Premier Football League Final Table: 1.Hearts of Oak (Accra) 30 19 7 4 52-19 64 Champions 2.Asante Kotoko (Kumasi) 30 18 4 8 40-19 55 [-3] [GD +25] [*9,*27] 3.Goldfields (Obuasi) 30 14 3 13 31-26 45 [GD +9] [*9,*14,*15] 4.Dawu Youngstars (Dawu) 30 13 3 14 35-35 42 [GD -1] 5.Tano Bafoakwa (Sunyani) 30 11 8 11 32-33 41 6.Liberty Professionals (Accra) 30 11 7 12 35-32 40 [GD +4] [*14] 7.King Faisal Babies (Kumasi) 30 11 10 9 25-22 40 [-3] [GD 0] [*9] 8.Great Olympics (Accra) 30 9 12 9 27-23 39 9.Okwahu United (Nkawkaw) 30 10 9 11 33-33 39 10.Hasaacas (Sekondi) 30 11 6 13 32-37 39 11.Arsenals (Berekum) 30 11 6 13 22-33 39 [GD -12] [*23,*27] 12.Maxbees (Suhum) 30 11 4 15 27-54 37 [GD -24] [*23] 13.Real Tamale United (Tamale) 30 13 5 12 32-29 35 [GD 0] [-9?] [*7,*15] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14.GHAPOHA Readers (Tema) 30 9 8 13 19-22 35 Relegation Playoff --------------------------------------------------------- 15.Adansiman (Obuasi) 30 10 5 15 29-42 35 Relegated [GD -16] [*7,*9] 16.Kwaebibirem United (Asuom) 30 8 5 17 19-31 29 Relegated [GD -13] NB: it is unclear why RTU had 9 (or 6?) points deducted (presumably using ineligible players) or why Goldfields' original points deduction was revoked; decisions on Goldfields and Okwahu may have been revoked later. [*7] w/o goals rd 7 (RTU bt Adansiman by 2 goals difference) [*9] w/o goals rd 9 (Kotoko bt Adansiman by 1; Goldfields bt Faisal by 3(?)) [*14] w/o goals rd 14 (Liberty bt Goldfields by 1) [*15] w/o goals rd 15 (Goldfields bt RTU by 1) [*23] w/o goals rd 23 (Maxbees bt Arsenals by 3(?)) [*27] w/o goals rd 27 (Kotoko bt Arsenals by 3(?)) Round 1 [Apr 14] Olympics 1-0 Hasaacas King Faisal 1-0 Adansiman Arsenals 1-0 Kwaebibirem Dawu 0-0 Okwahu Maxbees 1-1 Ghapoha RTU 1-1 Kotoko Goldfields 0-0 Bofoakwa [Aug 15] Hearts 4-2 Liberty Round 2 [Apr 22] Kwaebibirem 4-1 Dawu Kotoko 1-0 Goldfields Hasaacas 1-0 Arsenals Okwahu 0-1 Maxbees Adansiman 0-0 Olympics Ghapoha 1-1 Liberty Bofoakwa awd Faisal [awarded 3-0 to Bofoakwa as Faisal used [Aug 19] ineligible player; originally 2-2] Hearts 2-1 RTU Round 3 [Apr 29] Olympics 0-1 Faisal Dawu 3-2 Hasaacas [also reported 2-1] Maxbees 1-0 Kwaebibirem Liberty 1-3 Okwawu RTU 1-0 Ghapoha Goldfields 0-1 Hearts Kotoko 3-0 Bofoakwa [May 1] Arsenals 3-1 Adansiman Round 4 [May 9] Bofoakwa 3-1 Olympics Faisal 2-1 Berekum Arsenals Adansiman 1-2 Dawu Hasaacas 2-0 Maxbees Okwawu 1-0 RTU Ghapoha 0-1 Goldfields Hearts 2-1 Kotoko [after the match, crowd disturbances caused by away support throwing bottles and chairs onto the field led the police to fire tear gas into the crowd, causing a mass panic leaving 126 dead] [Jun ?] Kwaebibirem 0-2 Liberty NB: all football activity suspended one month following the tragedy at Hearts vs Kotoko Round 5 [Jun 10] Arsenals 0-2 Olympics Dawu 2-0 Faisal Maxbees 2-2 Adansiman Liberty 