Current FIFA World Ranking: 37th
FIFA Trigram: GHA
2010 World Cup Qualifying: Finished 1st in CAF Group D (4-1-1; 9 GF, 3 GA)
World Cup Finals Appearances: 2 – 2006 (13th), 2010
Record vs. USA: 1-0-0
Head Coach: Milovan Rajevac (Serbia)
Championship Honors: African Cup of Nations (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982)
Leading World Cup Qualifying Scorers: Matthew Amoah and Manuel Agogo (4)
Key Players: Stephen Appiah (Bologna), Michael Essien (Chelsea), Richard Kingson (Wigan Athletic), Sulley Muntari (Inter Milan)
Language: English
The Black Stars qualified for their second World Cup by topping Group D in CAF qualifying … In their first trip to the World Cup in 2006, Ghana beat the USA 2-1 en route to qualifying for the second round … Ghana was the only African team to emerge from the Group Stage in 2006, where they lost to Brazil in the round of 16 … Ghana’s U-20 squad won the 2009 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Egypt, the first African team to win a world cup at that age level … Strung together five straight shutouts en route to finishing first in their qualifying group
