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Black Stars
Four-time African champions. Ghana open qualifying against Côte d’Ivoire on 24 September 2026.
Road to AFCON 2027
Group C
Ghana
Current status: Qualifying
The top two in the group qualify for the finals. Six matches: home and away against each opponent.
No qualifier has been played yet — the table appears here after the first matchday.
Checked 21 September 2026 against CAF’s draw and fixture list.CAF fixtures
The number that defines Ghana
9
AFCON finals played
Four won, five lost — only Egypt, with ten, have played in more.
Iconic moment · 2015
Final · Equatorial Guinea 2015, Bata
After 120 goalless minutes against Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana led the shoot-out 2–0 when the Ivorians failed with their first two kicks. It went to 22 penalties: Ghana goalkeeper Razak Braimah failed with the 21st and his opposite number, Boubacar Barry, scored the 22nd to make it 9–8.
2015
Côte d’Ivoire v Ghana — AFCON 2015 final highlights
120 goalless minutes in Bata, then a 22-kick shoot-out that Ghana led 2–0 and lost 9–8.
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The team now
Forward · Sheffield United
Captain. Led Ghana at the 2026 World Cup, his third, and scored his kick in the 2015 AFCON final shoot-out.
Midfielder · Coventry City
Scored the stoppage-time winner against Panama on his World Cup debut in June 2026.
Goalkeeper · Hearts of Oak
Kept a clean sheet in the 0–0 draw with England at the 2026 World Cup, saving from Harry Kane at close range.
From the 24-man squad named on 18 September 2026 for Côte d’Ivoire (24 Sep, Bouaké) and The Gambia (29 Sep, Accra) in qualifying, and a friendly with Morocco (4 Oct). Clubs as at that announcement.
AFCON 2027 packages
Follow the Black Stars to East Africa. Each trip works from any host country, so it holds whichever group Ghana land in.
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A short trip built around a single fixture
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Two fixtures, one trip
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Travelling from
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Host countries
Explore the three host nations while we wait for Ghana’s official finals journey to be determined.
Safari country and East Africa’s busiest gateway
Kenya combines the region’s most connected international airport with the Maasai Mara and the Kenyan coast, making it the natural base for supporters who want football and safari in one trip.
Plan my tripZanzibar, Serengeti and the Indian Ocean
Tanzania offers the strongest holiday extension of the three hosts — Zanzibar’s beaches and the northern safari circuit are both within easy reach of the mainland gateways.
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The source of the Nile and gorilla country
Uganda is the most compact of the three hosts, with Entebbe close to Kampala and adventure travel — rafting at Jinja, gorilla trekking in the southwest — within reach of a tournament trip.
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SAFARI3 daysMaasai Mara
Kenya’s best-known reserve, reachable by light aircraft or road from Nairobi between match days.
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CITY1 dayNairobi
The national park on the city edge, the elephant orphanage and Karen — a full day without leaving Nairobi.
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BEACH4 daysZanzibar
The classic post-tournament wind-down: white sand, warm water and Stone Town, a short hop from Dar es Salaam.
Add to my tripThe story behind the shirt
The full story, the title years, the moments, the legends and every tournament — researched from CAF and dated where it can change.
Ghana’s AFCON legacy
Ghana set the early pace of African football. The Black Stars won the Cup at their first attempt, as hosts in 1963, kept it in Tunis two years later and reached the next two finals as well. In 1978, again at home, they became the first country to win three titles, and when a 7–6 shoot-out against hosts Libya settled the 1982 final in Tripoli, Charles Kumi Gyamfi had coached three of those four triumphs — still a shared record.
Nine finals in all — only Egypt have played more — but the last three have gone the other way. Côte d’Ivoire won the 1992 final 11–10 on penalties, Egypt won the 2010 final 1–0, and in 2015 Ghana led the shoot-out against Côte d’Ivoire 2–0, only for their goalkeeper Razak Braimah to fail with the 21st kick and his opposite number, Boubacar Barry, to score the 22nd. André Ayew played through eight tournaments of that era, from 2008 to 2023 — a joint record.
Nine finals in all — only Egypt have played more — but the last three have gone the other way. Côte d’Ivoire won the 1992 final 11–10 on penalties, Egypt won the 2010 final 1–0, and in 2015 Ghana led the shoot-out against Côte d’Ivoire 2–0, only for their goalkeeper Razak Braimah to fail with the 21st kick and his opposite number, Boubacar Barry, to score the 22nd. André Ayew played through eight tournaments of that era, from 2008 to 2023 — a joint record.
The last cycle was the hardest in decades. Ghana went out in the group stage in 2021 and 2023, then finished bottom of their qualifying group for Morocco 2025 without a win. Carlos Queiroz, appointed in April 2026, led them at the World Cup that summer: a stoppage-time win over Panama and a draw with England, then defeats by Croatia and, in the round of 32, Colombia.
Queiroz was reappointed in September for the road to East Africa, and it starts in the hardest place available: Côte d’Ivoire in Bouaké on 24 September 2026. Group C also includes The Gambia, who visit Accra on 29 September, and Somalia. The top two qualify for the finals.
4 titles
Debut and title
Hosts and champions at the first attempt: 3–0 against Sudan in Accra.
