21st_century Ghana_national_football_team

black stars continuum

prior year 2000, disharmony among squad led parliamentary , executive intervention settle issues between 2 squad members, abedi pele , anthony yeboah in late 1990s, may have played part in failure of team build on successes of national underage teams in late 1990s, new generation of black stars players went 2001 fifa world youth championship final became core of team @ 2002 african cup of nations, , undefeated year in 2005 , reached finals of 2006 fifa world cup, first time team had reached global stage of tournament. black stars started succumbing 2–0 defeat eventual champions italy, wins on czech republic (2–0) , united states (2–1) saw them through second round, lost 3–0 brazil.

black stars squad line-up prior match

in 2008, ghana reached high ranking of 14 according fifa world rankings. black stars went on secure 100 percent record in qualification campaign, winning group , becoming first african team qualify 2010 fifa world cup. in final tournament, team competed in group d germany, serbia , australia. ghana reached round of 16 played united states, winning 2–1 in time become third african nation reach world cup quarter-finals. team lost uruguay in penalty shootout in quarter-finals, having missed penalty kick in time after goal prevented luis suárez s deliberate handball, shown red card actions.

in 2013 ghana became team in africa reach 4 consecutive semi-finals of caf africa cup of nations twice, 1963 , 1970 , 2008 , 2013.

ghana sufficiently highly ranked fifa start qualifying 2014 world cup in second round. won group, , in following round qualified 2014 world cup finals in november 2013, beating egypt 7–3 on aggregate in two-legged play-off. ghana drawn in group g finals, faced germany, portugal, , united states. world cup finals ended in disappointment ghana exited in group stages issues of poor planning , payment bonuses being blamed poor performance, although did manage 2–2 draw germany, ended winning competition.