Ghana national under-23 football team

Ghana U23

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	The Black Meteors
Association	Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC)
Confederation	ANOCA (Africa)
Head coach	Malik Jabir
Home stadium	Accra Sports Stadium
FIFA code	GHA
First colours Second colours Third colours
Olympic Games
Appearances	6 (First in 1964)
Best result	3rd: 1992
All-Africa Games
Appearances	5 (First in 1973)
Best result	Gold Medal (2011)
Medal record Men’s Football 1992 Barcelona Team All-Africa Games 1978 Algiers style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A 2003 Abuja style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A 2011 Mozambique Team

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
	1992 Barcelona	Team

Ghana U23 football team (also known as Ghana Olympic football team or Black Meteors), represents Ghana in international football competitions in Olympic Games, All-Africa Games, and CAF U-23 Championship. The selection is limited to players aged 23 and under the age of 23, except during the Olympic Games where the use of three overage players is allowed. The team is controlled by the Ghana Football Association (GFA).

The team had qualified for five straight Olympic Games Football Tournaments when the tournament was still a full senior national team competition. In 1992, they became the first African country to win a medal at Olympic Games football. The Black Meteors failed to qualify for Beijing 2008 and although being the 2011 All-Africa Games champions, the Ghana Olympic football team failed to qualify for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship, thus did not participate in London 2012.

History

Ghana appeared in the quarter-final of the Olympic games in 1964 where they were beaten by Romania in the quarter-final. They played in the 1968, 1972 Olympic tournaments, but never progressed further than the Group stages. They also qualified in 1976 then withdrew.

In 1992, Ghana reached the semi-final for the first time, they defeated Australia 2-0 to claim their first bronze medal in the event, and thus became the first African country to win a medal at football.

Ghana reached the quarter-finals of the Olympics football tournament in 1996 for the second time, they lost 4-2 against Brazil.

In the Athens 2004 tournament Ghana were eliminated in the Group stages after they lost a must win game 1-0 against Japan. The team were not able to qualify for Beijing 2008 and London 2012.

Olympic record

Olympics Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1896	No football tournament	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1900	Did Not Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1904	Did Not Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1908	Did Not Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1912	Did Not Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1920	Did Not Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1924	Did Not Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1928	Did Not Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1932	No football tournament	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1936	Did Not Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1948	Did Not Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1952	Did Not Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1956	Did Not Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1960	Did Not Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Quarter-finals	-	3	1	1	1	5	8
1968	Round 1	-	3	0	2	1	6	8
1972	Round 1	-	3	0	0	3	1	10
1976	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Did Not Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Third place	3	6	3	2	1	9	6
1996	Quarter-finals	8	4	1	1	2	6	8
2000	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Round 1	9	3	1	1	1	4	4
2008	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Third place	6/26	22	6	7	9	31	44

Former Olympic squads

Note: Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since 1992.

All-Africa Games record

All-Africa Games Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1965	Did Not Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1969	No football tournament	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1973	Semi-finals	-	3
1978	Third place	3	3
1987	Did Not Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	Did Not Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Third place	3	3
2007	Round 1	-	3	0	1	2	1	4
2011	Champions	1	4	2	1	1	6	5
Total	5/10	1 Titles	16

Former All-Africa Games squads

Note: Football at the All-Africa Games has been an under-23 tournament since 1991.

• 2011 All-Africa Games squads - Ghana

Current squad

Head coach: Malik Jabir

Ghana national under-23 football team squad.

#	Name	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
Goalkeepers
1	Eric Ofori Antwi	(1994-11-20) November 20, 1994	0	0	Amidaus Professionals
Defenders
2	Richard Ofori	(1993-04-24) April 24, 1993	0	0	Academica Coimbra
4	Ebenezer Ofori	(1995-07-01) July 1, 1995	0	0	AIK
5	Isaac Donkor	(1995-08-15) August 15, 1995	0	0	Inter Milan
13	Kojo Brown	(1993-11-23) November 23, 1993	0	0	Unattched
Midfielders
3	Thomas Partey	(1993-06-13) June 13, 1993	0	0	Atlético Madrid on loan to Almería
6	Alfred Duncan	(1993-03-10) March 10, 1993	0	0	Inter Milan on loan to Sampdoria
8	Evans Nyarko	(1992-07-06) July 6, 1992	0	0	Borussia Dortmund
10	Bernard Mensah	(1994-10-17) October 17, 1994	0	0	Vitória Guimarães
15	Mohammed Fatau	(1992-12-24) December 24, 1992	0	0	Rayo Vallecano on loan from Granada CF
20	Joachim Adukor	(1993-05-02) May 2, 1993	0	0	AS Béziers Hérault (football)
18	Ibrahim Moro	(1993-11-10) November 10, 1993	0	0	AIK
19	Richard Boateng	(1992-07-10) July 10, 1992	0	0	Granada CF
21	Emmanuel Frimpong	(1992-01-10) January 10, 1992	0	0	Ufa
Strikers
7	Bernard Mensah	(1994-12-29) December 29, 1994	0	0	Watford
9	Kwame Nsor	(1992-08-01) August 1, 1992	0	0	FC Metz
11	Frank Acheampong	(1993-10-16) October 16, 1993	0	0	Anderlecht
14	Francis Narh	(1994-04-18) April 18, 1994	0	0	Baník Ostrava
16	Kennedy Ashia	(1993-12-13) December 13, 1993	0	0	Liberty Professionals
17	Ebenezer Assifuah	(1993-07-03) July 3, 1993	0	0	FC Sion
20	Richmond Boakye	(1993-01-28) January 28, 1993	0	0	Juventus
22	Kwame Karikari	(1992-01-21) January 21, 1992	0	0	AIK

See also

• Ghana national football team
• Ghana national under-20 football team
• Ghana national under-17 football team

External links

• Ghana Football Association official site