Black Queens are ‘Doing Extremely Well’ – Queen’s Boss, Björkegren

Head coach of the Ghana women senior national team, the Black Queens, Kim Lars Björkegren has expressed satisfaction with the progress of the team in 2025.

Under the Swede’s guidance, the Black Queens clinched a bronze medal at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations and also secured qualification for the next edition of the tournament.

Björkegren took charge in February after replacing Nora Hauptle, who left to coach the Zambia women’s national team.

Ghana wrapped up the year with a narrow 1-0 friendly loss to England at St Mary’s Stadium in Southampton.

“I feel that we are doing extremely well right now,” he told the Ghana FA.

“We used the first couple of friendlies to rotate a lot to take a look at the squad, to give some of the players who had been in the squad before a chance, and since then, we have been giving a lot of other players a chance.”

“Some of the players grabbed the opportunity. But at the end of the day, we found a really good squad going into the WAFCON.

“We had a pre-camp before, where we grew a lot as a group, enjoyed our time on the pitch, and worked hard through many meetings.”

Björkegren and his players will now turn their attention to the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in March.