African Football Nations
Football stories from across the continent.
Ghana
The Black Stars nation — four-time AFCON champions, two-time CAF Champions League winners (Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak), and the birthplace of more Premier League exports than any other West African country. West African football's oldest continuously-run top flight (GPL, founded 1958).
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The Black Stars nation — four-time AFCON champions, two-time CAF Champions League winners (Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak), and the birthplace of more Premier League exports than any other West African country. West African football's oldest continuously-run top flight (GPL, founded 1958).
East Africa's footballing heart — home of the Mashemeji Derby (Gor Mahia vs AFC Leopards), the 1987 African Cup Winners' Cup (the only CAF continental trophy won by a Kenyan club), and a Harambee Stars rebuild focused on qualifying for the 2027 AFCON in Morocco.
The heartbeat of West African football. Three-time AFCON champions, five FIFA U-17 World Cups (1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, 2015), and an Olympic gold from Atlanta 1996 that every African player still measures themselves against.
Home to Africa's highest-revenue domestic football league, the PSL (Betway Premiership), the Soweto Derby, the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and the 2024 CAF African Player of the Year (Africa-based) in Themba Zwane. One CAF Champions League trophy at club level (Sundowns 2016), and a Bafana Bafana AFCON bronze in 2023.