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RUSTENBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – JUNE 26: Asamoah Gyan of Ghana celebrates victory with Sulley Muntari of Ghana during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Round of Sixteen match between USA and Ghana at Royal Bafokeng Stadium on June 26, 2010 in Rustenburg, South Africa. (Photo by Phil Cole/Getty Images) |
Ghana national U-20 football team known as the Black Satellites, the current FIFA U-20 World Cup Champions and African Youth Champions, have been a three-time African Champion in 1995, 1999, 2009 and a two-time Runner-up at the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1993 and 2001. Ghana has participated in only five of the past 17 World Cup events starting with their first in Australia 1993 where they lost the World Cup final 1-2 to Brazil in Sydney and their most recent in Argentina 2001 where they lost the World Cup final 0-3 to Argentina in Buenos Aires. Incredibly, in 32 FIFA World Cup matches, Ghana has not lost a game in regulation below the Semi Final level of the FIFA U20 World Cup. They however failed to qualify for 3 consecutive events in UAE 2003, Netherlands 2005 and Canada 2007 until they made the Egypt 2009 Tournament.
They won the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in the Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt after defeating Brazil 4-3 on Penalties when the match ended (0-0) After Extra Time. The first time an African Country won the FIFA U-20 World Cup Championship.
Mahmoud El-Khatib Arabic: محمود الخطيب) (born 30 October 1954)[1] popularly nicknamed Bibo, is a former Egyptian football player.
“Bibo” played for Al-Ahly (African club of the century) between 1972-1988 and for the Egyptian National Team between 1974-1986 (scoring 27 goals). His first match was in the second week of Egyptian League season 1972/73 vs. Taiaran on October 13, 1972.
He retired in 1988 and is now Vice-President of the Al-Ahly Sporting Club.
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