| Germany 2006: |
| GHANA |
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| KEY FACTS |
| World Ranking |
| 62nd |
| GHANA NEWS |
| Only one defeat helped the Black Stars qualify ahead of a group featuring South Africa and Burkina Faso. After thrashing Somalia 7-0 over two matches, a loss to Burkina Faso was the one low point of the campaign as they would go on to pick up points in every match that followed, including all six against South Africa. An almost flawless campaign proved good enough to see them to their first ever world cup finals. Asamoah Gyan and Stephen Appiah each scored four goals for Ghana while new Chelsea recruit, Michael Essien, got on the scoresheet three times. |
| Qualifying Group Position |
| Win 7-0 Agg |
| Round 1 |
| Top Scorers |
| 4 Goals |
| QUALIFYING |
| 0-1 |
| Burkina Faso |
| Lost To |
| 05-Jun-04 |
| 3-0 |
| South Africa |
| Dft |
| 20-Jun-04 |
| 1-1 |
| Uganda |
| Drew |
| 03-Jul-04 |
| 2-0 |
| Cape Verde Islands |
| Dft |
| 05-Sep-04 |
| 0-0 |
| Congo DR |
| Drew |
| 10-Oct-05 |
| 1-1 |
| Congo DR |
| Drew |
| 27-Mar-05 |
| 2-1 |
| Burkina Faso |
| Dft |
| 05-Jun-05 |
| 2-0 |
| South Africa |
| Dft |
| 18-Jun-05 |
| 2-0 |
| Uganda |
| Dft |
| 04-Sep-05 |
| 4-0 |
| Cape Verde Islands |
| Dft |
| 08-Oct-05 |
| Asamoah Gyan Stephen Appiah |
| 1st |
| Round 2 |
| 5-0 |
| Somalia |
| Dft |
| 16-Nov-03 |
| 2-0 |
| Somalia |
| Dft |
| 19-Nov-03 |
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| GHANA'S WORLD CUP HISTORY |
| Appearances (Champions in bold) |
| 2006 |
| SQUAD (club in brackets) |
| Goalkeepers |
| Sammy Adjei (Moaden Sport Ashdod, Israel) |
| Richard Kingston (Ankaraspor, Turkey) |
| George Owu (Asanti Gold, Ghana) |
| Defenders |
| Eric Addo (PSV Eindhoven, Holland) |
| Issah Ahmed (Randers, Denmark) |
| Shilla Alhassan Illiasu (Asante Kotoko, Ghana) |
| Samuel Osei Kuffour (AS Roma, Italy) |
| John Mensah (Stade Rennes, France) |
| Habib Mohammed (King Faisal Babes, Ghana) |
| Midfielders |
| Otto Addo (FSV Mainz, Germany) |
| Stephen Appiah (Fenerbahce, Turkey) |
| Derek Boateng (AIK Stockholm, Sweden) |
| Haminu Dramani (Red Star Belgrade, Serb/Mon) |
| Michael Essien (Chelsea, England) |
| Sulley Ali Muntari (Udinese, Italy) |
| Forwards |
| Matthew Amoah (Borussia Dortmund, Ger.) |
| Asamoah Gyan (Modena, Italy) |
| Razak Pimpong (FC Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| Alex Tachie-Mensah (St. Gallen, Switzerland) |
| John Painstil (Hapoel Tel Aviv, Israel) |
| Emmanuel Pappoe (Hapoel Kfar Saba, Israel) |
| Daniel Quaye (Hearts of Oak, Ghana) |
| Hans Sarpei (VfL Wolfsburg, Germany) |