Akoon Park is a football park in the Akoon community of Tarkwa in Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipal Assembly in Ghana. It has a seating capacity of 1500. [1] It had been the home of the two time FA cup champions and a Ghanaian Premier League club, Medeama Sporting Club. [2] [3] It is also the home base for the Nzema Kotoko Football Club, a first division club in the Western region. [4] [5]
The Ghana Premier League, currently known as the betPawa Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional association football division of the football league system in Ghana. Officially formed in 1956 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition, the league is organized by the Ghana Football Association and was ranked as the 11th best league in Africa by the IFFHS from 2001 to 2010, and the league was also ranked 65th in the IFFHS' Best Leagues of the World ranking, in the 1st Decade of the 21st Century (2001–2010). on 4 February 2014. It has been dominated by Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak. The bottom 3 teams are relegated at the end of each season and placed in each zone of the Ghanaian Division One League.
Medeama Sporting Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Tarkwa, Western Region. The club currently competes in the Ghana Premier League.
Ahmed Touré is a Burkinabé professional footballer, who currently plays for the Conoglese club AS Vita as a striker. He also holds Ivorian nationality.
The 2011–12 Ghanaian Premier League season was the 53rd season of top-tier football in Ghana. The competition began on 5 September 2011, and ended on 27 May 2012.
Theophilus Annorbaah is a Ghanaian professional footballer who currently plays for Medeama SC and the Ghana national football team.
TNA Park is a multi-use stadium in Tarkwa, Ghana. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Ghana Premier League team Medeama SC. The stadium currently holds 10,000 people. With the promotion of Emmanuel Stars FC to the Ghana Premier League at the end of the 2010–2011 season, the stadium became their home ground.
Hans Kwofie is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a forward for Legon Cities in the Ghana Premier League. He previously played for Puchong Fuerza in Malaysia M3 League, Ashanti Gold in the Ghana Premier League, Smouha SC in the Egyptian league and Singida United in the Tanzanian league. He was the top goal scorer in the 2017 Ghanaian Premier League.
Mohammed Abass is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Techiman Eleven Wonders.
Mohammed Muntari Tagoe is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ethiopian Premier League club Hawassa City.
Karela United FC is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Aiyinase, Ellembele District, Western Region. The club competed in the 2019 Ghanaian Normalisation Cup Competition. Karela plays their home matches at the CAM Park.
Samuel Boadu is a Ghanaian professional football manager and former player who last served as the head coach of Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. in the Ghana Premier League and serves as the assistant coach of the Ghana national U-20 team. He previously coached Tarkwa-based club Medeama S.C. and the Ghana national U-15 team.
Eric Kwakwa is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Ghana Premier League side Medeama S.C.
Joseph Tetteh Zutah is a Ghanaian former professional footballer. He played as midfielder and captained Ghana Premier League side Medeama for majority of his career.
Isaac Agyenim Boateng is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as forward for Ghana Premier League side Medeama S.C. He is a product of the Kumasi Asante Kotoko youth team.
Michael Yeboah is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Ghana Premier League side Medeama S.C. He previously had stints with Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Berekum Chelsea and Liberty Professionals.
Richard Boadu is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Ghana Premier League side Medeama S.C.
Adam Musah is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ghana Division One side Nzema Kotoko on loan from Ghanaian Premier League side Aduana Stars.
Moro Salifu is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as midfielder Egyptian club Al Ittihad Alexandria. He previously played for Ghana Premier League sides Bechem United and Medeama SC, whilst having a short stint at Ivorian team Academie de Foot Amadou Diallo.
Amos Korankye is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays as a right-back for Ghana Premier League side Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs.
Nzema Kotoko Football Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Nzema in the Western Region of Ghana. The club currently competes in Zone Two of the Division One League which is the second tier of the football league system in Ghana, and the MTN FA Cup. They are rivals with city neighbours Karela United.