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Hearts of Oak
Full nameAccra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club
Nickname(s)Phobia
Founded11 November 1911;113 years ago(1911-11-11)
GroundAccra Sports Stadium
Capacity40,000
ChairmanTogbe Afede XIV
ManagerAboubakar Ouattara
LeagueGhana Premier League
2022–2312th
Websitehttp://heartsofoaksc /
Current season

Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club,commonly referred to asHearts of Oakor justHearts,is a professionalsports clubbased inAccra(Greater Accra),Ghana.[1]Founded in 1911, the club is the oldest surviving football club in Ghana and its traditional colours are red, yellow and blue. Hearts of Oak competes in theGhana Premier League,the premier division on the Ghanaian football pyramid. TheAccra Sports Stadiumis the club's home grounds.

Hearts has won the Premier League twenty-one times, theGhanaian FA Cupa record twelve times,[2]theGhana Super Cup,a joint record three times[3][4]thePresident's Cup,six times,[5][6][7]and theCAF Champions Leagueand theCAF Confederations Cuponce each.[8]Accra Hearts of Oak was also ranked eighth football club in the world in the year 2000 when the club dominated most of the continent's sporting activities.[9]Accra Hearts of Oak remains the only football club in West Africa to have won aContinental Treble;one of 6 Africa-based clubs and one of 21 football clubs worldwide to have achieved this feat. During the colonial period, Hearts of Oak won a combined total of eight football league trophies in theAccra Football Leagueand theGold Coast Club Competition,both precursors to the Ghana Premier League.[10]In the Accra Football League, Hearts of Oak won the Guggisberg Shield donated by SirGordon Guggisberg,then Governor of the Gold Coast in 1922; the competition for Accra-based clubs was played on 12 occasions between 1922 and 1954; Hearts of Oak won the Shield six times, including the final tournament played in 1954.[11]

History

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The club was founded on 11 November 1911, in Accra.[12]Hearts of Oak won their first major match in 1922 when SirGordon Guggisberg,then Governor of theGold Coast,founded theAccra Football League.Hearts won 6 out of 12 seasons in this league. The club also won the 1953/54 edition of theGold Coast Club Competition– the colonial precursor to the Ghana Premier League.[10]In 1956, Hearts joined the Ghanaian Football League and have flourished ever since.[13]

In the year 2000, the Hearts of Oak won the Ghanaian FA cup, theGhana Premier Leagueand for the first time in their history theCAF Champions League.[14]This was the most successful year in the club's history.[15]The team was led by club captain,Joseph Ansah.[16]

Main article:Accra Sports Stadium disaster

On 9 May 2001, 127 people died in Africa's worst footballing disaster. During a match between rivals, Hearts of Oak andAsante Kotoko.Trouble started when supporters of Asante Kotoko began ripping out seats in an act ofhooliganismin protest at a goal allowed by the referee. The match was officiated by referee J. Wilson Sey,[17]fromCape Coast.Police reacted by firingtear gasinto the crowd, it has been suggested that this was an over-reaction. Reports suggest that the gates to the ground were locked and the stadium was not up to FIFA standards. The rush to escape the tear gas was a contributory factor to the death toll. A commission of inquiry, indicted six police officers in its initial report, but they were not convicted as it was deemed that the deaths could have been caused by the stampede instead of the tear gas.[18][19]

As of 2020, the transfer value of the Accra Hearts of Oak was £2.03 million, the highest of all sports clubs in Ghana.[20]

Grounds

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Accra Hearts of Oak play home matches at theAccra Sports Stadium.The Accra Sports Stadium holds an estimated 40,000 seats. Although purchased in the 1980s, the Pobiman Training Ground was only put to use in the summer of 2018. Construction for an expansion of the 19-acre site in the Pobiman neighborhood, is currently in the planning stages way. The club plans to build a state-of-the-art facility.

Rivalries

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Accra Hearts of Oak's longest established rivalry is withAsante Kotoko S.C.and their city rivalsAccra Great Olympics FC.

Current squad

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First team squad

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As of 3 February 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules.Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF GhanaGHA David Oppong Afrane(captain)
3 DF GhanaGHA Michael Ampadu
4 DF GhanaGHA Yakubu Zakari
5 DF GhanaGHA Kelvin Osei Asibey
6 MF GhanaGHA Abdul-Aziz Nurudeen
7 FW GhanaGHA Yaw Amankwa Baafi
8 MF Republic of the CongoCGO Glid Otanga
9 FW GhanaGHA Hamza Issah
10 MF GhanaGHA Salifu Ibrahim
11 MF GhanaGHA Michelle Sarpong
13 FW GhanaGHA Kwadwo Obeng Junior
14 FW GhanaGHA Evans Adomako
15 DF GhanaGHA Kofi Agbesimah
16 GK GhanaGHA Eric Ofori Antwi
18 FW CameroonCMR Albert Eonde
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF GhanaGHA Gideon Asante Yeboah
20 MF GhanaGHA Seidu Suraj
21 DF GhanaGHA Thomas Winimi
22 MF GhanaGHA Martin Karikari
23 FW GhanaGHA Enock Asubonteng
25 MF GhanaGHA Raphael Amponsah
26 GK GhanaGHA Richmond Ayi
29 FW Ivory CoastCIV Kassim Cisse
30 GK GhanaGHA Richard Attah
34 MF Democratic Republic of the CongoCOD Linda Mtange
35 MF GhanaGHA Eric Esso
40 FW Republic of the CongoCGO Ramos Wanet
45 DF GhanaGHA Dennis Nkrumah-Korsah
55 DF GhanaGHA Kwabena Anane
56 GK GhanaGHA Kwadwo Bonsu

[21][22]Reference as of 12 March 2021

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules.Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF GhanaGHA Konadu Yiadom(Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih)

Honours

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Official trophies (recognised by CAF and FIFA)

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Domestic

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  • 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)

International

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OtherGFANational Titles

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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

Gold Coast

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  • Inclusive of trophies won in the Accra Football League (Guggisberg Shield) and the Gold Coast Club Competition, both played during the colonial period[10]
    • Champions (8): 1920, 1922, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1953–54
  • Contributor: Bright Yeboah Taylor (Ghanaian Sports Historian)

Notable players

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For all former players with a Wikipedia article seeCategory:Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. players

Club captains

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Managers

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List of managers since 1991

Seasons

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References

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