Berekum United Football Club is a

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

ian professional

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based in

Berekum Berekum, nicknamed "The Golden City", is a city and the capital of Berekum East Municipal in the Bono Region of Ghana. The city has a population of 62,364 as of 2012. The native language of the Berekum people is the Bono Twi. As of 2020 ...

Bono Region The Bono region is one of the 16 administrative regions of Ghana. It is as a result of the remainder of Brong-Ahafo region when Bono East region and Ahafo Region, Ahafo region were created. Sunyani, also known as the green city of Ghana, is the r ...

, previously known as Bechem Chelsea Football Club. They compete in the

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, the top-flight of the Ghanaian football system.

History

The club was formed on 21 July 2004 in the then

Brong Ahafo Region The Brong-Ahafo region was a region in central Ghana. Brong-Ahafo was bordered to the north by the Black Volta river and to the east by the Lake Volta, and to the south by the Ashanti, Eastern and Western regions. The capital of Brong-Ahafo is ...

of Ghana. In 2008, four years after the inception of the club during that period playing and rising in the lower leagues, it was promoted to the Ghana premier league after winning their zone of the Division One League. The board of directors heeded the advice by the

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to use the name Berekum Chelsea rather than the Bechem Chelsea. The club was later moved to

Bechem Bechem is a town and is the capital of Tano South district of the Ahafo of Ghana, and Bechem is the district capital for the Tano South Constituency.

and its name changed to Bechem Chelsea in conformity with its home base. Coffie, the club's Communications Director, said that preparations were underway in developing a football park at Bechem to serve as the team's home ground. The club's name and home kit are inspired by Chelsea. The club played at Ohene Djan Sports Stadium for their first Glo Premier League match on 24 November 2008 and won the match with a 3–2 victory against

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. The club started the 2010–11 Ghanaian Premier League season very strongly and then eventually went on to win the league.

Kit sponsor

The Ghanaian Premier League side, have struck a partnership deal with kit manufacturing firm,

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Honours

**Champions:

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Performance in CAF competitions

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: 2 appearances ::

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– Group stage ::

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– First Round *

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: 0 appearances *

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: 0 appearances

Current squad

First team

''As of 3 February 2023.''

Former players

Isaac Ayipei Isaac Ayipei (born 1 January 1965) is a Ghanaian retired footballer who played as a forward. He during his career played for teams like Berekum Arsenal, Leones Negros UdeG, León, Veracruz, Rubin Kazan and La Piedad La Piedad is a municipal ...

Nicholas Opoku Nicholas Opoku (born 11 August 1997) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Turkish club Kasımpaşa. He has also been capped at the international level. Club career Opoku started his career with Kumasi Corner Babies ...

Notable players

''For all former players with a Wikipedia article see :Berekum Chelsea F.C. players''

References

External links

Official website
(archived 3 November 2010) Chelsea Chelsea 2004 establishments in Ghana Sports clubs and teams in Ghana Association football clubs established in 2004 {{Ghana-footyclub-stub