The 2022/23 Ghana Premier League will kick off on the weekend of Friday, September 9 to Monday, September 12, 2022 across all nine Premier League centers.
This follows approval of the plan for the 2022-23 football season by the Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
An earlier release has September 4, 2022 as the date for the Champion of Champions to be honored ahead of the new league season.
League fixtures for the upcoming season is schedule to be released by Tuesday, July 26, 2022 to enable clubs prepare adequately for the season.
It will be recalled that the dates for registration of players have already been communicated to Premier League clubs, Division One League clubs and the Women’s Premier League clubs.
It must be noted also that the calendar will make room for a break in November and December 2022 for FIFA World Cup in Qatar as required by FIFA for all qualified Member Associations.
By this release, the GFA wishes to inform all stakeholders to take note of the dates and act accordingly.
Dates for the start of the Division One League and Women’s Premier League will be announced soon.
The first phase of the 2022 Ashanti Regional Inter-Schools and Colleges boys soccer competition will commence on Thursday, June 23, 2022 across different centers.
A total of 128 schools will compete against each other in the qualifiers, divided into 32 groups with each comprising of four teams.
The winners only will cruise into the main competition which is expected to come off from 4th – 8th July, 2022 at the Baba Yara Stadium.
Defending champions Kumasi High School have been placed in Group 14 alongside Jacobu SHTS, Sekyeredumase SHS and St Jerome SHS.
Below is the full 32 Groups;
Group 1
Date: Thursday,23rd June 2022
Venue: Armed Forces Shs park.
Toase Shs
Namong Sec/Tech
Krobea Asante Shs
NAkAZ Academy
Group 2
Date: Thursday, 23rd June 2022
Venue: Kumasi Academy shs park.
Opoku Ware School
Onwe Shs
Bosome Sec/Tech
Atwima Kwanwoma shs
Group 3
Date: Thursday, 23rd June 2022
Venue: Kumasi Anglican Shs park.
Agona Sec/Tech
Gyaman Pensan Shs
Nuru Ameen Shs
Akrofuom Sec/Tech
Group 4
Date: Thursday, 23rd June 2022
Venue: Prempeh College park.
Manso Adubea Shs
New Edubiase shs
St. Michael’s Shs
T.I Ahmadiyya shs, Fomena
Group 5
Date: 23rd June 2022
Venue: Our Lady of Grace ‘OLAG’ Shs Park, Mamponteng.
Ampem Darkoa Ladies FC on Wednesday paid a visit to the ruler and Paramount King of the Ashanti Kingdom, His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
The team which included the technical team and the Management team presented their 2021/22 Ghana Women’s Premier League title to him at the Menhyia Palace where they solicited for his support as they prepare for Africa.
The ‘Nanamma’ lass will be playing in next season’s TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Champions League after clinching the 2021/22 Women’s Premier League having beaten sworn rivals Hasaacas Ladies FC on penalties at the Accra Sports Stadium last month.
His Majesty supported the team with sum amount of GH¢ 50,000 for their campaign in Africa.
Otumfuo again applauded the team for winning the double.
The Techiman based ‘Nanamma’ outfit ended the 2021/22 League season as winners of the Women’s FA Cup following a 1-0 victory against Hasaacas Ladies FC at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium last weekend.
Ampem Darkoa Ladies has already begun preparation for their Africa campaign where they lashed Togo Female national team 3-0 few days ago in Togo.
Hertha Berlin have given experienced midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng a one-year contract extension after he played a key role in helping them avoid relegation from the Bundesliga.
Boateng, 35, put in a battling display to help Hertha win last month’s play-off, second leg at Hamburg 2-0, which guaranteed survival.
“We have seen the importance Prince has in our team, not only in the relegation (play-off),” Hertha managing director Fredi Bobic said on Wednesday.
“He leads by example and pulls everyone along.
“These are exactly the qualities we need in the coming season.”
He had been left on the bench for Hertha’s 1-0 home defeat in the first-leg.
The Berlin-born Ghana international started his career at Hertha after graduating from the youth academy to the senior team in 2005.
Following stints at more than a dozen clubs, including Tottenham, Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan and Fiorentina, he returned to Hertha in July 2021, making 18 appearances last season in Germany’s top-flight.
Medeama SC defender Vincent Atinga has praised Asante Kotoko striker Frank Mbella Etouga.
He asserts that the reason the Cameroonian striker scores so many goals is because he is tactically and technically good.
“Frank Mbella is tactically and technically good. His positioning and composure is very good and has a very good eye for goal and that’s why he scored a lot of goals,” Atinga told Abusua FM.
The Kotoko striker led the Ghana Premier League golden boot race from the mid-first round until the final day, when he was surpassed by AshantiGold striker Yaw Annor.
Etouga finished the season with 21 goals,IshmaelAnnor scored 22 goals, thanks to a final day brace against GoldStars in Bibiani.
Annor tied Hearts of Oak legend Ishmael Addo’s record for most goals scored in a single league season.
Newly-promoted Ghana Premier League side, Samartex 1996 are likely to sign highly-rated Nzema Kotoko defender Maxwell Kofi Kumadoh on a long-term contract, according to a report filed by Domesticsportsgh.
The 22-year-old is set to join the Zone II Champions ahead of the new football season.
Domesticsportsgh.com understands, that discussions between the two clubs for the signing of the defender have heated up, with the Timber Giants determined to complete his transfer in the coming weeks.
