Ghana Football
Accra Hearts of Oak: History, Club House, Trophies & Owner
Accra Hearts of Oak: History, Club House, Trophies & Owner
History
Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club, commonly referred to as Hearts of Oak or just Hearts, is a professional sports club based in Accra (Greater Accra), Ghana. The team was founded in 1911, and remains the oldest surviving football club in Ghana and its traditional colours are red, yellow and blue.
Hearts of Oak competes in the Ghana Premier League, the premier division of the Ghanaian football pyramid. The Accra Sports Stadium is the club’s home grounds, where the team plays its home games.
Club House ( Pobiman Project)
The continental club masters as commonly referred to by fans of the club have their clubhouse and sporting infrastructure at Pobiman, a suburb of Accra. The Club House after its completion will house the junior side (academy players) of the club, popularly called Auroras.
The sod-cutting ceremony of the project took place on the 11th of November, 2019 by the majority shareholder and board chairman, Togbe Afede XIV. Turkish construction firm, Prefabex Yapi Technologileri San Ve Tlc Limited (STL) have been mandated to construct the project which includes training pitches, hostels, swimming pools and offices.
Trophies & Honours
Hearts have won the Premier League twenty-one times, the Ghanaian FA Cup a record twelve times, the Ghana Super Cup, a joint-record three times, the President’s Cup, five times,[5] and the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederations Cup once each.
Accra Hearts of Oak was also ranked eighth football club in the world in the year 2000 when the club dominated most of the continent’s sporting activities. Accra Hearts of Oak remains the only football club in West Africa to have won a Continental Treble; one of 6 Africa-based clubs and one of 21 football clubs worldwide to have achieved this feat.
During the colonial period, Hearts of Oak won a combined total of eight football league trophies in the Accra Football League and the Gold Coast Club Competition, both precursors to the Ghana Premier League. In the Accra Football League, Hearts of Oak won the Guggisberg Shield donated by Sir Gordon Guggisberg, then Governor of the Gold Coast in 1922; the competition for Accra-based clubs was played on 12 occasions between 1922 and 1954.
Owner
Hearts of Oak after its successful floatation of shares has a board of directors with Togbe Afede XIV, as Board Chair, Mr E.M Commodore-Mensah, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, Frank Nelson Nwokolo, Prof. Kofi Kumado, Ivy Heward-Mills, and Alhassan Andani, Hon. Vincent Sowah-Odetei, Alhaji Akanbi and Elvis Hesse Herman as other members of the board. However, a managing director will be appointed soon to join the board, for which the position has already been advertised.
As things stand before the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the club, Togbe Afede XIV remains the owner until any change will be effected by the AGM which is scheduled to take place later this year.
Story by: Theophilus Autridge
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Asante Kotoko to travel on a European training tour in Germany, Switzerland, and Italy ahead of the 2024/25 season
Asante Kotoko has announced ambitious plans for a training tour of Europe beginning on July 15, 2024, in preparation for the 2024/25 season.
During the club’s training tour in Italy, the Porcupines will work with famed Italian sides Genoa and Atalanta to fine-tune their abilities and plans.
Following the Italian leg, Asante Kotoko will take their training journey to Germany and Switzerland, presenting the squad with a variety of challenges and exposures as they prepare for the forthcoming season. The extensive training programme is intended to improve team performance and create team togetherness.
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The Asante Kotoko legend succeeds Michael Osei, who was given the door following a bad run of performances in the current 2023/24 season.
The Miners confirmed Manso’s employment via a social media post for the remainder of the season, with an option to extend.
Following the club’s dismal start to the season, the seasoned manager will attempt to turn things around.
After 13 games in the Ghana Premier League this season, the team has 12 points, putting them in the relegation zone.
Frimpong Manso’s first matchday 13 game is this weekend against FC Samartex 1996.
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Following an exciting start to the 2023-24 season, the former Ghana international defender was named coach of the month for September.
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The Dutch manager was named head coach of the Ghana Premier League team before the start of the current 2023/24 season.
However, following a rocky start, the club severed ways with the 67-year-old after only four months in command.
Koopman won two games and scored six goals in ten Ghana Premier League appearances.
Fans have criticised the club’s leadership, with some asking for their dismissal.
However, Dr Nyaho-Nyaho Tamakloe, Alhaji Akanbi, and Vincent Sowah-Odotei explained why Koopman was selected at a news conference on Monday.
“We went in for Martin Koopman because we were looking for a coach with maturity and a coach with experience. He came up on top of the list of coaches before he was hired” they said.
Hearts of Oak lost 1-0 against Aduana FC in the Ghana Premier League on matchday 12 after being eliminated from the MTN FA Cup.
The Phobians will want to get back on track when they meet Asante Kotoko in the matchday 13 games on Sunday, December 10.
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