Medeama Sporting Club is a

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

ian professional

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based in

Tarkwa Tarkwa is a town and is the capital of Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal district, a district in the Western Region southwest of South Ghana. Tarkwa has a 2013 settlement population of 34,941 people. Economy Mining Tarkwa is noted as a centre of gold ...

, Western Region. The club currently competes in the

Ghana Premier League The is the top professional association football division of the football league system in Ghana. Officially formed in 1956 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition (which began in 1933 and ended in 1953–54), ...

. The club was formerly known as Kessben F.C. before changing its name to Medeama Sporting Club in January 2011. Moses Armah is the President and owner of Medeama SC.

History

Kessben FC

It was founded in 2002. Its home ground used to be Abrankese Stadium in Abrankese,

Ashanti Region The Ashanti Region is located in southern part of Ghana and it is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of or 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the mo ...

, also known as Anane Boateng Stadium between. The club was previously sponsored by

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Ghana Ltd.

Medeama SC

Medeama Football Club was established 2008 as a Ghana Division Three League club. In 2010, the club failed in its initial attempt to qualify to the

. This led to the purchasing of the now defunct Kessben FC the same year. The licensing of the club was fully completed in December 2010 and club was renamed to Medeama Sporting Club in January 2011. The base of the Kessben club was moved from Abrankese in Ashanti Region of Ghana to

in the Western Region of Ghana.Kessben FC re-named Medeama Sporting Club

Grounds

Medeama SC currently play their home matches at

Akoon Park Akoon Park is a football park in the Akoon community of Tarkwa in Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipal Assembly in Ghana. It has a seating capacity of 1500. It had been the home of the two time FA cup champions and a Ghanaian Premier League club, Medeama S ...

located in

. The stadium currently holds 10,000 people.

Honours

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competit ...

:Champions (2): 2013, 2015 * Ghana Super Cup :Champions (1): 2015

Current squad

''As of 10 October, 2022.''

Captains

Mohammed Muntari Tagoe Mohammed Muntari Tagoe (born 8 January 1992) is a Ghanaian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Ethiopian Premier League club Hawassa City S.C., Hawassa City. Club career M ...

2014–2016 *

Joseph Tetteh Zutah Joseph Tetteh Zutah (born 22 August 1994) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer. He played as midfielder and captained Ghana Premier League side Medeama for majority of his career. A Mathematics and Statistics graduate of the Universit ...

2017–

Management staff

Chairman * Moses Armah Board Chairman * Dr Anthony Aubynn Chief executive * James Essilfie Club Solicitor * Emmanuel Larbi Amoah Communication Director * Patrick Akoto

Managerial history

Current coach

* Ignatius Osei-Fosu (Head coach) * Charles Anokye Frimpong (Assistant coach)

Previous coaches

* Hans van der Pluijm (Head coach) 2013–2015 *

Tom Strand Tom Strand is a professional football coach from Sweden who is contracted to Great Olympics in Ghana as of 2017. Career Bechem United Signing a two-year contract to lead Bechem United in 2014, he was praised by the team CEO as perfect for th ...

(Head coach) 2015–2016 * Evans Adotey (Technical Director), (Interim coach) 2013–2017 *

Samuel Boadu Samuel Boadu (born 24 February 1986) is a Ghanaian professional football manager and former player who last served as the head coach of Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. in the Ghana Premier League and serves as the assistant coach of the Ghana national ...

(Head coach) (2018–2021) *

Yaw Preko Yaw or yaws may refer to: Measurement and technology Movement about the vertical axis * Yaw angle (or yaw rotation), one of the angular degrees of freedom of any stiff body (for example a vehicle), describing rotation about the vertical axis * ...

(Head coach) (2021)

Supporting staff

* Hamza Obeng (Assistant coach) * Eric Amponsah (Goalkeepers coach) *

Joachim Yaw Joachim Yaw Acheampong (born 2 November 1973 in Accra), known as Yaw, is a Ghanaian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career In his country Yaw represented Goldfields Obuasi (1990–94), Power FC (1999–2000) and King Fa ...

(Assistant coach)

Seasons

2020–21 Medeama S.C. season The 2021–21 season of Ghanaian club Medeama S.C., Medeama S.C . The season covered the period from 20 November 2020 to 8 August 2021 Overview Medeama ended the 2020-21 season without a trophy after placing fifth in the domestic the league and ...

References

External links

Official website

Ghana-pedia webpage - Kessben FC
{{Ghana Premier League Association football clubs established in 2002 2002 establishments in Ghana Football clubs in Ghana Association football clubs disestablished in 2010 Sports clubs in Ghana Western Region (Ghana)