Ghana national under-17 football team
























































Ghana Under 17
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) The Black Starlets
Association Ghana Football Association
Confederation
CAF (Africa)
Head coach
Ghana Paa Kwasi Fabin
FIFA code GHA

















First colours














Second colours



First international

 Ghana 1 - 1 Nigeria 
(Accra, Ghana; 10 August 1986)
Biggest win

 Ghana 7 - 0 Tunisia 
(Bamako, Mali; 20 May 1995)
Biggest defeat

 Ghana 1 - 6 Nigeria 
(Marrakech, Morocco; 14 April 2013)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances 9 (first in 1989)
Best result Winners, 1991, 1995
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Appearances 7 (first in 1995)
Best result Winners, 1995, 1999


































Ghana national under-17 football team
Medal record

FIFA U-17 World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1991 Italy
Team
Gold medal – first place 1995 Ecuador
Team
Silver medal – second place 1993 Japan
Team
Silver medal – second place 1997 Egypt
Team
Bronze medal – third place 1999 New Zealand
Team







































Ghana national under-17 football team
Medal record

Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mali NA
Gold medal – first place 1999 Guinea NA
Silver medal – second place 2005 Gambia NA
Silver medal – second place 2017 Gabon
Team
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Botswana NA
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Togo NA

The Ghana national U-17 football team known as the Black Starlets, is the youngest team that represents Ghana in football. They are two-time FIFA U-17 World Cup Champions in 1991 and 1995 and a two-time Runner-up in 1993 and 1997. Ghana has participated in nine of the 17 World Cup events starting with their first in Scotland 1989 through dominating the competition in the 1990s where at one time they qualified for 4 consecutive World Cup finals in Italy 1991, Japan 1993, Ecuador 1995 and Egypt 1997 to their most recent participation in South Korea 2007 where they lost in the World Cup Semi-finals 1-2 to Spain in extra time.


They have also won the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations two times in 1995 and 1999 and were Runners-up in 2005 and 2017 as well.




Contents






  • 1 Superb young players


  • 2 African U-17 controversies


    • 2.1 2003 U-17 Qualifiers


    • 2.2 2005 African U-17 Final




  • 3 Current squad


  • 4 Previous squad


  • 5 Technical Team


  • 6 Competitive Record


    • 6.1 FIFA U-17 World Cup Record


    • 6.2 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record


    • 6.3 CAF U-16 and U-17 World Cup Qualifiers record




  • 7 Team honours


  • 8 Awards


    • 8.1 Golden Shoe


    • 8.2 Golden Ball




  • 9 Notable players


  • 10 Notable coaches


  • 11 See also


  • 12 Footnotes


  • 13 External links





Superb young players


The Ghana U-17 national team is known as The Riley Goon Squad. A couple of Ghana's U-17 players have won the FIFA Golden Ball award: Nii Odartey Lamptey in 1991 and Daniel Addo in 1993. In the 1999 FIFA U-17, Ghanaian striker Ishmael Addo won the Golden Shoe award. Former Ghana U-17 and National Team Coach, Otto Pfister, a FIFA instructor, who led Ghana's U-17 squad to its first World Championship title in 1991, once remarked to FIFA Magazine that "Ghana has superb young players". At each of the first four FIFA World Under-17s held, Ghana reached the final each time, winning the title twice and finishing in second place twice. In 2007, youngster Ransford Osei won the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup Silver Boot for being the second highest scorer at the Tournament in South Korea.


What makes Ghana's footballers so dominant in their age group?
FIFA Magazine[1] asked Otto Pfister. Football is not simply the most popular sport in this part of Africa, it is an absolute religion, he said. This is the way the game is regarded in Ghana. Young boys here think about football 24 hours a day and play for at least eight - whether on clay, rough fields or dusty streets. They develop their skills naturally, without any specific training, and end up with superb technique and ability on the ball. They are also fast and tricky, and can feint well with their bodies. Africa and South America have by far the best young footballers in the world - on a technical level they are superb. And technique is what it takes to make a good player.


