Ghana women's national football team

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Ghana
Nickname	Black Queens
Association	Ghana Football Association
Coach
Most caps	Memunatu Sulemana, 37
Top scorer	??
FIFA rank	47
Home kit 　 Away kit
First International  Nigeria 5 - 1  Ghana ( Lagos, Nigeria; Feb 16, 1991)
Largest win  Ghana 13-0  Guinea[1] ( Conakry, Guinea; 11 Jul 2004)
Worst defeat  China PR 7-0  Ghana (Portland, Oregon, USA; 23 Jun 1999)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 1999)
Best result	1st round, 1999, 2003, 2007
Olympic Games
Appearances	None; not eligible (First in -)
Best result	-
Africa Women's Championship
Appearances	7 (First in 1991)
Best result	Runner-up, 1998, 2002, 2006
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The Ghana national women's football team, is the national team of Ghana and is controlled by the Ghana Football Association. They are nicknamed the Black Queens.

Contents 1 Honours 1.1 Performance in World Cup 1.2 Performance in Summer Olympics 1.3 Performance in Africa Women's Championship 2 Fixtures and Results, 2007 2.1 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 3 Current Squad 4 Notable players (past and present) 5 Players with Ghanaian roots 6 Coaching Staff 7 Competitive Statistics 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

[edit] Honours

[edit] Performance in World Cup

• FIFA Women's World Cup:
  • 1991 : Did not qualify
  • 1995 : Did not qualify
  • 1999 : 1st round
  • 2003 : 1st round
  • 2007 : 1st round

[edit] Performance in Summer Olympics

• FIFA: Women's Olympic Football:
  • 1996 : Africa not eligible
  • 2000 : Did not qualify
  • 2004 : Did not qualify

[edit] Performance in Africa Women's Championship

• CAF Women's Championship
  • 1991 : First Round
  • 1995 : Second Round
  • 1998 : Runner-up
  • 2000 : Third
  • 2002 : Runner-up
  • 2004 : Third
  • 2006 : Runner-up

[edit] Fixtures and Results, 2007

[edit] 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
Category	Team A	Result	Team C	Date	Venue	Scorers
Group C	Norway	7–2	Ghana	20 September	Zhejiang Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou	Norway: Storlokken 4, Gulbrandsen 39, 59, 62, Stangeland Horpestad 45 (pen), Herlovsen 56, Klaveness 69; Ghana: Bayor 73, Okoe 80
Group C	Canada	4-0	Ghana	15 September	Zhejiang Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou	Canada: Sinclair 16, 62, Schmidt 55, Franko 77
Group C	Australia	4-1	Ghana	12 September	Zhejiang Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou	Australia: Walsh 15, De Vanna 57, 81, Garriock, 69 Ghana: Amankwa 70

[edit] Current Squad

World Cup squad

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Gladys Enti April 21, 1975 (1975-04-21) (age 33) 19 0 Ghatel Ladies 2 DF Aminatu Ibrahim January 3, 1979 (1979-01-03) (age 29) 8 0 Ghatel Ladies 3 DF Mavis Danso March 24, 1984 (1984-03-24) (age 24) 8 0 Robert Morris College 4 MF Doreen Awuah December 12, 1989 (1989-12-12) (age 18) 0 0 Ghatel Ladies 5 DF Patricia Ofori June 9, 1981 (1981-06-09) (age 27) 8 0 University of Alabama 6 MF Florence Okoe November 12, 1984 (1984-11-12) (age 23) 8 0 Ghatel Ladies 7 FW Safia Rahman May 5, 1986 (1986-05-05) (age 22) 0 0 Ghatel Ladies 8 MF Sheila Okai February 14, 1979 (1979-02-14) (age 29) 30 5 Ghatel Ladies 9 FW Anita Amenuku July 27, 1985 (1985-07-27) (age 22) 0 0 Ghatel Ladies 10 MF Adjoa Bayor May 17, 1979 (1979-05-17) (age 29) 30 5 Ghatel Ladies 11 FW Gloria Foriwa May 11, 1981 (1981-05-11) (age 27) 6 1 Ghatel Ladies 12 DF Olivia Amoako September 30, 1985 (1985-09-30) (age 22) 0 0 Ghatel Ladies 13 DF Yaa Avoe July 1, 1982 (1982-07-01) (age 25) 23 0 Ash Town Ladies 14 FW Rumanatu Tahiru June 4, 1984 (1984-06-04) (age 24) 0 0 Athleta Ladies 15 DF Lydia Ankrah December 1, 1973 (1973-12-01) (age 34) 14 0 Post Ladies 16 GK Memunatu Sulemana November 4, 1977 (1977-11-04) (age 30) 34 0 Post Ladies 17 DF Hamdya Abass August 1, 1982 (1982-08-01) (age 25) 7 0 Ghatel Ladies 18 FW Anita Amankwa September 2, 1989 (1989-09-02) (age 18) 0 0 Takoradi Ladies 19 GK Fati Mohammed June 4, 1979 (1979-06-04) (age 29) 13 0 Robert Morris College 20 MF Belinda Kanda November 3, 1982 (1982-11-03) (age 25) 1 0 University of Alabama 21 MF Memuna Darku April 17, 1979 (1979-04-17) (age 29) 0 0 Ghatel Ladies

[edit] Notable players (past and present)

• Alberta Sackey — 2002 African Women Player of the Year^[2]
• Adjoa Bayor — 2003 African Women Player of the Year^[2]

[edit] Players with Ghanaian roots

•  Anita Asante^[3]
• Tina Frimpong
•  Rachel Yankey MBE^[4]

[edit] Coaching Staff

•  Isaac Paha 2004 – 2008

[edit] Competitive Statistics

FIFA World Cup Record FIFA World Cup Record GP W D L GF GA GD Success World Cup Finals 9 1 1 7 6 30 -24 11.11% World Cup Quals 22 15 0 7 54 24 +30 68.18% World Cup Total 31 16 1 14 60 54 +6 51.61%

FIFA World Cup Record by team Ghana versus GP W D* L GF GA GD Success  Australia 3 1 1 1 4 6 -2 33.3%  China PR 2 0 0 2 0 8 -8 0%  Canada 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0%  Norway 1 0 0 1 2 7 -5 0%  Russia 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0%  Sweden 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0% Total 9 1 1 7 6 6 -30 11.1%

[edit] See also

• Ghana Football Association
• Ghana national football team

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Ghana Football Fan Forum
• Ghana Premier League website
• Ghanaweb Football News
• 2007 Ghana Women's World Cup Squad (Page 9)

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