Ghana women's national football team

Ghana
Nickname(s)	Black Queens
Association	Ghana Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Mercy Tagoe
Captain	Elizabeth Addo [1]
Most caps	Portia Boakye
FIFA code	GHA
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	60 (27 March 2020)[2]
Highest	42 (June 2008)
Lowest	60 (December 2019)
First international
	Nigeria 5−1 Ghana ; (Lagos, Nigeria; 16 February 1991)
Biggest win
	Ghana 13−0 Guinea [3]; (Conakry, Guinea; 11 July 2004)
Biggest defeat
	Germany 11−0 Ghana ; (Paderborn, Germany; 22 July 2016)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1999)
Best result	1st round (1999, 2003, 2007)
African Women's Championship
Appearances	10 (first in 1991)
Best result	Runners-up (1998, 2002, 2006)

The Ghana women's national football team is the national team of Ghana and is controlled by the Ghana Football Association. They are nicknamed the Black Queens.[4]

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Start date	Ref.
Head coach
Assistant coach
Assistant coach
Physical coach

Head coach

Mercy Tagoe Quarcoo

Assistant Coach

Anokye Frimpong
Nana Andy Sinasen

Goalkeepers Trainer

Raymond Fenny

Team Doctor

Kate Boachie Agyeman

Pysiotherapist

Margaret Foli

Team Nurse

Rosemary Aseidua

Anita Wiredu

Welfare Manager

Patience Quarshie

Kits Manager

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2020 Turkish Women's Cup.[5]

Head coach: Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Azume Adams	(1997-12-28) 28 December 1997	Prisons
1GK	Fafali Dumehasi	(1993-12-25) 25 December 1993	Police
1GK	Abigail Tawiah-Mensah		Halifax

2DF	Gladys Amfobea	(1998-07-01) 1 July 1998	Lady Strikers
2DF	Linda Eshun	(1992-08-05) 5 August 1992	Hasaacas
2DF	Janet Egyir	(1992-05-07) 7 May 1992	Hasaacas
2DF	Philicity Asuako	(1999-12-25) 25 December 1999	Police

3MF	Victoria Osei		Ampem Darkoa
3MF	Juliet Acheampong	(1991-07-11) 11 July 1991	Prisons
3MF	Sherifatu Sumaila	(1996-11-30) 30 November 1996	Mallbackens
3MF	Mary Essiful	(1993-06-22) 22 June 1993	Intellectuals
3MF	Elizabeth Addo	(1993-09-01) 1 September 1993	Jiangsu Suning
3MF	Portia Boakye	(1989-04-17) 17 April 1989	Djurgården
3MF	Grace Asantewaa	(2000-12-05) 5 December 2000	Logroño
3MF	Faustina Kyeremeh		Immigration

4FW	Beatrice Sesu	(1995-11-27) 27 November 1995	Police
4FW	Priscilla Hagan	(1996-04-08) 8 April 1996	Piros Security
4FW	Princella Adubea	(1998-12-27) 27 December 1998	Sporting Huelva

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Barikisu Issahaku	(2001-11-12) 12 November 2001	Northern Ladies	2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (second round)

DF	Ellen Coleman	(1995-12-11) 11 December 1995	Lady Strikers	2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
DF	Anastasia Akyaa		Sea Lions	2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
DF	Evelyn Badu	(2002-09-11) 11 September 2002		2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
DF	Justice Tweneboaa	(2001-10-28) 28 October 2001	Ampem Darkoa	2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
DF	Rita Okyere	(1993-07-14) 14 July 1993	Prisons Ladies	2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
DF	Linda Addai	(1995-12-12) 12 December 1995	Soccer Intellectuals	2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (second round)
DF	Blessing Agbomadzi	(2001-06-11) 11 June 2001	Sea Lions	2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (second round)
DF	Vida Opoku	(1997-12-15) 15 December 1997	Police Ladies	2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (second round)

MF	Ernestina Abambila	(1998-12-30) 30 December 1998	Sporting Huelva	2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
MF	Grace Acheampong	(2000-09-06) 6 September 2000		2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
MF	Priscilla Okyere	(1995-06-06) 6 June 1995	Gintra Universitetas	2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
MF	Ophelia Serwaa Amponsah		Ampem Darkoa	2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (second round)
MF	Joyce Antwiwaa		Ashtown Ladies	2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (second round)
MF	Cynthia Yiadom	(1994-12-25) 25 December 1994	Army Ladies	2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (second round)

FW	Mavis Owusu	(2003-12-07) 7 December 2003	Ampem Darkoa	2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
FW	Elizabeth Owusua		Sea Lions	2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
FW	Grace Animah	(2003-09-04) 4 September 2003	Police Ladies	2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
FW	Mukarama Abdulai	(2002-10-16) 16 October 2002	Northern Ladies	2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (second round)
FW	Leticia Adjei		Samara Ladies	2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (second round)
FW	Alice Kusi	(1995-01-12) 12 January 1995	Safa	2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (second round)

Notable players (past and present)

Alberta Sackey — 2002 African Women Player of the Year[6]
Adjoa Bayor — 2003 African Women Player of the Year[6]

Players with Ghanaian roots

Anita Asante[7]
Tina Frimpong
Rachel Yankey MBE[8]

Managerial history

Anthony Edusei (1993)[9]
Jones Ofosuhene (1997)
Emmanuel Kwasi Afranie (1998–1999)
P.S.K. Paha (2000–2002)[10]
Oko Aryee (2002–)[11]
John Eshun (2005)[12]
Bashir Hayford (2005–2006, no competitive games)
Isaac Paha 2006–2008)[13]
Mumuni Gamel (2008–2009)[14]
Anthony Edusei (2009–2011)[15]
Kuuku Dadzie (2011–2012)[16]
Yusif Basigi (2012-2017)[17]
Didi Dramani (2017–2018)[18][19]
Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo (2018)
Bashir Hayford (2018–2019)[20]
Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo (2019–)[21]

Schedule and results

Win Draw Lose

2020

4 March 2020 Turkish Women's Cup GS	Ghana	0–3	Chile	Alanya, Turkey
16:00		Report		Stadium: Starlight Sport Complex

7 March 2020 Turkish Women's Cup GS

Northern Ireland

0–4

Ghana

Alanya, Turkey

10 March 2020 Turkish Women's Cup GS

Ghana

3–1

Kenya

Alanya, Turkey

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 opposing 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	30	−24	11.1%

Overall official record

Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent	Position / notes
00001991 AC	QF	1–5 1–2	Nigeria
00001995 AC	QF	walkover	Guinea
		0–3 0–2	Nigeria
1998 ACQ		11–0 8–0	Guinea
1998 AC	GS	4–0	South Africa
		3–1	Cameroon	1 / 3
	SF	4–1 (AET)	Congo DR
	F	0–2 (AET)	Nigeria
1999 WC	GS	1–1	Australia
		0–7	China
		0–2	Sweden	4 / 4
2000 ACQ	2nd QS	walkover	Sierra Leone
2000 AC	GS	2–2	Nigeria
		2–0	Cameroon
		3–0	Morocco	2 / 4
	SF	0–1	South Africa
	BM	6–3	Zimbabwe
2002 ACQ	2nd QS	3–0 3–1	Senegal
2002 AC	GS	2–0	Mali
		1–0	Nigeria
		3–0	Ethiopia	1 / 4
	SF	3–2 (AET)	Cameroon
	F	0–2	Nigeria
2003 WC	GS	0–1	China
		0–3	Russia
		2–1	Australia	3 / 4
2004 ACQ	2nd QS	13–0 9–0	Guinea
2004 AC	GS	3–0	South Africa
		2–1	Ethiopia
		2–0	Zimbabwe	1 / 4
	SF	0–1 (AET)	Cameroon
	BM	0–0 (PSO: 6–5)	Ethiopia
2006 ACQ	3rd QS	walkover	Congo
2006 AC	GS	1–0	Mali
		2–1	Cameroon
		3–1	Congo DR	1 / 4
	SF	1–0	South Africa
	BM	0–1	Nigeria
2007 WC	GS	1–4	Australia
		0–4	Canada
		2–7	Norway	4 / 4
2008 SOQ	R16	2–1 2–0	Angola
	QF	3–1 1–0	Congo DR
	FR	1–0 0–2	Nigeria
		1–0 2–1	South Africa
		walkover	Ethiopia	2 / 4
2008 ACQ	2nd QS	1–1 3–0	Ivory Coast
2008 AC	GS	1–1	Nigeria
		0–1	South Africa
		3–2	Tunisia	3 / 4
2010 ACQ	2nd QS	1–0 3–0	Senegal
2010 AC	GS	2–1	Algeria
		1–2	Cameroon
		1–3	Equatorial Guinea	3 / 4
2012 SOQ	R16	2–1 5–0	Guinea
	QF	0–1 2–1	Ethiopia
2012 ACQ	1st QS	3–0 5–0	Mali
	2nd QS	1–1 1–1 (PSO: 8–9)	Cameroon
2014 ACQ	1st QS	3–0 3–0	Burkina Faso
	2nd QS	TBD	Ethiopia

