Read More: Hearts of Oak request fixture date changed ahead of Kotoko clash

“The Ghana FA has sent us a letter that our request for the change of time cannot be granted. For now, we are focusing on the Windy Professionals game on Sunday, then we deal with the Legon Cities and use the other day for recovery ahead of Kotoko game” Communications Director Opare Addo said.

Hearts of Oak will have a 42-hours rest after the Legon Cities game before they face Kotoko.

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Clubs who have successfully conducted the Stewards training, submitted reports to the GFA, met all the requirements, and have been given approval, will admit supporters to their home matches, effective Friday, April 2, 2021.



According to a decision taken by the Executive Council of the GFA, the sitting at all stadia shall be limited to the 25% capacity granted by the government. The aim of the government policy is to protect fans by ensuring social distancing.

Club Stewards are to fully implement what they learned and ensure strict adherence to the GFA Matchday Covid-19 Protocols.

Having trained the clubs and their Stewarts, the GFA will apply stiffer sanctions if Clubs fail to adhere to the provisions of the GFA Matchday Covid-19 Protocols.

Clubs that are yet to conduct the Stewards training and have not received approval by the GFA are to continue playing their home matches behind closed doors.

The GFA has put in place a new Monitoring Mechanism to detect defaulters and sanction them accordingly.

The GFA will continue to engage with all stakeholders to ensure adequate continuous safety and security compliance training for strict adherence to the protocols without fail.

The Association wishes to state clearly that having invested in the training and seminars on safety and security for a clean football, the appropriate Bodies, and Committees of the GFA will not hesitate to apply the prescribed sanctions severely and swiftly should Clubs or Match Officials or any Club Officials or Supporters violate the Matchday Covid-19 Protocols and Regulations of the Association.

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The Club Licensing Board of the Ghana Football Association, have revoked the licenses of three Ghana Premier League clubs in the country.



This decision was borne out of an inspection conducted by club licensing board on various league clubs in the country.

The affected clubs are Liberty Professionals, Berekum Chelsea, and Elmina Sharks, who use the Carl Reindorf Park, Golden City park, and Ndoum Sports Stadium respectively for their home duels.

The aforementioned clubs will have to resort to other venues they deem appropriate for the upcoming home fixtures in the ongoing league.

However, three clubs namely Dreams FC, Eleven Wonders, King Faisal, and Bechem United would have to heed to the recommendations of the board before the resumption of the second round or face further sanctions.

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The GFA Executive Council have taken a unanimous decision to temporarily ban Ghana Premier League side, Elmina Sharks from playing at the Nduom Sports Stadium until further notice.



This decision comes on the heels of fans (barred from stadium usage as a result of a spike in Covid-19 cases) attacking centre referee, Eric Owusu Bempah for instigating their 2-1 home defeat to Medeama SC at the Ndoum Sports Stadium on Sunday in week 15 of the Ghana Premier League.

It remains to be seen if the Elmina-based side will appeal the decision of the Executive Council at the Disciplinary level.

Elmina Sharks will honor their mid-week clash against Legon Cities at the Accra Sports Stadium in mid-week.

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The Ghana FA have announced that fans will not be allowed in Ghana Premier League Match venues for the next four weeks as  government continues the fight against the deadly coronavirus.

Full Statement:

The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has decided to restrict fan patronage at all football games for the next four weeks. This directive is with immediate effect, beginning from Saturday, February 13, 2021.



This according to the Executive Council, will afford the GFA enough time to put in place remedial measures to make the various stadia safe for fans and consumers of football in our bid to help the government in the fight against the pandemic.

As a s result, the GFA intends to use the four-week period to strategize and re-engage before opening up the various centres to the public.

Clubs are encouraged to use the period to train stewards who will be directly responsible for fan conduct in our quest to observe the social distancing protocol.

The public is hereby informed that this directive does not include the continental games involving Asante Kotoko SC.

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Following Hearts Of Oak stadium ban for breaking COVID-19 Protocols, the Ghana Fa have introduced new modalities for their upcoming Ghana Premier League home game against Legon Cities.

Full statement:

In compliance with the decision of Accra Hearts of Oak SC playing their Matchday 13 game against Legon Cities behind closed doors for the violation of the GFA match day covid-19 protocols, the following decisions have been taken:

Persons to be allowed:

–           Only players and technical team of both clubs with validated licenses and accreditation.

–          Appointed match officials (Referees, Match Commissioner and Venue Media Officer)

–           Organizers (GFA Competitions Department).

–           10 Ball Retrievers

–           10 members of both club’s management and Executives to complete and sign form upon entry at the stadium main gate.

–           StarTimes crew

–           10 media Houses (List to be provided by GFA)

–           Medical personnel, that is, uniform Red Cross, St Johns Ambulance.

–           Security (No other spectator or person whatsoever would be allowed in the stadium.

–           No complimentary tickets shall be issued. All attendees to sign their names.

–              Club media officers

Stakeholders are hereby notified to take note of these decisions and act accordingly.

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Asante Kotoko have been banned from the second transfer window of the 2020/21 season after the local giants were found guilty of abusive breach of contracts involving four players, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) announced Monday. 



The second registration window for the ongoing season is scheduled to open between February 16 and March 18, 2021, but the Porcupine Warriors will not be able to register any new players during the period.

This is due to a ruling by the Players’ Status Committee (PSC) of the GFA on four cases concerning the club and four of its former players – Matthew Kelvin Andoh, Stephen Tetteh Ayiku, Evans Owusu and Abass Mohammed – who, in separate petitions, reported the club for unilateral termination of their contracts.

The players sought for the PSC to rule on the payment of their outstanding salaries and signing-on fees with the GFA body granting them a combined compensation of GH¢197,800 to be paid by Kotoko within 14 days.



