The Black Stars are ready to shine again at the FIFA World Cup™. Ghana have qualified for the global showpiece for the second successive tournament and will be aiming to match their peak performance at South Africa 2010, where they reached the quarter-finals.

This will be Ghana’s fifth appearance on football’s biggest stage, with coach Otto Addo taking the reins once more. After failing to get past the group stage at Brazil 2014 and Qatar 2022, Ghana are determined to recapture former glories and reach the knockout rounds.

Ghana coach: Otto Addo

Addo is the first — and only — Ghanaian to play for and coach the Black Stars at the FIFA World Cup, having been part of the inaugural squad at the global finals at Germany 2006 and then leading the African nation to Qatar 2022. After leaving the role to return to Borussia Dortmund, he was reappointed in March 2024 following the exit of Chris Hughton after the country’s first-round exit at the Africa Cup of Nations.

The move did not initially go according to plan, however, with the Black Stars failing to even qualify for the 2025 edition of the continental competition.

Addo defiantly refused to resign despite widespread calls to do so. “I’m not the person who can resign. If I had done this, I’d never have become a player or even a coach,” he declared. “If you know where I have come from as a person to arrive at this job you won’t even ask about resignation.”

Addo’s belief in his abilities paid off as he successfully guided Ghana through African qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 26™ with ease.

Ghana’s World Cup 26 fixtures and group

Ghana will discover their group-stage opponents when the Final Draw for the FIFA World Cup 26 takes place at the prestigious John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC from 12:00 local time (16:00 in Accra) on Friday, 5 December.

How Ghana qualified for the World Cup 26

Ghana had a dominant run in African qualifying, winning eight and losing just one of their ten matches to top Group I. They were pushed all the way by Madagascar, but punched their ticket to the global showpiece on the final day of qualifying after Mohammed Kudus struck for the winner against Comoros. A key reason for their success has been the goalscoring form of Jordan Ayew, who netted seven goals in the preliminaries.”