Misplaced Pages

#948051

39-697: The club was founded in January 2006 through investments by Kwesi Nyantakyi in Wa , Ghana . There had been a number of First Division Clubs in the region notably Freedom Stars, Veterans and Wa United. They are a member of the Ghana Premier League . The club used to play their home games at Wa Sports Stadium formerly played in the Golden City Park in Berekum but now plays their home games at

78-620: A Jamaican-born British citizen who was the then Head Teacher of Philip Quaque Government Boys School in Cape Coast. As the popularity of the game grew, other amateur clubs were formed along the coast, including: Accra Hearts of Oak , Accra Standfast, Cape Coast Venomous Vipers, Cape Coast Mysterious Dwarfs , Sekondi Hasaacas , and Sekondi Eleven Wise . In 1952, the Government of the Gold Coast enacted Ordinance 14, which established

117-420: A day later. However, four hours to the release of his resignation letter FIFA had issued a statement announcing his ban from all football related activities for a period of 90 days pending investigations. Circumstances surrounding his resignation include a video released by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas in which Nyantakyi was found taking a bribe and purporting to have the ability to "take over

156-505: A football administrator. In 2012, he was named the thirty-second most influential Ghanaian. An undercover investigation led by The Telegraph and Channel 4 accused Nyantakyi and other officials of the Ghana Football Association of match-fixing. According to this investigation, the accusations 'involved just international friendlies; World Cup matches would not be affected by the suspicions' Nyantakyi denied

195-796: Is a Deputy General Secretary was appointed as its acting head. In September 2020, the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed an appeal by Wilfred Kwaku Osei Palmer which, amongst others, sought to nullify the Ghana Football Association presidential elections conducted in October 2019. In October 2020 the GFA signed an agreement with Decathlon Ghana, making the letter the official retail partner for Black Stars kits and equipment as well as other merchandising products. In September 2022, Access Bank Ghana became official banking partner of

234-638: Is the governing body of association football in Ghana and is based in Accra the capital of Ghana. Founded in 1957, the Association was dissolved by the Ghanaian Minister of Sport , Isaac Kwame Asiamah , on 7 June 2018, after the discovery of corruption in the association through investigative videos. In October 2019, a new president, Kurt Okraku , was elected as the association reconvened upon

273-530: The Accra Sports Stadium . In December 2019, the club was sold and renamed to Legon Cities F.C. This article about a Ghanaian football club is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kwesi Nyantakyi Kwesi Nyantakyi is a Ghanaian banker, lawyer and former football administrator. He was the president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) from 30 December 2005 until 7 June 2018. Nyantakyi officially resigned

312-891: The Division One League , two from the Regional Association, one from Women's Football, and the remaining posts filled by members from the Premier League. Below is the full list of the Executive Council Premier League Division One League RFA Women Football An undercover investigation led by The Telegraph and Channel 4 accused Kwesi Nyantakyi and other officials of the Ghana Federation of match-fixing. According to this investigation however,

351-548: The AFCON Tournament in January 2008. Ghana qualified for the AFCON Tournament in January 2017 after finishing top of Group H in the qualifying stages. Ghana could not qualified for the 2025 Africa cup of nations for the first time since 2004. Ghana football association apologized to Ghanaians for the Ghana black stars inability to qualify for AFCON 2025. On Thursday 24th October, 2019, representatives from

390-658: The AFCON four times (in 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982), making Ghana the second most successful team in the contest's history, along with Cameroon . Although the team did not qualify for the senior FIFA World Cup until 2006, Ghana has enjoyed tremendous success at the youth level, winning the FIFA World Under-17 title twice and finishing runner-up twice. Ghana has also finished second at the FIFA World Youth Championship twice. Ghana became

429-756: The CARES acronym: The Ghana Amateur Football Association was affiliated with CAF in 1960, and in 1963 won the bid to host the 5th Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), to coincide with the Meeting of the ( OAU ) Heads of States and Government in Accra. Ghana won the trophy and went ahead again to successfully defend it in Tunisia in 1965. After the 1965 triumph, Ghana hosted and won the 13th AFCON in 1978, and four years later, won it again in Tripoli, Libya. The team have won

SECTION 10

#1732793050949

468-574: The Court of Arbitration for Sport. Born to a Waa mother, and an Akan father from Kwaso in the Ashanti Region , Nyantakyi grew up in Wa where he had his early education. A practicing Muslim, Nyantakyi was born Christian but converted to Islam from the age of 47, after his mother remarried a Muslim man years back in the seventies. Nyantakyi has a wife, Christine-Marie Nyantakyi. He has two children with his wife Christine. Nyantakyi became

507-482: The Federation". The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) issued a ruling in favor of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in a legal dispute involving Tema Youth Football Club over the transfer of winger Joseph Paintsil to Belgian club KRC Genk . Joseph Paintsil joined KRC Genk from Tema Youth in 2018, and a dispute arose regarding the proper application of Article 33(5) C of the GFA statutes, which pertains to

