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Medeama Sporting Club is a Ghanaian
association football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...
based in
Tarkwa Tarkwa is a town and is the capital of Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District, Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal district, a district in the Western Region, Ghana, Western Region southwest of South Ghana. Frequently dubbed as the "Golden City" by its indigenous ...
, Western Region. It was formerly known as Kessben F.C. before changing its name to Medeama Sporting Club in January 2011.


History

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
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 ...
. This led to the purchasing of the 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
Tarkwa Tarkwa is a town and is the capital of Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District, Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal district, a district in the Western Region, Ghana, Western Region southwest of South Ghana. Frequently dubbed as the "Golden City" by its indigenous ...
in the Western Region of Ghana.Kessben FC re-named Medeama Sporting Club


Grounds

Medeama SC play their home matches at Akoon Park located in Tarkwa,
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 ...
. The stadium holds 10,000 people.


Roster

''As of 10 October 2022.''


Captains

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Mohammed Muntari Tagoe Mohammed Muntari Tagoe (born 8 January 1992) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ethiopian Premier League club Hawassa City. Club career Madina Youth FC Muntari spent a number of seasons with Madina Youth FC (thir ...
2014–2016 * Joseph Tetteh Zutah 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

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Hans van der Pluijm Hans van der Pluijm (born 3 January 1949) is a Dutch football coach and former player who coaches Singida BS. in Tanzania. Playing career A former goalkeeper, he played almost 20 years for Den Bosch between 1967 and 1986. He made 66 Eredivisie ...
(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 the ...
(Head coach) 2015–2016 *
Evans Adotey Evans Augustine Adotey (born 24 September 1964) is a Ghanaian football team manager who currently coaches Ghana Premier League side Medeama. He previously coached Ghana women's national under-17 football team and Karela United. Coaching caree ...
(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 Preko (born 8 September 1974 in Accra) is a former football striker from Ghana. He is currently the manager of Ghana U20. Career His career started in Powerlines, a small Ghanaian club, and his first European club was R.S.C. Anderlech ...
(Head coach) (2021) *
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(Head coach) * Charles Anokye Frimpong (Assistant coach)


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 Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career In his country Yaw represented Ashanti Gold SC, Goldfields Obuasi (1990–94), ...
(Assistant coach)


References


External links

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Ghana-pedia webpage – Kessben FC
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