Football is undoubtedly the beloved sport of Ghanaians, who will do everything within their realms to watch their clubs from time to time. 



During the C0VID-19 period, fans were barred from watching their clubs not to talk of cheering them on to victory at the end of the day. 

Over the years, Ghanaian Referees have become an integral part of the football circle; this is to say that, without the “men in black” steering the affairs on the field, clubs cannot play with a valid winner declared on the day.  

The Ghana Premier League 2020-21 campaign has reached a very crucial point of the season, with some clubs (Hearts, Kotoko, Aduana, Medeama) gunning to increase their trophy haul, whiles others(Inter Allies, Liberty, King Faisal, Legon Cities) are looking to escape the dungeons of relegation. 

This is the very period, Ghanaian referees have endlessly wailed to the Ghana Football Association to at least settle some of their long-standing arrears from the first round of the Ghana Premier League 2020-21 season to help fuel their expenses. 



As to whether the GFA will channel efforts in softening the financial conundrum that the men in black are facing remains unknown, there have been growing reports of “bad” officiating from the referees but it is unclear if these are geared towards expressing their displeasure to the top hierarchy or unduly aiding some clubs in achieving their set goals by the end of the season.    

The GFA has a responsibility in ensuring that Ghanaian referees are properly cared for in order for them to dutifully discharge their duties to the very best of their expertise, whiles the latter also has the mandate towards clubs, fans, stakeholders, sponsors to ensure they act accordingly to the laws that repose confidence in them when they take to the pitch on any day in the exercise of their duties. 

The betterment of Ghana Football is what we all aspire for, it’s a gradual process, hopefully, we will get there, if everyone executes their duties very well. 

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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 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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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.



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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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Each Ghana Premier League club will receive an initial GH¢ 50,000 from Government as financial support for having to play matches behind closed doors.

In total, the President of the Republic H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo approved the first tranche of 900,000 to be disbursed.

A statement read: ”The President of the Republic, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has authorized the Ministry of Youth and Sports to release an amount of nine hundred thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢900,000) as first tranche of payment to support the 18 premier league clubs to offset some of their expenses in this era of the covid-19 pandemic. Each club is to receive an amount of 50,000, Ghana Cedis (GH¢ 50,000).

President @NAkufoAddo Assists Clubs pic.twitter.com/kMfXN88iD9

— Ministry of Sports & Recreation. (@moysgovgh) December 4, 2020

”This has become necessary due to the directive by government to all premier league matches to be played behind closed doors.”

Before the start of the 2020/21 Ghana Premier League, clubs were told not to admit fans into the stadium as part of a measure to stop the spread of the deadly virus.

Clubs in the Ghana top-flight will pocket GH¢ 100,000 each from government to cushion them.

This financial support will be extended to women’s league clubs, Division One League, and the country’s campaigners in CAF inter-club competitions.

”Other clubs such as Division One, National Women’s League, CAF Champions League representative and CAF Confederation Cup Representative will also receive some financial support from Government in due course.” 2020/21 Ghana Premier League: Week 4 Match Preview -Eleven Wonders vs WAFA SC.



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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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Inter Allies coach will face the GFA Disciplinary Committee for comments he made against the referee that officiated their game against Karela United in Match week 2 of the Ghana Premier League.



Official GFA Statement:

Inter Allies FC head Coach, Henrik Lehm has been referred to the disciplinary committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) over comments made against referee Ibrahim Abdulai and his assistants when Karela United hosted Inter Allies on matchday 2.

The GFA continues to remind Club officials to seek redress on officiating using the appropriate procedures and have made available referee Complaint Forms to all Clubs.

Clubs are to seek redress on officiating by completing the form, indicating time, incident, culprits, and submitting to the match review panel within 48 hours after the said match.

The Match Review Panel will then review the performance of the referee or match official and issue a decision on the said incidence.

The GFA is therefore urging all coaches and club officials to desist from making comments about officiating in public and use the right channel to seek redress.

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The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced that the winner of the 2020-21 Ghana Premier League will bag a sum of GH₵250,000 in total prize money once the competition ends.



GFA President, Kurt E.S Okraku, made this revelation during the lunch of the upcoming 2020-21 season, which was launched on Max TV, StarTimes Adepa TV and other broadcasters.

GHANA PREMIER LEAGUE

This season’s total prize money will increase from the former GH₵180,000 that Aduana Stars received when they were crowned Ghana Premier League champions in the 2016-17 season.

In addition to the total prize money that the winner will bag, they will also be presented with 40 gold medals plus GH₵10,000 worth of groceries from Melcom Shopping Center.

The runners up will receive GH₵150,000, 40 silver medals plus groceries from Melcom Shopping Center and the third place will pocket GHC 80,000 plus 40 bronze medals.

DIVISION ONE

Additionally, the winners of the various Division One Leagues will also get GH₵50,000 in prize money.

This season’s league will enjoy massive also receiv TV coverage as official broadcast right holders StarTimes are on the verge of investing a whopping $1 million in the coverage of games.

Two former Ghana Premier League winners, Aduana Stars and Hearts of Oak will set the tone for the league with their titanic clash, when they face off at the infamous Nana Agyeman Badu Park at Dormaa.

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