Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club

association football club
Inception	11 Sapal/Nwadispii nɛ ayi 1911
Official name	Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club
Native label	Accra Hearts of Oak SC
Sport	association football
Continent	Africa
Country	Ghana
Head coach	Charles Kwabla Akonnor
League or competition	Ghana Premier League
Home venue	Accra Sports Stadium
Headquarters location	Accra
Official website	http://www.heartsofoaksc.com/
Category for members of a team	Category:Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. players

Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club, ka bɛdegʋ buon ye Hearts of Oak bɛɛ Hearts, anɛ professional sports club kanɛ bɛ Accra (Greater Accra), Ghana.^[1] Di da pin’ilnɛ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piinɛ yinne (1911) la ni, kilab la an football club kanɛ yuugi gaad kilab banɛ bɛ Ghana la wʋsa ka di si’im an wiig, dɔnbʋʋlʋm nɛ bʋlʋ. Hearts of Oak nya’ad Ghana Premier League, premier division kanɛ bɛ Ghana football ni. Accra Sports Stadium aan ba zin’ikanɛ ka ba nwɛ’ɛdi ba yin maknam.

Hearts da di Premier League la nɔɔrim pisi nɛ yinne (twenty-one times), Ghana FA Cup nɔɔrim piinɛ ayi (twelve times),^[2] Ghana Super Cup,nɔɔra atan’,^[3]^[4] President's Cup, nɔɔra ayuobʋ^[5]^[6]^[7] ka mɔr CAF Champions League nɛ CAF Confederations Cup nɔɔr yinne -yinne.^[8] Accra Hearts of Oak da lɛm paasnɛ anii dunia wʋsa bɔɔl kilab naming yʋʋm tusa ayi la ni (2000) kilab la da di continent la ninwisigir di’ema nam bɛdegʋ ni la.^[9] Accra Hearts of Oak remains an kilab kanɛ bɛ West Africa ka nyaŋi di Continental Treble; kilabnama ayuobʋ banɛ bɛ Africa la yinne nɛ dunia wʋsa kilabnam pisi nɛ yinne (21) pʋʋgin la, ban ma’aa nyaŋi paae zi’esim kaŋa. Sankanɛ ka Ghana da bɛ na’asaanam nu’usin la, Hearts of Oak da nyaŋi di league trophinama anii bɛ Accra Football League nɛ Gold Coast Club Competition ni, ba wʋsa da gaad tuon ka Ghana Premier League naan kena.^[10] Accra Football League la ni, Hearts of Oak da di Guggisberg Shield dinɛ ka Sir Gordon Guggisberg da tis la, din nya’aŋ Governor of the Gold Coast yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisi nɛ ayi (1922); Accra-based clubs da nya’ taaba ka nwɛ’ nɔɔrimpiinɛ ayi din yi yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisi nɛ ayi (1922) paae yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ anaasi (1954); Hearts of Oak da di Shield nɔɔra ayuobʋ, paas nɛ final tournament dinɛ ka ba da nwɛ’ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ anaasi la (1954).^[11]

Labakʋda

Kilab la da pin’ilnɛ 11 November 1911, Accra.^[12] Hearts of Oak da dii ba yiiga mak tita’ar 1922, Sir Gordon Guggisberg, onɛ da an Governor tis Gold Coast, da pin’il Accra Football League la. Hearts da di siizinnama ayuobʋ (6 seasons) yi siizinnam piinɛ ayi (12 seasons) pʋʋgin league kaŋa ni. Kilab la da di 1953/54 Gold Coast Club Competition, Ghana Premier League. 1956 ni, Hearts da paas Ghana Football League ka kpɛn ken tuon saŋa wʋsa.^[13]

Yʋʋm tusa ayi la ni (2000), Hearts of Oak won da di Ghana FA cup, Ghana Premier League nɛ CAF Champions League ban pin’il daareɛ.^[14] Yʋʋmkaŋa da an yʋʋmkanɛ ka kilab la nyɛ tuon ken.^[15] Team la tuon gat da anɛ Joseph Ansah.^[16]

