Ghana national under-17 football team

The **Ghana national under-17 football team** represents Ghana in youth international football completions. They have won the FIFA U-17 World Cup twice in 1991 and 1995. They have also won the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations twice in 1995 and 1999.

### FIFA U-17 World Cup Record

|Year|Round|GP|W|D*|L|GS|GA|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1985|_did not participate_|||||||
|1987|_did not qualify_|||||||
|1989|First round|3|0|2|1|2|3|
|1991|**Champions**|6|4|2*|0|8|3|
|1993|Runners-up|6|5|0|1|14|3|
|1995|**Champions**|6|6|0|0|13|4|
|1997|Runners-up|6|4|1|1|14|5|
|1999|Third place|6|4|2*|0|19|5|
|2001|_did not qualify_|||||||
|2003||||||||
|2005|First round|3|0|3|0|3|3|
|2007|Fourth place|7|4|0|3|13|9|
|2009|_did not qualify_|||||||
|2011||||||||
|2013||||||||
|2015||||||||
|2017|Quarterfinals|5|3|0|2|8|3|
|2019|_did not qualify_|||||||
|2023||||||||
|2025|_to be determined_|||||||

### Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record

|Year|Round|GP|W|D*|L|GS|GA|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1995|**Champions**|5|5|0|0|16|1|
|1997|Third place|5|3|0|2|9|6|
|1999|**Champions**|5|3|1|1|8|3|
|2001|_did not qualify_|||||||
|2003||||||||
|2005|Runners-up|5|3|0|2|7|5|
|2007|Third place|5|3|0|2|11|5|
|2009|_did not qualify_|||||||
|2011||||||||
|2013|Group stage|3|0|2|1|2|7|
|2015|_Disqualified_|||||||
|2017|Runners-up|5|2|2*|1|9|1|
|2019|_did not qualify_|||||||
|2023||||||||
|2025||||||||

### CAF U-16 and U-17 World Cup Qualifiers record

|Year|Round|GP|W|D*|L|GS|GA|GD|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1985|_did not participate_||||||||
|1987|Second round|2|0|2|0|1|1|0|
|1989|Third round|4|2|1|1|5|3|+2|
|1991|Fourth round|5|3|1|1|8|3|+5|
|1993|Final Round|4|4|0|0|9|1|+8|

_*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks._

- Overall U17 Record:
|U17 Record|GP|W|D|L|GF|GA|GD|Success|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|U17 World Cup Finals|48|30|10|8|94|38|+56|74.42%|
|U17 Africa Quals/ Finals|58|38|8|12|108|44|+64|72.41%|

**FIFA U-17 World Cup Record by team**
|Ghana versus|GP|W|D*|L|GF|GA|GD|Succ.|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||5|2|2|1|6|5|+1|60%|
||5|3|1*****|1|9|7|+2|70.00%|
||2|2|0|0|2|0|+2|100%|
||2|1|1|0|4|3|+1|75%|
||2|1|0|1|5|1|+4|50%|
||2|2|0|0|8|1|+7|100%|
||2|2|0|0|5|2|+3|100%|
||3|2|0|1|4|1|+3|75%|
||2|2|0|0|7|2|+5|100%|
||2|1|1|0|3|1|+2|75%|
||1|0|1|0|0|0|0|50%|
||1|1|0|0|2|1|+1|100%|
||1|1|0|0|2|0|+2|100%|
||1|0|1|0|0|0|+0|50%|
||1|1|0|0|7|1|+6|100%|
||1|0|1*****|0|0|0|0|50%|
||1|1|0|0|4|0|+4|100%|
||1|1|0|0|1|0|+1|100%|
||1|1|0|0|3|0|+3|100%|
||2|1|1|0|3|1|+2|75%|
||1|0|1|0|1|1|0|50%|
||1|0|0|1|1|2|-1|0%|
||2|0|0|2|3|5|-2|0%|
||1|1|0|0|4|1|+3|100%|
||2|2|0|0|3|1|+2|100%|
||1|1|0|0|4|0|+4|100%|
||1|1|0|0|2|0|+2|100%|
||1|0|0|1|1|2|-1|0%|
_*Denotes draws including the 1991 & 1999 **Semi-Final** matches decided on penalty kicks v Qatar (4-2p) & Brazil (2-4p)._

**Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record by team**
|Ghana versus|GP|W|D*|L|GF|GA|GD|Succ.|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||5|2|1|2|5|5|0|50%|
||1|1|0|0|2|0|+2|100%|
||2|2|0|0|8|0|+8|100%|
||2|1|1|0|3|0|+3|75%|
||4|1|0|3|5|11|-6|0%|
||2|2|0|0|5|1|+4|100%|
||2|1|0|1|4|3|+1|50%|
||1|1|0|0|2|0|+2|100%|
||2|2|0|0|5|0|+5|100%|
||3|2|0|1|7|4|+3|75%|
||2|1|0|1|1|1|0|50%|
||2|1|1|0|2|0|+2|75%|
||1|1|0|0|6|0|+6|100%|
||1|0|0|1|1|2|-2|0%|
||1|0|1|0|1|1|0|50%|
||1|1|0|0|7|1|+6|100%|
||1|0|1*****|0|0|0|0|50%|
_*Denotes draws including the 2017 **Semi-Final** match decided on penalty kicks v Niger (6-5p)._

**CAF U-16 and U-17 World Cup Qualifiers record by team**
|Ghana versus|GP|W|D*|L|GF|GA|GD|Succ.|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||2|1|1|0|1|1|0|75%|
||2|1|0|1|2|2|0|50%|
||2|1|1|0|2|1|+1|75%|
||2|1|0|1|3|3|0|50%|
||2|1|1|0|3|0|+3|75%|
||1|1|0|0|2|0|+2|100%|
||2|2|0|0|4|1|+3|100%|
||2|2|0|0|5|0|+5|100%|

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: Ghana under-17
- **fifa trigramme**: GHA
- **nickname**: The Black Starlets
- **association**: Ghana Football Association
- **confederation**: Confederation of African Football, CAF (Africa)
- **coach**: Ignatius Osei-Fosu
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- **first game**: 1–1
(Accra, Ghana; 10 August 1986)
- **largest win**: 7–0
(Bamako, Mali; 20 May 1995)
- **largest loss**: 1–6
(Marrakech, Morocco; 14 April 2013)
- **regional name**: FIFA U-17 World Cup
- **regional cup apps**: 9
- **regional cup first**: 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship, 1989
- **regional cup best**: Winners, 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship, 1991, 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship, 1995
- **2ndregional name**: Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
- **2ndregional cup apps**: 7
- **2ndregional cup first**: 1995 African U-17 Championship, 1995
- **2ndregional cup best**: Winners, 1995 African U-17 Championship, 1995, 1999 African U-17 Championship, 1999
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