Ghana men's national U-20 association football team known as the Black Satellites, is considered to be the feeder team for the Ghana men's national association football team. They are the former FIFA U-20 World Cup Champions and U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Champions. They have also been a four-time African Champion in 1995, 1999, 2009, 2021 and a two-time Runner-up at the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1993, 2001 and finished third in 2013. Ghana has participated in only six of the past 19 World Cup events starting with their first in Australia 1993 where they lost the World Cup final 1-2 to Brazil in Sydney and in Argentina 2001 where they lost the World Cup final 0-3 to Argentina in Buenos Aires. Incredibly, in 32 FIFA World Cup matches, Ghana has not lost a game in regulation below the Semi Final level of the FIFA U20 World Cup.
They however failed to qualify for 3 consecutive events in UAE 2003, Netherlands 2005 and Canada 2007 until they made the Egypt 2009 Tournament.
They won the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in the Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt after defeating Brazil 4-3 on penalties when the match ended (0-0) after extra time. This was the first time an African country won the FIFA U-20 World Cup Championship.
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Competitive Record
U-20 Africa Cup of Nations record
A gold background colour indicates that Ghana won the tournament.
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
*There was no third place match from 1979-1989.
Current squad
The following players were selected for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations between 27 April – 18 May 2025.
Caps and goals correct as of 5 May 2025, after the match against Senegal
Previous squads
2015 FIFA under-20 World Cup (squads) – Ghana
2009 FIFA under-20 World Cup (squads) – Ghana
2001 FIFA under-20 World Cup (squads) – Ghana
1999 FIFA under-20 World Cup (squads) – Ghana
1997 FIFA under-20 World Cup (squads) – Ghana
1993 FIFA under-20 World Cup (squads) – Ghana
Notable players
The following list consist of previous Ghana U-20 national team players who have won or were influential at the FIFA U-20 World Cup with the Ghana U-20 national team or the FIFA U-17 World Cup with the Ghana U-17 national team, and those who were part of the Ghana U-23 national team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The list also includes the players who have graduated from the Ghana U-20 national team and gone on to represent the senior Ghana national team at the FIFA World Cup or African Cup of Nations:
2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup World Cup Winner Squad
Ghana
Head coach: Sellas Tetteh
Head-to-head record
The following table shows Ghana's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.