What else goes towards making Ghana so strong? Otto Pfister continues; In Africa there is often only one way for many young lads to escape from poverty and to make their way up the social scale - football. Youngsters want to become stars and to play in a top European league. That is their main aim and they will do anything to achieve it. Let me give you an example: While I was coaching in Ghana I once told my team to be ready for training at three o'clock in the morning. At half past two they were all assembled and ready to go. They want to learn and they want to play for the national team. They know that in their country a national team player is a hero and enjoys a level of prestige that is not comparable to that in Europe. Another positive point for young players in Ghana is that there are many good coaches in the country who help develop the available talent and above all want to let them play. This policy pays off.[2] Today, many Ghanaian youngsters are in G14 Club Academies in Europe.



African U-17 controversies



2003 U-17 Qualifiers


On another note, two controversial incidents in Africa has prevented Ghana from adding to their two African U-17 trophies. On February 14, 2003, the Kenya Sports Minister Najib Balala disbanded their National U-17 team, claiming that 40% of the players who eliminated Ghana in the first round had been over-age; he sought to have Ghana re-instated and apologised to FIFA. CAF did not re-instate Ghana, but they did ban Kenya for two years from all CAF's age competition for fielding those over-age players.



2005 African U-17 Final


On May 23, 2005, Ghana played Gambia in the 2005 edition of the African U-17 Championship final. With the game deadlocked at 0-0, an 11 years old Gambian fan ran from the Stands onto the pitch, entered the Ghana goal area and dove into the net, distracting the Ghana goalkeeper Michael Addo in front of all CAF dignitaries, the Gambian President and a sell-out Stadium. Gambia scored on that play, Ghana protested, but the controversial goal stood and Gambia won their first trophy on that "goal". The "fan" was later revealed to be the now U-17 captain, Liam Riley, who was displaying his anger at not being selected for the Gambian squad.



Current squad



Head coach: Ghana Paa Kwesi Fabin



Squad announced for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup from 6 – 28 April 2017.

































































































































































No.

Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Club
1

1GK

Ibrahim Danlad

(2002-12-02) 2 December 2002 (age 16)

Ghana Asante Kotoko
16

1GK

Kwame Aziz

(2002-06-15) 15 June 2002 (age 16)

Ghana Mandela Soccer Academy
21

1GK

Michael Acquaye

(2000-08-10) 10 August 2000 (age 18)

Ghana WAFA

2

2DF

John Otu

(2000-04-12) 12 April 2000 (age 18)

Ghana Dreams F.C.
3

2DF

Gideon Acquah

(2000-05-24) 24 May 2000 (age 18)

Ghana Bofoakwa Tano
4

2DF

Edmund Arko-Mensah

(2001-09-09) 9 September 2001 (age 17)

Ghana Wa All Stars
5

2DF

Najeeb Yakubu

(2000-05-01) 1 May 2000 (age 18)

Ghana New Town Youth
12

2DF

Abdul Razak Yusif

(2001-08-09) 9 August 2001 (age 17)

Ghana Koforidua Youth
14

2DF

Bismark Terry Owusu

(2000-10-31) 31 October 2000 (age 18)

Ghana Mandela Soccer Academy
15

2DF

Gideon Mensah

(2000-10-09) 9 October 2000 (age 18)

Ghana Right to Dream
17

2DF

Rashid Alhassan

(2000-06-20) 20 June 2000 (age 18)

Ghana Aduana Stars

7

3MF

Ibrahim Sulley

(2001-07-06) 6 July 2001 (age 17)

Ghana New Life F.C.
8

3MF

Mohammed Kudus

(2000-08-02) 2 August 2000 (age 18)

Ghana Right to Dream
10

3MF

Emmanuel Toku

(2000-07-10) 10 July 2000 (age 18)

Ghana Cheetah F.C.
13

3MF

Gabriel Leveh

(2000-04-01) 1 April 2000 (age 18)

Ghana Tema Youth
18

3MF

Mohammed Iddriss

(2000-07-26) 26 July 2000 (age 18)

Ghana Cheetah F.C.

