Soccer World Cup 2010 / Ghana

This article covers the Ghanaian national soccer team at the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa .

qualification

opponent	Result	Gates
Second round
Libya	3-0	Prince Tagoe , Junior Agogo , Laryea Kingston
Lesotho	3: 2	Laryea Kingston , Junior Agogo (2)
Gabon	0: 2	-
Gabon	2-0	Prince Tagoe , Sulley Muntari
Libya	0: 1	-
Lesotho	3-0	Stephen Appiah , Junior Agogo , Matthew Amoah
Third round
Benin	1-0	Prince Tagoe
Mali	2-0	Kwadwo Asamoah , Matthew Amoah
Sudan	2-0	Matthew Amoah (2)
Sudan	2-0	Sulley Muntari , Michael Essien
Benin	0: 1	-
Mali	2: 2	Matthew Amoah , Anthony Annan

Ghanaian contingent

National coach Milovan Rajevac had to remove team captain Michael Essien and Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu from his provisional line-up of 30 due to injury . In addition, goalkeepers Stephen Adams , Haminu Draman , Laryea Kingston , Eric Addo and Bennard Yao Kumordzi were not nominated for the final World Cup squad.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Daniel adjei	Liberty professionals	11/10/1989	0	0	0	0	0
16	Stephen Ahorlu	Heart of Lions	09/05/1988	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Richard Kingson	Wigan Athletic	06/13/1978	5	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Hans Sarpei	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	06/28/1976	5	0	1	0	0
4th	John Paintsil	Fulham FC	06/15/1981	5	0	1	0	0
5	John Mensah	Sunderland AFC	11/29/1982	3	0	0	0	0
7th	Samuel Inkoom	FC Basel	06/01/1989	2	0	0	0	0
8th	Jonathan Mensah	Granada CF.	07/13/1990	4th	0	3	0	0
15th	Isaac providence	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	06/21/1988	2	0	1	0	0
19th	Lee Addy	Berekum Chelsea	07/07/1990	3	0	1	0	0
midfield player
6th	Anthony Annan	Rosenborg Trondheim	07/21/1986	5	0	1	0	0
9	Derek Boateng	Getafe CF.	05/02/1983	1	0	0	0	0
10	Stephen Appiah	Bologna FC	December 24, 1980	3	0	0	0	0
11	Sulley Muntari	Inter Milan	08/27/1984	4th	1	0	0	0
17th	Rahim Ayew	al Zamalek SC	04/16/1988	0	0	0	0	0
21st	Kwadwo Asamoah	Udinese Calcio	December 9, 1988	5	0	0	0	0
23	Kevin-Prince Boateng	Portsmouth FC	03/06/1987	5	1	0	0	0
striker
3	Asamoah Gyan	Rennes stadium	11/22/1985	5	3	0	0	0
12	Prince Tagoe	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	11/9/1986	3	0	1	0	0
13	André Ayew	AC Arles	12/17/1989	4th	0	2	0	0
14th	Matthew Amoah	NAC Breda	October 24, 1980	2	0	0	0	0
18th	Dominic Adiyiah	AC Milan	11/29/1989	2	0	0	0	0
20th	Quincy Owusu-Abeyie	al-Sadd Sports Club	04/15/1986	2	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Milovan Rajevac		01/02/1954

Games

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Germany	5: 1	6th
2	Ghana	2: 2	4th
3	Australia	3: 6	4th
4th	Serbia	2: 3	3

After a win against Serbia and a draw against Australia, the Ghanaians had a good chance of progressing. One more point against group favorites Germany would have been enough to safely progress. But although the team just lost 1-0 to the Germans, they stayed in second place in the preliminary round table, as neither Australia nor Serbia could exploit it in a direct comparison. Ghana is the only African representative who was able to reach the round of 16 at the first World Cup on their own continent.

• Sunday, June 13, 2010, 4 p.m. in Pretoria Serbia - Ghana 0: 1 (0: 0)
  
• Saturday, June 19, 2010, 4 p.m. in Port Elizabeth Ghana - Australia 1: 1 (1: 1)
  
• Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 8.30 p.m. in Johannesburg ( Soccer City ) Ghana - Germany 0: 1 (0: 0)
  

Final round

Round of 16

• Saturday, June 26, 2010, 8.30 p.m. in Rustenburg USA - Ghana 1: 2 a.s. (1: 1; 0: 1)
  

Quarter finals

• Friday, July 2, 2010, 8.30 p.m. in Johannesburg ( Soccer City ) Uruguay - Ghana 1: 1 aet (1: 1, 0: 1), 4: 2 i E.
  

Web links

• All matches in the preliminary round at a glance ( memento from September 29, 2010 on the Internet Archive ) on FIFA.com
• FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: Squad Ghana ( Memento from June 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive )