Samartex

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Samartex
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Full nameFootball Club Samartex 1996
Founded1995
Ground Samartex Park, Tarkwa, Ghana
Capacity7,000 [1]
Website Club website

Football Club Samartex 1996, more commonly known as Samartex, is a Ghanaian professional football team based at Samartex Park in Tarkwa [2] [3] [4] that plays in the Ghana Premier League. 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]

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References

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  2. Bonaventure, Kolog (25 January 2019). "FC Samartex to host Medeama SC in club friendly". Footballghana. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
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  6. "Samartex Football Club". Samartex Timber & Plywood Company Limited. Retrieved 2020-04-01.