0-0 Hasaacas Tamale Untd 2-0 Kwaebibirem Goldfields 4-0 Okwawu [awarded against Goldfield revoked] Kotoko 1-0 Ghapoha Hearts 1-0 Bofoakwa Round 6 [Jun 24] Adansiman 2-1 Liberty Faisal 3-0 Maxbees Olympics 2-3 Dawu Ghapoha 0-0 Hearts Okwawu 0-1 Kotoko Kwaebibirem 1-0 Goldfields [point deduction against Goldfields revoked] Hasaacas 2-1 Tamale Untd Bofoakwa 1-1 Arsenals Round 7 [Jul 5] Dawu 3-0 Arsenals Maxbees 1-0 Olympics Liberty 1-0 Faisal Goldfields 3-2 Hasaacas Kotoko 2-0 Kwaebibirem Hearts 3-2 Okwawu Ghapoha 0-0 Bofoakwa Adansiman lt RTU [by 2 so 0-2 or 1-3...] Round 8 [Jul 8] Adansiman 1-4 Goldfields Faisal 1-1 Tamale Untd Olympics 0-1 Liberty Arsenals 1-0 Maxbees Okwawu 0-0 Ghapoha Kwaebibirem 0-2 Hearts Hasaacas 0-3 Kotoko Bofoakwa 0-0 Dawu Round 9 [Jul 11] Maxbees 3-2 Dawu Liberty 2-0 Arsenals Tamale Untd 1-0 Olympics Ghapoha 2-0 Kwaebibirem Okwawu 2-0 Bofoakwa [later] Hearts 1-0 Hasaacas Goldfields bt King Faisal [by 3 goals?] Kotoko bt Adansiman [by 1 goal] Round 10 [Jul 18] Arsenals 1-1 RTU Bofoakwa 3-0 Maxbees Kwaebibirem 1-1 Okwawu Olympics 0-2 Goldfields Adansiman 0-0 Hearts King Faisal 0-1 Kotoko Hasaacas 1-0 Ghapoha Dawu 0-1 Liberty Round 11 [Jul 22] Tamale Untd 1-0 Dawu Goldfields 1-0 Arsenals Kotoko 2-0 Olympics Hearts 2-0 Faisal Ghapoha 1-2 Adansiman Okwawu 1-2 Hasaacas Kwaebibirem 1-0 Bofoakwa Liberty 1-1 Maxbees Round 12 [Aug 1] Olympics 1-1 Hearts Maxbees 0-1 RTU Bofoakwa 1-1 Liberty Adansiman 2-2 Okwawu King Faisal 1-0 Ghapoha Arsenals 1-1 Kotoko Dawu 2-0 Goldfields Hasaacas 2-1 Kwaebibirem Round 13 [Aug 5] RTU 1-1 Liberty Goldfields 6-2 Maxbees Kotoko 2-0 Dawu Hearts 6-0 Arsenals Ghapoha 0-0 Olympics Okwawu 1-1 King Faisal Kwaebibirem 0-0 Adansiman Hasaacas 2-0 Bofoakwa Round 14 [Aug 8] Olympics 1-1 Okwawu Dawu 0-1 Hearts Adansiman 2-0 Hasaacas Faisal 1-0 Kwaebibirem Maxbees 0-4 Kotoko Arsenals 1-0 Ghapoha Bofoakwa 1-0 RTU Liberty bt Goldfields [by 1 goal] Round 15 [Aug 12] Hearts 5-0 Maxbees Kotoko 2-0 Liberty Bofoakwa 3-2 Adansiman Ghapoha 1-0 Dawu Kwaebibirem 0-0 Olympics Okwawu 3-0 Arsenals Hasaacas 1-0 Faisal Goldfields bt RTU [by 1 goal] Round 16 [Sep 2] Hasaacas 0-0 Olympics Adansiman 1-0 King Faisal Kwaebibirem 3-1 Arsenals Okwahu 2-1 Dawu Ghapoha 2-1 Maxbees Kotoko 2-0 RTU Bofoakwa 1-0 Goldfields Liberty 1-3 Hearts Round 17 [Sep 5] Dawu 1-0 Kwaebibirem Goldfields 2-0 Kotoko Arsenals 2-0 Hasaacas Maxbees 2-0 Okwahu Olympics 1-0 Adansiman Faisal 0-0 Bofoakwa RTU 1-0 Hearts [Sep 6] Liberty 1-2 Ghapoha Round 18 [Sep 9] Faisal 2-2 Olympics Hasaacas 0-1 Dawu Kwaebibirem 3-0 Maxbees [also reported 1-1] Okwawu 2-1 Liberty Ghapoha 2-0 RTU Bofoakwa awd Kotoko [awarded 3-0 to Bofoakwa, Kotoko 3 points deducted; [Sep 12] abandoned at 0-0 in 75' after a 'fan' attacked Hearts 3-0 Goldfields the referee] Adansiman 0-1 Arsenals Round 19 [Sep 16] Olympics 1-1 Bofoakwa Arsenals 0-0 Faisal