Ghana

Jordan Ayew is Ghana's most-capped player ever with 133 appearances and captains the side at his third World Cup (2014, 2022, 2026).

Antoine Semenyo scored 17 Premier League goals in 37 games for Manchester City after moving from Bournemouth in January 2026 — the most ever by a Ghanaian in a single Premier League season.

Ghana are the only sub-Saharan African nation to reach a World Cup quarter-final (2010), where they lost to Uruguay in a penalty shootout after Luis Suárez's infamous goal-line handball.

Asamoah Gyan, not in this squad but the inspiration for it, remains the all-time leading African scorer at World Cups with 6 goals — more than any other African player in history.

Carlos Queiroz was appointed just 72 days before Ghana's opening game — the shortest preparation window of any coach at the 2026 World Cup — yet he brought order and a clear 4-3-3 shape within weeks.

At the 2014 World Cup, Ghana's government flew $3 million in cash to Brazil on a chartered plane to settle a player bonus dispute — the players reportedly counted the banknotes in their hotel before agreeing to play on.

At the 2010 World Cup, Kevin-Prince Boateng (Ghana) and Jérôme Boateng (Germany) became the first brothers ever to face each other at a World Cup — and then did it again in 2014.