Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, simply known as Asante Kotoko, is a professional football club founded on 31 August 1935 and based in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Nicknamed the Porcupine Warriors, they compete in the Ghana Premier League and play their home matches at the Baba Yara Stadium in Amakom, Kumasi.
Maxwell Konadu is a football coach and a retired Ghana international football player. He is currently the coach of Black Leopards. Before his current post, he was formerly the manager of Glo Premier League club Asante Kotoko. Konadu was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He also won gold as assistant coach of Ghana's Men's Olympic Team at the All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique in 2011.
Isaac Boakye is a former professional footballer who played as striker for most of his career in Germany, Arminia Bielefeld, VfL Wolfsburg, 1. FSV Mainz 05 and 1. FC Nürnberg. In his native land, he featured for Goldfields Obuasi now Ashanti Gold and Asante Kotoko. He won the Ghana Premier League twice playing for Asante Kotoko. He won it in his first season in 2003 and his last playing season in 2014, which came about as a result making a return to the club after 10 years of playing abroad.
The Ghana FA Cup, currently known as the MTN FA Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the annual knockout competition in Ghanaian football created in 1958, a year after the independence of Ghana. Open to all Ghanaian football clubs, the competition was put on an 8-year hiatus between 2002 and 2010.
Opoku Afriyie was a Ghanaian footballer. He was popularly called Bayie. He played as a striker and won many caps with Asante Kotoko and the Ghana national football team. He worked for Asante Kotoko as Team-Manager.
Jordan Darko-Opoku is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Berekum Chelsea and the Ghana national football team.
Yaw Frimpong is a Ghanaian professional footballer.
Stephen Frimpong Manso is a Ghanaian football coach and former player who manages Bibiani Gold Stars.
Kwame Bonsu is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a midfielder. He has had previous spells in Sweden with Gefle IF, Mjällby AIF, Rosengård and for Asante Kotoko in his home country Ghana.
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.
Ernest Papa Arko was a Ghanaian footballer. He played as a forward for Asante Kotoko and the Ghana national team.
Ibrahim Danlad is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ghana Premier League club Asante Kotoko and the Ghana national team.
Mathew Anim Cudjoe is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Ghana National under-20 team.
Ibrahim Imoro is a Ghanaian professional footballer who currently plays as a left-back for Ghana Premier League side Asante Kotoko.
Michael Osei is a former Ghanaian professional footballer and coach who played as a midfielder and who was most recently the head coach of Bibiani Gold Stars. He is well known for playing for Asante Kotoko, SK Vorwärts Steyr in Austria and Mainz 05 in Germany. He also had spells with other clubs in Venezuela, Turkey and lower tier sides in Germany.
Ismail Abdul-Ganiyu is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as defender and captains Ghana Premier League side Asante Kotoko S.C.
Yaw Annor is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Egypt Premier League side National Bank of Egypt. Born in Ghana, he plays for the Togo national team.
Kwame Adom Frimpong is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ethiopian Premier League club Saint George. He previously had stints in Sweden playing for Dalkurd, Prespa Birlik and Mjällby and in Oman for Salalah.
Godfred Asiamah is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Ghana Premier League side Asante Kotoko S.C. He previously had stints in New Edubiase United and Ashanti Gold SC.
The SWAG Cup (Sports Writers Association of Ghana Cup) is an annual one-off game, featuring two selected clubs at the end of the season. The cup is called the H.P. Nyemitei Cup in honour of former GFA president Henry Plange Nyemitei and the SIC H.P. Nyemitei Cup for sponsorship reasons. football season. The game is the official shutdown match for the football season in Ghana.