Main article: Accra Sports Stadium disaster

9 May 2001, nidib kɔbiga nɛ pisi nɛ ayɔpɔi (127 people) da maal ka’alim Africa wʋsa worst footballing disaster la ni. Bɔɔlkanɛ ka Hearts of Oak nɛ Asante Kotoko da nwɛ’ɛd la. Daʋŋ la da pin’ilnɛ Asante Kotoko nidibi da pin’ili vɔɔnt kʋgʋs dinɛ pʋ dɔl suorɛ ka ba buoni di ye hooliganism la referee la bas ye di anɛ gool la yɛla. J. Wilson Sey,^[17] onɛ yi Cape Coast la da an referee. Police da nwɛ’ tear gas tud nidibin la ka ba ye pʋlis la maal si’el la tʋʋgnɛ. Labaya pa’al ye ba da yɔ zin’ig la za’anɔnyanɛ ka stadium mɛ pʋ paae FIFA zi’esim. Ba da zɔt ye ba pɔns tear gas la dinɛ da kɛ ka nidib banɛ da kpi la kanl da zu’oel. A commission inquiry, da gban’e pʋlis ayuobʋ ba yiiga vɛɛnsʋg la ni amaa ka da pʋ kpɛn’ɛsi ba sanrega bɔzugɔ kum la mɛ tʋn’e yi ban zɔɔ nɔ taaba la ka ka’ tear gas la.^[18]^[19] Din yi 2020 la, Accra Hearts of Oak nid ya’a da ye o yi ba da yɔɔdnɛ Dollanam miliyɔŋa ayi nɛ tusa atan (£2.03 million), dinɛ gad kilabnam la wʋsa Ghana.^[20]

Nwɛ’ɛb zin’ig

Accra Sports Stadium

Accra Hearts of Oak nwɛ’ɛdi ba yin maknamnɛ Accra Sports Stadium. Accra Sports Stadium na nyaŋi nɔk nidib nwɛnɛ tusa pisnaasi (40,000 seats). La’anɛ ban da da’a di 1980 la, Pobiman Training Ground da tʋmnɛ 2018 summer la ni. Kilab la mɔɔd ye ba mɛ state-of-the-art facility.

Dataas

Accra Hearts of Oak's mɔr dataadʋg ka di yuug nɛ Asante Kotoko S.C. nɛ ba tempʋʋgin dataas Accra Great Olympics FC.

Banɛ nwɛ’ɛd nananna

Yiiga team la nidib

Din yi 10 October 2022

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	GHA	Fatawu Mohammed (captain)
6	MF	GHA	Daniel Kodie
7	MF	GHA	Gladson Awako
8	FW	GHA	Benjamin York
9	FW	CAF	Yassan Ouatching
10	MF	GHA	Sulley Muntari
11	MF	GHA	Gladson Awako
13	MF	GHA	Kwadwo Obeng Junior
14	DF	GHA	Robert Addo Sowah
15	DF	GHA	Mohammed Alhassan
16	GK	GHA	Eric Ofori Antwi
18	MF	GHA	Daniel Afriyie
19	FW	CMR	Junior Kaaba

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	GHA	Caleb Amankwah
21	FW	GHA	Isaac Mensah
22	DF	GHA	Samuel Inkoom
23	FW	GHA	Enock Asubonteng
24	MF	GHA	Abdul-Aziz Nurudeen
27	DF	GHA	Dennis Korsah
28	FW	GHA	Agyenim Boateng
29	DF	GHA	James Sewornu
30	GK	GHA	Richard Attah
31	MF	GHA	Salifu Ibrahim
35	MF	GHA	Eric Esso
39	MF	GHA	Seidu Suraj
42	MF	GHA	William Opoku

Zun’or

Official trophies (banɛ ka CAF nɛ FIFA mi’ ti’ir)

Yin

Ghana Premier League

Champions (21): 1956, 1958, 1961–62, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1989–90, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2020–21

Ghanaian FA Cup

Winners (12): 1973, 1974, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1990 (After winning a protest that declared them winners), 1993–94, 1995–96, 1999, 2000, 2021, 2022 (record)

Ghana Super Cup

Winners (3): 1997, 1998, 2021 (joint record)

Yiiŋ (International)

CAF Champions League

Winners (1): 2000

Runners-up (2): 1977, 1979

CAF Confederation Cup

Winners (1): 2004

CAF Super Cup:

Winners (1): 2001

Runners-up (1): 2005

Banɛ paas GFA Title nam

Ghana SWAG Cup: 7^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]

1973, 1974 (shared), 1977 (shared), 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985

Ghana Telecom Gala: 4

GHALCA Special Cup: 3

Ghana Top Four Cup: 3

Ghana Top Eight Cup: 2

President's Cup: 6

2003, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2022, 2023

Independence Cup: 4

PLB Special Knockout: 1

June 4 Cup: 3

31 December Revolution Cup: 1

Kilab captainnam

Mahatma Ottoo (2011–2013)

Thomas Abbey (–2017)

Inusah Musah (2018)

Fatawu Mohammed (2018–present)

Manager nam

Manager nam din yi 1991

Petre Gavrilă (1991–95)

Cecil Jones Attuquayefio (1998–01)

Herbert Addo (2002–03)

Ernst Middendorp (2004)

Cecil Jones Attuquayefio (2004)

Archibald Lamptey (2004–05)

Emmanuel Ofei Ansah (2005)^[25]

Eyal Lahman (2008)