Not only that, Kotoko are in further hot waters as the GFA has decided to sanction the club due to the repeated abusive breach of contract in the four cases.

Invoking Article 16(4) of the GFA RSDTP, Kotoko have been banned from registering any new player(s) domestically for one registration period and fined GH¢10,000 for the numerous instances of abusive breach.

In the event Kotoko fails to meet the 14-day deadline for the payment of the GH¢197,800 compensation to the quartet and the GH¢10,000 fine to the GFA, the matter shall be forwarded to the Disciplinary Committee to consider for further sanctions – points deduction.



credit: FootyGHana

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The GFA Ethics Committee at its meeting held on November 19, 2020 found Daniel Kwame Nsiah, a Referee and District Technical Instructor, guilty of having breached Article 25 of the GFA Code of Ethics (Abuse of position) of the GFA Code of Ethics (2019).



The Committee commenced investigations into Mr. Daniel Kwame Nsiah’s conduct after receiving GFA’s Integrity Report which accused Mr. Nsiah of arranging a meeting between the President of Unity FC Richmond Osei and Referees for the Club’s 2019/20 Division One League match against Wa Suntaa.

In arriving at its decision, the Committee found that Mr. Nsiah had invited the Referee for the match, namely Foster Bastious and his Assistant Kingsley Asare to meet an official of Unity FC ahead of the said match. It was found that the official of Unity FC was Richmond Osei.

It was found that Daniel Kwame Nsiah received the money from the said Richmond Osei to serve as an intermediary and had communicated the request of Richmond Osei to the said referees.

The Committee found that the referees had rejected the gesture and had told Daniel Kwame Nsiah to return the money on the basis that they were not interested in Richmond Osei’s request for his team to be given favourable officiating in the match.

On the basis of its investigations, the Committee found Mr. Daniel Kwame Nsiah guilty of breaching Article 25.2 which imposes the following sanctions in case of violation:

1. Banning from all football-related activities for a period of two years, and
2. A fine of GHC5,000.

COMMITTEE’S DECISION

The decision of the Committee is:

1. To waive the two-year ban that should have been imposed on Daniel Kwame Nsiah, for his cooperation with the Committee throughout the investigations.
2. Daniel Kwame Nsiah is to pay the fine of GHC5000. Payment shall be made to the GFA within14 days after receipt of this Decision.

Should Mr. Daniel Kwame Nsiah be dissatisfied with or aggrieved by this Decision, he has within One (1) day of being notified of the grounds of the decision to appeal to the Appeals Committee of the Ghana Football Association.

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The GFA Ethics Committee has decided to ban Mr. Kofi Manu from taking part in all football-related activity for a period of One year for breaching Article 18 of the GFA Code of Ethics (2019).

The GFA Ethics Committee at its meeting held on December 10, 2020 found Mr. Kofi Manu to have breached Article 18 of the GFA Code of Ethics (2019) (Duty to Cooperate) which imposes a duty to assist and cooperate truthfully, fully and in good faith with the Ethics Committee at all times, and not to take any action actually or apparently intended to obstruct, evade, or otherwise interfere with any actual or potential Ethic Committee proceedings.

The Committee has commenced proceedings into Mr. Kofi Manu’s alleged involvement in Tiger Eye’s Number 12 Documentary. Mr. Manu was served notice in a letter dated November 23, 2020, to appear before the Committee in person on Thursday, December 3, 2020.

A copy of the Tiger Eye’s video was added to the letter.  However, Mr. Manu failed to appear before the GFA Ethics Committee. Mr Manu had also failed to honour a previous invitation to appear before the Ethics Committee on November 19, 2020.

In a letter dated December 1, 2020, Mr. Manu raised various issues that could have been resolved if he had attended the meeting scheduled for December 3, 2020.

On the basis of his conduct, the Committee found Mr. Kofi Manu guilty of breaching Article 18 which imposes the following sanctions in case of violation:

1. fine of at least GHc5,000
2. a ban on taking part in any football-related activity for a maximum of two years

Going forward, the Committee expects Mr. Kofi Manu to act in good faith and desist from acts that could bring the image of the game and the GFA into disrepute.

COMMITTEE’S DECISION

The decision of the Committee is:

1. To ban Mr. Kofi Manu from taking part in any football-related activity for a period of One Year with immediate effect in accordance with Article 18(6), of the GFA Code of Ethics.
2. To impose on Mr. Kofi Manu a fine in the amount of GHc5000. Payment shall be made to the GFA within 14 days after receipt of this Decision
3. Kofi Manu is expected to appear at the Committee’s next sitting on Wednesday December 30, 2020 at 4:00pm, failing which the Committee will proceed with its work without further reference to him.

Should Mr. Kofi Manu be dissatisfied with or aggrieved by this Decision, he has within Three (3) days of being notified of the grounds of the decision to appeal to the Appeals Committee of the Ghana Football Association.

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The Ghana Football Association have finally bowed to pressures for clubs to record Premier League games.

This comes after Kotoko in their league opener against fellow Premier League opponents, Eleven Wonders, were disallowed to film.

This situation didn’t sit too well with the record holders of the Ghana Premier League, who had contracted VEO technologies to undertake videoing, production works of their matches for them this season.

However, in a video call meeting held on Monday by the Association and Chief Executive Officers of Premier League clubs on the way forward with respect to filming league games of the ongoing Ghana Premier League.

A conclusion was reached by both parties at the end of the discussion giving the clubs the nod to film the rest of their games.

In a related development, clubs will petition the Association on copies of the contract signed with the Chinese broadcasters, StarTimes.

The Ghana Premier League enters its third week with some interesting fixtures set to role out by the weekend.

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