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Ghana national under-20 football team

Ghana Under 20
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) The Black Satellites
Association Ghana Football Association
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach Mas-UD Did I Draman
FIFA code GHA
First international
 Gambia 1 - 0  Ghana
(Banjul, Gambia; 9 September 1984)
Biggest win
 Ghana 6 - 0  Mali
(Accra, Ghana; 11 November 1990)
Biggest defeat
 Algeria 3 - 0  Ghana
(Algiers, Algeria; 27 August 1988)
 Colombia 4 - 1  Ghana
(Le Pontet, France; 29 May 2000)
 Argentina 3 - 0  Ghana
(Buenos Aires, Argentina; 8 July 2001)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances 5 (first in 1993)
Best result Champions 2009, Runner-up, 1993, 2001
African Youth Championship
Appearances 10 (first in Third Place 1991)
Best result Champion Winners, 1993, 1999, 2009
Ghana national under-20 football team
Medal record
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1993 Australia Team
Silver medal – second place 2001 Argentina Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Egypt Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Turkey Team
Most Recent Squad
Date announced 10 July 2013
Game(s)  Iraq, 13 July 2013
Venue(s) Türk Telekom Arena, Istanbul, Turkey
Attendance 20,601
Referee Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Competition 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup Third Place

Ghana national U-20 football team known as the Black Satellites, is considered to be the feeder team for the Ghana national football team. They are the former FIFA U-20 World Cup Champions and African Youth Champions, they have also been a three-time African Champion in 1995, 1999, 2009 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. The first time an African Country won the FIFA U-20 World Cup Championship.


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