How Ghana Black Satellite won the Under 20 FIFA World Cup On October 16, 2009

Today marks exactly 14 years since the National Under-20 team, the Black Satellite, won the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Egypt in 2009.

Winning the World Cup by beating the Brazilians 4-3 on penalties became a world record for an African country to win an international trophy.

It was their third appearance at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup, and they won it successfully with Sellas Tetteh as the head coach and Andre Dede Ayew as the captain.

On that day, the young stars were eager and passionate to win the trophy since they had gone unbeaten by defeating Cameroon, Austria, and Panama in the group stage and proceeded to beat South Korea in the round of 16, South Korea in the quarterfinals, and Hungary in the semi-finals.

The final match was held at the Estadio Internacional de Cairo, which was filled with 67,814 football lovers.

The starting point for the Black Satellite

Daniel Agyei

Samuel Inkoom

Jonathan Mensah

Daniel Addo

David Addy

Abeiku Quansah

Emmanuel Agyeman Badu

Ande Ayew

Rabiu Mohammed

Ransford Osei

Dominic Adiyah

Starting lineup for the Brazilian under-20 team

Rafael Monteiro

Renan Ribeiro

Saulo

Bruno Betucci

Dallon Moreilla

Diogo Bittencourt

Douglas Pereiva

Fabrico Dornellas

Rafael Toloi

Allan Kodec

Willington Junior

The game became too much for the Black Satellite when David Addy received a Red Card and was sent out.

But the Brazilians were not able to take advantage of it to score the Black Satellite.

After 120 minutes of soccer action,the score line remained goalless until it was separated by penalties.

During the penalty shootout, Ghana scored 4-3 against the Brazilians.

Emmanuel Agyeman Badu was the skipper who scored the historic winning goal for the Under-20 team.

This historic victory over the Brazilians placed the Ghana under-20 team on the world map as the first African team to break the world and African chains in the history of football.

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After the tournament, the Golden Boot Award was given to Dominic Adiyah, who scored eight goals.

Their victory also paved the way for many of the players to get signed by some football clubs in Europe and the world at large.

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