Back-to-back
Hosts Tunisia beaten 3–2 after extra time in Tunis.
First to three
Uganda beaten 2–0 in the final in Accra.
The fourth star
1–1 with hosts Libya, won 7–6 on penalties.
Tap a year for the story of that title.
1963
Debut and title
Hosts and champions at the first attempt: 3–0 against Sudan in Accra.
1965
Back-to-back
Hosts Tunisia beaten 3–2 after extra time in Tunis.
1970
A fourth straight final
Beaten 1–0 by hosts Sudan in Khartoum, after losing the 1968 final too.
1978
First to three
Uganda beaten 2–0 in the final in Accra.
1982
The fourth star
1–1 with hosts Libya, won 7–6 on penalties.
1992
11–10
Côte d’Ivoire win the final on penalties in Dakar.
2008
Hosts again
Out to Cameroon in the semi-final, third place in the end.
2010
Runners-up
Egypt win the final 1–0 in Angola.
2015
9–8
Another final lost to Côte d’Ivoire on penalties.
2025
Missing
Absent from the finals for the first time since 2004.
Iconic moments
1963
Final · Ghana 1963, Accra
In their first tournament, as hosts, Ghana drew with Tunisia and beat Ethiopia to top their group, then beat Sudan 3–0 in the final in Accra. Edward Aggrey-Fynn opened the scoring from the penalty spot.
1965
Final · Tunisia 1965, Tunis
Ghana defended the title away from home, beating hosts Tunisia 3–2 in the final with an extra-time goal from Kofi Pare. Osei Kofi was named the tournament’s best player.
1982
Final · Libya 1982, Tripoli
George Alhassan put Ghana ahead against the hosts before Libya equalised to force extra time. The Black Stars won the first shoot-out in the history of the final 7–6 to become four-time champions.
AFCON legends
Coach · 1960s–1980s
The architect of three of Ghana’s four titles.
Won AFCON as coach in 1963, 1965 and 1982 — a record shared only with Egypt’s Hassan Shehata.
Forward · 1960s
The standout player of the back-to-back champions.
Best player and joint top scorer of 1965, and the first player to score in five consecutive AFCON matches.
Forward · 1970s
The man who delivered the third title.
Scored both goals in the 2–0 win over Uganda in the 1978 final and was the tournament’s joint top scorer.
Midfielder · 1980s–1990s
The star of the 1992 side that reached the final.
Named best player of the 1992 tournament in Senegal.
Forward · 2008–2023
The constant of Ghana’s modern AFCON era.
Eight tournaments and 36 finals matches — both joint records — and joint top scorer at Equatorial Guinea 2015.
AFCON rivalry
The neighbours have met ten times at the finals. Ghana won five of them, including the 1968 and 1970 semi-finals after extra time; Côte d’Ivoire won three. The other two were finals — 0–0 in 1992 and 2015 — and Côte d’Ivoire won both shoot-outs, 11–10 and 9–8. The rivalry resumes in Bouaké on 24 September 2026, on the opening night of qualifying.
Côte d’Ivoire at AFCON 20279
AFCON finals played
Second only to Egypt’s 10 — four won, five lost
3
Titles won by one coach
Charles Kumi Gyamfi, 1963, 1965 and 1982 — joint record with Hassan Shehata
8
Most AFCON tournaments played
André Ayew, 2008–2023 (joint record)
36
Most AFCON finals matches
André Ayew (joint record with Cameroon’s Rigobert Song)
AFCON finals tournaments only — qualifiers are not included.
Statistics
Finals tournaments through Côte d’Ivoire 2023. Qualifiers not included.
Ghana won AFCON at their first attempt, as hosts in 1963, and retained the title in Tunisia two years later.
The Black Stars played in four consecutive finals, from 1963 to 1970.
The 1982 final in Tripoli was the first AFCON final decided on penalties — Ghana beat hosts Libya 7–6.
Osei Kofi was the first player to score in five consecutive AFCON matches. Morocco’s Brahim Díaz became the second in January 2026.
Four Ghanaians have been named best player of a tournament: Osei Kofi (1965), Karim Abdul Razak (1978), Abedi Pele (1992) and Christian Atsu (2015).
Ghana have co-hosted or hosted AFCON four times — 1963, 1978, 2000 with Nigeria, and 2008.
Four — 1963, 1965, 1978 and 1982. They have also lost five finals: 1968, 1970, 1992, 2010 and 2015.
In 1982 in Libya, drawing 1–1 with the hosts in the final in Tripoli and winning the shoot-out 7–6.
No. Ghana finished bottom of their qualifying group without winning a match. Their last finals appearance was at Côte d’Ivoire 2023, where they went out in the group stage.
Not yet. Qualifying begins on 24 September 2026. Ghana are in Group C with Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia and Somalia; the top two qualify.
Côte d’Ivoire away in Bouaké on 24 September 2026, then The Gambia at the Accra Sports Stadium on 29 September.
Carlos Queiroz. He was appointed in April 2026 to lead Ghana at the World Cup and reappointed on 2 September 2026 for the new cycle. Jordan Ayew is captain.
Sources · checked 21 September 2026
Historical figures cover AFCON finals tournaments only. Qualification, squads and rankings change — each is dated where it appears.
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