Ghana football association

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The Ghana Football Association GFA is the successor to the Gold Coast Football Association, which used to be the governing body for football in Ghana and was one of the oldest football associations in Africa, having been founded in After a weak start in , the league kicked off in with the Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club emerging as winners, taking the coveted Guggisberg shield — named after the progressive British governor of that period and the man who started the Accra Football League, Sir Gordon Guggisberg. Football was brought to the Gold Coast near the end of the 19th century by merchants from Europe, who had by then conquered the coastal areas and built forts and castles to facilitate trade. In their leisure time, the sailors would play football among themselves and with the indigenous people. The popularity of the game spread quickly along the coast, culminating in the formation of the first football club, Excelsior, in by Mr. As the popularity of the game spread throughout the country, the existing clubs met towards the end of and elected Richard Maabuo Akwei as their chairman. Towards the middle of , the clubs, spearheaded by Ohene Djan , accused Akwei of maladministration and questioned his ability to help grow Ghanaian Football.

Ghana football association

The Ghana national football team represents Ghana in men's international football. Prior to , it played as the Gold Coast. They have also qualified for the CHAN four times, finishing as runners-up twice and On 19 August at the Accra Sports Stadium , hosted Real Madrid , who were at the time Spanish champions , former European champions and intercontinental champions and drew 3—3. Charles Kumi Gyamfi became coach in , and they won successive African Cup of Nations titles, in and The Black Stars achieved their record win, 13—2 away to Kenya , after the second of these. They reached the final of the tournament in and , losing 1—0 on both occasions, to DR Congo in and Sudan in Their domination of the tournament earned them the nickname "the Black Stars of Africa" in the s. Fortunes changed for the Black Stars however, after they failed to qualify for 3 successive African Cup of Nations in the s. In however, the Black Stars would come runners-up to the Ivory Coast in a penalty shootout after a goalless draw, which saw every player on the pitch take a penalty, in which they were beaten Tensions among the squad led to the parliamentary and executive to intervene and settle issues between star players Abedi Pele and Tony Yeboah. In the s, this may have played some part in the failure of the team to build on the successes of the national underage teams.

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The Ghana national football team represents Ghana in men's international football. Prior to , it played as the Gold Coast. They have also qualified for the CHAN four times, finishing as runners-up twice and On 19 August at the Accra Sports Stadium , hosted Real Madrid , who were at the time Spanish champions , former European champions and intercontinental champions and drew 3—3. Charles Kumi Gyamfi became coach in , and they won successive African Cup of Nations titles, in and The Black Stars achieved their record win, 13—2 away to Kenya , after the second of these. They reached the final of the tournament in and , losing 1—0 on both occasions, to DR Congo in and Sudan in Their domination of the tournament earned them the nickname "the Black Stars of Africa" in the s.

Ghana football association

PAC Academy who are unbeaten in their last 5 league games moved 4th in Zone The Executive Council has re-appointed Dr. King Faisal recorded victory over league leaders, Basake Holy Stars at home. Abdul Hussein President Simeon-Okraku says continuous investment and strategic decisions are the only way to bring coaching The construction of a bed accommodation facility; a gymnasium, swimming pool and a medical Centre A functional cookie which expires when you close your browser has already been placed on your machine. More details. Search the GhanaFA. Division One.

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Retrieved 4 February Caps and goals correct as of 22 January , after the match against Mozambique. After beating Egypt 7—3 on aggregate in November , it qualified for the World Cup in Brazil. Archived from the original on 31 January In the final tournament, they were placed in Group D with Germany , Serbia and Australia , advancing to the round of 16 where they played the United States, winning 2—1 in extra time to become only the third African nation to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. Retrieved 7 January PRE Preliminary squad. Maolida 43'. Champions , , , In , it became the only team in Africa to reach 4 consecutive semi-finals of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations twice, the first time since between and Search the GhanaFA. Red Star Belgrade. Ghana Football Association. Archived from the original on 25 September Archived from the original on 30 March

It is a representative democracy, and is the umbrella organisation for all football clubs and other interest groups in the country. The GFA is responsible for overseeing, promoting and developing Ghana football at all levels, from grassroots through to the professional game. Our main objectives, enshrined in our statutes, are to develop football around the country, to organize domestic competitions and to protect the integrity of football against match manipulation, doping etc.

International footballers. Retrieved 7 December Leicester City. Ivory Coast. On Thursday 24th October, , representatives from the Premier League, Division One League, and Women's Football came together at the secretariat of the Ghana Football Association in Accra to elect their respective representatives for the newly formed Executive Council. Retrieved 21 September In other projects. A rivalry is with the Super Eagles, the Nigeria national team. After beating Egypt 7—3 on aggregate in November , it qualified for the World Cup in Brazil. Archived from the original on 31 March Archived from the original on 5 November Kuffour 5 E. Sports governing body.