Ghana 1999

ABC Golden Lager Premier League

Table:

 1.Hearts of Oak             30 19  5  6 57-27 62  [Accra]      Champions
 2.Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs  30 16  5  9 40-29 53  [Swedru]   
 3.Real Tamale United        30 16  4 10 48-30 52  [Tamale]
 4.Okwahu United             30 16  2 12 38-29 50  [Nkawkaw]   
 5.Asante Kotoko             30 16  5  9 38-31 50  [Kumasi]     [*]
 6.Goldfields                30 15  1 14 34-28 46  [Obuasi]
 7.King Faisal Babies        30 12  8 10 34-29 44  [Kumasi]   
 8.Hasaacas                  30 12  6 12 29-29 42  [Sekondi]    
 9.Great Olympics            30 11  8 11 30-29 41  [Accra]
10.Liberty Professionals     30 12  3 15 30-30 39  [Accra]    
11.Dawu Youngstars           30  9 10 11 35-38 37  [Dawu]  
12.Power FC                  30  9  9 12 26-33 36  [Koforidua]  
13.GHAPOHA Readers           30  8 12 10 24-32 36  [Tema] 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14.Tano Bafoakwa             30 10  3 17 20-43 33  [Sunyani]    Relegation Playoff
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15.All Blacks                30 10  5 15 32-42 32  [Swedru]     [*]  Relegated  
16.Afienya United            30  2  8 20 12-48 14  [Tema]       Relegated  

[*] Asante Kotoko and All Blacks had 3 points deducted 

Round 1 [Feb 7]
Hearts          4-1 Afienya U.
Goldfields      3-1 All Blacks
Dwarfs          3-0 Asante Kotoko	[awarded]
Ghapoha         0-0 Olympics
King Faisal     0-0 RTU
Dawu Youngstars 3-1 Tano Bofoakwa  
Hasaacas        0-1 Liberty Professionals
Okwahu          2-0 Power FC
Asanta Kotoko had 3 points deducted for failing to honour their
first round match against Dwarfs.

Round 2 [Feb 10]
Asante Kotoko   1-0 Goldfields 
Power FC        1-1 Hearts of Oak
Afienya U.      0-1 Dwarfs
All Blacks      1-0 King Faisal
Tano Bofoakwa   0-0 Hasaacas   
RTU             1-1 Ghapoha
Olympics        0-0 Dawu
Liberty Prof.   0-1 Okwahu		[Feb 11]

Round 3 [Feb 14]
Hearts          2-0 Liberty
Dawu            1-1 RTU
Hasaacas        2-0 Olympics
Okwahu          1-0 Bofoakwa
Dwarfs          1-0 Power
Goldfields      5-0 Afienya
Asante Kotoko   3-1 All Blacks
Ghapoha         3-1 King Faisal  

Round 4 [Mar 21]
RTU             0-1 Hasaacas
King Faisal     2-0 Dawu         
Afienya U.      1-1 Asante Kotoko
Power FC        1-0 Goldfields
Liberty Prof.   1-3 Dwarfs		[Mar 20]
Tano Bofoakwa   0-3 Hearts of Oak
Olympics        3-2 Okwahu
All Blacks      4-0 Ghapoha

Round 5 [Mar 24]
Dawu            5-1 Ghapoha
Hasaacas        1-1 King Faisal
Okwahu          3-0 RTU
Hearts          0-1 Olympics
Dwarfs          1-0 Bofoakwa
Goldfields      2-3 Liberty
Asante Kotoko   0-1 Power		[played later]
Afienya U.      1-1 All Blacks

Round 6 [Mar 28]
RTU             1-2 Hearts of Oak	[played later]
King Faisal     2-0 Okwahu
Ghapoha         0-0 Hasaacas
Power FC        1-0 Afienya
Liberty Prof.   1-2 Asante Kotoko	[played later]
Tano Bofoakwa   1-0 Goldfields
Olympics        2-0 Dwarfs		[played later]   
All Blacks      0-1 Dawu

