Former president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Kwesi Nyantakyi has bemoaned the dwindling fortunes of the sport in the country.

In an interview with Onua TV on Tuesday, the former GFA boss highlighted the recent performances of the Black Stars in major competitions as proof of his assertion.

"Ghana football is not at a desirable level. I came to office in 2005, and in our first AFCON, we suffered a first-round exit," he said.

"But from 2008 till 2017, we always made the semi-finals of the AFCON. We finished in third place in 2008, second in 2010, semi-finals in 2012 and 2015, second in 2015 and semi-finals in 2017."

Since 2019, the Black Stars have suffered early exits in major competitions. At the 2019 AFCON in Egypt, Ghana were eliminated in the round of 16 by Tunisia.

At the next AFCON in Cameroun, the Black Stars produced their worst-ever performance at an AFCON, exiting the group stage without a win.

Another group-stage exit followed at the World Cup later in 2022.

In January this year, the Black Stars were eliminated after another winless campaign at the AFCON in Cote d'Ivoire.

"But since 2019, we have always exited after the first round or even in the group stage. So if you drew a graph, you’d see a steep slope. So we all need to help to raise the level again," he concluded.

Nyantakyi served as the President of the Association between 2005 and 2018 before he was banned from football-related issues due to Anas Aremeyaw Anas' Number 12 expose.