Ghana Premier League

Ghana Premier League

Logo used since 2022
Founded	1958;67 years ago (1958)
Country	Ghana
Confederation	CAF
Number of clubs	18 (from 2019–20)
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Division One League
Domestic cups	Ghana FA Cup Ghana Super Cup
International cups	CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup
Current champions	Bibiani Gold Stars (1st title) (2024–25)
Most championships	Asante Kotoko (25 titles)
Broadcaster(s)	Adesa Production Limited (live matches)
Website	Official website
Current: 2025–26 Ghana Premier League

Previous logo used from 2018 to 2021.

The Ghana Premier League is the top professional association football league in Ghana organized by the Ghana Football Association ^[1] and formed in 1958 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition which ran from 1933 to 1953–54. As of the first quarter of 2024, the league was ranked as the 8th best league in Africa by TeamForm.com. ^[2]

Asante Kotoko is the most successful team in the league with 25 titles, followed by Accra Hearts of Oak with 20. The bottom 3 teams are relegated at the end of each season and placed in each zone of the Ghanaian Division One League.

The 2019–20 season was halted and eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana that mirrored the cause of postponement or cancellation of association football leagues and competitions across the globe.

Broadcasting

In September 2013, South African broadcaster SuperSport signed a deal with the Ghana Football Association to broadcast the league on DStv and GOtv. ^[3] On 23 November 2016, Chinese pay television provider and broadcaster StarTimes secured official television production and broadcast rights for the league, ^[4] which expired at the end of the 2023–24 season, with numerous reports and interviews stating that StarTimes owes the GFA $1 million and are in negotiations for a new deal. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]} However, hindsight reports indicate that GTV Sports+, the sports channel of Ghanaian state broadcaster the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, had secured the rights for the current 2024–25 season. ^{[9] [10]}

Starting 2025/2026 Ghana Premier League season, the league's broadcast right has been given to Adesa Production Limited. ^[11]

Champions

Years	Champions
1958	Hearts of Oak (1)
1959	Asante Kotoko (1)
1960	Eleven Wise (1)
1961–62	Hearts of Oak (2)
1962–63	Real Republicans (1)
1963–64	Asante Kotoko (2)
1964–65	Asante Kotoko (3)
1966	Mysterious Dwarfs (1)
1967	Asante Kotoko (4)
1968	Asante Kotoko (5)
1969	Asante Kotoko (6)
1970	Accra Great Olympics (1)
1971	Hearts of Oak (3)
1972	Asante Kotoko (7)
1973	Hearts of Oak (4)
1974	Accra Great Olympics (2)
1975	Asante Kotoko (8)
1976	Hearts of Oak (5)
1977	Sekondi Hasaacas (1)
1978	Hearts of Oak (6)
1979	Hearts of Oak (7)
1980	Asante Kotoko (9)
1981	Asante Kotoko (10)
1982	Asante Kotoko (11)
1983	Asante Kotoko (12)
1984	Hearts of Oak (8)
1985	Hearts of Oak (9)
1986	Asante Kotoko (13)
1987	Asante Kotoko (14)
1988–89	Asante Kotoko (15)
1989–90	Hearts of Oak (10)
1990–91	Asante Kotoko (16)
1991–92	Asante Kotoko (17)
1992–93	Asante Kotoko (18)
1993–94	Ashanti Gold (1)
1994–95	Ashanti Gold (2)
1995–96	Ashanti Gold (3)
1996–97	Hearts of Oak (11)
1997–98	Hearts of Oak (12)
1999	Hearts of Oak (13)
2000	Hearts of Oak (14)
2001	Hearts of Oak (15)
2002	Hearts of Oak (16)
2003	Asante Kotoko (19)
2004	Hearts of Oak (17)
2005	Asante Kotoko (20)
2006–07	Hearts of Oak (18)
2007–08	Asante Kotoko (21)
2008–09	Hearts of Oak (19)
2009–10	Aduana Stars (1)
2010–11	Berekum Chelsea (1)
2011–12	Asante Kotoko (22)
2012–13	Asante Kotoko (23)
2013–14	Asante Kotoko (24)
2015	Ashanti Gold (4)
2016	Wa All Stars (1)
2017	Aduana Stars (2)
2018	Abandoned
2019	Asante Kotoko (25)
2019–20	Abandoned [12]
2020–21	Hearts of Oak (20)
2021–22	Asante Kotoko (26)
2022–23	Medeama (1)
2023–24	Samartex (1)
2024–25	Bibiani Gold Stars (1)