Round 7 [Apr 11]
Hasaacas        2-0 Dawu
Okwahu          0-0 Ghapoha
Hearts          2-2 King Faisal
Dwarfs          2-3 RTU
Goldfields      1-0 Olympics
Asante Kotoko   3-1 Bofoakwa
Afienya U.      0-1 Liberty
Power FC        1-1 All Blacks

Round 8 [Apr 17]
RTU             2-0 Goldfields
King Faisal     3-3 Dwarfs       
Ghapoha         1-2 Hearts of Oak	[played later]
Dawu            0-0 Okwahu		[played later]
Liberty Prof.   2-0 Power		[Apr 16]
Tano Bofoakwa   2-1 Afienya
Olympics        1-0 Asante Kotoko
All Blacks      2-2 Hasaacas		[played later]

Round 9 [Apr 25]
Okwahu          0-2 Hasaacas
Hearts          5-1 Dawu
Dwarfs          0-0 Ghapoha
Goldfields      1-0 King Faisal
Asante Kotoko   2-1 RTU
Afienya U.      0-2 Olympics
Power FC        1-0 Bofoakwa
Liberty Prof.   2-0 All Blacks		[Apr 24]

Round 10 [Apr 28]
RTU             4-0 Afienya
King Faisal     1-2 Kotoko		[May 5]      
Ghapoha         1-2 Goldfields
Dawu            3-1 Dwarfs
Hasaacas        1-0 Hearts		[May 5]   
Tano Bofoakwa   1-0 Liberty
Olympics        3-2 Power
All Blacks      0-3 Okwahu		[awarded after originally 1-0]
All Blacks had 3 points deducted.

Round 11 [May 2]
Hearts          2-1 Okwahu		[May 26]
Dwarfs          1-1 Hasaacas
Goldfields      2-0 Dawu
Asante Kotoko   3-0 Ghapoha		[May 19]
Afienya U.      2-1 King Faisal
Power FC        4-1 RTU
Liberty Prof.   1-1 Olympics
Tano Bofoakwa   1-2 All Blacks

Round 12 [May 9]
RTU             2-0 Liberty
King Faisal     0-0 Power
Ghapoha         0-0 Afienya
Dawu            1-1 Asante Kotoko
Hasaacas        0-1 Goldfields
Okwahu          2-1 Dwarfs
Olympics        2-1 Bofoakwa
All Blacks      1-1 Hearts of Oak

Round 13 [May 16]
Dwarfs          2-1 Hearts		[Jun 6]
Goldfields      1-0 Okwahu		[Jun 6]  
Asante Kotoko   1-1 Hasaacas		[May 26]
Afienya U.      1-1 Dawu
Power FC        0-1 Ghapoha		[May 17]
Liberty Prof.   1-0 King Faisal		[May 15]
Tano Bofoakwa   2-1 RTU
Olympics        1-0 All Blacks

Round 14 [May 23]
RTU             3-0 Olympics
King Faisal     1-0 Bofoakwa
Ghapoha         1-0 Liberty
Dawu            0-0 Power
Hasaacas        5-1 Afienya    
Okwahu          2-3 Kotoko      
Hearts          1-0 Goldfields
All Blacks      0-1 Dwarfs      

Round 15 [May 30]
Goldfields      1-0 Dwarfs
Asante Kotoko   0-1 Hearts of Oak
Afienya U.      0-2 Okwahu
Power FC        0-1 Hasaacas
Liberty Prof.   2-2 Dawu		[Jun 5]
Tano Bofoakwa   1-0 Ghapoha   
Olympics        0-1 King Faisal
All Blacks      2-1 RTU

Round 16 [Jun 20]
Afienya         0-1 Hearts   
All Blacks      2-0 Goldfields 
Kotoko          3-4 Dwarfs  
Olympics        1-1 Ghapoha   
RTU             1-0 King Faisal 
Tano Bofoakwa   1-0 Dawu Youngstars 
Liberty Prof.   3-0 Hasaacas
Power           2-1 Okwahu    

