The Ghana national football team manager was officially established in 1958 by Ohene Djan, whom the Ohene Djan Sports stadium was named after. This happened after he was elected General Secretary of the Football Association by the clubs and the Ghana Amateur Football Association was officially founded.

Ohene Djan succeeded in securing the services of English Coach, George Ainsley who officially became Ghana's first national team coach. Since 1957 until date Ghana has had 33 different head coaches and three caretakers. C. K. Gyamfi is the most successful of these, leading the Black Stars to three Africa Cup of Nations titles – in 1963, 1965 and 1982 – making Gyamfi the joint most successful coach in the competition's history.

Fred Osam Duodu led the Black Stars to their 1978 Africa Cup of Nations title; Ratomir Dujković, Milovan Rajevac, and James Kwesi Appiah, have all led the Black Stars to World Cup qualification.

List of managers This is a complete list of Ghana national football team managers, who have coached the Ghana national football team. They are listed in chronological order, along with their nationality and tenure.

As of 13 April 2026 NameNationalityGhana careerNotesGeorge Ainsley1958–1959Andreas Sjöberg1959–1962Josef Ember1963Charles Kumi (C.K.) Gyamfi1963–1965Carlos Alberto Parreira1967Karl Heinz Marotzke1968–1970Karl-Heinz Weigang1974–1975Oswaldo Carlos Sampaio Brazil1977–1978Fred Osam-Duodu Ghana1978–1981C.K. Gyamfi1982–83Emmanuel Kwasi Afranie1984Herbert Addo1984Rudi Gutendorf West Germany1986–1987Fred Osam-Duodu Ghana1988–1989Bukhard Ziese Germany1990–1992Otto Pfister1993Fred Osam-Duodu Ghana1993Jørgen E. Larsen1993–1994Edward Aggrey-Fynn Ghana1994Petre Gavrilă1995Ishmael Kurtz Brazil1996Sam Arday Ghana1996–1997Rinus Israel1997–1998Giuseppe Dossena1999–2000Fred Osam-Duodu Ghana2000Jones Attuquayefio2001Fred Osam-Duodu2001Milan Zivodinovic2002Emmanuel Kwasi Afranie Ghana2002Bukhard Ziese Germany2003Ralf Zumdick (caretaker)2003–2004Mariano Barreto2004Ratomir Dujkovic Serbia and Montenegro2004–2006Claude Le Roy2006–2008Sellas Tetteh (caretaker) Ghana2008Milovan Rajevac2008–2010Goran Stevanovic2011–2012James Kwesi Appiah Ghana2012–2014Maxwell Konadu (caretaker)2014Avram Grant2014–2017Maxwell Konadu (caretaker) Ghana2017James Kwesi Appiah2017–2020Charles K. Akonnor2020–2021Milovan Rajevac Serbia2021–2022Otto AddoAddo served as caretaker manager from February 2022 until, he was hired on a permanent short term basis until December 2022. Ghana2022Chris Hughton Republic of Ireland2023–2024Otto Addo2024–2026Carlos Queiroz2026

See also

Ghana national football team Ghana Football Association Charles Kumi Gyamfi

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