Karela United FC

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Karela United FC
Karela United FC logo.png
Full nameKarela United FC
Founded2013;11 years ago (2013)
GroundCrosby Awuah Memorial Park (CAM Park)
Aiyinase, Western Region, Ghana
Capacity5,000
Manager Evans Adotey
League Ghana Premier League
2022–23 Ghana Premier League, 7th
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

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.

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History

The club was founded on Tuesday October 1, 2013, when the former Metropolitan Sporting Club changed its name to Karela United Football Club. Karela initially competed in the Ghana Division One league, off which they emerged as champions and were subsequently promoted into the Ghana Premier League in the year 2017. The first official match was played on Saturday November 23, 2013 against Proud United in a goalless draw at Kasoa. [1]

2018 – present

After the Ghana Premier League was hit by the Anas Number 12 scandal and the 2018 league season was cancelled along with the dissolution of the Ghana Football Association in June 2018, a Normalisation Competition was organised by the GFA normalisation committee to be played in place of the main league as the restructuring of the GFA was being put in place. [2] Karela placed 2nd in group B to qualify for the next stage, beating Ashanti Gold SC at that stage to qualify to the finals to play against Asante Kotoko. [3] Karela lost the finals in a penalty shootout round after the match ended in a 1–1 draw. They lost the bid to represent Ghana at the 2019–20 CAF Champions League and were declared runner-up in the Tier 1 of the competition. [4]

After several distractions to the Ghana premier league from 2017 due to the dissolution of the GFA in June 2018, the 2018 league season was abandoned and the uprising of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic which also caused the 2019-20 league to be cancelled abruptly, the 2020-2021 season started in November 2020. [5]

Rivalry

Karela being a club based in the Nzema enclave of the Ellembele District located in Western Region of Ghana, they developed a fierce rivalry between them and their fellow Nzema enclave team Medeama SC. The rivalry has developed over the years into the Nzema Derby. [6] [7] [8] They are also rivals with Nzema Kotoko. [9]

Grounds

The team's home games are played at Crosby Awuah Memorial (CAM) Park. [10] [11]

Current squad

As of 26 April, 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
2 DF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Augustine Randolph
3 DF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Emmanuel Anaful
4 DF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Ebenezer Ocran
5 MF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Daniel Paha Kwofie
7 FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA George Amonoo
8 DF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Fatawu Mohammed
9 FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Richard Berko
10 MF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Brite Andoh
11 FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Kelvin Andoh
14 MF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Kingsford Frimpong
15 MF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Dafie Humin Mohammed
16 FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Patrick Mensah
17 FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Philip Flamini
No.Pos.NationPlayer
18 DF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Kwodwo Addae (captain)
19 FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Evans Adomako
20 MF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Joseph Dinku
21 DF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Abdul-Raman Yaya
27 MF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Isaac Donkor
29 FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Stephen Akane
30 FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Samuel Attah Kumi
31 MF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Emmanuel Boakye Owusu
33 FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Franklin Osei
35 DF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Kweku Osei
36 DF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Mohammed Rashid
42 DF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Solomon Twene
88 GK Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Emmanuel Essandoh

[12]

Honours

Domestic

Club captains

Philip Quarshie (2016–2018) [14] [15]

Godfred Saka (2018) [16]

Empem Dacosta (2019) [17] [18]

Godfred Agyemang Yeboah (2019 – present) [19]

Managers

Flag of Ghana.svg Johnson Smith, [20] 2017 – October 2019 [21] [22]

Flag of Ghana.svg Evans Adotey, [23] April 2020 – present

Season

2020–21 Karela United FC season

See also

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