Real Tamale United, often abbreviated as RTU, is a

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

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, Northern Region of

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. The team was relegated to the second tier Division One League in 2013. In 2021, RTU sealed promotion back to the first tier

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after beating Unity FC 2 - 0 on the last day of the Division One League Season. Their home stadium is 21,000 Seater Capacity

Aliu Mahama Alhaji Aliu Mahama (3 March 1946 – 16 November 2012) was a Ghanaian engineer and politician who was Vice-President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. A member of the New Patriotic Party, he was Ghana's first Muslim Vice-Preside ...

Sports Stadium in Tamale. They relocated to their current grounds from the Kaladan Park after the 2008 African Cup of Nations.

History

The club was founded in 1976 by the first chairman Alhaji Adam.H (Progress).

Support

Rivalries

Real Tamale United has rivalries with

Steadfast FC Steadfast Football Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana that was founded by Ghanaian politician Haruna Iddrisu. As for the season 2020/21, the club competes in Zone One of the Division On ...

, Tamale City FC. All three clubs are located in

Tamale, Ghana Tamale () is the capital city of the Northern Region of Ghana. It is Ghana's third largest city, with a population of 371,351 people (as of 2010). The city has been ranked as the fastest-growing city in West Africa. Tamale is located in the K ...

, therefore causing an interesting and fierce rivalry amongst one another.

Honours

*Ghana Telecom Gala: 1 :: 1997–98 *GN Bank Division One League: 1 :: 2015–16 ::

Performance in CAF competitions

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 ...

: 3 appearances ::1992 – First Round ::1996 – disqualified in First Round ::1998 – First Round

Current squad

''As of 14 October 2022.''

Management

Previous players

* ''Real Tamale United players''

References

External links

Club information
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