Ghana aiming to win fifth Afcon trophy after 40 years

The Black Stars of Ghana will hope to end their trophy drought in the upcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

The four-time African champions are among the 24 countries to partake in the prestigious tournament set for January 2022.

Ghana will be searching for a fifth AFCON trophy next year after last winning it in 1982.

The much-anticipated tournament has been slated between January 9 and February 6, 2022 in the Central African country.

The West African Powerhouse have come close to ending the trophy drought in the last decade, 2010 Angola losing to Egypt in the finals and in 2015 Equatorial Guinea- Gabon as the Stars lost to Ivory Coast on penalty shootout.

The team will, however, make amends to clinch the covetous title in the Central African country early next year.

Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac has announced a provisional 30-man provisional squad that will embark on camping in Qatar on December 22 and will be in the Asian country for two-weeks.

The squad include Thomas Partey, Andre and Jordan Ayew, Kudus Mohammed, Kamaldeen Sulemana and other key players expected to play a huge in the country’s quest of winning the trophy for the first in about 40 years.

They will play three games to give coach Rajevac the opportunity to assess his squad.

Ghana are expected to play a yet to named club side on Tuesday, December 28, before taking on one of the qualified teams (Egypt or Sudan) on Friday, January 1, 2022, in another friendly.

The team will wrap up their test matches against African Champions Algeria on January 5.

Ghana has been paired with Morocco, Gabon and Comoros at the 33rd AFCON tournament.

The delayed tournament will start on January 9 with the Black Stars playing their first match the next day against Morocco.

Their next game is against Gabon on January 14 before wrapping up their group stage campaign four days later against debutants Comoros.