546-547: The GFA in a US$ 250,000 one-year deal. PUMA is the official kit sponsor of the National Team, MTN is the headline sponsor of the FA cup and StarTimes-official broadcaster. Puma reveals Ghana national Home and Away kits for 2024/2025 The Ghana Football Association is made up of nine (9) national teams. These teams are namely: The Foundation's Projects and Programmes are defined by 5 thematic or focus areas summarized under

585-508: The GFA stood dissolved. Due to that the 2018 Ghanaian Premier League was cancelled while FIFA banned Ghana from any international competition till further notice. The GFA was set to reopen in August 2019. Elections were held in October 2019 and out of the six candidates who contested, Kurt Okraku emerged the winner. In November 2019, the Women's League Committee was put together. The team

624-472: The GFA. Tema Youth was also ordered to pay the GFA 4,000 Swiss Francs as a contribution toward legal fees and other expenses related to the arbitration proceedings. This ruling marks the conclusion of a series of legal proceedings initiated by Tema Youth SC, which began when Young Red Bull filed a claim against Tema Youth concerning their transfer agreement for Joseph Paintsil. The GFA Player Status Committee and Appeals Committee had previously ruled in favor of

663-615: The Gold Coast Amateur Sports Council, and granted the Government of the Gold Coast the legal authority to control all amateur Associations, including Football. As the popularity of the game spread throughout the country, the existing clubs met towards the end of 1930 and elected Richard Maabuo Akwei as their chairman. Towards the middle of 1950, the clubs, spearheaded by Ohene Djan , accused Akwei of maladministration and questioned his ability to help grow Ghanaian Football. They therefore addressed petitions to

702-768: The Governor of the Gold Coast, Sir Charles Arden-Clarke , and the Pioneer Sports Organizer, Joseph Ranadurai, on the maladministration of the Amateur Football Association by Akwei. While the petition was being addressed, Ohene Djan led a "Football Revolution" and succeeded in toppling the Akwei Administration in 1957. In 1957, Ohene Djan was elected General Secretary of the Football Association by

741-405: The National Team. Then in 1959, he succeeded again in organizing the first national league, before Ghana became a republic on 1st July, 1960. Through the 1993 Winneba Declaration, Ghanaian football was able to shrug off its amateur status. The formation of professional teams allowed clubs to be incorporated under the companies code (Act 179, 1963) as Limited liability companies . The Association

780-407: The Premier League, Division One League, and Women's Football came together at the secretariat of the Ghana Football Association in Accra to elect their respective representatives for the newly formed Executive Council. Ten football administrators emerged as the chosen members for the 12-person Executive Council. This reconstituted council consists of distinguished representatives, including three from

819-689: The President finished watching the video he could not help but direct the Criminal Investigative Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to issue an arrest warrant for Kwesi Nyantakyi." He ordered the CID to arrest him to assist in investigations and then the next step will be taken. The president is the custodian of the law and he’s not biased. No matter who you are, once you are wrong, he will hand you over to

SECTION 20

#1732793050949

858-426: The allegations involved only international friendlies – thus, the matches the Ghana national team played at the 2014 World Cup were not affected by the allegations. Kwesi Nyantakyi denied the match fixing allegations, saying, "the report of the newspaper or the media house is entirely not accurate," and "there is really no cause for alarm as far as I am concerned, because nothing untoward has happened involving me or

897-560: The clubs and the Ghana Amateur Football Association was officially founded. He strategically affiliated the Association with FIFA in 1958 and the CAF in 1960. Ohene Djan was instrumental in securing sponsorship for the first Ghanaian FA cup competition from a pharmaceutical firm, Merrs R.R. Harding and Company. In the same year he succeeded in securing the services of an expatriate Coach, George Ainsley , for

936-812: The completion of the work of the FIFA Normalization Committee. Mark Addo was later elected vice president in November 2019. Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku has been re-elected as President of the Ghana Football Association during their 2023 Elective Congress in Tamale in the Northern region of Ghana. The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is the successor to the Gold Coast Football Association, which used to be

975-803: The first African country to win a medal in Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics . In 2009, Ghana became the first African country to win the U-20 FIFA World cup by defeating Brazil. With regard to women's football , the Ghana Black Queens have participated in two World Cup tournaments and the Olympic Games . They have also been runners-up to the Falcons of Nigeria in the Africa Cup of Nations series. Ghana last hosted

1014-599: The first colonial cities in sub-Saharan Africa to host formal leagues in the Gold Coast . After a weak start in 1915, the league kicked off in 1922 with the Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club emerging as winners, taking the coveted Guggisberg shield – named after the progressive British governor of that period and the man who started the Accra Football League, Sir Gordon Guggisberg . Football

1053-657: The governing body for football in Ghana and was one of the oldest football associations in Africa, having been founded in 1920. The Ghana Football Association (GFA) was formerly known as the Gold Coast Football Association. The sport of football was introduced in Gold Coast by the European merchants in the late 19th century. As the game became popular, several amateur clubs were formed along the coast. Records indicate that Cape Coast and Accra were

