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The Ghana national football team, popularly known as the Black Stars, is the national association football team of Ghana and is controlled by the Ghana Football Association. Before gaining independence from Great Britain in 1957, the country played as the Gold Coast.
Although the team did not qualify for the senior FIFA World Cup until 2006 they had actually qualified for five straight Olympic Games Football Tournaments when the tournament was still a full senior National Team competition. The team have won the African Cup of Nations four times (in 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982), making Ghana the second most successful team in the contest's history.
Ghana has always enjoyed tremendous success at the other FIFA Tournaments. The Ghana U17 team, the Black Starlets have won the FIFA Under-17 World Cup title twice and finished as runner-up twice. The Ghana U20 team, the Black Satellites have also finished as runner-up at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup twice as well. The Ghana Olympic Team, the Black Meteors became the 1st African Country to win a medal in Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
After going through 2005 unbeaten, Ghana won the FIFA World Rankings [http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/index/0,2548,112618,00.html?articleid=112618 Most Improved team of the year award] and they reached [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/bracket.html the second round] of the 2006 Germany World Cup.
Although the team did not qualify for the senior FIFA World Cup until 2006 they had actually qualified for five straight Olympic Games Football Tournaments when the tournament was still a full senior National Team competition. The team have won the African Cup of Nations four times (in 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982), making Ghana the second most successful team in the contest's history.
Ghana has always enjoyed tremendous success at the other FIFA Tournaments. The Ghana U17 team, the Black Starlets have won the FIFA Under-17 World Cup title twice and finished as runner-up twice. The Ghana U20 team, the Black Satellites have also finished as runner-up at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup twice as well. The Ghana Olympic Team, the Black Meteors became the 1st African Country to win a medal in Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
After going through 2005 unbeaten, Ghana won the FIFA World Rankings [http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/index/0,2548,112618,00.html?articleid=112618 Most Improved team of the year award] and they reached [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/bracket.html the second round] of the 2006 Germany World Cup.
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