This is a list of Ghana women's international footballers who have played for the Ghana women's national football team. [1]
Ghana is a country of 28.21 million people and many native groups, such as:
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is the governing body of association football in Ghana, based in Accra. Founded in 1957, the association was dissolved by the Ghanaian Minister of Sport, Isaac Kwame Asiamah, on 7 June 2018, after the discovery of corruption in the association through investigative videos. In October 2019, however, a new president, Kurt Okraku, was elected as the association reconvened upon the completion of the work of the FIFA Normalization Committee. Mark Addo was later elected vice president in November 2019.
The Nigeria women's national football team, nicknamed the Super Falcons, represents Nigeria in international women's football and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The team is by far Africa's most successful international women's football team winning a record eleven Women's Africa Cup of Nations titles, with their most recent title in 2018, after defeating South Africa in the final. The team is also the only women's national team from the Confederation of African Football to have reached the quarterfinals in both the FIFA Women's World Cup and Football at the Summer Olympics.
The Algeria women's national football team represents Algeria in international women's football. The team is currently ranked 76th in the world in the FIFA women's rankings. The team's highest ranking was 64th, in June 2009. The team plays its home games at the Stade du 5 Juillet in Algiers and is coached by Radia Fertoul since August 2018. Algeria played its first match on May 14, 1998, against France, and lost 14–0.
The Ghana women's national football team represents Ghana in international women's football. The team is governed by the Ghana Football Association. Its players are known as the Black Queens.
Association football is the most popular sport in Ghana. Since 1957, the sport has been administered by the Ghana Football Association. Internationally, Ghana is represented by the male Black Stars and the female Black Queens. The top male domestic football league in Ghana is the Ghana Premier League, and the top female domestic football league in Ghana is the Ghana Women's Football League.
Adjoa Bayor is a Ghanaian former footballer who played as a midfielder. She has captained the Ghana women's national team.
Isaac Paha is a Ghanaian football coach and former player, he played with Sekondi Hasaacas in th 1980s.
Rugby union in Ghana, and its predecessor the Gold Coast is a minor but growing sport with a long history.
Ghana's most popular sport is football, followed by boxing, Athletics, Badminton and basketball.
Ghana women's national under-20 football team represents Ghana in international youth football competitions.
Ghana U23 football team, represents Ghana in international football competitions in Olympic Games, All-Africa Games, and CAF U-23 Championship. The selection is limited to players aged 23 and under the age of 23, except during the Olympic Games where the use of three overage players is allowed. The team is controlled by the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
The Guinea women's national football team represents Guinea in international women's football. It is governed by the Guinean Football Federation.
The Ghana Women’s Premier League(GWPL), currently known as the Malta Guinness Women's Premier League for sponsorship reasons, was launched in 2012 as the National Women's League (NWL) and is the top division league for women's football in Ghana. Contested by 18 clubs in two zones (southern and northern zone), it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Ghana Women's Division One. Seasons run from December to July with each team playing 16 matches (playing all 8 other teams in their zone both home and away). Most games are played on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Ghana women's national under-17 football team represents Ghana in international youth football competitions. It is one of the strongest in Africa and is the only African nation to have qualified to every youth World Cup until they failed to qualify for 2022 in India.
Elizabeth Addo is a Ghanaian football forward who have played for Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Damallsvenskan. She is also the captain of the Ghana women's national football team.
Juliet Acheampong is a Ghanaian women's international footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Ghana women's national football team. She plays professionally for Ånge IF in the Swedish Damallsvenskan.
The WAFU Zone B Women's Cup is a women's association football competition contested by national teams of Zone B of the West African Football Union.
Yusif Basigi is a Ghanaian professional football manager who currently coaches the Hasaacas Ladies F.C. and the Ghana women's national under-20 football team. He previously coached former Ghana Premier League team; Sekondi Hasaacas in 2016, Ghana women's national under-17 football team and Ghana women's national football team for 5 years from 2012 to 2017.
Aisha Buhari Invitational tournament is an association football tournament organized by the Nigerian football federation for the female national team.