African nations at the FIFA World Cup by Asamoah Gyan. Had Ghana won their quarter final they would have become the very first African nation to progress to the semifinals of the world cup. Of the 32 countries that participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, FIFA ranked Ghana 7th. The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil marked the first time more than one African team went beyond the group stages. While Ghana and Cameroon both collected disappointing results (apart from Ghana's 2–2 draw with later champions Germany, which saw them becoming the only team not to lose against the Germans in the entire tournament) and eventually
1970 FIFA World Cup squads at the last moment by injury Head coach: Blagoje Vidinić Note: Only 19 players in Morocco squad. 1970 FIFA World Cup squads Below are the squads for the 1970 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Mexico. Sweden (6), West Germany (2) and Czechoslovakia (1) had players representing foreign clubs. Head coach: Raúl Cárdenas Head coach: Gavril Kachalin Head coach: Raymond Goethals Head coach: Hernán Carrasco Vivanco Head coach: Ferruccio Valcareggi Head coach: Orvar Bergmark Head coach: Juan Hohberg Head coach: Emmanuel Scheffer Head coach: Mário Zagallo Head coach: Alf Ramsey Head coach: Josef Marko Head coach: Angelo Niculescu Head coach: