GHANA
Nickname: The Black Stars
Manager: Carlos Queiroz
Ghana has announced their 26-man squad for the FIFA World Cup 2026. The final squad was announced on June 1. Ghana, the 4-time champions of Africa (1963, 1965, 1978 and 1982) is making their 5th appearance at the global football fiesta. The Black Stars have qualified for the FIFA World Cup on 5 occasions (2006, 2010, 2014, 2022 and 2026). Their best result was a quarter-final berth in South Africa in 2010. They were inches from the semi-final of the FIFA World Cup until the post denied Asamoah Gyan, whose penalty was the last kick of the match which had gone into extra time. Asamoah Gyan remains Africa’s all-time leading scorer at the World Cup with 6 goals: 1 in 2006, 3 in 2010 and 2 in 2014.
Here is the full list of the 26-man squad that would do battle for Ghana in the USA, Mexico and Canada this summer.
Goalkeepers: Benjamin Asare (Accra Hearts of Oak SC), Lawrence Ati-Zigi (St Gallen), Joseph Anang (St Patrick’s Athletic)
Defenders: Baba Abdul Rahman (PAOK Salonika), Gideon Mensah (AJ Auxerre), Marvin Senaya (AJ Auxerre), Alidu Seidu (Stade Rennais), Abdul Mumin (Rayo Vallecano), Jerome Opoku (Istanbul Basaksehir), Jonas Adjetey (VfL Wolfsburg), Kojo Oppong Peprah (Nice), Derrick Luckassen (Pafos)
Midfielders: Elisha Owusu (AJ Auxerre), Thomas Partey (Villarreal), Kwasi Sibo (Real Oviedo), Augustine Boakye (Saint-Étienne), Caleb Yirenkyi (FC Nordsjælland), Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (Leicester City)
Forwards: Kamal Deen Sulemana (Atalanta), Christopher Bonsu Baah (Al Qadsiah), Ernest Nuamah (Lyon), Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City), Brandon Thomas-Asante (Coventry City), Prince Kwabena Adu (Viktoria Plzen), Iñaki Williams (Athletic Club), Jordan Ayew (Leicester City)