Qualification for CAF competitions

Association ranking for the 2025–26 CAF club season

The association ranking for the 2025–26 CAF Champions League and the 2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF club competition from 2020–21 to the 2024–25 season.^{[ citation needed ]}

Legend

• CL: CAF Champions League
• CC: CAF Confederation Cup
• ≥: Associations points might increase on basis of its clubs performance in 2024–25 CAF club competitions
•   Associations ranked 1–12 are eligible to enter two teams in each CAF club competition.

Rank			Association	2020–21 (× 1)		2021–22 (× 2)		2022–23 (× 3)		2023–24 (× 4)		2024–25 (× 5)		Total
2025	2024	Mvt		CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC
1	1	—	Egypt	8	3	7	4	8	2.5	7	7	10	4	190.5
2	2	—	Morocco	4	6	9	5	8	2	2	4	5	5	142
3	4	+1	South Africa	8	2	5	4	4	3	4	1.5	9	3	131
4	3	-1	Algeria	6	5	7	1	6	5	2	3	5	5	130
5	6	+1	Tanzania	3	0.5	0	2	3	4	6	0	2	4	82.5
6	5	-1	Tunisia	4	3	5	1	4	2	6	1	3	0.5	82.5
7	8	+1	Angola	1	0	5	0	2	0	3	1.5	2	2	55
8	7	-1	DR Congo	4	0	0	3	1	2	4	0	2	0	45
9	9	—	Sudan	3	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	3	0	41
10	11	+1	Ivory Coast	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	2	38
11	10	-1	Libya	0	0.5	0	5	0	0.5	0	3	0	0	24
12	12	—	Nigeria	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	21
13	15	+2	Mali	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0.5	18.5
14	14	—	Ghana	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	16
15	13	-2	Guinea	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0.5	0	0	12
16	19	+3	Botswana	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	8.5
17	21	+4	Senegal	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8
18	17	-1	Mauritania	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8
19	18	-1	Congo	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.5	0	0	7
20	16	-4	Cameroon	0	3	0	0.5	1	0	0	0	0	0	7
21	22	+1	Togo	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
22	22	—	Uganda	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
23	-	new	Mozambique	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	2.5
24	20	-4	Zambia	0	1.5	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5
25	24	-1	Eswatini	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
25	24	-1	Niger	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
27	26	-1	Burkina Faso	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5

Performance by club

Clubs	City/Region	Years	Winners	Last title
Asante Kotoko	Kumasi, Ashanti Region	1959, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2003, 2005, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2019, 2021–22	26	2021–22
Hearts of Oak	Accra, Greater Accra	1958, 1961–62, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1989–90, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2020–21	20	2020–21
Ashanti Gold [a]	Obuasi, Ashanti Region	1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2015	4	2015
Accra Great Olympics	Accra, Greater Accra	1970, 1974	2	1974
Aduana Stars	Dormaa Ahenkro, Bono Region	2009–10, 2017	2	2017
Eleven Wise	Sekondi-Takoradi, Western Region	1960	1	1960
Real Republicans	Accra, Greater Accra	1962–63	1	1962–63
Mysterious Dwarfs	Cape Coast, Central Region	1967	1	1967
Sekondi Hasaacas	Sekondi-Takoradi, Western Region	1977	1	1977
Berekum Chelsea	Berekum, Bono Region	2010–11	1	2010–11
Legon Cities [b]	Accra, Greater Accra	2016	1	2016
Medeama	Tarkwa, Western Region	2022–23	1	2023
Samartex	Tarkwa, Western Region	2023–24	1	2024
Bibiani Gold Stars	Bibiani, Western North	2024-2025	1	2025

