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Wikipedia - Ghana national under-23 football team
Ghana U23 football team (also known as Ghana Olympic football team or Black Meteors), represents Ghana in international football competitions in Olympic Games, All-Africa Games, and CAF U-23 Championship. The selection is limited to players aged 23 and under the age of 23, except during the Olympic Games where the use of three overage players is allowed. The team is controlled by the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
The team had qualified for five straight Olympic Games Football Tournaments when the tournament was still a full senior national team competition. In 1992, they became the first African country to win a medal at Olympic Games football. The Black Meteors failed to qualify for Beijing 2008 and although being the 2011 All-Africa Games champions, the Ghana Olympic football team failed to qualify for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship, thus did not participate in London 2012.
History
Ghana appeared in the quarter-final of the Olympic Games in 1964 where they were beaten by Romania in the quarter-final. They played in the 1968, 1972 Olympic tournaments, but never progressed further than the Group stages. They also qualified in 1976 then withdrew.
In 1992, Ghana reached the semi-final for the first time, they defeated Australia 2-0 to claim their first bronze medal in the event, and thus became the first African country to win a medal at football.
Ghana reached the quarter-finals of the Olympics football tournament in 1996 for the second time, they lost 4–2 against Brazil.
In the Athens 2004 tournament Ghana were eliminated in the Group stages after they lost a must win game 1–0 against Japan. The team were not able to qualify for Beijing 2008 and London 2012.
Lagets största framgång hittills har varit segern i CAF U-23-mästerskapet 2023, där de besegrade Egypten i finalen. Ghana U23 har också deltagit i två olympiska spel: 2004 och 2024.
Några av de mest kända spelare som har representerat Ghana U23 är:
* Mohammed Kudus
* Felix Afena-Gyan
* Kamaldeen Sulemana
* Tariq Lamptey
* Abdul Fatawu Issahaku
Ghana U23 är ett talangfullt lag med potential att nå stora framgångar. Laget har en stark historik i CAF U-23-mästerskapet och har också visat framfötterna i de olympiska spelen. Med en lovande generation spelare är Ghana U23 ett lag att se upp för i framtiden.