Olympic football tournament 1972 / Ghana

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This article covers the Ghanaian Olympic selection during the 1972 Summer Olympics .

Olympic qualification

After two victories against Liberia in the first round, Ghana moved into the decisive second round. There they closed the group tied with Cameroon, but qualified because of the better goal difference for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich .

1 round

date place pairing To Back total
02/07/1971 Lomé Togo - Guinea 1: 1 5: 4 6: 5
02/28/1971 Conakry
05/30/1971 Libreville Gabon - Cameroon 2: 3 ( Gabon waived )
   
04/03/1971 Lagos Nigeria - Senegal 1: 1 1: 2 2: 3
04/18/1971 Dakar
March 21, 1971 Accra Ghana - Liberia 2: 1 1-0 3: 1
04/17/1971 Monrovia

2nd round

Closing table

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. GhanaGhana Ghana  6th  3  2  1 007: 300  +4 08: 40
 2. Cameroon 1961Cameroon Cameroon  6th  3  2  1 007: 700  ± 0 08: 40
 3. SenegalSenegal Senegal  6th  2  2  2 008: 600  +2 06: 60
 4th TogoTogo Togo  6th  0  2  4th 003: 900  −6 02:10

Game results

04/23/1972 Ghana - Togo 1: 1
04/23/1972 Senegal - Cameroon 1: 1
04/30/1972 Lomé Togo - Senegal 1: 3
04/30/1972 Yaoundé Cameroon - Ghana 0: 3
05/07/1972 Accra Ghana - Senegal 1-0
05/07/1972 Togo - Cameroon 1: 2
05/14/1972 Togo - Ghana 0: 2
05/14/1972 Cameroon - Senegal 3: 2
05/21/1972 Senegal - Togo 0-0
05/21/1972 Ghana - Cameroon 0-0
05/28/1972 Dakar Senegal - Ghana 2-0
05/28/1972 Yaoundé Cameroon - Togo 1-0

Qualified for the next continental round. Qualified for the 1972 Olympic Games

Olympic finals

Squad

No. player Club before the start of the Olympics Date of birth Olympia 1972
games / goals		 yellow cards Red cards
goalkeeper
01 Henry Lante France Accra Hearts of Oak __.__. 1948 1 - - -
18th Essel Badu Mensah Asante Kotoko 09/14/1944 2 - - -
19th Joseph Derchie Bofoakwa Tano - - - -
Defense
02 Armah Akuetteh Kumasi Cornerstone 01/27/1946 2 - - -
03 Oliver Acquah Asante Kotoko March 22, 1946 2 - - -
04th Alex Mingle Cape Coast Dwarfs __.__. 1948 3 - - -
05 John Eshun Eleven Wise 07/17/1942 3 - - -
12 Edward Boye Great Olympics __.__. 1946 2 - - -
14th Clifford Odame Asante Kotoko __.__. 1946 2 - - -
midfield
06th Ibrahim Sunday (C)Captain of the crew Asante Kotoko 07/22/1944 3 1 1 -
07th Albert Essuman Asante Kotoko 04/28/1949 - - - -
13 Yaw Sam Asante Kotoko 02/02/1945 3 - - -
15th Kwasi Owusu Bofoakwa Tano 07/11/1945 2 - - -
16 Joe Ghartey Accra Hearts of Oak 06/27/1943 1 - - -
attack
08th Peter Lamptey Great Olympics 04/06/1946 3 - - -
09 Abukari Gariba Asante Kotoko 06/13/1939 3 - - -
10 Joseph Sam Asante Kotoko 09/01/1948 - - - -
11 Malik Jabir Asante Kotoko December 8, 1944 3 - - -
17th Osei Kofi Asante Kotoko 06/03/1942 2 - - -
Trainer
Charles Kumi Gyamfi __.__. 1929

Games

With three defeats in the preliminary round against the GDR, Poland and Colombia, Ghana was eliminated from the tournament as bottom of the table.

Preliminary round ( group 4 )

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Poland 1944Poland Poland  3  3  0  0 011: 200  +9 06-00
 2. Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR  3  2  0  1 011: 300  +8 04: 20
 3. ColombiaColombia Colombia  3  1  0  2 005:120  −7 02: 40
 4th GhanaGhana Ghana  3  0  0  3 001:110 −10 00: 60
August 28, 1972 in Munich (Olympiastadion)
GDR - Ghana 4: 0 (2: 0)
August 30, 1972 in Ingolstadt (ESV Stadium)
Poland - Ghana 4: 0 (1: 0)
September 1, 1972 in Munich (Olympiastadion)
Colombia - Ghana 3: 1 (0: 0)

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