On Wednesday, January 3, 2024, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) earmarked ten days until the official start of the 34th edition of the biennial African association football.
The Black Stars of Ghana announced their final 27 squads on Monday, January 1, 2024, at the Alisa Hotel and have begun pre-tournament camping at the Golden Bean Hotel in Kumasi before travelling to Ivory Coast.
The Black Stars of Ghana have played 102 games in the Africa Cup of Nations, making them one of Africa’s major forces in the competition since their debut in 1963.
Ghana’s national team will compete in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) for the 24th time, sharing Group B with Egypt, Cape Verde, and Mozambique.
The official Twitter account of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), @CAF_Online, shared a photo of the Black Stars, which won four gold medals, five silver medals, and one bronze medal.
Ghana’s four gold medals can be traced back to 1963 when they hosted the tournament and defended the title when Tunisia hosted in 1965, becoming the tournament’s first defending champions.
After failing to qualify for three consecutive tournaments in Cameroon in 1972, Egypt in 1974, and Ethiopia in 1976, Ghana hosted and won the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) for the second time in 1978.
The 1982 tournament in Libya was the last tournament in which Ghana won a gold medal, despite failing to qualify out of the group stage when Nigeria hosted it in 1980.
Ghana won their first silver medal in 1968 when Ethiopia hosted it for the second time after 1962. Congo-Kinshasa won by one goal scored by Kalala Mukendi at the Hailé Sélassié Stadium in Addis Ababa.
Ghana won their first silver medal in 1968, when Ethiopia hosted the event for the second time after 1962, with Congo-Kinshasa winning by one goal scored by Kalala Mukendi at Addis Ababa’s Hailé Sélassié Stadium.
In Sudan 1970, two years after winning their first silver medal, Ghana lost their second grand final of the tournament to the host nation on February 16, 1970, at the Municipal Stadium in Khartoum, when Hasabu El-Sagheer scored the only goal.
The Black Stars of Ghana have been runners-up in Senegal 1992 and Angola 2010; their last silver medal was in 2015 when Equatorial Guinea hosted the competition; and their only bronze medal was in 2008 when they hosted for the third time.
