The senior national men’s soccer team, the Black Stars, has been nominated as the National Team of the Year 2025 by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
This follows a decent run in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers that saw the team win five matches and draw one in the year under review.
Ghana, however, lost one friendly game to Nigeria’s Super Eagles in the Unity Cup 2025 but bounced back to beat Trinidad & Tobago in the 3rd place play-off.
The nomination comes a few days after the Black Queens were also nominated for the Women’s National Team of the Year.
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Before the final awards, the 10 nominees will be shortlisted to five.
The other nominees the Black Stars will compete against include Algeria’s Fennecs, Cape Verde’s Blue Sharks and the Elephants of La Cote d’Ivoire.
The others are the Pharaohs of Egypt, the Teranga Lions of Senegal, the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia, the Bafana Bafana of South Africa and the Atlas Lions of Morocco.
The 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup-winning team from Morocco has also been nominated.
Meanwhile, there is no Ghanaian player in contention for the continent’s best.
The list includes former winners Mohamed Salah and Victor Osimhen.
