Ghana national under-17 football team
The Ghana national U-17 football team, known as the Black Starlets, is the youngest team that represents Ghana in football. They are two-time FIFA U-17 World Cup Champions in 1991 and 1995 and a two-time Runner-up in 1993 and 1997. Ghana has participated in nine of the 17 World Cup events starting with their first in Scotland 1989 through dominating the competition in the 1990s where at one time they qualified for 4 consecutive World Cup finals in Italy 1991, Japan 1993, Ecuador 1995 and Egypt 1997 to their most recent participation in South Korea 2007 where they lost in the World Cup Semi-finals 1–2 to Spain in extra time.
| Nickname(s) | The Black Starlets | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Ghana Football Association | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Ignatius Osei-Fosu | ||
| FIFA code | GHA | ||
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| First international | |||
| Ghana 1–1 Nigeria (Accra, Ghana; 10 August 1986) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Ghana 7–0 Tunisia (Bamako, Mali; 20 May 1995) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Ghana 1–6 Nigeria (Marrakech, Morocco; 14 April 2013) | |||
| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 9 (first in 1989) | ||
| Best result | Winners, 1991, 1995 | ||
| Africa U-17 Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | 7 (first in 1995) | ||
| Best result | Winners, 1995, 1999 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| FIFA U-17 World Cup | ||
| 1991 Italy | Team | |
| 1995 Ecuador | Team | |
| 1993 Japan | Team | |
| 1997 Egypt | Team | |
| 1999 New Zealand | Team | |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Africa U-17 Cup of Nations | ||
| 1995 Mali | NA | |
| 1999 Guinea | NA | |
| 2005 Gambia | NA | |
| 2017 Gabon | Team | |
| 1997 Botswana | NA | |
| 2007 Togo | NA | |
They have also won the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations two times in 1995 and 1999 and were Runners-up in 2005 and 2017 as well. The current head coach is Abdul Karim Zito and his assistant is Ghana's former winger, Laryea Kingston.