Football for Ghana insyd

Association football be most popular sport for Ghana. Since 1957, ebe Ghana Football Association wey dey manage sport for Ghana. Internationally, Ghana male football team dey represent as Black Stars wey Ghana female football team too dey represent as Black Queens. De top male domestic football league for Ghana be Ghana Premier League, wey de top female domestic football league for Ghana be Ghana Women's Football League.

## History
E dey for record top say de merchants wey komot Europe introduce de game of football for de Gold Coast region towards de close of de 19th century. Sailors during dema leisure tyms play football among dema body wey samtyms plus select side of de indigenous people. De popularity of de game spread lyk wild fire within short tym along de coast wey e culminate in de formation of de first football club, Excelsior, for 1903 insyd by Mr. Briton, Jamaican-born Briton, wey na he be de headie for Philip Quaicoe Government Boys School for Cape Coast insyd.

## Ghana national men's football team
De *Black Stars* team be one of de highly rated national football teams for Africa insyd. Ghana chop de African Cup of Nations championships for four occasions. Dem sanso reach de last sixteen for de 2006 FIFA World Cup before de Brazil eliminate dem. For de 2010 FIFA World Cup for South Africa insyd, dem becam de third African team for history insyd wey dem reach de World Cup quarter-finals. Sam illustrious players be Charles Kumi Gyamfi, Abédi Pelé, Abdul Razak, Tony Yeboah, Samuel Kuffour den Michael Essien.

De youth teams make successful as well. De U-17 team dey regularly compete for de FIFA U-17 World Cup insyd wey dem chop am twice wey na dem be runners-up twice. Na de U-20 team be runners-up twice for de FIFA U-20 World Cup insyd, wey for de 2009 insyd de *Black Satellites* plete de double by dem chop de 2009 African Youth Championship wey dem san crown dem 2009 U-20 World Cup Champions thus dem cam turn de first African Country wey chop de U-20 World Cup Championship. For 1992 insyd, Olympic U-23 team cam turn de first African country dem chop medal for Olympic Games football wey for 2011 insyd, for de first tym dem crown de *Black Meteors* 2011 All-Africa Games champions. Former *Black Stars* senior squad members such as Sulley Muntari, Michael Essien, John Mensah den capi Stephen Appiah all get dema start for dis youth tournaments.

For 2014 insyd, na Ghana be one of de eight nations dem take part for de first Unity World Cup.

### Top goalscorers
:As of *26 June 2014*, de players plus chaw goals for de senior Ghanaian national team be:
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!#
!class="unsortable"|Player
!class="unsortable"|FM
!class="unsortable"|WCQ
!class="unsortable"|CANQ
!class="unsortable"|CAN
!class="unsortable"|WC
!class="unsortable"|Overall
!class="unsortable"|Caps
!class="unsortable"|Image of player
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!1
|align="center"|Asamoah<br> '''Gyan'''
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|10
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|**42**
|align="center"|59
|align="center"|Asamoah Gyan be de goalscorer wey dey lead give Ghana wey na he dey play give Al-Ain.
|-
! rowspan="2"| 2
|align="center"|Edward **Acquah**
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|**40**
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center"|Kwasi **Owusu**
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|**40**
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|-
!3
|align="center"|Abédi **Pélé**
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|**33**
|align="center"|67
|align="center"|Abédi Pélé be de 4th highest goalscorer give Ghana.
|-
!4
|align="center"|Tony **Yeboah**
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|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|**29**
|align="center"|59
|-
| colspan="12"|
:Last updated: Ghana - Portugal (2014 World Cup), 26 June 2014.
|}

## Ghana national women's football team
De *Black Queens* take part for all de FIFA Women's World Cup championships since 1999. De team howeva fail go beyond de first round for each occasion. Ghana be runner up to Nigeria for three occasions for de African Women's Championships insyd. Dem vote two Ghanaians, Alberta Sackey den Adjoa Bayor African Women Player for de Year.

## Ghana Premier League

### Ghanaian FA Cup

### Ghana Super Cup

### Ghana Women's Football League

### Accra Sports Stadium disaster

## Notable players

### African Player for de Year den notable players
For de 1990s insyd, Abédi Pelé den Tony Yeboah receive FIFA World Player for de Year top ten nominations: de following decade Sammy Kuffour den Michael Essien receive Ballon d'Or nominations. Dem list Abédi Pelé for de 2004 "FIFA 100" greatest living footballers insyd.

For 13 January 2007, de Confederation of African Football vote Abédi Pelé, Michael Essien, Tony Yeboah, Karim Abdul Razak den Samuel Kuffour as members for de CAF top 30 best African players of all-time. For addition, IFFHS vote Abédi den Yeboah as among de best African players for de century for 1999 insyd.

; Men

* Abédi Pelé – FIFA 100, WPOY Nom.1991, 9th 1992, 1991, 1992, 1993 APOY Winner, APOY Nom. 85,86,87,88,89,90, 5th Best African Player of All-Time
* Karim Abdul Razak – 1978 APOY Winner, 6th 1983, 26th Best African Player of All-Time
* Ibrahim Sunday – 1971 APOY Winner
* Samuel Kuffour – Ballon d'Or Nom. 2001, APOY Runner-up 1999,2001, 27th Best African Player of All-Time
* Tony Yeboah – WPOY 9th 1993, Ballon d'Or 23rd 1995, APOY Runner-up 1993, 3rd 1992, 6th 1991, 10th 1996, 24th Best African Player of All-Time
* Michael Essien – FIFA World Player of the Year – 22nd 2005, 22nd 2006, 15th 2007; Ballon d'Or – 24th 2007 27th 2006, 22nd 2005; APOY – 2nd 2007, 3rd 2006, 3rd 2005, 11th Best African Player of All-Time

; Women

* Alberta Sackey – 2002 AWPOY Winner
* Adjoa Bayor – 2003 AWPOY Winner

## References