Dawu 1-0 Adansiman Maxbees 1-1 Hasaacas RTU 3-0 Okwawu Goldfields 0-0 Ghapoha Kotoko 2-0 Hearts Liberty 0-1 Kwaebibirem Round 20 [Sep 22] Ghapoha 1-0 Kotoko [Sep 23] Olympics 2-0 Arsenals Faisal 1-1 Dawu Adansiman 2-1 Maxbees Hasaacas 3-1 Liberty Kwaebibirem 2-1 RTU Bofoakwa 1-1 Hearts [later] Okwawu awd Goldfields [awarded 3-0 to Okwawu, forfeit Goldfields] Round 21 [Sep 30] Liberty 6-0 Adansiman Maxbees 1-0 Faisal Dawu 0-2 Olympics Hearts 2-0 Ghapoha Kotoko 0-1 Okwawu Goldfields 1-0 Kwaebibirem RTU 1-0 Hasaacas Arsenals 1-0 Bofoakwa Round 22 [Oct 7] Arsenals 1-0 Dawu Olympics 3-0 Maxbees Faisal 0-0 Liberty Hasaacas 1-1 Goldfields Kwaebibirem 0-2 Kotoko Okwawu 2-3 Hearts Bofoakwa 1-0 Ghapoha RTU 0-2 Adansiman Round 23 [Oct 14] Goldfields 0-1 Adansiman RTU 1-1 Faisal Liberty 0-0 Olympics Maxbees bt Arsenals [wrongly reported 0-2 (or awarded)] Ghapoha 1-0 Okwawu Hearts 2-0 Kwaebibirem Kotoko 3-3 Hasaacas Dawu 4-2 Bofoakwa Round 24 [Oct 21] Dawu 4-1 Maxbees Arsenals 1-0 Liberty Olympics 4-1 RTU Faisal 1-0 Goldfields Adansiman 0-3 Kotoko Hasaacas 1-0 Hearts Kwaebibirem 1-0 Ghapoha Bofoakwa 1-0 Okwawu Round 25 [Oct 28] Hearts 3-1 Adansiman Kotoko 0-1 Faisal RTU 2-0 Arsenals Liberty 2-0 Dawu Okwawu 0-0 Kwaebibirem Ghapoha 2-1 Hasaacas Maxbees 3-2 Bofoakwa Goldfields 2-0 Olympics Round 26 [Nov 4] Dawu 2-0 RTU Arsenals 2-0 Goldfields Olympics 1-1 Kotoko Faisal 0-0 Hearts Adansiman 1-0 Ghapoha Hasaacas 1-2 Okwawu Bofoakwa 1-0 Kwaebibirem Maxbees 1-0 Liberty Round 27 [Nov 11] Okwawu 2-0 Adansiman Ghapoha 1-1 Faisal Hearts 0-0 Olympics Kotoko bt Arsenals [wrongly reported 1-1 (or awarded)] Goldfields 2-0 Dawu RTU 3-0 Maxbees Kwaebibirem 0-0 Hasaacas Liberty 3-1 Bofoakwa Round 28 [Nov 18] Liberty 3-1 RTU Maxbees 1-0 Goldfields Dawu 1-0 Kotoko Arsenals 1-1 Hearts Olympics 1-0 Ghapoha Faisal 2-1 Okwawu Adansiman 2-1 Kwaebibirem Bofoakwa 1-0 Hasaacas Round 29 [Nov 25] Hasaacas 3-2 Adansiman Kwaebibirem 0-1 Faisal Okwawu 0-0 Olympics Ghapoha 0-1 Arsenals Hearts 2-0 Dawu Kotoko 2-1 Maxbees RTU 4-1 Bofoakwa Goldfields 2-1 Liberty Round 30 [Dec 2] Maxbees 2-1 Hearts Liberty 1-0 Kotoko Adansiman 2-1 Bofoakwa Dawu 1-2 Ghapoha Olympics 2-0 Kwaebibirem Arsenals 1-1 Okwawu Faisal 4-1 Hasaacas RTU 2-0 Goldfields Final Table: 1.Hearts of Oak (Accra) 30 19 7 4 52-19 64 Champions 2.Asante Kotoko (Kumasi) 30 18 4 8 40-19 55 [-3] [GD +25] [*9,*27] 3.Goldfields (Obuasi) 30 14 3 13 31-26 45 [GD +9] [*9,*14,*15] 4.Dawu Youngstars (Dawu) 30 13 3 14 35-35 42 [GD -1] 5.Tano Bafoakwa (Sunyani) 30 11 8 11 32-33 41 6.Liberty Professionals (Accra) 30 11 7 12 35-32 40 [GD +4] [*14] 7.King Faisal Babies (Kumasi) 30 11 10 9 25-22 40 [-3] [GD 0] [*9] 8.Great Olympics (Accra) 30 9 12 9 27-23 39 9.Okwahu United (Nkawkaw) 30 10 9 11 33-33 39 10.Hasaacas (Sekondi) 30 11 6 13 32-37 39 11.Arsenals (Berekum) 30 11 6 13 22-33 39 [GD -12] [*23,*27] 