Accra Great Olympics is a

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ian professional

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based in

Accra Accra (; or ''Gaga''; ; Ewe: Gɛ; ) is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , had a population of ...

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. The club is currently competing in the Ghana Premier League. It has won the Ghana Premier League twice, in 1970, 1974 and the Ghana FA Cup thrice, in 1975, 1983 and 1995. Since its inception the club has forged a fierce rivalry between their neighbours Accra Hearts of Oak which has culminated into interesting game weeks over the years when the two face each other.

History

The club was formed in 1954 in Accra, Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It celebrated its 52nd anniversary in 2006, and their 66th in 2020.

2020

The club is currently coached by Annor Walker assisted by Yaw Preko and captained by Ghanaian 2009 U-20 World Cup champion Gladson Awako.

Grounds

The club plays their matches at the Accra Sports Stadium.

Current squad

Honours

* Ghana Premier League **Champions 1970, 1974 *

Ghanaian FA Cup The Ghana FA Cup, currently known as the MTN FA Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the annual knockout competition in Ghanaian football created in 1958, a year after the independence of Ghana. Open to all Ghanaian football clubs, the competiti ...

**Winners 1975, 1983, 1995

Performance in CAF competitions

* African Cup of Champions Clubs: 2 appearances ::

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

: Semi-Final ::

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

: First Round *

CAF Cup The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runners-up of member associations who have not qualified to one of the two pre-existing CAF international club competitions the African Cup of Champions Clubs or t ...

: 1 appearance ::1999 – First Round *

CAF Cup Winners' Cup The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was ...

: 4 appearances ::1984 – Second Round ::1992 – Second Round ::1996 – withdrew in First Round ::2000 – First Round

Participation in CAF competitions

1- ''Great Olympics withdrew''

Managers

Annor Walker Daniel Annor Walker is a Ghanaian football coach who currently coaches the Accra Great Olympics F.C., Accra Great Olympics and the Ghana A' national football team (Local Black Stars). He previously coached Ghanaian teams; F.C. Nania, Nania FC, Kpa ...

(head coach) 2020– Yaw Preko (assistant head coach) 2020– Godwin Attram (assistant head coach) 2020–2021

Previous notable coaches

Cecil Jones Attuquayefio (1974–1984) David Duncan (2001–2003) Ken Augustt (2011–2012) Godwin Attram (2017) Yaw Preko (2020)

Seasons

* 2020–21 Accra Great Olympics F.C. season

References

External links

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Accra Great Olympics F.C.
at Soccerway
Great Olympics category (ghana scoccernet)
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