Round 17 [Jun 27]
Hearts          4-1 Power
Dwarfs          1-0 Afienya
King Faisal     3-1 All Blacks		[Jun 28]
Hasaacas        3-1 Bofoakwa
Ghapoha         0-1 RTU
Dawu            0-0 Olympics
Okwahu          1-0 Liberty Prof.  
Goldfields      1-0 Kotoko		[Jun 28]

Round 18 [Jul 7]
Olympics        2-0 Hasaacas
Afienya U.      1-2 Goldfields
King Faisal     2-1 Ghapoha
RTU             3-1 Dawu     
Power           1-0 Dwarfs
Tano Bofoakwa   1-0 Okwahu
Liberty Prof.   0-1 Hearts		[Jul 8]
All Blacks      0-1 Kotoko

Round 19 [Jul 11]
Hearts          4-0 Bofoakwa   
Kotoko          1-0 Afienya
Hasaacas        1-0 RTU
Goldfields      1-0 Power
Okwahu          2-1 Olympics
Dwarfs          2-0 Liberty Prof.
Dawu            0-0 King Faisal
Ghapoha         0-0 All Blacks   

Round 20 [Jul 18]
Olympics        2-2 Hearts       
Ghapoha         2-1 Dawu
King Faisal     1-0 Hasaacas
RTU             1-0 Okwahu
Tano Bofoakwa   1-1 Dwarfs
Power           0-1 Kotoko   
All Blacks      3-0 Afienya
Liberty Prof.   1-0 Goldfields		[Jul 17]

Round 21 [Jul 21]
Hearts          3-2 RTU
Kotoko          1-0 Liberty Prof.
Goldfields      2-0 Bofoakwa
Hasaacas        2-1 Ghapoha
Dwarfs          1-1 Olympics
Okwahu          2-1 King Faisal
Dawu            3-2 All Blacks
Afienya         0-0 Power

Round 22 [Aug 8]
Olympics        3-1 Goldfields
Tano Bofoakwa   0-1 Kotoko
RTU             1-0 Dwarfs
Dawu            2-0 Hasaacas
King Faisal     0-0 Hearts
All Blacks      2-0 Power
Ghapoha         2-1 Okwahu
Liberty Prof.   1-0 Afienya		[Aug 9]

Round 23 [Aug 15]
Kotoko          1-1 Olympics
Hearts          2-1 Ghapoha
Goldfields      0-1 RTU
Hasaacas        1-0 All Blacks
Okwahu          1-0 Dawu
Power		0-0 Liberty Prof.
Afienya		0-0 Tano Bofoakwa
Dwarfs          2-1 King Faisal

Round 24 [Aug 22]
Olympics        2-0 Afienya
RTU             2-0 Kotoko
Tano Bofoakwa   2-1 Power
Ghapoha         2-0 Dwarfs
King Faisal     2-1 Goldfields
All Blacks      1-0 Liberty Prof.
Hearts          3-1 Dawu		[Sep 5]
Hasaacas        0-1 Okwahu		[Aug 23]

Round 25 [Aug 29]
Kotoko          1-3 King Faisal
Hearts          2-1 Hasaacas
Power           2-1 Olympics
Goldfields      0-0 Ghapoha
Afienya         0-0 RTU
Dwarfs          1-0 Dawu
Okwahu          2-0 All Blacks
Liberty Prof.   4-0 Tano Bofoakwa   

Round 26 [Sep 12]
Olympics        0-1 Liberty Prof.  
King Faisal     2-1 Afienya
RTU             4-1 Power
Hasaacas        1-0 Dwarfs
All Blacks      2-0 Tano Bofoakwa  
Okwahu          3-2 Hearts
Ghapoha         1-1 Kotoko
Dawu            3-2 Goldfields

Round 27 [Sep 19]
Liberty         3-1 RTU       
Power           1-1 King Faisal  
Afienya         0-0 Ghapoha
Asante Kotoko   2-1 Dawu         
Goldfields      3-0 Hasaacas
Dwarfs          2-0 Okwahu
Bofoakwa        1-0 Olympics  
Hearts          3-0 All Blacks  

