After managing just three points after five games, in a group containing Niger, Angola, and Sudan, Ghana have already been eliminated from AFCON 2025. They failed to win any of those five games, presenting a major shock when considering that sides such as Equatorial Guinea, Uganda, and Comoros have all qualified.
Winners of the 1963, 1965, 1978 and 1982 tournaments, Ghana haven't enjoyed quite the same success in recent years, finishing as runners-up in 2015 and reaching the semi-finals for six straight tournaments between 2008 and 2017.
With former Hamburg manager and Borussia Dortmund assistant coach Otto Addo in charge of the national team, and Premier League quality in Thomas Partey, Mohammed Kudus, Jordan Ayew, and Antoine Semenyo, the failure to qualify is a disastrous campaign for the Black Stars.
Ghana's final group game against Niger on Monday, hosted in Ghana's capital city, Accra, presents the side with an opportunity to salvage a lost qualification campaign, but it will not change their earlier fate.
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