Ghana national football team manager

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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. [1]

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Ohene Djan succeeded in securing the services of English Coach, George Ainsley who officially became Ghana's first national team coach. [2] 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. [3]

Fred Osam Duodu led the Black Stars to their 1978 Africa Cup of Nations title; [4] Ratomir Dujković, Milovan Rajevac, and James Kwesi Appiah, have all led the Black Stars to World Cup qualification. [5] [6]

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. [7] [8] [9]

As of 15 December 2020

NameNationalityGhana careerNotes
George Ainsley Flag of England.svg  England 1958–1959
Andreas Sjolberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1959–1962
Josef Ember Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1963
Charles Kumi (C.K.) Gyamfi Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1963–1965
Carlos Alberto Parreira Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg  Brazil 1967
Karl Heinz Marotzke Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1968–1970
Karl-Heinz Weigang 1974–1975
Oswaldo Carlos Sampaio Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil1977–1978
Fred Osam-Duodu Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana1978–1981
C.K. Gyamfi1982–83
Emmanuel Kwasi Afranie 1984
Herbert Addo 1984
Rudi Gutendorf Flag of Germany.svg West Germany1986–1987
Fred Osam-Duodu Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana1988–1989
Bukhard Ziese Flag of Germany.svg Germany1990–1992
Otto Pfister 1993
Fred Osam-Duodu Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana1993
Jørgen E. Larsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1993–1994
Edward Aggrey-Fynn Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana1994
Petre Gavrilă Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1995
Ishmael Kurtz Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil1996
Rinus Israel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1997–1998
Giuseppe Dossenna Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1999–2000
Fred Osam-Duodu Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana2000
Jones Attuquayefio 2001
Fred Osam-Duodu 2001
Milan Zivodinovic Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro 2002
Emmanuel Kwasi Afranie Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana2002
Bukhard Ziese Flag of Germany.svg Germany2003
Ralf Zumdick (caretaker)2003–2004
Mariano Barreto Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2004
Ratomir Dujkovic Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro2004–2006
Claude Le Roy Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 2006–2008
Sellas Tetteh (caretaker)Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana2008
Milovan Rajevac Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 2008–2010
Goran Stevanovic [10] [11] 2011–2012
James Kwesi Appiah [12] Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana2012–2014
Maxwell Konadu (caretaker)2014
Avram Grant [13] Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2014–2017
Maxwell Konadu (caretaker)Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana2017
James Kwesi Appiah [14] 2017–2020
Charles K. Akonnor [15] [16] 2020–2021
Milovan Rajevac Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia2021–2022
Otto Addo Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana2022present

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