Round 28 [Sep 26]
Hearts          0-1 Dwarfs		[Sep 25]
All Blacks      1-0 Olympics		[Sep 25]
King Faisal	1-0 Liberty Prof.
Hasaacas        0-1 Kotoko
RTU             4-0 Tano Bofoakwa
Okwahu          abd Goldfields        [abandoned at 0-0 in 80' when Goldfields
Dawu            1-0 Afienya            refused to continue following crowd
Ghapoha         1-1 Power              disturbances]
Replay [Oct 1]
Okwahu          2-0  Goldfields   

Round 29 [Sep 29]
Olympics        0-2 RTU         
Kotoko          2-0 Okwawu
Bofoakwa        2-1 King Faisal
Goldfields      2-1 Hearts
Dwarfs          4-1 All Blacks
Power           1-1 Dawu
Afienya         1-0 Hasaacas
Liberty         1-2 Ghapoha		[Sep 30]

Round 30 [Oct 3]
Hearts          2-0 Kotoko
Dwarfs          1-0 Goldfields 
RTU             4-1 All Blacks
King Faisal     1-0 Olympics
Ghapoha         1-0 Tano Bofoakwa
Hasaacas        1-3 Power         
Okwahu          3-1 Afienya    
Dawu            3-1 Liberty     

Table:

 1.Hearts of Oak             30 19  5  6 57-27 62  [Accra]      Champions
 2.Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs  30 16  5  9 40-29 53  [Swedru]   
 3.Real Tamale United        30 16  4 10 48-30 52  [Tamale]
 4.Okwahu United             30 16  2 12 38-29 50  [Nkawkaw]   
 5.Asante Kotoko             30 16  5  9 38-31 50  [Kumasi]     [*]
 6.Goldfields                30 15  1 14 34-28 46  [Obuasi]
 7.King Faisal Babies        30 12  8 10 34-29 44  [Kumasi]   
 8.Hasaacas                  30 12  6 12 29-29 42  [Sekondi]    
 9.Great Olympics            30 11  8 11 30-29 41  [Accra]
10.Liberty Professionals     30 12  3 15 30-30 39  [Accra]    
11.Dawu Youngstars           30  9 10 11 35-38 37  [Dawu]  
12.Power FC                  30  9  9 12 26-33 36  [Koforidua]  
13.GHAPOHA Readers           30  8 12 10 24-32 36  [Tema] 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14.Tano Bafoakwa             30 10  3 17 20-43 33  [Sunyani]    Relegation Playoff
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15.All Blacks                30 10  5 15 32-42 32  [Swedru]     [*]  Relegated  
16.Afienya United            30  2  8 20 12-48 14  [Tema]       Relegated  

[*] Asante Kotoko and All Blacks had 3 points deducted 

Topscorer: Ishmael Addo	[Hearts]


Cups 1999

ABC Golden Lager Cup

First Round [July 5]
Khalid [Accra]		2-3 Afienya United
Queen's Park Rangers	0-1 Ghapoha
Republicans [Tamale]	0-2 Goldfields
Buem United [Jasikan]	0-1 Hearts
Voradep [Ho]		2-0 All Blacks
Jakpa Warriors [Salaga]	1-1 RTU			[4-5 pen]
Kwamax [Wa]		1-3 Asante Kotoko
MaxBees [Suhum]		0-0 Okwawu		[3-4 pen]
Corners [Konongo]	0-0 Dawu		[6-5 pen]

