Ghana qualified for the 2006 World Cup Finals on
October 8th, 2005.
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Cup Reports, World Cup Squad.
World Cup Appearances:
Germany 2006 is Ghana's 1st appearance at the World Cup Finals.
Ghana's Best World Cup Performance
Qualifying for Germany 2006.
During the 2006 World Cup Finals, Ghana have chosen to stay in Würzburg;
the centre of the Franconian wine-growing region and starting point of the Romantic Road,
the most famous German tourist route.
Ghana Team Hotel
Maritim Hotel:
Pleichertorstrasse 5, Wuerzburg.
Located on the banks of the Main River, the Maritim Hotel
is close to the old city centre.
Hotels
in Würzburg:
Fans of Ghana have a number of options if they want to stay near the Black Stars in
Würzburg.
Ghana Friendly
Matches
Lost to Mexico (0:1), Wednesday 1st March.
(Dallas)
Lost to Nice (0:3), Tuesday 9th May. (Nice)
Drew with Turkey (1:1), Friday 26th May. (Bochum)
Beat Jamaica (4:1), Monday 29th May. (Leicester)
Beat South Korea (3:1), Sunday June 4th.
(Glasgow)
Group E
Italy vs Ghana in Hannover:
Ghana had their moments and might feel unlucky not to get a penalty (two 50-50 decisions
went against them) but they lost concentration at times and Italy did what was expected of
them.
Czech Republic vs Ghana
in Köln:
Ghana stunned the Czech Republic by scoring in the second minute and never looked back; as
they went on to become the first African team to win a game, at the 2006 World Cup Finals.
Ghana vs USA in Nürnberg:
Ghana made sure that Africa would be represented among the top sixteen countries in the
world.
Knockout Stage
Second Round
Brazil vs Ghana in Dortmund:
Sadly, Asamoah Gyan pressed the self-destruction button by blatantly diving just inside
the Brazil penalty area, with ten minutes to go, to earn his second yellow card and just
about end any hope Ghana had of scoring two goals.
Black Stars
Goalkeepers:
1 Sammy Adjei (Mohadon Sports Ashdod, Israel)
16 George Owu (AshantiGold)
22 Richard Kingston (BB Ankaraspor, Turkey)
Defenders:
2 Hans Adu Sarpei (Vfl Wolfsburg, Germany)
4 Sammy Osei Kuffuor (AS Roma, Italy)
5 John Mensah (Rennes, France)
6 Emmanuel Pappoe (Hapoel Kfar Saba, Israel)
7 Shilla Illiasu (Asante Kotoko)
13 Habib Mohamed (King Faisal)
15 John Pantsil (Hapoel Tel Aviv, Israel)
17 Daniel Quaye (Hearts of Oak)
21 Issah Ahmed (Randers, Denmark)
Midfielders:
8 Michael Essien (Chelsea, England)
9 Derek Boateng (AIK Solna, Sweden)
10 Stephen Appiah (Fenerbache, Turkey)
11 Sulley Ali Muntari (Udinese, Italy)
18 Eric Addo (PSV Eindhoven,Holland)
20 Otto Addo (FSV Mainz 05, Germany)
23 Haminu Dramani (Red Star Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro)
Forwards:
3 Asamoah Gyan (Modena, Italy)
12 Alex Tachie-Mensah (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
14 Matthew Amoah (Borussia Dortmund, Germany)
19 Razak Pimpong (FC Copenhagen, Denmark)
Players on standby:
Philemon McCarthy (Fetteh Feyenoord), Aziz Ansah (Asante Kotoko), Yusif Chibsah (Asante
Kotoko), Baffour Gyan (Dynamo Moscow, Russia), Baba Adamu (Krylia Sovetov, Russia).
Trainer:
Ratomir Dujkovic (Serbia).
Players to watch:
8 Michael Essien (Chelsea, England)
10 Stephen Appiah (Fenerbache, Turkey)
11 Sulley Ali Muntari (Udinese, Italy)
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