Premier Football League Final(?) Table: 1.Asante Kotoko (Kumasi) 30 23 6 1 52-13 75 Champions 2.Hearts of Oak (Accra) 30 18 12 0 45-12 66 3.King Faisal Babies (Kumasi) 30 15 9 6 44-21 54 4.Liberty Professionals (Accra) 30 12 11 7 39-31 47 5.Arsenals (Berekum) 30 12 5 13 27-21 41 6.Great Olympics (Accra) 30 10 9 11 32-30 39 7.Real Tamale United (Tamale) 30 10 8 12 27-31 38 8.Hasaacas (Sekondi) 30 9 10 11 21-26 37 9.Okwahu United (Nkawkaw) 30 9 9 12 29-32 36 10.Heart of Lions (Kpando) 30 10 5 15 29-44 35 11.Power FC (Koforidua) 30 9 7 14 20-28 34 12.Tano Bafoakwa (Sunyani) 30 8 7 15 20-31 31 13.Brong Ahofu United (Sunyani) 30 9 4 17 20-39 28 [- 3] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14.Goldfields (Obuasi) 30 9 11 10 26-34 26 [-12] --------------------------------------------------------- 15.Prestea Mines Stars 30 9 5 16 25-38 26 [- 6] 16.Stay Cool (Dansoman) 30 5 8 17 18-43 20 [- 3] [*] [*] play in Cape Coast (formerly played in Tema) NB: there was the usual confusion on awarded matches and possible additional points deductions, partially due to conflicting decisions by the Professional League and the Ghana FA; the table above has the following eight matches counted as awarded: rd 1 Goldfields 1-0 Arsenal, awarded 0-3 rd 3 BA United 1-0 Arsenal, awarded 0-3 (revoked?) rd 4 Mines Stars 1-0 Okwahu, awarded 0-3 rd 6 Tano 1-1 Stay Cool, awarded 3-0 rd 7 Goldfields 4-0 RTU, awarded 0-3 rd 12 Goldfields 3-1 Olympics, awarded 0-3 rd 19 Olympics 1-1 Goldfields, awarded 3-0 rd 21 Mines Stars 1-1 Hearts of Oak, awarded 0-3 additionally, a 3-point deduction against the losing team in every decision was included. After a writ filed by a supporter of Goldfields, the Cape Coast High Court placed an injunction on the (publication of the) final league table. In any case, Prestea Mines Stars and Stay Cool were eventually relegated. It is not clear which team (if any) played off against the third placed team from the 2nd division (presumably either Goldfields or Brong Ahofu United), but the top level representatives must have won. Round 1 [May 10] Liberty 1-1 Hearts of Oak [May 11] Olympics 0-0 Power RTU 0-1 Kotoko King Faisal 4-1 Heart of Lions BA United 0-0 Mines Stars Hasaacas 3-2 Bofoakwa Goldfields awd Arsenal [awarded 0-3; originally 1-0, Goldfields Stay Cool 0-0 Okwawu used ineligible player] Round 2 [May 18] Okwawu 1-3 Olympics Mines Stars 2-0 Stay Cool Heart of Lions 2-1 BA United Arsenal 2-1 King Faisal Bofoakwa 1-1 RTU Power 1-2 Liberty [Jun 4] Hearts of Oak 2-0 Hasaacas [Jun 5] Kotoko 1-1 Goldfields Round 3 [May 24] Okwawu 0-1 Power [May 25] King Faisal 0-1 Kotoko Hasaacas 2-2 Liberty BA United awd