| Nickname(s) | The Black Satellites | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Ghana Football Association | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Desmond offei | ||
| FIFA code | GHA | ||
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| First international | |||
 Gambia 1 – 0  Ghana(Banjul, Gambia; 9 September 1984) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Ghana 6 – 0  Mali(Accra, Ghana; 11 November 1990) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Algeria 3 – 0 Ghana(Algiers, Algeria; 27 August 1988)  Colombia 4 – 1 Ghana(Le Pontet, France; 29 May 2000)  Argentina 3 – 0 Ghana(Buenos Aires, Argentina; 8 July 2001) | |||
| U-20 Africa Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | 10 (first in  1991) | ||
| Best result |  Winners (1993, 1999, 2009, 2021) | ||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 7 (first in 1993) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2009) | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| FIFA U-20 World Cup | ||
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1993 Australia | Team |
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2001 Argentina | Team |
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2009 Egypt | Team |
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2013 Turkey | Team |
Ghana national U-20 football team known as the Black Satellites, is considered to be the feeder team for the Ghana national 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.