{"id":16200,"date":"2026-11-12T17:31:20","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T17:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/afcon-2027q-ghanas-black-stars-revive-campaign-with-2-0-win-over-somalia\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T17:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T17:31:20","slug":"afcon-2027q-ghanas-black-stars-revive-campaign-with-2-0-win-over-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/afcon-2027q-ghanas-black-stars-revive-campaign-with-2-0-win-over-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2027Q: Ghana\u2019s Black Stars Revive Campaign With 2-0 Win Over Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana\u2019s Black Stars finally got their Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualification campaign back on track with a 2-0 victory over Somalia on Thursday at the Essipong Sports Stadium, Sekondi-Takoradi.<\/p>\n<p>Interim coach Kim Lars Bj\u00f6rkegren, who replaced Carlos Queiroz after a disastrous start, secured his first win in charge. Ghana had started Group C with zero points after a 2-0 loss to Ivory Coast in Bouak\u00e9 and a shocking 4-2 home collapse to The Gambia after leading 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Jordan Ayew, recalled after missing the last two games, missed a 14th-minute penalty after Alidu Seidu was fouled. Somali keeper Ibrahim Ahmed Hussein saved the spot-kick. Ayew was making his return alongside Mohammed Kudus, who played his first game in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The breakthrough came on the stroke of halftime as defender Jonas Adjetey headed Ghana in front in the second minute of first half added time to settle the home crowd.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/ex-black-stars-coach-otto-addo-drags-ghana-fa-to-fifa-over-unpaid-wages-bonuses\/\">Ex-Black Stars Coach Otto Addo Drags Ghana FA To FIFA Over Unpaid Wages,  Bonuses<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ghana then doubled the lead through in-form striker Felix Afena-Gyan in the 62nd minute* \u2013 his first goal of the qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>The win means Ghana move off the bottom of Group C to three points from three games while<br \/>Somalia remain on 0 points after three defeats.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars had failed to win any of their six games in the 2025 AFCON qualifiers and had lost their first two for 2027 \u2013 this ends a eight-match winless run in AFCON qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides meet again on Monday, November 16 also at Essipong Stadium. Somalia ceded home advantage as they do not have a CAF-approved stadium. Only the top two in Group C qualify for the 2027 AFCON to be co-hosted by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana\u2019s Black Stars finally got their Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualification campaign back on track with a 2-0 victory over Somalia on Thursday at the Essipong Sports Stadium, Sekondi-Takoradi.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}