Top scorers

1973–2025 Ghana Premier League top scorers ^{[13] [14]}

Season	Best scorers	Team	Goals	Ref
1973	Peter Lamptey	Accra Hearts of Oak	26	[15]
1974	Dan Owusu	Bofoakwa Tano	24	[16]
1975			26	[16]
1976			28	[16]
1977	George Alhassan	Accra Great Olympics	—
1978	Muhammed Choo	Real Tamale United	22	[17]
1979	Opoku Afriyie	Asante Kotoko	—
1980	Emmanuel Quarshie	Sekondi Hasaacas	18	[18]
1981	Opoku Afriyie	Asante Kotoko	21	[19]
1982	Muhammed Choo	Real Tamale United	15	[17]
1983	Anane Kobo		—
1984	Anane Kobo		—
1985	George Alhassan	Accra Great Olympics	—
1986	Tony Yeboah	Cornerstones	—
1987			—
1988–89	Henry Acquah	Accra Hearts of Oak	—
1989–90	Muhammed Tijani	Cornerstones	15	[20]
1990–91	Thomas Boakye	Asante Kotoko	—
1991–92	Abdul Mumuni	Dawu Youngstars	—
1992–93	Augustine Ahinful	Goldfields	12
1993–94	Oscar Laud	Dawu Youngstars	—
1994–95	Charles Amoah	Okwawu United	—
1995–96	Kofi Deblah	Goldfields	—
1996–97	Kofi Deblah	Goldfields	—
1997–98	Joe Fameyeh	Accra Hearts of Oak	—
1999	Ishmael Addo	Accra Hearts of Oak	19
2000			21
2001			22
2002	Bernard Dong Bortey Charles Asampong Taylor	Accra Hearts of Oak	18
2003	Shaibu Yakubu	Goldfields Obuasi	13
2004–05	Samuel Yeboah	Heart of Lions	—
2005	Prince Tagoe	Accra Hearts of Oak	18
2006–07	Emmanuel Clottey	Accra Great Olympics	14
2007–08	Eric Bekoe	Asante Kotoko	17
2008–09	Alex Asamoah	Asante Kotoko	16
2009–10	Bismark Idan Samuel Afum	Kessben Accra Hearts of Oak	13
2010–11	Nana Poku	Berekum Arsenal	17
2011–12	Emmanuel Baffour	New Edubiase United	21
2012–13	Mahatma Otoo	Accra Hearts of Oak	20
2013–14	Augustine Okrah	Bechem United	16
2015	Kofi Owusu	Berekum Chelsea	19
2016	Latif Blessing	Liberty Professionals	14
2017	Hans Kwofie	Ashanti Gold	17
2018 [c]	Hafiz Konkoni Kwasi Donsu	Bechem United Medeama	8
2019–20 [d]	Victorien Adebayor	International Allies	12
2020–21	Diawisie Taylor	Karela United	18
2021–22	Yaw Annor	Ashanti Gold	24	[21]
2022–23	Abednego Tetteh	Bibiani Gold Stars	18
2023–24	Stephen Amankona	Berekum Chelsea	19
2024–25			15	[22]

Sponsorship

Period	Title sponsor	Name	Ref.
1956–2008	None	Ghana Premier League
2009–2013	Globacom (Glo)	Glo Premier League	[23]
2013–2015	First Capital Plus Bank (later Capital Bank)	First Capital Plus (Bank) Premier League	[24] [25] [26]
2016–2022	None	Ghana Premier League
2022–2023	betPawa	betPawa Premier League	[27]
2023–present	None	Ghana Premier League	[28] [29]

See also

• List of football clubs in Ghana
• Ghana Football Leagues
• Ghana Women's Premier League

Notes and references

Notes

1. Formerly known as Obuasi Goldfields.
2. Formerly known as Wa All Stars FC
3. Abandoned on 7 June 2018 as a result of the dissolution of the GFA owing to Anas Aremeyaw Anas' investigative documentary on the body's internal corruptive operations.
4. Abandoned and daclared null and void as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequential impact on its football operations.

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External links

• Official website
• 2023–24 league season at Soccerway
• League profile at FIFA.com (archived 7 September 2007)
• League history at RSSSF