Technical Advisor of Ghana’s National Men’s Football Team, Winfried Schafer, believes that Ghana can qualify to compete in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to take place in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico and is the first FIFA World Cup to have 48 nations competing.
Schafer said this in his first official interview since being appointed to assist Black Stars head coach Otto Addo. His interview comes ahead of Ghana’s 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Chad and Madagascar on March 21 and March 24 respectively.
Ghana rank second in Group I but is level on points (nine) with leaders Comoros ahead of the games and Schafer says it is possible for Ghana to get to the upcoming World Cup.
“I was a bit surprised President (Kurt Okraku) called me for a meeting. I met him in Manchester, it was a very good meeting. We have to go to the World Cup (in) 2026. When we work all together, I think it is possible.”
“We have to go into the next two matches with confidence and winner mentality” Schafer added.
Ghana head into the upcoming qualifiers on the back of failing to qualify to the 2025 AFCON.
