Ghana national football team

FIFA rankingCurrent 65 8 (20 July 2026)Highest14 (April–May 2007, February 2008)Lowest89 (June 2004)First internationalGold Coast and British Togoland 1–0 Nigeria
(Accra, British Gold Coast; 28 May 1950)Biggest winNyasaland 0–12 Gold Coast
(Nyasaland; 15 October 1962)Biggest defeatBulgaria 10–0 Ghana
(Leon, Mexico; 2 October 1968)World CupAppearances5 (first in 2006)Best resultQuarter-finals (2010)Africa Cup of NationsAppearances24 (first in 1963)Best resultChampions (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982)West African Nations Cup / WAFU Nations CupAppearances8 (first in 1982)Best resultChampions (1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 2013, 2017)

The Ghana national football team represents Ghana in men's international association football. It is nicknamed the Black Stars after the Black Star of Africa in the flag of Ghana. The team is governed by the Ghana Football Association. Prior to 1957, it played as the Gold Coast.

Ghana qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 2006. It has won the Africa Cup of Nations four times (1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982), while finishing as runners-up five times (1968, 1970, 1992, 2010, and 2015). Ghana have qualified for the CHAN four times, finishing as runners-up twice (2009 and 2014).