Ghana’s Technical Advisor Winfried Schafer shocked over AFCON miss

Ghana’s Technical Advisor Winfried Schafer shocked over AFCON miss

Ghana’s Technical Advisor Winfried Schafer shocked over AFCON miss

Photo Credit – Ghana Football Association.

Ghana’s failure to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations has continued to ruffle feathers across the globe.

The four time African champions missed out on the continental football showpiece following a horrendous qualifiers and in a group that included Angola, Sudan and Niger. The West African Nation finished bottom of the qualifying group, and failing to book a slot for the first time in 20-years.

Newly appointed Technical Advisor to the Black Stars and the Ghana Football Association, Winfried Schafer has been left disappointed with the failure to qualify for the competition set to be held in Morocco.

Schafer, the former AFCON-winning coach with Cameroon in 2002, voiced his dismay over Ghana’s absence from the competition.

“I am a good follower of African football due to my previous experience with Cameroon and my winning of the African Cup of Nations title, and I am sad about Ghana’s absence, and this is all I can say now,” he said in an interview an quoted by AfricaSoccer.com.

Schafer has been appointed as a technical advisor, while Ghana’s U20 head coach, Desmond Offei, joins the Black Stars’ setup as an assistant coach, replacing Joseph Laumann.

John Paintsil and Fatawu Dauda have retained their roles as assistant coaches under Otto Addo. Ghana will shift their focus to the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, where they sit second in Group I with nine points, level with leaders Comoros.

Their next competitive matches will be against Chad and Madagascar in March as they seek to revive their international standing.

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