to the 2022 FIFA World Cup squad and the preceding friendly match against . Caps and goals correct as of 2 December 2022, after the match against . Recent call-ups The following have also been called up in the past twelve months. Notes CNC Cancelled match. WD Withdrew. INJ Withdrew because of injury. PRE Preliminary squad. RET Retired from international soccer. SUS Suspended from the team. Local team The football association of Ghana (GFA) administers national teams at different levels, including 1 for the local national team. The team is restricted to players who only play in the local league, thus the Ghana Premier League. It is nicknamed Local Black Stars. Records Players in bold are still active with Ghana. Most appearances Top goalscorers Captains Awuley Quaye (1978) Kuuku Dadzie (1980–1982) Emmanuel Quarshie (1982–1984) Isaac Paha (1984) James Kwesi Appiah (1984–1992) Abedi Pele (1992–1998) Charles Akonnor (1999–2001) Stephen Appiah (2002–2010) John Mensah (2010–2012) Asamoah Gyan (2012–2019) André Ayew (2019–) Competitive record FIFA World Cup Ghana have qualified for 4 FIFA World Cup tournaments; 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2022. In 2006, it was the only African side to advance to the second round of the World Cup in Germany, and was the 6th nation in a row from Africa to progress beyond the group stages of the World Cup. It had the youngest team in the 2006 edition with an average age of 23 years and 352 days, and were praised for their improving performance. FIFA ranked it 13th out of the 32 countries who competed in the tournament. In the 2010 World Cup, it progressed beyond the group stages of the World Cup in South Africa, and reached the quarter-finals where it was eliminated by Uruguay. It was defeated on penalty shootout after Luis Suárez hand-balled on the goal line into extra time, preventing a possible winning goal. Of the 32 countries that participated in the 2010 edition, FIFA ranked it 7th. After beating Egypt 7–3 on aggregate in November 2013, it qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. It was drawn in Group G with Germany, United States and Portugal. For the first time, it fell in the group stage, tying Germany 2–2 and losing to the United States and Portugal by 2–1. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !colspan=9|FIFA World Cup record ! style="width:1%;background:white" rowspan=26| !colspan=9|Qualification record |- !Year !Round !Position ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !