The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association has decided to part ways with Black Stars Coach Milovan Rajevac.

This follows the receipt of the Technical Report from the Coach, the Medical Report and the Report from the Management Committee following Ghana’s early exit from the Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 tournament.

The Executive Council after considering the three reports and engagements with key stakeholders has decided to end its relationship with Coach Milovan Rajevac and also decided that the Black Stars Management Committee be reconstituted.



The Association would like to thank Milovan Rajevac and the Management Committee the very best in their future endeavours.

The GFA will soon announce the reconstituted Technical Team and Management Committee after due engagement with all relevant stakeholders.

Ghana’s next assignment is a FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 playoff against Nigeria in March 2022.

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The stampede happened as crowds struggled to get access to Olembe Stadium in the Cameroon capital of Yaounde to watch the host country play Comoros in a last-16 knockout game.

Officials at the nearby Messassi hospital said they had received at least 40 injured people from the stampede.
“Some of the injured are in desperate condition,” said Olinga Prudence, a nurse. “We will have to evacuate them to a specialized hospital.”



Official CAF Statement:

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The decision was made after a meeting between the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ghana Football Association in the aftermath of Ghana’s group stage exit from the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Rajevac, 67, who returned for a second stint with the Black Stars in September 2021, supervised an abysmal AFCON campaign in Cameroon where Ghana picked up only one point from their three group stage outings, finishing bottom of Group C.

The Sports Ministry summoned the GFA to a meeting on Friday January 21, 2022 in which they directed the country’s football governing body to review the coach’s position because the people of Ghana “have lost confidence in the technical team’s ability to deliver success”.

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Ghana Black Stars crashed out of the AFCON after losing to Morocco, drawing against Gabon and finally losing to Comoros in their final group game.

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Following their shocking exit, Ghanaians have been questioning the quality of the players called up to the team and how they performed in the tournament.



“The players who represented Ghana are the best players we have, if there is a Ronaldo or Lionel Messi type of player somewhere who will move straight to our first eleven, just let me and I will include him,” he told the Jolly Breakfast Show on the Skyy Power 93.5FM.

Ghana Black Stars arrived in Accra on Thursday morning after their disappointing AFCON campaign.

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The RCD Mallorca midfielder limped out of last Friday’s second Group B match against Gabon in Yaounde in the 65^th minute of the encounter.

Baba Iddrisu made his Ghana debut on Sunday, November 13, 2019 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa at the Cape Coast stadium.

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Team Doctor Adam Baba Mutawakilu has advised a non-weight bearing and strapping of the left foot, awaiting healing of the injury. The injury to the toe was confirmed after a scan of the left foot at a hospital in Yaoundé on Saturday.



David Abagna is one of the five home-based players who were included in the squad for the AFCON squad. He scored 8 goals for Real Tamale United before departing for the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

He is expected to be on the sidelines for four to five weeks.

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He also stated that the current Black Stars team doesn’t have a player like Asamoah Gyan to help the team in the attack.

“Communication is not a problem and the team understands me very well. We just didn’t have enough time to prepare the team” he said.

“We don’t have the same team like 2010. Not enough time for preparations. We don’t have a player like Asamoah Gyan” he added.

Ghana have registered only a point from their first two games in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations and will need to beat Comoros to ignite their hope of qualifying to the next stages of the competition.

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“We are going into this game with a mindset to win, but of course, anything can happen in a game depending on the way you approach it,” he said



“It is an all-out game for us because we know what is at stake. If we win, we can progress to the next stage of the competition, and that is the mindset of the whole team”

“Even if we lose, it will not be a disaster for our nation. So we are just going to the game with just the mindset to win” he added

Ghana will have to win against Comoros to stand the chance of moving to the next stage of the competition. A draw or defeat will see them crash out of the tournament.

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The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon didn’t disappoint as host tournament, as a veteran striker, Vincent Aboubakar lifted the spirit of the home fans with two penalties after they went behind a Gustavo Sangare goal.  In the other game, Cape Verde gave off a resounding performance to stick a solitary goal past Ethiopia to claim their first 3 points of the tournament.

Senegal, one of the tournament favorites, kicked off their campaign as they dispatched Zimbabwe by a goal to nil whiles Guinea got the better of Malawi in the other Group B encounter. 



A clash of heavyweights saw Ghana welcome Morocco to what failed to live up to the billing as the former were left to lick their wounds in a 1- 0 loss following their ill preparation prior to the competition, Gabon took full opportunity to claim 3 points as they beat debutants Comoros Islands. 

A fantastic 30th-minute strike from Kelechi Iheanacho was all that the two-time AFCON Champions needed to tame the record holders, Egypt whiles minnows Sudan and Guinea Bissau had to settle for a draw. 

Cote d’Ivoire took full advantage of pre-tournament favorites Algeria’s goalless draw against Sierra Leone to edge Equatorial Guinea aiding them to the summit of the table in Group E.

Mali showed clear superiority in the battle of the “eagles” against Tunisia beating them in a narrow win to pick all 3 maximum points, Gambia also tamed Mauritania in the other group fixture. 

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