Hawks Football Club is a Gambian-based first division club with its clubhouse in Kanifing. They play in the

Gambia Football Federation The Gambia Football Federation (GFF), formerly known as the Gambia Football Association, is the governing body of football in Gambia. It was founded in 1952, and affiliated to FIFA in 1968 and to CAF in 1966. It organizes the GFA League First D ...

's premier division league, called the first division. Hawks is currently the only Gambian football club that has teams playing in all three divisions of the Gambian leagues. The senior team, being Hawks FC, plays in the first division; the second team, Red Hawks FC, which serves as a feeder to the first team, plays in the second division; while the third team, Young Hawks, plays in the third division.

History

Hawks Football Club (Hawks FC), founded in 1973 by the late Housainou M.M. Njai, has come a long way since its inception from an amateur club team to one of the oldest and leading teams presently playing in the Gambia Football Federation's top flight. Since its formation as a purely amateur team without any major sponsorship, the club relied on the founder and dedicated people as members of the Executive of the Club who served as sponsors, giving financial and moral support to the team. Under their leadership, Hawks FC has made tremendous progress over the years, gaining promotion from the second division to the first division in 1975 but relegated in 1978, only to return to the first division in 1979, where the team has stayed to this date. From that time to date, the team was crowned first division League Champions twice, second division league Champions once, won five FA Cups, the most recent being the 2016/2017 FA Cup final played in June 2017, one Super Cup as well as winning other trophies like the SS Ceesay Trophy, and the Papa Njie Trophy. Over the years, Hawks FC has embarked on promoting various youth development, educational and football programmes for boys and girls. As a result of this, the club boasts of its own academy for children aged between 5 and 15, two junior teams and a senior team. It is currently the only team that has teams participating in all the three tiers of the Gambia Football Federation leagues, i.e., 1st Division, 2nd Division and 3rd Division. The academy runs training sessions on Saturdays for the children whilst the junior and senior teams train daily from Monday to Friday at the Gambia High School football grounds, and the club helps in the enrollment and payment of tuition for underprivileged students who play for the team. The club also boasts of its own Club House situated at Bertil Harding Highway.

Honours

GFA League First Division The GFA League First Division is the highest division of football in The Gambia. The league was incorporated in 1965. League games usually take place in front of dozens of spectators. 2021–22 season clubs Previous champions Performance By ...

: 3 :: 1992–93, 1995–96, 2021–22. *

Gambian Cup The Gambian Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Gambian football. The current champion is Real Banjul who won their four title in 2019. The winner competes in the Gambian Super Cup and also qualifies into the CAF Confederation Cup each se ...

: 4 :: 1982–83, 1995–96, 2005–06, 2017. *

Gambian Super Cup Gambian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of the Gambia * Gambian people, a person from the Gambia, or of Gambian descent * Culture of the Gambia * Gambian cuisine See also * *Languages of the Gambia In The Gambia, ...

: 1 :: 2017.

Performances in CAF competitions

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

– First Round *

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

– First Round *

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

– First Round *

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

– First Round

League and cup history

National level

Staff

Club Officials ''Senior Team Coach'' * ''U20 Coach'' * Momodou Bah Club Management ''Chairman'' * Hon James F.P Gomez ''Treasurer'' * Paschal Karbo ''Media Officer'' * Pa Barrow

Statistics

*Best position: 1st (national) *Best position at cup competitions: Second Round (continental)

References

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External links

Club profile at SoccerwayContinental tournaments of the Banjul Hawks
Football clubs in the Gambia Sport in Banjul 1974 establishments in the Gambia Association football clubs established in 1974