Ghana national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Ghana women's national under-17 football team.

Ghana under-17
Nickname(s)The Black Starlets
AssociationGhana Football Association
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Head coachGhana Ignatius Osei-Fosu
FIFA codeGHA
First colours
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Second colours
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
Appearances9 (first in 1989)
Best resultWinners, 1991, 1995
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Appearances7 (first in 1995)
Best resultWinners, 1995, 1999
Ghana national under-17 football team
Medal record
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1991 Italy Team
Gold medal – first place 1995 Ecuador Team
Silver medal – second place 1993 Japan Team
Silver medal – second place 1997 Egypt Team
Bronze medal – third place 1999 New Zealand Team
Ghana national under-17 football team
Medal record
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mali NA
Gold medal – first place 1999 Guinea NA
Silver medal – second place 2005 Gambia NA
Silver medal – second place 2017 Gabon Team
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Botswana NA
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Togo NA

The Ghana national U-17 football team, known as the Black Starlets, is the youngest team that represents Ghana in football.[1] They are two-time FIFA U-17 World Cup Champions in 1991 and 1995 and a two-time Runner-up in 1993 and 1997.[2] 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.

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.[3]

  1. ^ Blackstarlets Archived 20 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine.www.ghanafa.org.
  2. ^ "Starlets L Under 17 Team". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Laryea Kingston appointed Ghana U17 assistant coach". 12 December 2022.