Kosta Papić (2008–09)

Nebojša Vučićević (2011–12)

Charles Akonnor (2012)

David Duncan (2012–13)^[26]

Mohammed Ahmed (Polo) (Interim) (2014)^[27]

Herbert Addo (2014–2015)

Kenichi Yatsuhashi (2015–2016)

Sérgio Traguil (2016 –2016)

Frank Nuttall (2017–18)

Henry Wellington Lamptey (2018)^[28]

Seth Hoffmann (2018)^[28]

Kim Grant (2018–2019)^[29]

Edward Nii Odoom (2020)^[30]

Kosta Papić (2020–2021)^[31]^[32]

Samuel Nii Noi (Interim) (2021)^[33]

Samuel Boadu (2021–2022)^[34]

Slavko Matic (2022–)^[35]

Gbanvɛɛnsa

[1] ttps://www.ghanafa.org/fa-pats-hearts-as-they-celebrate-first-100-years

[2] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20211116163052/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Hearts-of-Oak-beats-Ashgold-on-penalties-to-win-MTN-FA-Cup-1327882

[3] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20220220194751/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Hearts-to-play-either-Kotoko-or-AshGold-in-Super-Cup-clash-1328077

[4] ttps://ghanasoccernet.com/ghana-fa-to-confirm-hearts-of-oak-as-super-cup-winners

[5] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20210810181801/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Check-out-all-the-trophies-won-by-Hearts-of-Oak-and-Kumasi-Asante-Kotoko-1328791

[6] ttps://www.myjoyonline.com/konadu-yiadoms-header-settles-2023-presidents-cup-between-hearts-of-oak-and-asante-kotoko/

[7] ttps://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Match-Report-Hearts-of-Oak-beat-Akufo-Addo-s-Asante-Kotoko-to-win-President-s-Cup-1725662

[8] ttps://thesefootballtimes.co/2019/11/19/hearts-of-oaks-treble-winners-of-2000-a-team-and-manager-that-dominated-african-football/

[9] ttps://www.ghanasoccernet.com/today-history-hearts-win-2000-champions-league-chaotic-final%3famp=1

[10] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20210711222053/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Full-list-of-past-Ghana-Premier-League-title-winners-since-1920-1306675

[11] ttps://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/ghacuphist.html

[12] ttps://int.soccerway.com/teams/ghana/hearts-of-oak-sporting-club/3908/

[13] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20091202112934/http://de.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=2147481480/index.html

[14] ttp://phobiatalk.yuku.com/topic/874/2004-CAF-Clubs-Competition-Match-Reports

[15] ttp://phobiatalk.yuku.com/topic/874/2004-CAF-Clubs-Competition-Match-Reports

[16] ttps://www.goal.com/en-gh/news/4390/ghana-premier-league/2016/02/14/20363222/former-hearts-of-oak-captain-ansah-slams-team

[17] ttps://yen.com.gh/50158-may-9-disaster-referee-says-gpl-officials-not-bold.html

[18] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1462508.stm

[19] ttps://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/bmqnbv/fifteen-years-after-africas-deadliest-stadium-disaster-not-much-has-changed

[20] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20230305202010/http://ww1.sportsnetgh.com/?sub1=200d82bc-bb93-11ed-9805-3e0256ca1184

[21] ttps://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/History-and-facts-of-the-SWAG-CUP-277473

[22] ttps://swagghana.com/swag-cup/

[23] ttps://swagghana.com/swag-cup/

[24] ttps://footballghana.com/a-historical-overview-of-sports-writers-association-of-ghana-swag

[25] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/4073070.stm

[26] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20140714144532/http://www.accraheartsofoak.com/site/news/detail/819

[27] ttp://ghanasoccernet.com/mohammed-polo-can-only-return-to-hearts-as-a-technical-director

[:0-28] 28.0 ^28.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20180613234317/http://phobians.com/singlenews.php?id=326

[29] ttps://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Official-Hearts-of-Oak-sack-coach-Kim-Grant-826966

[30] ttps://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Edward-Nii-Odoom-takes-over-as-new-Hearts-of-Oak-head-coach-826981

[31] ttps://www.graphic.com.gh/sports/sports-news/confirmed.html

[32] ttps://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Official-Hearts-of-Oak-appoint-Kosta-Papic-as-the-new-head-coach-1123472

[33] ttps://citisportsonline.com/2021/02/16/hearts-of-oak-appoint-samuel-nii-noi-as-interim-coach/

[34] ttps://www.myjoyonline.com/samuel-boadu-hearts-of-oak-appoint-former-medeama-boss-as-new-coach/

[35] ttps://ghanasoccernet.com/official-hearts-of-oak-appoint-serbian-trainer-slavko-matic-as-new-head-coach

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