Ghana national under-17 football team

Ghana under-17

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

Ghana national under-17 football team

Medal record
FIFA U-17 World Cup
	1991 Italy	Team
	1995 Ecuador	Team
	1993 Japan	Team
	1997 Egypt	Team
	1999 New Zealand	Team

Ghana national under-17 football 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

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]