Berry Ladies Football Club is a Ghanaian professional women's football club based in Accra in the

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. The club features in the Southern Zone of the

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. The club was previously known as Halifax Ladies Football Club or as Halifax Soccer Academy Ladies until 2020.

History

Berry Ladies (then Halifax Ladies Football Club or Halifax Soccer Academy Ladies) was based in

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in Greater Accra Region. In 2020, the club was taken over by a new management board led by Gifty Oware-Aboagye. The name of the club was then changed to Berry Ladies. The club was relocated from Nungua to

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still within the Greater Accra Region.

2019-2022

They won the

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Zone A to qualify for the Regional Women's Zonal playoff and champions of champions (championship final for the GARFA Women's League). They won the championship final and won the Regional Women's Zonal playoff for the Southern Zone to qualify for the Ghana Women's Premier League for the first time in the club's history.

2020 - Till Date

Before the start of their first top-flight season, the club appointed Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo, a Ghanaian football coach and former player who played as a defender for the Ghana women's national football team. In their debut season (2020–21 season) in the GWPL, they placed second in the Southern Zone behind

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. Their second-place finish earned them qualification into the Ghana Women's Super Cup. In the 2022/2023 season, they finished fourth in the Southern-Zone of the Ghana Women's Premier League under their new interim coach, Coach Paul Freeman Amponsah. Coach Paul Freeman Amponsah was then appointed as the new Head Coach of the Club ahead of the 2023 Ghana Women’s Super Cup League. Berry Ladies FC finished

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in the 2023 Ghana Women’s Super Cup for the first time in the history of the club.

Grounds

The club plays their home matches at the Madina AstroTurf.

Players

2023/2024 Season Roster

Titles

Here are trophies won by Berry Ladies

Management

Club Owner & CEO - Gifty Oware-Aboagye General Manager - Victor Elias Seshie Sporting Director - Kwasi Osei Danso Ofori-Atta Director -

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Coaches - Reginald Asante, Paul Freeman Amponsah Head, Digital Marketing - Samuel Kwame Boadu Welfare Manager – Aicha Amoako Boukari Denteh Kits & Equipment Manager – Gideon Sosu

Affiliation

Berry Ladies announced ahead of the 2023/2024 season its partnership with Berekum Chelsea Football Club to become their women's team for the sports outfit{{Cite web , date=2023-08-29 , title=Berekum Chelsea FC Affiliates with Berry Ladies Football Club as their Men's Team - Gloria Kafui Kuzo {{! Sports Journalist {{! Activist , url=https://glokafui.com/berekum-chelsea-fc-affiliates-with-berry-ladies-football-club-as-their-mens-team/5625/glokafui/ , access-date=2023-12-04 , language=en-US

References

External links

Official Website

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