Ghana men's national under-20 association football team

Ghana men's national U-20 association football team known as the Black Satellites, is considered to be the feeder team for the Ghana men's national association football team. They are the former FIFA U-20 World Cup Champions and U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Champions. They have also been a four-time African Champion in 1995, 1999, 2009, 2021 and a two-time Runner-up at the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1993, 2001 and finished third in 2013. Ghana has participated in only six of the past 19 World Cup events starting with their first in Australia 1993 where they lost the World Cup final 1-2 to Brazil in Sydney and in Argentina 2001 where they lost the World Cup final 0-3 to Argentina in Buenos Aires. Incredibly, in 32 FIFA World Cup matches, Ghana has not lost a game in regulation below the Semi Final level of the FIFA U20 World Cup. They however failed to qualify for 3 consecutive events in UAE 2003, Netherlands 2005 and Canada 2007 until they made the Egypt 2009 Tournament.

They won the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in the Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt after defeating Brazil 4-3 on penalties when the match ended (0-0) after extra time. This was the first time an African country won the FIFA U-20 World Cup Championship.

Competitive Record

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record YearRoundGPWD*LGSGA 1977did not participate 1979 1981 1983Withdrew 1985did not qualify 1987Disqualified 1989did not qualify 1991 1993Runners-up6321116 1995did not qualify 1997Fourth place7412128 1999Quarter finals532*082 2001Runners-up751185 2003did not qualify 2005 2007 2009Champions752*0168 2011did not qualify 2013Third Place 7 40 3 16 12 2015Round of 16 4 2 1 1 5 6 2017did not qualify 2019 2023 2025 2027to be determinedTotal7/254326987647

U-20 Africa Cup of Nations record U-20 Africa Cup of NationsYearRoundPositionGPWD*LGSGA1977Did not enter197919811983Withdrew before qualification1985First round13th4202441987Disqualified1989Quarter-finals8th420266 1991Third place3rd430141 1993Champions1st540173 1995Did not qualify 1997Fourth place4th531173 1999Champions1st5410103 2001Runners-up2nd522175 2003Group stage4th302134 2005Did not qualify 2007 2009Champions1st5410114 2011Group stage5th302134 2013Runners-up2nd522152 2015Third place3rd530271 2017Did not qualify 2019Group stage7th310223 2021Champions1st632193 2023Did not qualify 2025Quarter-finals5th422053 2027TBDTotal16/264 titles663515169049 A gold background colour indicates that Ghana won the tournament.

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

*There was no third place match from 1979-1989.

Team honours and awards

FIFA U-20 World Cup Champions: 1 2009 (final against Brazil) FIFA U-20 World Cup Runners-up: 2 1993, 2001 FIFA U-20 World Cup Third-place: 1 2013 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Champions: 4 1993, 1999, 2009, 2021 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Runners-up: 2 2001, 2013 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Third-place: 2 1991, 2015 WAFU U-20 Championship Champions: 1 2008 WAFU Zone B U-20 Tournament Champions: 1 2020

FIFA Golden Ball Winners: 2 TournamentFIFA Golden Ball AwardPlayer 2009Gold Ball Award Dominic Adiyiah 2013Bronze Ball Award Clifford Aboagye FIFA Golden Shoe Winners: 2 TournamentFIFA Golden Shoe Award 2009 Dominic Adiyiah 2013 Ebenezer Assifuah

Current squad The following players were selected for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations between 27 April – 18 May 2025.

Caps and goals correct as of 5 May 2025, after the match against Senegal

Previous squads

2015 FIFA under-20 World Cup (squads) – Ghana 2009 FIFA under-20 World Cup (squads) – Ghana 2001 FIFA under-20 World Cup (squads) – Ghana 1999 FIFA under-20 World Cup (squads) – Ghana 1997 FIFA under-20 World Cup (squads) – Ghana 1993 FIFA under-20 World Cup (squads) – Ghana

Notable players The following list consist of previous Ghana U-20 national team players who have won or were influential at the FIFA U-20 World Cup with the Ghana U-20 national team or the FIFA U-17 World Cup with the Ghana U-17 national team, and those who were part of the Ghana U-23 national team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The list also includes the players who have graduated from the Ghana U-20 national team and gone on to represent the senior Ghana national team at the FIFA World Cup or African Cup of Nations:

Clifford Aboagye (2013) Dominic Adiyiah (2009) Nii Lamptey (1993) André Ayew (2009) Daniel Addo (1993) Samuel Kuffour (1993) Augustine Ahinful (1993) Charles Akonnor (1993) Emmanuel Duah (1993) Isaac Asare (1993) Mohammed Gargo (1993) Christian Gyan (1997) Awudu Issaka (1997) Kofi Amponsah (1997) Stephen Appiah (1997, 1999) Peter Ofori Quaye (1997, 1999) Patrick Allotey (1997) Baffour Gyan (1999) Laryea Kingston (1999) George Blay (1999) Owusu Afriyie (1999) Michael Essien (2001) Sulley Muntari (2001) Anthony Obodai (2001) John Mensah (2001) John Paintsil (2001) Derek Boateng (2001) Emmanuel Pappoe (2001) Razak Pimpong (2001) George Owu (2001)

Notable coaches FIFA TourneyManager name 2013 Sellas Tetteh 2009 Sellas Tetteh 2001 Emmanuel Akwasi Afranie 1999 Giuseppe Dossena 1997 Francis Oti Akenteng 1993 Fred Osam-Duodu

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup World Cup Winner Squad

Head coach: Sellas Tetteh

Head-to-head record The following table shows Ghana's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

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Ghana men's national under-20 association football team

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