President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Kurt Okraku has reacted remorsefully following Ghana’s shock failure to qualify to the 2025 AFCON.
He reacted to the confirmation of Ghana’s winless 2025 AFCON qualification run that had the Black Stars lose 2-1 to Niger at the Accra Sports Stadium to close out the campaign on social media.
In six games, Ghana had three draws and three losses to miss out on qualifying to the AFCON for the first time in 20 years.
This development comes on the back of Ghana’s group stage exits at the 2021 and 2023 AFCON respectively all under the watch of the veteran football administrator.
On his Facebook page, the GFA President, who is serving his second four year term, stated that “as a Black Stars fan and as the leader, I share in your pain and in our pain.”
Scroll down to read full statement by GFA President Kurt Okraku after Ghana finished bottom of 2025 AFCON Qualifiers Group F standings.
“From the highest heights of world football on the 29th of March 2022 to the lowest ebb of Afcon qualifying matches. My heart bleeds. Definitely this is not what we want or what we bargained for. At this point, only cool heads can win and we as leaders of our sport, will stay together, be honest with ourselves and fix this problem.”
“The road to full recovery after normalization is definitely bumpy and rough , but our collective efforts and patience will win and Ghana our beloved country will win.
As a Black Stars fan and as the leader, I share in your pain and in our pain. We will rise from this temporary setback. It shall be well.”