Ghana at the 2010 African Cup of Nations Group B
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed ] (D) Disqualified Notes:
Quarter-final Semi-final Final Ghana at the 2012 African Cup of Nations Group D
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed ]
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (
Sudan )
Quarterfinal Semifinal Third place match Ghana at the 2013 African Cup of Nations Group B
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed ]
Quarter-final Semi-final Third place play-off Ghana at the 2015 African Cup of Nations Group C
Quarter-final Semi-final Final Ghana at the 2017 African Cup of Nations Group D Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Egypt 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage 2 Ghana 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 6 3 Mali 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2 4 Uganda 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source: CAF
17 January 2017 (2017-01-17 )
17:00
17 January 2017 (2017-01-17 )
20:00
21 January 2017 (2017-01-21 )
17:00
21 January 2017 (2017-01-21 )
20:00
25 January 2017 (2017-01-25 )
20:00
25 January 2017 (2017-01-25 )
20:00
Quarter-final 29 January 2017 (2017-01-29 )
17:00
Semi-final 2 February 2017 (2017-02-02 )
20:00
Third place play-off 4 February 2017 (2017-02-04 )
20:00
Ghana at the 2019 African Cup of Nations Group F Source: CAF
25 June 2019 (2019-06-25 )
19:00
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (
Morocco )
25 June 2019 (2019-06-25 )
22:00
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (
Tunisia )
29 June 2019 (2019-06-29 )
19:00
29 June 2019 (2019-06-29 )
22:00
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (
Burundi )
2 July 2019 (2019-07-02 )
18:00
2 July 2019 (2019-07-02 )
18:00
Round of 16 8 July 2019 (2019-07-08 )
21:00
Ghana at the 2021 African Cup of Nations Group C Source: CAF
10 January 2022 (2022-01-10 )
17:00
14 January 2022 (2022-01-14 )
20:00
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (
Algeria )
18 January 2022 (2022-01-18 )
20:00
Referee: Boubou Traore (
Mali )
Ghana at the 2023 African Cup of Nations Group B Source: CAF Notes:
^ a b Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: Ghana −1, Mozambique −3. 14 January 2024 (2024-01-14 )
20:00
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (
DR Congo )
18 January 2024 (2024-01-18 )
20:00
Referee: Pierre Atcho (
Gabon )
22 January 2024 (2024-01-22 )
20:00
Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (
Libya )
By opponent Legend Won more than lost Won equals lost Lost more than won
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD Win % Ivory Coast 10 6 2 2 20 12 +8 60,00% Tunisia 8 6 2 0 13 6 +7 75,00% DR Congo 8 5 1 2 14 8 +6 62,50% Nigeria 7 3 1 3 7 7 0 42,86% Guinea 6 4 2 0 9 3 +6 66,67% Burkina Faso 5 3 1 1 7 3 +4 60,00% Cameroon 5 0 3 2 1 4 -3 0,00% Mali 5 3 0 2 5 5 0 60,00% Senegal 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 50,00% Zambia 4 2 0 2 3 3 0 50,00% Algeria 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 50,00% Morocco 4 1 1 2 2 2 0 25,00% South Africa 4 1 1 2 2 5 -2 25,00% Egypt 4 1 1 2 1 2 -1 33,33% Benin 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 33,33% Sudan 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 50,00% Congo 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 100,00% Uganda 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 100,00% Libya 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 0,00% United Arab Rep. * 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0,00% Malawi 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 100,00% Mozambique 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 100,00% Zimbabwe 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0,00% Namibia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100,00% Angola 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100,00% Botswana 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100,00% Niger 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100,00% Cape Verde 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100,00% Equatorial Guinea 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100,00% Guinea-Bissau 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100,00% Comoros 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0,00% Gabon 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0,00% Ethiopia 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100,00%
See also References ^ "Tracing back to Libya: When did Ghana's Black Stars last win Afcon?". Goal . Retrieved 2022-06-15 . ^ "How Ghana managed an unlikely ascension unto the African football throne". Business Insider . Retrieved 2022-06-15 . ^ "Four "Black Stars" in the sky". Cafonline . Retrieved 2022-06-15 . ^ BBC News (25 September 2001). "Nations Cup trophy revealed". BBC . Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2007 . ^ "Retro - CAN Éthiopie 1968 : Une équipe du Sénégal séduisante, mais au goût d'inachevé". December 21, 2021. ^ Togo officially disqualified from Africa Cup of Nations, 11 January 2010, www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 11 January 2010. ^ a b c d e f g h i "2012 African Nations Cup Fixtures and Results". ESPN Soccernet . Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012 . ^ a b c d e f "2013 African Nations Cup Fixtures and Results". ESPN Soccernet . Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013 . ^ a b c "2013 African Nations Cup Fixtures and Results". ESPN Soccernet . Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013 . ^ "Cameroon vs. Guinea-Bissau". ESPN. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019 . ^ "Ghana vs. Benin". ESPN. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019 . ^ "Cameroon vs. Ghana". ESPN. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019 . ^ "Benin vs. Guinea-Bissau". ESPN. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019 . ^ "Benin vs. Cameroon". ESPN. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019 . ^ "Guinea-Bissau vs. Ghana". ESPN. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019 . ^ "Ghana vs. Tunisia". ESPN. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019 . ^ "Ghana vs Cape Verde match Report". globalsportsarchive.com . Retrieved 15 January 2024 . ^ "Egypt vs Ghana match Report". globalsportsarchive.com . Retrieved 19 January 2024 . ^ "Mozambique vs Ghana match Report". globalsportsarchive.com . Retrieved 26 January 2024 . External links Africa Cup of Nations – Archives competitions – cafonline.com
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