List of Ghana national football team managers

The Ghana national football team manager was officially established in 1958 by Ohene Djan, whom the Ohene Djan Sports stadium was named after. This happened after he was elected General Secretary of the Football Association by the clubs and the Ghana Amateur Football Association was officially founded.[1]

Ohene Djan succeeded in securing the services of English Coach, George Ainsley who officially became Ghana's first national team coach.[2] Since 1957 until date Ghana has had 33 different head coaches and three caretakers. C. K. Gyamfi is the most successful of these, leading the Black Stars to three Africa Cup of Nations titles – in 1963, 1965 and 1982 – making Gyamfi the joint most successful coach in the competition's history.[3]

Fred Osam Duodu led the Black Stars to their 1978 Africa Cup of Nations title;[4] Ratomir Dujković, Milovan Rajevac, and James Kwesi Appiah, have all led the Black Stars to World Cup qualification.[5][6]

List of managers

This is a complete list of Ghana national football team managers, who have coached the Ghana national football team. They are listed in chronological order, along with their nationality and tenure.[7][8][9]

As of 13 February 2023

Name Nationality Ghana career Notes
George Ainsley  England 1958–1959
Andreas Sjolberg  Sweden 1959–1962
Josef Ember  Hungary 1963
Charles Kumi (C.K.) Gyamfi  Ghana 1963–1965
Carlos Alberto Parreira  Brazil 1967
Karl Heinz Marotzke  West Germany 1968–1970
Karl-Heinz Weigang 1974–1975
Oswaldo Carlos Sampaio Brazil 1977–1978
Fred Osam-Duodu Ghana 1978–1981
C.K. Gyamfi 1982–83
Emmanuel Kwasi Afranie 1984
Herbert Addo 1984
Rudi Gutendorf West Germany 1986–1987
Fred Osam-Duodu Ghana 1988–1989
Bukhard Ziese Germany 1990–1992
Otto Pfister 1993
Fred Osam-Duodu Ghana 1993
Jørgen E. Larsen  Denmark 1993–1994
Edward Aggrey-Fynn Ghana 1994
Petre Gavrilă  Romania 1995
Ishmael Kurtz Brazil 1996
Rinus Israel  Netherlands 1997–1998
Giuseppe Dossenna  Italy 1999–2000
Fred Osam-Duodu Ghana 2000
Jones Attuquayefio 2001
Fred Osam-Duodu 2001
Milan Zivodinovic  Serbia and Montenegro 2002
Emmanuel Kwasi Afranie Ghana 2002
Bukhard Ziese Germany 2003
Ralf Zumdick (caretaker) 2003–2004
Mariano Barreto  Portugal 2004
Ratomir Dujkovic Serbia and Montenegro 2004–2006
Claude Le Roy  France 2006–2008
Sellas Tetteh (caretaker) Ghana 2008
Milovan Rajevac  Serbia 2008–2010
Goran Stevanovic[10][11] 2011–2012
James Kwesi Appiah[12] Ghana 2012–2014
Maxwell Konadu (caretaker) 2014
Avram Grant[13]  Israel 2014–2017
Maxwell Konadu (caretaker) Ghana 2017
James Kwesi Appiah[14] 2017–2020
Charles K. Akonnor[15][16] 2020–2021
Milovan Rajevac Serbia 2021–2022
Otto Addo[nb 1] Ghana 2022[17]
Chris Hughton Republic of Ireland 2023–[18]

See also

Notes
  1. Addo served as caretaker manager from February 2022 until, he was hired on a permanent short term basis until December 2022.

References
  1. Association, Ghana Football. "History". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  2. "History of Black Stars coaches: Historical overview coaches who have managed the Ghanaian national football team". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  3. "C.K. Gyamfi picks CAF award". ghanafa.org. Ghana Football Association (GFA). 2 February 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  4. Frreman Yeboah, Thomas (2 December 2013). "Reminiscences! 50 years after Ghana's first ever African Cup of Nations triumph". graphic.com.gh. Daily Graphic. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  5. "Appiah becomes 41st coach of the Black Stars". ghanafa.org. Ghana Football Association (GFA). 17 April 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  6. Anaman, Fiifi (17 October 2013). "Kwesi Appiah challenges his former bosses statistically". allsports.com.gh. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  7. "The full list of coaches who have led the Black Stars since independence". GhanaSoccernet. 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  8. "Historical overview of Blackstar Coaches". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  9. "A historical overview of coaches who have managed the Ghanaian national football team". Pulse Ghana. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  10. "Goran Stevanovic named as new Ghana coach". BBC Sport. 10 January 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  11. Michael Oti Adjei (19 March 2012). "Ghana finally axe Black Stars coach Stevanovic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  12. "Ghana appoint James Kwesi Appiah as new head coach". BBC Sport. 10 April 2012.
  13. "Ghana appoint Grant as new coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  14. "Ghana re-appoint Kwesi Appiah as coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  15. "Ghana appoint Charles 'CK' Akonnor as new Black Stars coach". BBC Sport. 2020-01-15. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  16. "Black Stars: CK Akonnor named Head Coach of Ghana". Graphic Online. 2020-01-15. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  17. "GFA reposes confidence in Black Stars Technical team: Otto Addo set to take Ghana to Qatar 2022 World Cup". Ghana Football Association. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  18. "Chris Hughton takes charge of the Black Stars". Ghana Football Association. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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