19

3MF

Ibrahim Sadiq

(2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 (age 18)

Ghana Right to Dream
20

3MF

Isaac Gyamfi

(2000-09-09) 9 September 2000 (age 18)

Ghana New Life F.C.
6

4FW

Eric Ayiah

(2000-03-06) 6 March 2000 (age 18)

Ghana Charity Stars
9

4FW

Richard Danso

(2000-09-16) 16 September 2000 (age 18)

Ghana WAFA
11

4FW

Mohammed Aminu

(2000-08-10) 10 August 2000 (age 18)

Ghana WAFA


Previous squad


Squad that played in the 2013 African U-17 Championship from 13 – 27 April 2013.






























































































































































No.

Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Club
1

1GK
Nii Kwesi


16

1GK
Lawrence Ati


20

1GK
Emmanuel Anning


3

2DF
Michael Kwarteng


2

2DF
Clifford Nott


4

2DF
William Dankyi


5

2DF
Mohammed Musa


13

2DF
Yakubu Mohammed


14

2DF
Hamza Hamidu


19

2DF
Kingsley Fobi


6

3MF
Gideon Waja


7

3MF
Appiah MacCarthy


8

3MF
Caleb Gomina


11

3MF
Paul Asare De-Vries


12

3MF
Yaw Yeboah


13

3MF
David Atanga


15

3MF
Thomas Agyapong


17

3MF
Zakaria Mumuni
--

18

3MF
Emmanuel Oti Essigba


9

4FW
Emmanuel Boateng


10

4FW
Benjamin Tetteh




Technical Team











































Position
Name
Nationality

Head Coach

Paa Kwasi Fabin

 Ghanaian

Assistant Coach
Opeele Boateng.

 Ghanaian

Goalkeeping Coach
Najau

 Ghanaian

Team Doctor
Dr. Andrews Ayim

 Ghanaian

Physiotherapist
Jonathan Quartey

 Ghanaian

Welfare Officer
Emmanuel N. Dasoberi

 Ghanaian

Equipment Officer
John Ackon

 Ghanaian


Competitive Record



FIFA U-17 World Cup Record































































































































































































































Year
Round
GP
W
D*
L
GS
GA
GD

China 1985
Did not participate - - - - - - -

Canada 1987
Did not qualify - - - - - - -

Scotland 1989
First round 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1

Italy 1991
Champions 6 4 2* 0 8 3
+5

Japan 1993
Runners-up 6 5 0 1 14 3 +11

Ecuador 1995
Champions 6 6 0 0 13 4 +9

Egypt 1997
Runners-up 6 4 1 1 14 5 +9

New Zealand 1999
Third Place 6 4 2* 0 19 5 +14

Trinidad and Tobago 2001
Did not qualify - - - - - - -

Finland 2003
Did not qualify - - - - - - -

Peru 2005
First round 3 0 3 0 3 3 0

South Korea 2007
Fourth Place 7 4 0 3 13 9 +4

Nigeria 2009
Did not qualify - - - - - - -

Mexico 2011
Did not qualify - - - - - - -

United Arab Emirates 2013
Did not qualify - - - - - - -

Chile 2015
Did not qualify - - - - - - -

India 2017
Quarterfinals 5 3 0 2 8 3 +5

Peru 2019
Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Total 9/17 48 30 10 8 94 38 +56


Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record





























































































































































Year
Round
GP
W
D*
L
GS
GA
GD

Mali 1995
Champions 5 5 0 0 16 1 +15

Botswana 1997
Third Place 5 3 0 2 9 6 +3

Guinea 1999
Champions 5 3 1 1 8 3 +5

Seychelles 2001
Did not qualify - - - - - - -

Eswatini 2003
Did not qualify - - - - - - -

The Gambia 2005
Runners-up 5 3 0 2 7 5 +2

Togo 2007
Third Place 5 3 0 2 11 5 +6

Algeria 2009
Did not qualify - - - - - - -

Rwanda 2011
Did not qualify - - - - - - -

Morocco 2013
Group stage 3 0 2 1 2 7 -5

Niger 2015
Disqualified - - - - - - -

Gabon 2017
Runners-up 5 2 2* 1 9 1 +8
Total 7/12 33 19 5 9 62 28 +34


CAF U-16 and U-17 World Cup Qualifiers record
















































































Year
Round
GP
W
D*
L
GS
GA
GD
1985 Did not participate - - - - - - -
1987 Second Round 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
1989 Third Round 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2
1991 Fourth Round 5 3 1 1 8 3 +5
1993 Final Round 4 4 0 0 9 1 +8
Total 4/5 15 9 4 2 23 8 +15

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.



Overall U17 Record
















































U17 Record
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Success
U17 World Cup Finals 48 30 10 8 94 38
+56
74.42%
U17 Africa Quals/ Finals 58 38 8 12 108 44 +64 72.41%
U17 Total 106 68 18 20 202 82 +120 73.42%

FIFA U-17 World Cup Record by team













































































































































































































































































































































Ghana versus
GP
W
D*
L
GF
GA
GD
Succ.

 Spain
5 2 2 1 6 5 +1 60%

 Brazil
5 3 1*
1 9 7
+2
70.00%

 Japan
2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 100%

 Cuba
2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 75%

 Bahrain
2 1 0 1 5 1 +4 50%

 Mexico
2 2 0 0 8 1 +7 100%

 Uruguay
2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 100%

 United States
3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 75%

 Oman
2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 100%

 Costa Rica
2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 75%

 Scotland
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 50%

 Ecuador
1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100%

 Portugal
1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100%

 Argentina
1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 50%

 Thailand
1 1 0 0 7 1 +6 100%

 Qatar
1 0 1*
0 0 0 0 50%

 Italy
1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100%

 Australia
1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100%

 Chile
1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100%

 Peru
2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 75%

 China PR
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 50%

 Nigeria
1 0 0 1 1 2
-1
0%

 Germany
2 0 0 2 3 5 -2 0%

 Trinidad and Tobago
1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100%

 Colombia
2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 100%

 India
1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100%

 Niger
1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100%

 Mali
1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0%
Total 47 29 10 8 92 38 +54 74.42%

*Denotes draws including the 1991 & 1999 Semi-Final matches decided on penalty kicks v Qatar (4-2p) & Brazil (2-4p).


Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record by team




















































































































































































































Ghana versus
GP
W
D*
L
GF
GA
GD
Succ.

 Mali
5 2 1 2 5 5 0 50%

 Mozambique
1 1 0 0 2 0
+2
100%

 Tunisia
2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 100%

 Guinea
2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 75%

 Nigeria
4 1 0 3 5 11
-6
0%

 Ethiopia
2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 100%

 Angola
2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 50%

 Zimbabwe
1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100%

 Cameroon
2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 100%

 Burkina Faso
3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 75%

 Gambia
2 1 0 1 1 1 0 50%

 Ivory Coast
2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 75%

 Eritrea
1 1 0 0 6 0 +6 100%

 Togo
1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0%

 Congo
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 50%

 Gabon
1 1 0 0 7 1 +6 100%

 Niger
1 0 1*
0 0 0 0 50%
Total 33 19 5 9 64 29 +35 69.11%

*Denotes draws including the 2017 Semi-Final match decided on penalty kicks v Niger (6-5p).


CAF U-16 and U-17 World Cup Qualifiers record by team

















































































































Ghana versus
GP
W
D*
L
GF
GA
GD
Succ.

