Ghana FIFA ranking
Definition
A numerical index published by FIFA that indicates the current performance level of the Ghana national men's football team, the Black Stars, relative to other international associations.
A frequent subject of national debate among Ghanaian football fans, often reflecting the team's oscillating success on the global stage.
Examples
Checking the Ghana FIFA ranking has become an exercise in stoic meditation, as we hover persistently in the mid-seventies.
One look at the shifting Ghana FIFA ranking and you realize that stability is apparently not a policy favored by the national football association.
Rising from 77th to 76th is such a monumental climb that I am half-expecting a national holiday to be declared for this two-decimal-point statistical triumph.
The Black Stars treat their position in the FIFA ranking like a game of musical chairs where the music never actually stops, but players keep disappearing.