1/8 Finals
Olympics                drw Power                [Accra; 6-5 pen]
Asante Kotoko           1-2 King Faisal          [Kumasi]
  [7' George Siaw; 44' and 52' Nana Kofi Frimpong]
Ghapoha FC              1-0 Bofoakwa Tano        [Tema]
  [70' Kwabena Boateng]
Hearts of Oak           3-0 Afienya United       [Accra]
  [37' Kenneth Sarpong, 45' Joe Fameyeh, 48' Charles Allotey]]
Okwawu United           0-0 Sekondi Hasaacas     [Nkawkaw; 4-3 pen]
Real Tamale United      0-0 Kumasi Cornerstone   [Tamale; 3-1 pen]
Ebusua Dwarfs           1-0 Obuasi Goldfields    [Cape Coast]
  [69' Stephen Owusu]
[Jul 28]
Liberty Professionals   bt  Voradep Ho           [Koforidua]

1/4 Finals 
[Aug 11]
Olympics                3-1 Ghapoha FC           [Accra]
  [7' Razak Pimpong, 27' Amui Quaye, 60' Nana Eshun; 34' Kwasi Lawson]
Ebusua Dwarfs           n/p Real Tamale United   [Cape Coast]  [RTU dns]
[Aug 12]
King Faisal             1-2 Hearts of Oak        [Kumasi]
Liberty Professionals   2-0 Okwawu United        [Accra]

Semifinals
[Oct 10]
Olympics                1-0 Ebusua Dwarfs        [Koforidua]
  [23' Kwame Ali]
[Oct 13]
Hearts of Oak           3-2 Liberty Professionals 

Final [Nov 3]
Hearts of Oak           3-1 Olympics
  [Charles Allotey 20', Desmond Amoah 63' [pen], Robert Sabah 89'; 
   Charles Taylor 2']


Osagyefo's Cup

[donated by President J.J. Rawlings to mark 90th birthday of Dr. Nkrumah]

Final [Sep 26, Accra's Sport Stadium]
Olympics                1-0 Hearts of Oak 
  [Laryea Kingston 68 (pen)]


Ghana Second Level (First Division) 1999

Participants include:

Arsenal             [Berekum?]
Heroes
Kintampo United 
Kwamax              [Wa?]
Mines Stars         [Biogoso?]
Upper West Heroes 
Vibe                [Juapong?]
Voradep Ho          [Ho]

Scheduled matches:
[Jul 28]
Mines Stars        -  Heroes          [Biogoso]
[Aug 1]
Kwamax             -  Arsenal         [Wa]
Vibe               -  Voradep Ho      [Juapong]

[this appears to be a regional league, from which apparently
 Arsenal earned a playoff spot for the so-called "Middle League"]


Middle League

Round 1 [Oct 6]
Adansiman         0-1 Kwaebibrim      [Tamale]
Arsenal           1-4 Vipers          [Dawu]
Brong Ah. United  0-0 Maxbees         [Cape Coast]

Round 2 [Oct 10]
Kwaebibrim        3-3 Arsenal         [Cape Coast]
Maxbees           1-1 Adansiman       [Tema]
Vipers            0-1 Brong A. United [Dawu]

Round 3 [Oct 13]
Kwaebibrim        2-1 Maxbees         [Tema]
Arsenal           1-2 Brong A. United [Cape Coast]
Adansiman         4-0 Vipers          [Dawu]

Round 4 [Oct 17]
Vipers             -  Kwaebibrim      [Tema]
Brong Ah. United   -  Adansiman       [Dawu]
Maxbees            -  Arsenal         [Cape Coast]

Round 5 [Oct 20]
Kwaebibrim         -  Brong A. United [Cape Coast]
Adansiman          -  Arsenal         [Dawu]
Maxbees            -  Vipers          [Tema]

 1.Asuom Kwaebibrim Stars       3  2  1  0  6- 4  7
 2.Brong Ahofa United           3  2  1  0  3- 1  7
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 3.Obuasi Adansiman             3  1  1  1  5- 2  4
 4.Cape Coast Venomous Vipers   3  1  0  2  4- 6  3
 5.Suhum Maxbees                3  0  2  1  2- 3  2
 6.Berekum Arsenal              3  0  1  2  5- 9  1

[Kwaebibrim Stars and Brong Ahofa United were promoted]
[3rd place finishers (unknown) lost playoff against Bofoakwa]

1997/98

2000

list of champions

list of final tables

list of cup winners


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