Three second-placed clubs in the Division One League zones will battle out to determine the side to replace the demoted AshantiGold SC in the 2022/23 Ghana Premier League.
Tamale City FC, Ebusua Dwarfs FC, and Liberty Professionals will compete in a three-way league, with the winner slotting in for the sanctioned AshantiGold SC in the Premier League.
This follows the GFA Appeals Committee’s decision to uphold the Disciplinary Committee’s decision to demote AshantiGold to Division Two League.
The Miners were banned for their involvement in match-fixing in the game against Inter Allies in the 2020/21 season.
Tamale City FC, Ebusua Dwarfs FC, and Liberty Professionals FC finished second in their Division One League Zones, respectively.
The three teams will compete in an all-play-all league format, with the winner advancing to the Premier League.
The fixtures will be as follows:
Team A vrs Team B Team B vrs Team C Team C vrs Team A
A draw will be held for the teams to pick A, B, or C to ensure fair parings.
Head Coach of the Black Galaxies Annor Walker has named a 25-man squad for the 2023 TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers.
Annor Walker more than a month ago handed call-up to over 35 players to commence preparations for the qualifiers at the Ghana Soccer Centre of Excellence in Prampram.
The experience gaffer has now curtailed the list to 25 players as the team intensify preparations for the qualifiers in Cape Coast.
In the squad are the likes of Daniel Afriyie Barnieh, Imoro Ibrabim, Mohammed Alhassan, Gladson Awako, Dennis Korsah, Danlad Ibrabim, Abdulai Iddrisu, Razak Kassim and so on.
The Black Galaxies will take on Benin in the first round of the qualifiers on Sunday, July 24 and on Sunday, July 31 in Cape Coast and Cotonou respectively.
Should they emerge victorious, they’ll face Nigeria in the second round, with the winner securing a place at the CHAN to be played in Algeria in January 2023.
Meanwhile, Annor Walker has named Hearts of Oak midfielder Gladson Awako as the substantive captain of the team.
The experience midfielder will be assisted by Medeama’s Vincent Atingah as 1st Vice Captain and Asante Kotoko’s Imoro Ibrahim as 2nd Vice Captain.
The trio are expected to leave prints of their leadership qualities on the team that is seeking to make next year’s edition of the CHAN after missing the last three editions.
Head coach of Black Galaxies, Annor Walker has named experienced Hearts Of Oak midfielder Gladson Awako as the substantive captain.
The 31 year old midfielder enforcer will be assisted by Medeama center-back Vincent Atinga and Kotoko’s Imoro Ibrahim second vice.
His great display in the MTN FA Cup final earned him a late call-up into the Black Galaxies squad who have been in preparing at the Ghana Soccer Center of Excellence for their CHAN qualifier against Benin
They will battle the Squirrels in the first leg of the qualifiers on Sunday, July 24 at the Cape Coast Stadium.
The Schools and Colleges Sports Federation of the Ashanti Region has not received any court injunction from Asanteman SHS as being speculated by a section of some outfits.
The Federation however acknowledged the receipt of an Appeal lodged by Asanteman SHS against the decision by the Disciplinary Committee to declare Obuasi SHTS winners of their quarter final game played at Len Clay Stadium.
Asanteman SHS is calling on the Appeals Committee to take a second look at the earlier decision by the Disc
plinary Committee. It is unclear what the decision of the Appeals Committee will be since Obuasi SHTS went on further to play T. I. Amass, Ksi in the semi final and eventually lost by 1:0 to Amass. Asanteman is seeking to annul the results of the Disciplinary Committee and to be given the opportunity to play Amass for the semi finals. Even though there’s no precedence like that, Asanteman is confident that they can overturn the decision and get a replay of the semi finals with T. I. Amass.
Meanwhile, the earlier decision to play the finals at Ejisu Okesse Park on Monday has been suspended to pave way for clarity on the appeal by Asanteman SHS.
After that decision is made, the federation will come clear on when and where to play the 3rd place and final game. In effect, there’s no record of injunction by Asanteman SHS before the Sports Federation but an official appeal which will be attended to early next week to pave way for the next line of action.
Before:
Obuasi Senior High Technical School has won their protest against Asanteman SHS over the use of an unqualified player.
The player featured for Asanteman in their win over O’secTec. However O’secTec filed a protest against the said player by name Evans Osei had completed basic schools at State Boys M/A JHS. O’secTec alleged that the said player had schooled at Presby SHS, Kwamang. After a thorough scrutiny and cross examination, the Disciplinary Committee under the Chairmanship of Mr. Michael Mensah (Headmaster, OKESS) with the support of Headmasters of Ghana Muslim Mission shs and Islamic SHS.
The Committee thoroughly interrogated the matter and came to a consensus that the said player duly went to Kwamang Presby and was unqualified to feature for the school.
