Ghana women's national under-17 football team

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Ghana Ghana U-17
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationGhana Football Association
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
FIFA codeGHA
First colours
Second colours
World Cup
Appearances6 (first in 2008)
Best result3rd Place, 2012
African Cup of Nations
Appearances6 (first in 2008)
Best resultChampion, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018

Ghana women's national under-17 football team represents Ghana in international youth football competitions. It is one of the strongest in Africa and is the only African nation to have qualified to every youth World Cup so far.[1][2]

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record[]

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Appearances: 5
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
New Zealand 2008 Round 1 9th 3 1 1 1 4 4
Trinidad and Tobago 2010 Round 1 11th 3 1 0 2 1 4
Azerbaijan 2012 3rd Place 3rd 6 4 0 2 10 4
Costa Rica 2014 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 6 4
Jordan 2016 Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 0 2 4 8
Uruguay 2018 Quarter-finals 6th 4 3 1 0 12 3
Total Group stage 6/6 24 13 3 8 37 27

African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women[]

  • 2008 - Runners-up
  • 2010 - Champion 1
  • 2012 - Champion 2
  • 2013 - Champion 3
  • 2016 - Champion 4
  • 2018 - Champion 5
^1  : with Nigeria
^2  : with Gambia & Nigeria
^3  : with Nigeria & Zambia
^4  : with Nigeria & Cameroon
^5  : with Cameroon & South Africa

Current squad[]

Squad for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[3]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK (2001-02-02)2 February 2001 (aged 15) Canada Ottawa South United
2 2DF (2000-09-14)14 September 2000 (aged 16) Ghana Fabulous Ladies FC
3 3MF Nina Norshie (2001-09-14)14 September 2001 (aged 15) Ghana Valued Girls FC
4 2DF (2000-02-20)20 February 2000 (aged 16) Ghana Ampem Darko Ladies
5 2DF (1999-02-07)7 February 1999 (aged 17) Ghana Soccer Intellectual Ladies
6 3MF Grace Asantewaa (2000-12-05)5 December 2000 (aged 15) Ghana Ampem Darko Ladies
7 4FW (2001-12-20)20 December 2001 (aged 14) Ghana Hasaacas Ladies FC
8 3MF (2000-09-06)6 September 2000 (aged 16) Ghana Bafana Ladies
9 3MF Gifty Acheampong (1999-11-05)5 November 1999 (aged 16) Ghana Immigration FC
10 4FW Sandra Owusu-Ansah (2000-01-29)29 January 2000 (aged 16) Ghana Supreme Ladies
11 3MF (2000-04-27)27 April 2000 (aged 16) Ghana Police Ladies
12 2DF (2000-02-07)7 February 2000 (aged 16) Ghana Bafana Ladies
13 3MF (2000-04-01)1 April 2000 (aged 16) Ghana Bafana Ladies
14 2DF Philicity Asuako (1999-12-25)25 December 1999 (aged 16) Ghana Samaria Ladies
15 4FW (1999-07-04)4 July 1999 (aged 17) Ghana Soccer Intellectual Ladies
16 1GK (1999-11-02)2 November 1999 (aged 16) Ghana Bafana Ladies
17 3MF (2001-04-02)2 April 2001 (aged 15) Ghana Lepo Stars Ladies FC
18 2DF (2001-06-11)11 June 2001 (aged 15) Ghana Sport Academy
19 4FW (1999-10-20)20 October 1999 (aged 16) Ghana Prison Ladies
20 4FW Vivian Adjei (2000-01-14)14 January 2000 (aged 16) Ghana Sport Academy
21 1GK (2001-05-23)23 May 2001 (aged 15) Ghana Soccer Intellectual Ladies

Previous squads[]

2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ruthless Black Maidens wallop Djibouti 19-0 on aggregate to qualify for FIFA World Cup — Ghana Sports Online". 18 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Maidens, Uruguay in tricky opener". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  3. ^ "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Jordan 2016 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 October 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 4, 2016.

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