Liga Ghana 2002

						
Premier Football League 

Final Table:

 1.Hearts of Oak (Accra)             30 25  3  2 72-18 78  Champions
 2.Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)            30 23  4  3 54-20 73
 3.Liberty Professionals (Accra)     30 13  9  8 37-24 48
 4.Great Olympics (Accra)            30 11 11  8 36-33 44
 5.King Faisal Babies (Kumasi)       30 10 10 10 34-29 40
 6.Real Tamale United (Tamale)       30 11  7 12 28-38 40
 7.Goldfields (Obuasi)               30  9 11 10 34-32 38
 8.Brong Ahofu United (Sunyani)      30 10  8 12 24-38 38
 9.Hasaacas (Sekondi)                30 11  4 15 27-33 37 
10.Arsenals (Berekum)                30 10  6 14 24-34 36
11.Prestea Mines Stars               30 10  5 15 22-33 35
12.Tano Bafoakwa (Sunyani)           30  7 13 10 25-31 34 
13.Okwahu United (Nkawkaw)           30  8  8 14 23-27 32
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14.Power FC (Koforidua)              30  7 10 13 23-35 31  Relegation Playoff
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15.Dawu Youngstars (Dawu)            30  7  9 14 28-38 30  Relegated
16.Maxbees (Suhum)                   30  4 10 16 23-51 22  Relegated

Round 1 
[Apr 7]
Brong-Ahofu United    1-1 Olympics 
Hasaacas              1-0 Berekum Arsenal  
Hearts                2-0 Bofoakwa 
King Faisal           3-1 Okwawu United 
Liberty Professionals 2-2 Kotoko    
Maxbees               1-1 Power FC 
Obuasi Goldfields     1-0 Dawu Youngsters  
[Apr 10]
Prestea Mines Stars   1-2 Real Tamale United

Round 2 
[Apr 14]
Berekum Arsenal       1-0 King Faisal      
Bofoakwa              1-1 Liberty Professionals   
Dawu Youngsters       2-0 Hasaacas          
Okwawu United         1-0 Brong-Ahofu United      
Olympics              2-1 Maxbees     
Power FC              0-1 Hearts                  
[later]                  
Prestea Mine Stars    0-1 Goldfields
Kotoko		      5-0 Real Tamale United

Round 3
[Apr 20]
Liberty               0-0 Power FC
[Apr 21]
Hearts		      2-0 Olympics
Goldfields	      3-1 Kotoko
Mine Stars            2-0 Dawu
Real Tamale United    1-0 Tano Bofoakwa
Maxbees               0-0 Okwawu United
B.A. United	      2-0 Arsenals
King Faisal           1-1 Hasaacas

Round 4 
[Apr 28]
Arsenals              1-0 Maxbees  
Tano Bofoakwa         2-0 Goldfields     
Dawu                  2-2 King Faisal     
Hasaacas              0-1 B.A. United  
Okwawu United         0-1 Hearts            
Olympics              0-3 Liberty 
Power FC              1-0 Real Tamale United    
[May 2]
Kotoko                2-0 Mine Stars  

Round 5
[May 8]
BA United	      1-0 Faisal
Maxbees 	      0-1 Hasaacas
Hearts		      3-0 Arsenals
Liberty	  	      1-0 Okwawu
Kotoko		      5-2 Dawu
Goldfields	      1-1 Power
[May 9]
Tamale Untd	      2-1 Olympics
Mines Stars	      0-0 Bofoakwa

Round 6
[May 12]
Arsenals	      1-0 Liberty
Hasaacas	      1-2 Hearts
Faisal		      0-0 Maxbees
Bofoakwa	      0-1 Kotoko
Power		      0-0 Mines Stars
Olympics	      1-2 Goldfields
Dawu		      1-1 BA Untd
[May 13]
Okwawu		      1-0 Tamale Untd

Round 7
[May 19]
Maxbees	              2-0 BA United
Hearts		      3-2 Faisal
Tamale Untd	      2-1 Arsenals
Liberty		      2-0 Hasaacas
Kotoko		      1-0 Power
Mines Stars	      0-1 Olympics
Goldfields	      0-0 Okwawu
[May 20]
Bofoakwa	      2-1 Dawu

Round 8
[May 22]
Olympics	      0-3 Kotoko 
BA United	      0-2 Hearts 
Hasaacas	      3-0 Real Tamale United 
Arsenals	      2-1 Goldfields 
King Faisal	      1-0 Liberty
[May 23]
Power FC	      2-2 Bofoakwa 
Okwawu		      2-0 Mines Stars
Dawu		      1-1 Maxbees 

Round 9
[May 26]
Kotoko		      1-0 Okwawu
Tamale United	      0-0 King Faisal 
Hearts		      5-0 Maxbees 
Goldfields	      5-1 Hasaacas 
Bofoakwa	      1-1 Olympics 
Liberty		      2-0 BA United 
Power FC	      2-0 Dawu
[May 27]
Mines Stars	      1-0 Arsenals

Round 10 [Jun 2]
King Faisal	      2-0 Goldfields 
Hasaacas	      1-0 Mines Stars 
Dawu		      1-2 Hearts 
BA United	      2-1 Tamale United 
Okwawu		      2-0 Bofoakwa 
Maxbees		      0-1 Liberty
Olympics	      3-1 Power FC 
Arsenal		      1-3 Kotoko 

Round 11
[Jun 5]
Power FC	      1-2 Okwawu
Kotoko		      2-0 Hasaacas 
Tamale United         2-0 Maxbees 
Mines Stars	      2-1 King Faisal 
Goldfields            1-1 BA United 
Olympics	      2-1 Dawu
Bofoakwa	      0-0 Arsenals
[Jun 6]
Liberty		      1-2 Hearts

Round 12 [Jun 9]
Dawu		      0-0 Liberty
BA United	      1-0 Mines Stars 
Arsenals	      1-1 Power FC 
Okwawu		      0-1 Olympics 
Hasaacas	      2-0 Bofoakwa 
Hearts		      4-0 Tamale United 
Maxbees		      0-0 Goldfields 
King Faisal	      1-2 Kotoko 

Round 13 [Jun 16]
Bofoakwa	      1-1 King Faisal 	[also reported 1-0]
Olympics              1-1 Arsenals 
Goldfields            0-1 Hearts 
Okwawu                1-3 Dawu
Tamale United         2-1 Liberty
Kotoko                3-0 BA United 
Power FC              0-2 Hasaacas 
Mines Stars           3-0 Maxbees 

Round 14 [Jun 19]
Dawu		      2-1 Tamale United 
Arsenals	      2-1 Okwawu	[also reported 1-0]
Maxbees		      1-1 Kotoko 
Hearts		      4-0 Mines Stars 
King Faisal	      3-0 Power FC 
BA United	      1-1 Bofoakwa 
Liberty		      3-0 Goldfields 
Hasaacas	      1-2 Olympics 

Round 15 [Jun 23]
Okwawu	              2-0 Hasaacas
Bofoakwa	      3-1 Maxbees 
Olympics	      1-1 King Faisal 
Kotoko		      1-1 Hearts 
Power FC	      0-0 BA United	[also reported 1-1]
Dawu		      2-0 Arsenals
Mines Stars	      1-1 Liberty
Goldfields	      0-0 Tamale United

Round 16 [Jul 21]
Hasaacas	      0-0 Okwawu
Maxbees  	      1-0 Bofoakwa
King Faisal           2-1 Olympics
Hearts		      3-0 Kotoko
BA United	      0-1 Power FC
Arsenals	      1-0 Dawu
Liberty		      2-1 Mines Stars
Tamale United	      0-0 Goldfields

Round 17 [Jul 28]
Olympics	      2-0 Hasaacas
Kotoko		      1-0 Maxbees
Bofoakwa	      1-2 BA United
Power FC	      1-1 King Faisal
Tamale United	      0-0 Dawu
Okwawu		      2-1 Arsenals
Mines Stars	      0-2 Hearts
Goldfields	      2-2 Liberty

Round 18
[Jul 31]
Hearts		      5-1 Goldfields
King Faisal	      1-0 Bofoakwa
BA United	      0-1 Kotoko
Maxbees		      5-0 Mines Stars
Arsenals	      1-0 Olympics
Dawu		      1-1 Okwahu
Hasaacas	      1-0 Power FC
[Aug 1]
Liberty		      2-0 Tamale United

Round 19 [Aug 4]
Tamale United	      2-1 Hearts
Power FC	      2-0 Arsenals
Bofoakwa	      1-0 Hasaacas
Kotoko		      1-0 King Faisal
Mines Stars	      1-0 BA United
Goldfields	      6-0 Maxbees
Liberty		      1-0 Dawu
Olympics	      0-0 Okwawu

Round 20 [Aug 11]
Hearts		      0-1 Liberty
Maxbees	              0-0 Tamale United
BA United             1-1 Goldfields
King Faisal	      2-0 Mines Stars
Hasaacas	      0-1 Kotoko
Arsenals	      1-1 Bofoakwa
Okwawu		      2-0 Power FC
Dawu	 	      0-0 Olympics

Round 21
[Aug 14]
Goldfields	      2-1 King Faisal
Mines Stars 	      1-0 Hasaacas
Hearts		      4-2 Dawu
Tamale United	      5-2 BA United
Bofoakwa	      1-1 Okwawu
Power FC	      0-0 Olympics
Kotoko		      2-0 Arsenals
[Aug 15]
Liberty		      1-0 Maxbees

Round 22
[Aug 17]
Okwawu		      0-1 Kotoko
[Aug 18]
Olympics	      4-2 Bofoakwa
Maxbees		      0-3 Hearts
BA United	      0-0 Liberty
King Faisal	      0-0 Tamale United
Hasaacas	      0-0 Goldfields
Arsenals	      1-0 Mines Stars
Dawu		      1-0 Power FC

