Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
Gold Coast (pre-independence)
1 3 3 16-12-56 Accra Sierra Leone 4-3 Akwei Cup
2 3 ?-10-57 Freetown Sierra Leone 3-2 Akwei Cup
3 3 27-10-57 Accra Nigeria 3-3 Jalco Cup
Ghana
4 3 25-10-58 Lagos Nigeria 2-3 Jalco Cup
5 3 10-10-59 Lagos Nigeria 1-3 Olympic G. Qualifier
6 2 5 25-10-59 Lagos Nigeria 4-1 Olympic G. Qualifier
7 5 13-11-59 Cairo Egypt 1-2 Olympic G. Qualifier
8 5 21-11-59 Accra Nigeria 5-2 Jalco Cup
9 2 7 6-12-59 Accra Egypt 2-0 Olympic G. Qualifier
10 2 9 7- 2-60 Accra Sierra Leone 6-2 Kwame Nkrumah C.
11 1 10 3- 7-60 Accra Egypt 2-2
12 1 11 28- 8-60 Accra Nigeria 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
13 2 13 10- 9-60 Lagos Nigeria 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
14 2 15 2-10-60 Ibadan Mali 4-1 Kwame Nkrumah C.
15 2 17 9-10-60 Lagos Nigeria 3-0 Kwame Nkrumah C.
16 17 29-10-60 Lagos Nigeria 1-1 Independence Cup
17 1 18 5- 3-61 Accra Mali 3-0
18 18 2- 4-61 Accra Morocco 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
19 18 8- 4-61 Lagos Nigeria 0-0 African Cup Qual.
20 1 19 30- 4-61 Accra Nigeria 2-2 [1] African Cup Qual.
21 19 28- 5-61 Casablanca Morocco 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
22 3 22 17-12-61 Accra Nigeria 5-1 Azikiwe Cup
23 2 24 29- 9-62 Kampala Kenya 6-3 Uganda Uhuru Cup
24 1 25 10-10-62 Kampala Uganda 4-1 Uganda Uhuru Cup
25 3 28 12-10-62 Nairobi Kenya 4-0
26 4 32 15-10-62 Blantyre Nyasaland 12-0
27 1 33 18-10-62 Dar-es-Salaam Tanganyika 6-2
28 33 10-11-62 Lagos Nigeria 0-0 Azikiwe Cup
29 1 34 24- 2-63 Kumasi Nigeria 5-0 Kwame Nkrumah C.
30 3 37 3- 3-63 Accra Mali 4-0 Kwame Nkrumah C.
31 37 24-11-63 Accra Tunisia 1-1 African Nations Cup
32 2 39 26-11-63 Accra Ethiopia 2-0 African Nations Cup
33 2 41 1-12-63 Accra Sudan 3-0 African Nations Cup
34 2 43 18- 1-64 Monrovia Liberia 5-4 Olympic G. Qualifier
35 43 2- 2-64 Accra Liberia 1-0 Olympic G. Qualifier
36 43 16- 2-64 Lomé Togo 0-1
37 43 23- 2-64 Accra East Germany 3-0
38 43 31- 5-64 Accra Tunisia 2-0 Olympic G. Qualifier
39 43 21- 6-64 Tunis Tunisia 1-2 Olympic G. Qualifier
40 1 44 21- 6-64 Tunis Tunisia 1-2 Olympic G. Qualifier
41 1 45 12-10-64 Yokohama Argentina Ol. 1-1 Olympic Games
[1] Nigeria won on lots.
NB: other matches are being investigated; for some matches records are incomplete;
some sources credit Acquah with 44 caps.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
41 24 10 7 118- 49 58 70.73
Type of Matches and Goals
Olympic Games Qualifier 9 7
Friendlies 7 10
Kwame Nkrumah Gold Cup 5 10
Jalco Cup 3 0
World Cup Qualifier 4 3
African Nations Cup 3 4
African Cup Qualifier 2 1
Azikiwe Cup 2 3
Uganda Uhuru Cup 2 3
Akwei Cup 2 3
Olympic Games 1 1
Other Tournaments 1 0
Total: 41 45
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