Vision Football Club is a Ghanaian
football
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club based in
Accra
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. It is currently playing in the
Ghana Premier League
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.
History
The club was founded in 1999 as Eleven Strangers. In 2001, the club was renamed to Vision Football Club. The club was registered in Division Three in 2007, absorbing graduated U-17 boys. In 2009, Vision Football Club qualified for the
Greater Accra Regional Second Division, placing fourth out of twelve teams during the 2009–10 season.
The club has brought in
Serbian
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international coaches for every season since 2009. In the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons, they were the league winners of the Greater Accra Regional Second Division – Zone 4. The club played in the F.A Cup competition in 2010/2011. In 2014, some of Vision FC players were sent out of Ghana to play with international teams.
Vision Football Club has three youth teams: Validus Football Club in the Regional Division Two, U-17, and U-15 teams.
Club management
Founder – George Aforklenyuie
President – Michael Osekre
Vice President – Obiri Kwaku
Administrative Manager – Wisdom Vandyke Cudjoe
Chief Executive Officer- Abdul Rahman Yakubu
Financial Officer – Abdul Rahman Yakubu
Director of Operations- Amin Ramadan
Coach – Nana Kweku Agyemang
Former players
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Bismarck Appiah
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Melvin Banda
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Joseph Cudjoe
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Samuel Kwame Owusu
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Zakaria Suraka
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Emmanue Addae Dei
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Laud Amoah
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Daniel Amoako
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Michael Baidoo
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Ernest Boateng
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Alex Yamoah
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Terry Yegbe
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Salim Yussif
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Kwame Otu
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Emmanuel Akansase
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Sayibu Yakubu
Coach history
References
External links
*{{Official, https://myvisionfc.com/
* https://3news.com/sports/football/vision-fc-prioritises-youth-development/
* https://www.modernghana.com/amp/sports/1324127/vision-fc-brings-in-a-new-coach-forms-a-9-member.html
* https://3news.com/sports/football/the-rise-of-vision-fc-a-24-year-climb-to-the-ghana-premier-league/
* https://www.myjoyonline.com/we-will-take-vision-fc-to-the-next-stage-newly-appointed-coach-agyemang/
Football clubs in Ghana
Association football clubs established in 1999
Football clubs in Accra
1999 establishments in Ghana