Charity Stars F.C.

Charity Stars F.C.
Full name	Charity Stars Football Club
Founded	1992;29 years ago
Ground	Charity Park
Owner	Abram Owusu Amoah
League	Division Two League, Ghana

Last updated October 15, 2021

Charity Stars Fotball Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Accra in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The club currently competes in Great Accra Region Zone of the Division Two League which is the third tier of the football league system in Ghana, and the MTN FA Cup.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

In 1992, Charity Stars Football Club was formed as an initiative of Abram Owusu Amoah, a Christian Minister, Leader and Founder of The Gentiles Revival Ministry, a religious charity aimed at evangelizing the word of God and helping the needy in society.^[4] As part of the ministry’s charity community outreach development program, destitute and orphaned children at the ministry's affiliate branch in Bubiashie, a suburb of Accra, Ghana were mobilized to form a colt’s team (youth) named Charity Stars Football Club.^[4]

The team began organizing trials and playing matches within Bubiashie and its outskirts until it was registered and joined Greater Accra Colts League (later branded as Milo Colts League).^[4]

As of 2021, the team plays in the Greater Accra Regional Football Association (GARFA) Division Two League.^[3]^[1]

In 2021, the club was named in the FIFA's 10 year (2011–2020) international transfers report as one Confederation of African Football (CAF)'s top 30 clubs based on their number outgoing transfers, coming in as the 26th.

The most notable amongst those transfers is Emmanuel Boateng who previously played for Rio Ave, Moreirense, Levante and currently plying his trade in the Chinese Super League with Dalian Professional.^[5]

Grounds

The club plays their home matches at the Charity Park in Bubiashie in Accra.

Notable players

See: Category:Charity Stars F.C. players

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References

1 2 "MTN FA Cup Round 64: Great Olympics eliminate Charity Stars, Karela Utd survive Hasaacas scare". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
↑ Asare, Nana (2021-05-14). "MTN FA CUP: Asokwa Deportivo & Charity Stars qualify for Round of 64". Football Made In Ghana. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
1 2 "Historic - Lower tier side Charity stars first to Qualify for MTN FA Cup Round 64 without Kicking a ball". 442 GH. 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
1 2 3 "Charity Stars youngster Abdul Moomin joins FC Porto". GhanaWeb. 2021-02-20. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
↑ Nketsia, Benjamin (14 May 2018). "Emmanuel Boateng: The journey of Levante's masked man from Ghana". Citinewsroom. Citi FM (Ghana) . Retrieved 7 September 2021.

External links

Charity Stars on Soccerway
Charity Stars on Footballdatabse.eu
Official Website

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[:1-1] 1 2 "MTN FA Cup Round 64: Great Olympics eliminate Charity Stars, Karela Utd survive Hasaacas scare". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-09-07.

[2] Asare, Nana (2021-05-14). "MTN FA CUP: Asokwa Deportivo & Charity Stars qualify for Round of 64". Football Made In Ghana. Retrieved 2021-09-07.

[:2-3] 1 2 "Historic - Lower tier side Charity stars first to Qualify for MTN FA Cup Round 64 without Kicking a ball". 442 GH. 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-09-07.

[:0-4] 1 2 3 "Charity Stars youngster Abdul Moomin joins FC Porto". GhanaWeb. 2021-02-20. Retrieved 2021-09-07.

[5] Nketsia, Benjamin (14 May 2018). "Emmanuel Boateng: The journey of Levante's masked man from Ghana". Citinewsroom. Citi FM (Ghana) . Retrieved 7 September 2021.

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