12.Maxbees (Suhum) 30 11 4 15 27-54 37 [GD -24] [*23] 13.Real Tamale United (Tamale) 30 13 5 12 32-29 35 [GD 0] [-9?] [*7,*15] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14.GHAPOHA Readers (Tema) 30 9 8 13 19-22 35 Relegation Playoff --------------------------------------------------------- 15.Adansiman (Obuasi) 30 10 5 15 29-42 35 Relegated [GD -16] [*7,*9] 16.Kwaebibirem United (Asuom) 30 8 5 17 19-31 29 Relegated [GD -13] NB: it is unclear why RTU had 9 (or 6?) points deducted (presumably using ineligible players) or why Goldfields' original points deduction was revoked; decisions on Goldfields and Okwahu may have been revoked later. [*7] w/o goals rd 7 (RTU bt Adansiman by 2 goals difference) [*9] w/o goals rd 9 (Kotoko bt Adansiman by 1; Goldfields bt Faisal by 3(?)) [*14] w/o goals rd 14 (Liberty bt Goldfields by 1) [*15] w/o goals rd 15 (Goldfields bt RTU by 1) [*23] w/o goals rd 23 (Maxbees bt Arsenals by 3(?)) [*27] w/o goals rd 27 (Kotoko bt Arsenals by 3(?)) Top Scorers (Aug 19): 1. Ishmael Addo (Hearts) 13 goals 2. Awudu Adama (Dawu) 9 3. Isaac Boakye (Goldfields) 9 Promoted: Brong Ahofu United, Power FC, Prestea Mines Stars National Cup 1/4 Finals [Nov 14] Asante Kotoko 1-0 Hearts of Oak Olympics 0-1 Dwarfs Goldfields 2-1 Ghapoha [date?] King Faisal Babies 2-0 Liberty Professionals Semifinals [Nov 28] Asante Kotoko 5-0 Cape Coast Dwarfs [Joe Okyere 20, 49, Charles Asamoah 67, Aziz Ansah, Osei Kwame 73] King Faisal Babies 4-0 Goldfields [Issah Debrah 20, Frank Osei 64, 69, Joe Agyemang 90] Final [Dec 9, Accra] Asante Kotoko 1-0 King Faisal Babies [aet] [Kwaku Bueh] Zone 1 Sub-Middle League 2001 Participants: Brong Ahafo United Yeji Elf Stars Pro Sports Mighty Rocks Brong Ahafo United and Yeji Elf Stars qualified for Middle League Zone 2 Sub-Middle League 2001 (December 2001) Participants: Mine Stars (won zonal league) Amansie United Iron Fighters (won zonal league) Eleven Wise Mine Stars and Iron Fighters qualified for Middle League Zone 3 Sub-Middle League 2001 Participants: Tudu Mighty Jets Power Olympiakos Stay Cool Professionals Mighty Jets and Power qualified for Middle League; after Tudu Mighty Jets withdrew, Olympiakos took their place. Middle League 2001/02 NB: AC Olympiakos took the place of Tudu Mighty Jets, who had qualified but withdrew. Mighty Jets were banned for three years, leading to a protracted legal wrangle at the end of which they were re-instated at the second level in December 2002. Round 1 Prestea Mine Stars 1-0 Iron Fighters Brong Ahofu United 1-0 Power AC Olympiakos 4-4 Yeji Stars Round 2 Brong Ahofu United 2-1 AC Olympiakos Prestea Mine Stars 3-1 Yeji Stars Power FC 2-0 Mpohor Iron Fighters NB: results of rounds 3-5 unavailable. Promoted: B.A. United, Mine Stars and Power, one after a play-off against Ghapoha.
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