President's Cup (Ghana)

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GHALCA President's Cup
Organising bodyGhana League Clubs Association (GHALCA)
Founded1969;55 years ago (1969)
RegionFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Number of teams2
Current champions Hearts of Oak
Most successful club(s) Asante Kotoko (8 titles)
Television broadcastersGTV

The President's Cup is an annual one-off game, featuring two selected clubs at the end of the season. The cup is called the GHALCA President's Cup because it is organized by Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) and played in honour of the sitting President of Ghana. [1] The game was also known as the Republic Day Celebrations Cup and is usually played in July of each year to mark Ghana's Republic Day celebrations which falls on the 1 July.

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The current holders are Accra Hearts of Oak, who defeated rivals Asante Kotoko 1–0 in the 2023 match. [2] [3] [4] Asante Kotoko holds the record for most wins with eight titles.

History

Between 1969 and 1984, the cup was being played to honour the sitting president but was branded based on the sitting president at the time. The 1969 edition was known as the Busia Cup in honour of the then Prime Minister Abrefa Busia whilst the 1973 edition was known as the Acheampong Cup in honour of then head of state Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.

In 2003, after long layoff to the competition from 1985 to 2002, the competition was rebranded as the President's Cup and was instituted through the Ghana League Clubs Association and the National Sports Authority to serve a competition to honour the sitting president on every Republic Day Celebration. [1] [5] [6] The first edition was played between Hearts of Oak and rivals Great Olympics, which Hearts won by 2–0.

List of finals

Source: [7] [8]

YearWinnersScoreRunners up
1969 Ebusua Dwarfs 1–0 Asante Kotoko
1973 Asante Kotoko 1–0 Hearts of Oak
1984 Asante Kotoko 1–1 (agg.) (a) Hearts of Oak
2003 Hearts of Oak 2–0 Great Olympics
2004 Asante Kotoko 1–0 Liberty Professionals
2005 Asante Kotoko 1–0 Hearts of Oak
2008 [9] Asante Kotoko 2–2 (4–3 p) Heart of Lions
2009 [10] Hearts of Oak 1–1 (5–4 p) Eleven Wise
2011 [11] Berekum Chelsea 2–2 (8–7 p) Asante Kotoko
2012 [12] Berekum Chelsea 2–1 Asante Kotoko
2013 [13] Hearts of Oak 2–0 Medeama
2015 [14] Hearts of Oak 0–0 (5–4 p) Asante Kotoko
2016 [15] Asante Kotoko 0–0 (3–2 p) Hearts of Oak
2017 [16] Asante Kotoko 0–0 (4–1p) Hearts of Oak
2019 [17] Asante Kotoko 2–1 Hearts of Oak
2020–2021Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 [2] Hearts of Oak 2–1 Asante Kotoko
2023 [18] Hearts of Oak 1–0 Asante Kotoko

Performance by club

ClubWinnersWinning Years
Asante Kotoko 81973, 1984, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2019
Hearts of Oak 62003, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2022, 2023
Berekum Chelsea 22011, 2012

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