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| Full name | Football Club Samartex 1996 |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1995 |
| Ground | Samartex Park, Tarkwa, Ghana |
| Capacity | 7,000 [1] |
| League | Ghana Premier League |
| 2023–24 | Champions |
| Website | Club website |
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The club was founded in 1995 by the Samartex Timber & Plywood Company as a recreational football club, and gained promotion from the Third Division to the Second Division of the Western Region in their first season. [5] [6]
The club spent two decades at the lower divisions before getting promoted to the GPL in 2022–23. [7] [8] The following season, they surprisingly won the league title for the first time in the club's history. [9]
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