Soccer World Cup 2006 / Ghana

This article deals with the Ghanaian national soccer team at the 2006 World Cup in Germany .

qualification

First round

	Somalia - Ghana		0: 5
	Nana Arhin Duah (2), Isaac Boakye (2), Asamoah Gyan
	Ghana - Somalia		2-0
	Stephen Appiah, Lawrence Adjei

Main round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Ghana	17: 4	21st
2	Democratic Republic of Congo	14:10	16
3	South Africa	12:14	16
4th	Burkina Faso	14:13	13
5	Cape Verde	8:15	10
6th	Uganda	6:15	8th

	Burkina Faso - Ghana		1-0
	Ghana - South Africa		3-0
	Sulley Muntari, Stephen Appiah (2)
	Uganda - Ghana		1: 1
	Asamoah Gyan
	Ghana - Cape Verde Islands		2-0
	Michael Essien, own goal
	Ghana - DR Congo		0-0
	DR Congo - Ghana		1: 1
	Asamoah Gyan
	Ghana - Burkina Faso		2: 1
	Stephen Appiah, Matthew Amoah
	South Africa - Ghana		0: 2
	Matthew Amoah, Michael Essien
	Ghana - Uganda		2-0
	Michael Essien, Matthew Amoah
	Cape Verde Islands - Ghana		0: 4
	Frimpong Asamoah, Sulley Muntari, Asamoah Gyan, Godwin Attram

Ghanaian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Sammy adjei	MS Ashdod	09/01/1980	0	0	0	0	0
16	George Owu	Ashanti gold	07/07/1982	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Richard Kingson	Ankaraspor	06/13/1978	4th	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Hans Sarpei	VfL Wolfsburg	06/28/1976	0	0	0	0	0
4th	Samuel Kuffour	AS Roma	09/03/1976	1	0	0	0	0
5	John Mensah	Rennes stadium	11/29/1982	4th	0	1	0	0
6th	Emmanuel Pappoe	Hapoel Kfar Saba	03/03/1981	2	0	0	0	0
7th	Illiasu Shilla	Asante Kotoko	10/26/1982	4th	0	1	0	0
13	Habib Mohamed	King Faisal Babes	December 10, 1983	2	0	1	0	0
15th	John Paintsil	Hapoel Tel Aviv	06/15/1981	4th	0	1	0	0
17th	Daniel Quaye	Accra Hearts of Oak	December 25, 1980	0	0	0	0	0
21st	Issah Ahmed	Randers FC	05/24/1982	0	0	0	0	0
midfield player
8th	Michael Essien	Chelsea FC	December 3rd, 1982	3	0	2	0	0
9	Derek Boateng	AIK Solna	05/02/1983	3	0	1	0	0
10	Stephen Appiah	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	December 24, 1980	4th	1	2	0	0
11	Sulley Muntari	Udinese Calcio	08/27/1984	3	1	3	0	0
18th	Eric Addo	PSV Eindhoven	11/12/1978	4th	0	1	0	0
19th	Razak Pimpong	FC Copenhagen	12/30/1982	3	0	0	0	0
20th	Otto Addo	1. FSV Mainz 05	06/09/1975	2	0	1	0	0
23	Haminu Dramani	FK Red Star Belgrade	04/01/1986	2	1	0	0	0
striker
3	Asamoah Gyan	Modena FC	11/22/1985	3	1	3	1	0
12	Alexander Tachie-Mensah	FC St. Gallen	02/15/1977	3	0	0	0	0
14th	Matthew Amoah	Borussia Dortmund	October 24, 1980	4th	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Ratomir Dujković		02/24/1946

Crew quarters

The team was based in Würzburg in the Hotel Maritim . The training ground was the Dallenberg Stadium in Würzburg.

Games of Ghana

Preliminary round

• Monday, June 12, 2006, 9 p.m. in Hanover Italy - Ghana 2: 0 (1: 0)
  
• Saturday, June 17, 2006, 6 p.m. in Cologne, Czech Republic - Ghana 0: 2 (0: 1)
  
• Thursday, June 22, 2006, 4 p.m. in Nuremberg Ghana - USA 2: 1 (2: 1)
  

For details, see Football World Cup 2006 / Group E.

Round of 16

• Tuesday, June 27, 5 p.m. in Dortmund Brazil - Ghana 3: 0 (2: 0)
  

For details see Football World Cup 2006 / final round

Special

• It was the first time that Ghana could ever qualify for the finals of a soccer World Cup. It is remarkable that they made it straight to the last 16.

Just like Trinidad, outsider Ghana quickly became a crowd favorite. Fans of many countries trembled for Ghana.

• The game against Brazil was later suspected of manipulation.

Individual evidence

1. ^ [1] Article in the Süddeutsche