The Committee therefore awarded the points to O’secTec and declared them winners in that game. Obuasi SHTS was fined Gh500. 00 for a typo error.
Asanteman SHS was fined Gh.1000.00 for losing the case.
Former forward of Bechem United, Augustine Okrah has said it was his goal to join Simba and has pledged to put in a lot of effort for the team.
Okrah, 28, on Thursday moved to the Tanzanian powerhouse Simba SC in a two year deal.
The former Ghana Premier league top scorer scored 14 goals in the GPL for the Hunters last season.
Augustine Okrah promises to put in a lot of effort now that his dream move to Simba SC has been secured.
“It’s a dream come true and am very happy and delighted to join the best club in Tanzania,” he told the club media.
“I talked to my family yesterday, they wish me and Simba a very good season”
“It wasn’t an easy decision for me, I looked forward before taking a decision. I sat down with my management and they accepted my choice”
“As a soldier, you always have to be ready so anytime go to the pitch I will give my best. I am not going to look at the language and the facilities, I am here to work hard and also give my best to the club” he said.
He also helped Bechem United to reach the 2022 MTN FA cup finals before losing 1-2 to Hearts of Oak in Kumasi.
Former Ghana international, Kim Grant, has advised the Ghana Football Association (GFA) not to sideline home-based players ahead of the 2022 World Cup.
The GFA has been gallivanting overseas to convince Ghanaian players of foreign descent to switch nationality and play for the Black Stars ahead of the Mundial in November.
A week ago the GFA announced six players had switched nationality to play for the Black Stars
The players: Inaki Williams (Atletico Bilbao), Tariq Lamptey (Brighton), Ransford Yeboah (Hamburg), Stephen Ambrosius (Hamburg), Patrick Pfeiffer have agreed to play for the four-time Africa Champions.
According to the former Hearts of Oak coach, their availability will make the team stronger but also the GFA must also ensure home-based players get the opportunity.
“The question going forward is will they be available for the national team after the World Cup. Yes they will bring quality to the national team but also it’s about the local players as well. Don’t neglect them. You need hungry and determined players to grow and come through the long-term future of the national teams and also the development of football itself”, he said in an interview on Happy FM.
A member of the Asante Kotoko board, Yaw Adu, has indicated that it is not the responsibility of the board to thwart the departure of star man Franck Etouga Mbella.
According to him, since the day-to-day operations are in the hands of the team’s management, they have the responsibility of recruiting players and allowing them to leave as well.
After an impressive performance by the Cameroonian striker, several reports indicate that the player will be leaving the Porcupine Warriors in the ongoing transfer window.
“The board of directors is not responsible for the club’s recruitment (arrival and departure),” he told Akoma FM.
“We only work upon the recommendations made by management concerning signings. So a decision on Mbella and others is the responsibility of management.
“We only sanction them if their decisions are spot on.”
“We don’t interfere in the work of management and the technical team.”
Mbella, 21, scored 21 goals for Kotoko in his first season in the Ghana Premier League.
Asante Kotoko defender Imoro Ibrahim has labeled himself the best left-back in the country currently ahead of Hearts of Oak’s Dennis Korsah.
There has been a raging debate the last few days about which of the two left-backs is the best in the domestic league with various supporters of the two teams getting at each other’s throat.
Korsah was handed a Black Stars call-up and traveled with the team to Japan at the Kirin tournament while Imoro Ibrahim has only been good for the Black Galaxies and was the player with most assists (8) in the just-ended Ghana Premier League season.
In an interview as quoted by GhOne, the 22-year-old chose himself over Dennis Korsah.
Not only does he consider himself to be better than Korsah, the former Karela United man also believes he is of a higher standard as he has worked for it to be the best.
“I’ve worked for it so I see myself as the best,” Imoro said when asked whether he is the best left-back in Ghana currently.
Ibrahim Imoro played 28 matches for Kotoko scoring two goals and providing 8 assists while Korsah who joined Hearts in February from Dwarfs played 15 matches and failed to score a goal or provide an assist.
Hasaacas Ladies Football Club will play Danish side, FC Nordjælland as part of the preseason exercise.
The exhibition game will come off at the Nduom Sports Complex on Saturday, July 23, 2022 and will be the first time an European Women’s club will be coming to Ghana for a friendly encounter.
Kick off is the traditional 3:00pm.
The arrangement was made earlier in June 2022 and is part of the Denmark Champions preseason exercise ahead of the 2022/2023 season. FC Nordjælland won the Danish Cup in 2020 and finished 3rd in the EliteDivisionen in the same year.
FC Nordjælland is expected to arrive in Ghana on Friday, July 15, 2022 and the friendly kicked off 8 days after.
It is Hasaacas Ladies first game of the Preseason Campaign. The reigning West Africa Football Union Zone B Women’s Champions League Champions will be fine-tuning ahead of the upcoming season.