The former Pacific Heroes defender has reached the final year of his contract at the Nzema-based outfits and he is expected to get a deal done ahead of the new season as they prepare for their maiden participation in the Ghanaian top-flight.
Samartex’s hardworking General Manager Edmund Ackah who’s a fan of the stalwart defender is believed to be in advanced talks in the possible transfer of Maxwell Kofi Kumadoh.
The former Eginiakos center-back is also on the radar of King Faisal Babies.
Aduana Stars are on the look out for a new head coach after a poor performance in the 2021/22 football season.
The club according to sources will not renew head coach Felix Aboagye’s contract. The 46-year-old was appointed as an interim manager for the Ogya lads in March to oversee their remaining Premier League games.
The former Ghanaian international failed to impress the management of the club after going 14 games without a win in the just ended season. He again failed to reach the final of the MTN FA Cup after losing to Bechem United in the semi final.
However, seasoned sports journalist Sadick Adams ‘Sports Obama’ has hinted that the Ogya lads has targeted three coaches who could take over the club for next season.
The list surprisingly include head coach of Hearts of Oak Samuel Boadu who’s unhappy at the club. Aduana are believed to be studying his situation as they aim at building a solid technical team ahead of next season.
Others on the list is, Karela United head coach Bismark Kobi-Mensah who guided the Anyinase-based club to a top four finish in the just ended league season.
Last on the list is their former trainer, Cioaba Aristica. The Romanian has had two separate stints with Aduana and is best remembered for guiding the team to finish second in the 2015-16 season before joining Tanzanian side Azam FC.
Aduana Stars will soon make a final decision on who will succeed Felix Aboagye as head coach.
Nsoatreman FC Coach Boniface Ayipa cannot serve as the Head Trainer of the club in next season’s Ghana Premier League.
The former Hasaacas trainer holds a CAF License B certificate, which disqualifies him from sitting on the bench of a GPL club as Head Coach, based on a new GFA Coaching Convention.
The GFA Coaching Convention enjoins Ghana Premier League clubs to employ only License A holders for the Head Coach position while Division One League clubs stick to License B certificate holders.
Coach Ayipa has confirmed he’s prepared to work under a CAF License A Coach at the newly promoted GPL side next term.
“I have no problem working under another Coach and even if I had a License A certificate and management wanted me to be the Assistant Coach, I would be happy with that,” Ayipa told Accra based Happy FM.
“I have had my License B since 2015 and couldn’t get the License A in 2016 because I needed to work with the License B for at least 2 years. I’m waiting for GFA to organise another License A course.”
Coach Boniface Ayipa led Nsoatreman FC to qualify past Tamale City FC for the GPL on Tuesday after a 2-1 win in a hotly contested play-off.
Ayipa managed to record 22 wins, 8 draws and only 1 defeat in masterminding the qualification of Nsoatreman FC to their first ever appearance in the domestic top flight.
A delegation from Accra Hearts of Oak SC and their partners from Cincinnati and Hofeinham, have called on the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in Accra.
It will be recalled that Accra Hearts of Oak SC, in October 2021, announced a partnership deal dubbed the “Common Value Club Alliance” between the club, Major League Soccer outfit Cincinnati and German Bundesliga side Hoffeinham. The purpose of Wednesday’s meeting was to formally introduce officials involved in the partnership to the leadership of the Ghana Football Association.
The delegation was led by the Board Chairman of Accra Hearts of Oak, Togbe Afede XIV, Board Member, Vincent Odotei Sowah, Chief Commercial Officer, Francis Afulani, Mike Mossel, Stephan Wagner and Tony Mamodaly.
The Delegation was received by the President Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku and General Secretary, Prosper Harrison Addo (Esq).
Speaking on behalf of Accra Hearts of Oak and partners, Board Chairman Togbe Afede XIV opined that the partnership is focused on exploring various areas of football development including Knowledge Sharing, Talent Development, Cooperate Social Responsibility and Joint Development.
President Simeon-Okraku on receiving the delegation said one of the key areas of developmental focus of the GFA is to build a strong foundation of the game and he is happy that the clubs are focused on same.
He also expressed delight with the initiative taken by Accra Hearts of Oak SC and emphasized the need for capacity building to improve the game.
The President of the GFA wished the partnership and expressed the hope that other clubs will follow the examples stating that when the Ghanaian clubs do well, the Association do well.
The “Common Value Club Alliance” is a first of its kind with clubs from Africa, Europe and America coming together to share expertise, focusing on Education, Technical Know-how, impact and sustainability.
German machines Bayern Munich have completed the signing of Sadio Mane from Liverpool in a deal worth up to £35m.
Bayern will pay an initial £27.5m with a further £5m based on appearances. Bayern will pay another £2.5m based on individual and team achievements. The deal eclipses what Liverpool paid for Mane – £31m plus £2.5m in add-ons – with Southampton not getting any additional money.
“FC Bayern have signed Sadio Mané from Liverpool. The 30-year-old attacker has agreed a contract with the German record champions until 30 June 2025,” a statement from the club read.
On signing for Bayern, Sadio Mané said, “I’m really happy to finally be at FC Bayern in Munich. We spoke a lot and I felt big interest from this great club right from the beginning, so for me, there were no doubts.”
“It’s the right time for this challenge. I want to achieve a lot with this club, in Europe too. During my time in Salzburg, I watched a lot of Bayern games – I really like this club!”
Mane has been core to the club’s success over the past six seasons and departs with the club’s blessing and gratitude.