1092-503: The law. He has demonstrated that his determination to fight corruption and crime is unquestionable" Jinapor noted. He was asked if the President was on the right course since the GFA is deemed autonomous. In response he said: "GFA is not an island when it comes to the criminal laws of Ghana and so an action can be taken and that is what has been done. Nobody will be allowed to go scot free if found guilty." The allegations and controversies also led to Nyantakyi's resignation on June 8, 2018, as

1131-458: The match fixing allegations by saying that "the report of the newspaper or the media house is entirely not accurate" because "there is really no cause for alarm as far as I am concerned because nothing untoward has happened involving me or the Federation." In May 2018, the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ordered the arrest of Nyantakyi following an exposé by Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas in which Nyantakyi

1170-550: The payment of a percentage of training and transfer fees into a football development fund. The CAS ruling upholds the GFA's position, and as a result, Tema Youth must pay €150,000 to the GFA. They were also required to pay €688,000 to Young Redbull FC (Paintsil's previous Ghanaian club) and €150,000 to the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA). CAS rejected all claims brought by Tema Youth against Young Red Bull FC and similarly dismissed those targeting

1209-716: The president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) on 30 December 2005. Nyantakyi defeated two other candidates, Ade Coker and Kojo Bonsu . Under his presidency, Ghana qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup , the first for the country. Ghana again qualified for the subsequent 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The Ghana U-20 football team also won Africa's first and only U-20 World Cup also during his stewardship in 2009. He has currently resigned from this position. In 2011, when West African Football Union (WAFU) president, Amos Adamu ,

Legon Cities FC - Misplaced Pages Continue

1248-637: The president of the Ghana Football Association . The unfortunate incident was reported after an executive committee meeting of the Ghana Football Association . The resignation is believed to have resulted from a provisional ban placed on Nyantakyi for a period of 90 days by the chairperson of the adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee of FIFA . The ban is expected to restrict Nyantakyi's involvement in any football activities at both national and international levels. Ghana Football Association The Ghana Football Association ( GFA )

1287-475: The sport a fresh start and enhancing the performance of the teams. Pursuant to the disbanding, Mercy Efua Tagoe-Quarcoo and Charles Kwabla Akonnor were appointed head coaches of the Black Queens and Black Stars respectively. Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo was assisted by Charles Anokye Frimpong and Charles Akonnor by David Duncan . The National Teams Department was added to the outfit of GFA and Mr Alex Asante who

1326-408: The whole country". In an interview with Super Sports South Africa a few days after the video of the investigation was slated to go public, Nyantakyi denied any wrongdoing regarding match fixing. On 30 October 2018 FIFA officially issued a statement that officially bans Kwesi Nantakyi from football related activities for life. In October 2020, the ban was reduced to 15 years after a reconsideration by

1365-592: Was apparently engaged in some fraudulent activity using the name of the President. Deputy Chief of Staff, Samuel Abu Jinapor in an interview with Dan Kweku Yeboah on Peace FM confirmed the president's order for Nyantakyi's arrest, indicating that the GFA President engaged in influence peddling using the name of the president. "The footage indicated that Kwesi Nyantakyi used the name of the President to defraud some people; constituting defrauding by false pretenses..." Jinapor indicated. According to Jinapor, after

1404-437: Was brought to the Gold Coast near the end of the 19th century by merchants from Europe, who had by then conquered the coastal areas and built forts and castles to facilitate trade. In their leisure time, the sailors would play football among themselves and with the indigenous people. The popularity of the game spread quickly along the coast, culminating in the formation of the first football club, Excelsior, in 1903 by Mr. Briton,

1443-412: Was dissolved 'with immediate effect' on 7 June 2018, after undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas revealed the amount of corruption in the association and Ghanaian football in general. Referees and officials of the association were filmed taking bribes. The Sports Minister Isaac Kwame Asiamah referred to Kwesi Nyantakyi on Accra-based JoyFM as "former president" because all arms and affiliates of

1482-488: Was made up of Hilary Boateng (chairperson), Rosalind Amoh (Vice chairperson), Nana Aba Anamoah , Cleopatra Nsia, Jerry Dogbatse, Nana Poku Fosu Geabour II and Christian Isaac Mensah. In January 2020, Prosper Harrison Addo was appointed the General Secretary. It was announced in early January 2020 that the technical crew of all the national teams had been disbanded. This was done with the intention of giving

1521-662: Was suspended by FIFA , Kwesi Nyantakyi was given the nod to be the interim president of WAFU until elections were conducted. When the union conducted its elections on 31 May 2011, Mr. Nyantakyi was elected president for a two-year term. He stood unopposed in the November 2013 elections and was re-appointed for another two-year term as president. Nyantakyi resigned as WAFU president on the 11th of June 2018. Nyantakyi has held several international positions in football. His appointments cut across sub regional, regional and international levels including: Nyantakyi has endeared himself very much to most Ghanaians due to several achievements as

#948051