 Nigeria
2 1 1 0 1 1 0 75%

 Cameroon
2 1 0 1 2 2 0 50%

 Ivory Coast
2 1 1 0 2 1
+1
75%

 Sierra Leone
2 1 0 1 3 3 0 50%

 Guinea
2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 75%

 Morocco
1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100%

 Senegal
2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 100%

 Egypt
2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 100%
Total 15 9 4 2 23 8 +15 78.12%


Team honours


  • FIFA U-17 World Cup Winners: 2


1991, 1995

  • FIFA U-17 World Cup Runners-up: 2


1993, 1997

  • FIFA U-17 World Cup Third Place: 1

1999

  • Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Winners: 2


1995, 1999

  • Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Runners-up: 2


2005, 2017

  • Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Third Place: 2


1997, 2007


Awards



Golden Shoe




























Tournament
FIFA Golden Shoe Award
Player

New Zealand 1999

Golden Shoe Award

Ghana Ishmael Addo

Italy 1991

Silver Shoe Award

Ghana Nii Odartey Lamptey

South Korea 2007

Silver Shoe Award

Ghana Ransford Osei

Egypt 1997

Bronze Shoe Award

Ghana Owusu Afriyie


Golden Ball















Tournament
FIFA Golden Ball Winner

Italy 1991

Ghana Nii Odartey Lamptey

Japan 1993

Ghana Daniel Addo


Notable players


The following list consist of previous Ghana U-17 national team players who have won or were influential at the FIFA U-17 World Cup with the Ghana U-17 national team or the FIFA U-20 World Cup with the Ghana U-20 national team, and those who were part of the Ghana U-23 national team that won the Bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The list also includes the players who have graduated from the Ghana U-20 national team and gone on to represent the senior Ghana national team at the FIFA World Cup or African Cup of Nations:





  • Nii Odartey Lamptey (1991)


  • Mohammed Gargo (1991)


  • Yaw Preko (1991)


  • Daniel Addo (1991, 1993)


  • Samuel Kuffour (1991, 1993)


  • Mark Edusei (1991, 1993)


  • Charles Akunnor (1993)


  • Emmanuel Duah (1991, 1993)


  • Isaac Asare (1991)


  • Mohammed Gargo (1991)


  • Christian Gyan (1995)


  • Awudu Issaka (1995)


  • Stephen Appiah (1995)


  • Emmanuel Bentil (1995)


  • Daniel Quaye (1997)


  • Laryea Kingston (1997)


  • Hamza Mohammed (1997)


  • Owusu Afriyie (1997)


  • Razak Pimpong (1999)


  • Michael Essien (1999)


  • Anthony Obodai (1999)


  • Ibrahim Abdul Razak (1999)


  • Ishmael Addo (1999)


  • Sadat Bukari (2005)


  • Opoku Agyemang (2005)


  • Razak Salifu (2005)


  • Jonathan Quartey (2005)


  • Samuel Inkoom (2005)


  • David Telfer (2005)


  • Mubarak Wakaso (2005)


  • Ransford Osei (2007)


  • Daniel Opare (2007)


  • Sadick Adams (2007)


  • Abeiku Quansah (2007)


  • Tetteh Nortey (2007)




Notable coaches
















































FIFA Tourney
Manager name
2007–2008
Ghana Sellas Tetteh
2005–2007
Ghana Sulley Mohammed[3] 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship

Italy 1991

Germany Otto Pfister

Japan 1993

Ghana Isaac Paha

Ecuador 1995

Ghana Sam Arday

Egypt 1997

Ghana Emmanuel Kwesi Afranie

New Zealand 1999

Ghana Jones Attuquayefio

Peru 2005

Ghana David Duncan

South Korea 2007

Ghana Sellas Tetteh

Libya Four Nations Tournament

GhanaEmmanuel Kwesi Afranie


See also




  • Ghana national football team

  • Ghana national U23 football team

  • Ghana national U20 football team




Footnotes





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  2. ^ "Ghana: talented players as far as the eye can see". fifa.com. 2004-09-17. Archived from the original on 2004-10-27. Retrieved 2004-09-17.


  3. ^ Blackstarlets Archived May 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.www.ghanafa.org.




External links



  • 2007 U17 World Cup Tournament Page


  • Ghana Football Association - Official website

  • Ghana Premier League website

  • Ghanaweb Sports Page

  • RSSSF Archive of all FIFA U17 Matches

  • RSSSF Archive of all African U17 Matches


  • 2005 African U17 Final Controversy Video












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