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify
1995	Did not qualify
1999	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	10
2003	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	5
2007	Group stage	3	0	0	3	3	15
2011	Did not qualify
2015	Did not qualify
2019	Did not qualify
2023	To be determined
Total	3/9	9	1	1	7	6	30

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
1999	Group stage	20 June	Australia	D 1–1	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
		23 June	China PR	L 0–7	Civic Stadium, Portland
		26 June	Sweden	L 0–2	Soldier Field, Chicago
2003	Group stage	21 September	China PR	L 0–1	The Home Depot Center, Carson
		25 September	Russia	L 0–3	The Home Depot Center, Carson
		28 September	Australia	W 2–1	PGE Park, Portland
2007	Group stage	12 September	Australia	L 1–4	Yellow Dragon Sports Center, Hangzhou
		15 September	Canada	L 0–4
		20 September	Norway	L 2–7

Olympic Games

FIFA: Women's Olympic football:
- 1996: Africa not eligible
- 2000: Did not qualify
- 2004: Did not qualify
- 2008: Did not qualify
- 2012: Did not qualify
- 2016: Did not qualify

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
1991	Quarter-finals	2	0	0	2	2	7	−5
1995	Semi-finals	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3
1998	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	11	4	+7
2000	Third place	5	3	1	1	13	6	+7
2002	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	9	4	+5
2004	Third place	5	3	1	1	7	2	+5
2006	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	7	2	+5
2008	Group stage	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
2010	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2
2012	Did not qualify
2014	Group stage	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
2016	Third Place[22]	5	3	1	1	8	4	+4
2018	Group stage	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Total	12/13	45	22	8	15	72	49	+23

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

African Games

African Games
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2003	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	Winners	4	2	2	0	3	1
Total	4/4	0	0	0	0	0	0

WAFU Zone B Women's Cup

Winners : 2018

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[1] ttp://citifmonline.com/2017/05/18/former-kotoko-boss-mas-ud-dramani-named-head-coach-of-black-queens/

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-2] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

[3] "West Africa reigns supreme". African football. BBC Online. 14 July 2004. Retrieved 2007-09-21.

[4] Early Camp For Black Queens Ahead Of Mali Tie

[5] "Black Queens off to Alanya for Turkish Women's Cup". Ghana Football Association. 29 February 2020.

[AWPOY-6] Erik Garin (19 March 2006). "African Women Player of the Year". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2007-10-03.

[7] Arthur, Sylvia (2007). "What's On Ghana" (Ghana@50 edition) page 31. 21 April 2007.

[8] Arthur, Sylvia (2007). "What's On Ghana" (Ghana@50 edition): 30. Arguably the most famous female footballer in England, Rachel Yankey began playing football with a boys' team. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[9] ttps://www.happyghana.com/no-problem-handling-black-queens-sellas-tetteh/

[10] ttps://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Black-Queens-Coach-Sacked-26622

[11] ttps://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Black-Queens-Get-New-Coach-26652

[12] ttps://www.modernghana.com/news/72584/2/eshun-abandons-queens.html

[13] ttps://www.modernghana.com/sports/97842/paha-appointed-as-queens-coach.html

[14] ttps://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Mumuni-Gamel-is-new-Black-Queens-coach-140189

[15] ttps://www.modernghana.com/blogs/228510/adusei-named-black-queens-coach.html

[16] ttps://www.kickoff.com/news/articles/south-africa-news/categories/news/news/former-ghana-defender-kuuku-dadzie-gets-black-queens-job/534328

[17] ttps://www.primenewsghana.com/sports/yusif-basigi-named-black-princess-coach.html

[18] ttps://www.ghananewsagency.org/sports/-i-am-happy-with-mercy-tagoe-s-appointment-adwoa-bayor-117272

[19] ttps://footballghana.com/coach-didi-dramani-quits-black-queens

[20] ttps://starrfm.com.gh/2018/08/official-bashir-hayford-takes-over-as-black-queens-coach/

[21] ttps://www.graphic.com.gh/graphicsports/football/mercy-tagoe-quarcoo-appointed-black-queens-coach.html

[22] "Banyana go down to Ghana in women's Afcon bronze-medal match".

National women's football teams of Africa (CAF)
North Africa (UNAF)	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia
West Africa (WAFU)	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo
East Africa (CECAFA)	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar^†
Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe
Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Angola Botswana Comoros eSwatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
Non-regional Members	Réunion^†
^†Associate member of CAF but not member of FIFA