The Ghana national football team represents Ghana in international association football and has done so since the 1950s. The team is nicknamed the Black Stars after the Black Star of Africa in the flag of Ghana.
It is administered by the Ghana Football Association, the governing body for football in Ghana and the oldest football association in Africa (founded in 1920). Prior to 1957, the team played as the Gold Coast.
Although the team qualified for the senior FIFA World Cup for the first time in 2006, they had qualified for four Olympic Games Football Tournaments when the tournament was still a full senior national team competition; their best achievement was the third position at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
The team has won the Africa Cup of Nations four times (in 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982) and has been runner-up five times (in 1968, 1970, 1992, 2010, and 2015).
From the foregoing, football in Ghana didn’t just started, Football in Ghana have made strides to establish Ghana football teams or clubs both locally and internationally since inception.
Talking about Football Clubs In Ghana, there are so many great football team in Ghana that can compete with any team in the world. We shall list them shortly;
About Ghana Football Association
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 1920.
Cape Coast and Accra were the first colonial cities in sub-Saharan Africa to host formal leagues in the Gold Coast.
After a weak start in 1915, the league kicked off in 1922 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.
Amateur status
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 1903 by Mr. Briton, a Jamaican-born British citizen who was the then Head Teacher of Philip Quaque Government Boys School in Cape Coast.
As the popularity of the game grew, other amateur clubs were formed along the coast, including: Accra Hearts of Oak, Accra Standfast, Cape Coast Venomous Vipers, Cape Coast Mysterious Dwarfs, Sekondi Hasaacas, and Sekondi Eleven Wise.
The Gold Coast Amateur Football Association
In 1952, the Government of the Gold Coast enacted Ordinance 14, which established the Gold Coast Amateur Sports Council, and granted the Government of the Gold Coast the legal authority to control all amateur Associations, including Football.
As the popularity of the game spread throughout the country, the existing clubs met towards the end of 1930 and elected Richard Maabuo Akwei as their Chairman.
Towards the middle of 1950, the clubs, spearheaded by Ohene Djan, accused Akwei of maladministration and questioned his ability to help grow Ghanaian Football.
They therefore addressed petitions to the Governor of the Gold Coast, Sir Charles Arden-Clarke, and the Pioneer Sports Organizer, Joseph Ranadurai, on the maladministration of the Amateur Football Association by Akwei.
While the petition was being addressed, Ohene Djan led a “Football Revolution” and succeeded in toppling the Akwei Administration in 1957
The Ghana Football Association stages include
The women’s competitions like the Women’s League, the Women’s FA Cup and the Women’s Super Cup.
Best Football Clubs In Ghana
Here is a list of best Football Clubs In Ghana and their ranking
| Rank | Club | Points | 1-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asante Kotoko | 1430 | 13 1423 |
| 2 | Ashanti Gold FC | 1393 | 50 1402 |
| 3 | Aduana Stars | 1376 | 47 1367 |
| 4 | Berekum Chelsea FC | 1364 | 106 1379 |
| 5 | Medeama SC | 1358 | 141 1343 |
| 6 | Hearts of Oak | 1351 | 44 1354 |
| 7 | Heart of Lions | 1326 | 8 1326 |
| 8 | Legon Cities FC | 1312 | 128 1326 |
| 9 | Ebusua Dwarfs | 1306 | 64 1314 |
| 10 | Liberty Professionals | 1304 | 128 1318 |
| 11 | New Edubiase FC | 1302 | 25 1302 |
| 12 | Bechem United | 1287 | 174 1273 |
| 13 | Sogakope WAFA | 1279 | 201 1262 |
| 14 | Accra Great Olympics | 1272 | 140 1262 |
| 15 | Elmina Sharks | 1268 | 266 1250 |
| 16 | Dreams FC | 1266 | 234 1250 |
| 17 | Inter Allies FC | 1265 | 161 1281 |
| 18 | Tema Youth | 1260 | 1 1260 |
| 19 | Berekum Arsenal | 1260 | 1 1260 |
| 20 | Hasaacas | 1258 | 5 1258 |
| 21 | Amidaus Professionals FC | 1255 | 3 1255 |
| 22 | Karela United FC | 1255 | 77 1250 |
| 23 | King Faisal | 1252 | 334 1280 |
| 24 | Mighty Jets | 1251 | 12 1251 |
| 25 | Eleven Wonders FC | 1247 | 69 1250 |
| 26 | Eleven Wise | 1245 | 58 1245 |
| 27 | Wassaman United | 1241 | 55 1241 |
| 28 | Real Tamale | 1201 | 24 1201 |
| 29 | Brong Ahafo Stars | 1201 | 34 1198 |