Round 23 [Aug 25]
Goldfields	      3-1 Arsenals
Tamale United	      2-1 Hasaacas
Liberty		      2-0 King Faisal
Hearts		      5-1 BA United
Bofoakwa	      1-1 Power FC
Kotoko		      2-1 Olympics
Mines Stars	      1-0 Okwawu
Maxbees		      0-2 Dawu

Round 24 [Sep 22]
BA United	      3-1 Maxbees       [also reported 3-2]
King Faisal           1-2 Hearts
Arsenals	      1-0 Tamale United
Hasaacas	      4-3 Liberty
Power FC	      1-2 Kotoko
Olympics	      1-0 Mines Stars
Okwawu		      0-1 Goldfields
Dawu		      0-0 Bofoakwa

Round 25
[Sep 25]
Goldfields	      2-2 Olympics
Tamale United	      2-2 Okwawu
Hearts	              2-0 Hasaacas
BA United	      2-1 Dawu
Kotoko		      2-0 Bofoakwa
Maxbees		      3-3 King Faisal
[Sep 26]
Mines Stars	      1-0 Power FC
Liberty		      1-0 Arsenals

Round 26 [Sep 29]
King Faisal	      0-0 BA United
Hasaacas	      4-0 Maxbees
Arsenals	      0-1 Hearts
Okwawu		      0-0 Liberty
Dawu		      1-4 Kotoko
Power FC	      1-0 Goldfields
Olympics	      2-0 Tamale United
Bofoakwa	      1-0 Mines Stars

Round 27
[Oct 30]
Maxbees		      2-2 Arsenals
BA United	      1-0 Hasaacas
Mines Stars	      1-1 Kotoko
Goldfields	      0-0 Bofoakwa
Tamale United	      3-1 Power FC
Hearts		      2-1 Okwahu
King Faisal	      1-0 Dawu      	
[Oct 31]
Liberty		      1-1 Olympics

Round 28 [Nov 3]
Kotoko		      1-0 Goldfields 
Okwawu		      1-2 Maxbees 
Hasaacas	      2-1 King Faisal 
Olympics	      2-2 Hearts 
Arsenals	      4-0 BA United 
Dawu		      1-1 Mines Stars 
Power FC	      2-1 Liberty
Bofoakwa	      1-0 Tamale United

Round 29
[Nov 6]
King Faisal	      2-0 Arsenals
Hasaacas              1-0 Dawu
BA United	      1-0 Okwawu
Maxbees		      1-1 Olympics
Hearts		      4-0 Power FC
Goldfields	      1-2 Mines Stars
Tamale United         1-0 Kotoko
[Nov 7]
Liberty		      1-2 Bofoakwa

Round 30
[Nov 9]
Okwawu		      0-1 King Faisal
[Nov 10]
Olympics	      2-0 BA United
Arsenals	      0-0 Hasaacas
Bofoakwa	      1-1 Hearts
Kotoko		      2-1 Liberty
Power FC	      3-1 Maxbees
Dawu		      1-0 Goldfields
Tamale United	      0-3 Mines Stars

Final Table:

 1.Hearts of Oak (Accra)             30 25  3  2 72-18 78  Champions
 2.Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)            30 23  4  3 54-20 73
 3.Liberty Professionals (Accra)     30 13  9  8 37-24 48
 4.Great Olympics (Accra)            30 11 11  8 36-33 44
 5.King Faisal Babies (Kumasi)       30 10 10 10 34-29 40
 6.Real Tamale United (Tamale)       30 11  7 12 28-38 40
 7.Goldfields (Obuasi)               30  9 11 10 34-32 38
 8.Brong Ahofu United (Sunyani)      30 10  8 12 24-38 38
 9.Hasaacas (Sekondi)                30 11  4 15 27-33 37 
10.Arsenals (Berekum)                30 10  6 14 24-34 36
11.Prestea Mines Stars               30 10  5 15 22-33 35
12.Tano Bafoakwa (Sunyani)           30  7 13 10 25-31 34 
13.Okwahu United (Nkawkaw)           30  8  8 14 23-27 32
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14.Power FC (Koforidua)              30  7 10 13 23-35 31  Relegation Playoff
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15.Dawu Youngstars (Dawu)            30  7  9 14 28-38 30  Relegated
16.Maxbees (Suhum)                   30  4 10 16 23-51 22  Relegated

Promoted: Heart of Lions (Kpando), Stay Cool.

Promotion/Relegation Playoff [May 4]
Power FC              1-0 Dwarfs


Authors: José Batalha
(jose.batalha@netvisao.pt)
and Hans Schöggl
(hans.schoeggl@sbg.ac.at)

Last updated: 14 Jun 2003

(C) Copyright José Batalha, Hans Schöggl and RSSSF 2002/03