Legon Cities FC (formerly known as Wa All Stars FC) is a

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from

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currently based in

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. The club won the

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History

The club was founded in January 2006 through investments by Kwesi Nyantakyi in Wa,

. There had been a number of First Division Clubs in the region notably Freedom Stars, Veterans and Wa United. They are a member of the

Ghana Premier League The Ghana Premier League is the top professional association football league in Ghana organized by the Ghana Football Association and formed in 1958 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition which ran from 1933 ...

. The club used to play their home games at Wa Sports Stadium formerly played in the Golden City Park in

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but now plays their home games at the

Accra Sports Stadium The Accra Sports Stadium, formerly named the Ohene Djan Stadium, is a multi-use stadium (40,000-capacity, all-seater) located in Accra, Ghana, mostly used for association football matches. It is also used for rugby union. Overview The stadium w ...

. In December 2019, the club was sold and renamed to Legon Cities F.C.

Coaches

* Goran Barjaktarevic * Bashir Hayford November 2020-

Former coaches

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* Samuel Paa Kwesi Fabian

Honours

*Ghana Premier League **Champions (1):

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 ...

References

External links

Ghana-pedia webpage – Wa All-Stars FC
(archived 26 July 2011) Football clubs in Ghana 2006 establishments in Ghana Sports clubs and teams in Ghana Association football clubs established in 2006 Wa, Ghana {{Ghana-footyclub-stub