Arsenal [awarded 0-3, originally 1-0, BA United RTU 0-1 Hearts of Oak used ineligible player; award revoked?] Stay Cool 0-1 Heart of Lions Goldfields 1-0 Bofoakwa Olympics 1-0 Mines Stars Round 4 [May 28] Heart of Lions 1-1 Olympics Power 1-0 Hasaacas Hearts of Oak 1-1 Goldfields Kotoko 4-0 BA United Mines Stars awd Okwawu [awarded 0-3, originally 1-0] Bofoakwa 1-1 King Faisal Arsenal 0-0 Stay Cool [Jun 5] Liberty 0-0 RTU Round 5 [Jun 7] Okwawu 1-0 Heart of Lions [Jun 8] King Faisal 0-1 Hearts of Oak BA United 2-0 Bofoakwa Mines Stars 2-0 Power RTU 1-0 Hasaacas Stay Cool 1-3 Kotoko Goldfields 1-1 Liberty Olympics 1-1 Arsenal Round 6 [Jun 15] Bofoakwa awd Stay Cool [awarded 3-0, originally 1-1] Heart of Lions 2-1 Mines Stars Power 1-0 RTU Hearts of Oak 2-1 BA United Arsenal 1-0 Okwawu [Jul 16] Hasaacas 1-0 Goldfields Liberty 0-0 King Faisal Kotoko 2-0 Olympics Round 7 [Jul 5] Stay Cool 1-1 Hearts of Oak [Jul 6] King Faisal 0-0 Hasaacas Mines Stars 0-1 Arsenal BA United 1-3 Liberty Heart of Lions 1-0 Power Olympics 1-0 Bofoakwa [Jul 23] Okwawu 1-1 Kotoko Goldfields awd RTU [awarded 0-3, originally 4-0; dispute on Valentine Atem] Round 8 [Jul 12] Liberty 4-2 Stay Cool [Jul 13] Kotoko 4-0 Mines Stars Hasaacas 1-0 BA United Bofoakwa 1-0 Okwawu RTU 0-1 King Faisal Power 0-0 Goldfields Olympics 1-1 Hearts of Oak Arsenal 2-0 Heart of Lions Round 9 [Jul 19] Okwawu 1-2 Hearts of Oak [Jul 20] King Faisal 5-2 Goldfields Stay Cool 1-0 Hasaacas Mines Stars 1-0 Bofoakwa BA United 0-0 RTU Heart of Lions 1-0 Kotoko Olympics 0-1 Liberty Arsenal 0-2 Power Round 10 [Jul 26] Liberty 1-1 Okwawu [Jul 27] Hearts of Oak 5-0 Mines Stars Goldfields 2-1 BA United Kotoko 1-0 Arsenal Hasaacas 0-0 Olympics Bofoakwa 2-0 Heart of Lions RTU 0-0 Stay Cool Power 0-2 King Faisal Round 11 [Aug 2] Okwawu 3-1 Hasaacas [Aug 3] Kotoko 2-1 Power BA United 0-0 King Faisal Mines Stars 1-0 Liberty Stay Cool 0-2 Goldfields Heart of Lions 0-3 Hearts of Oak Olympics 3-1 RTU Arsenal 1-0 Bofoakwa Round 12 [Aug 6] RTU 1-0 Okwawu Power 1-0 BA United Hearts of Oak 1-0 Arsenal Goldfields awd Olympics [awarded 0-3, originally 3-1; King Faisal 3-1 Stay Cool dispute on Valentine Atem] Hasaacas 1-0 Mines Stars Bofoakwa 0-2 Kotoko [Aug 7] Liberty 2-0 Heart of Lions Round 13 [Aug 9] Okwawu 0-0 Goldfields [Aug 10] Arsenal 3-0 Liberty Olympics 0-2 King Faisal Heart of Lions 1-1 Hasaacas Stay Cool 0-1 BA United Bofoakwa 1-0 Power Mines Stars 0-0 RTU Kotoko 0-0 Hearts of Oak Round 14 [Aug 13] Hasaacas 1-0 Arsenal BA United 1-0 Olympics RTU 4-1 Heart of Lions Power 0-0 Stay Cool Hearts of Oak 3-1 Bofoakwa Goldfields 2-1 Mines Stars King Faisal 1-1 Okwawu [Aug 14] Liberty 1-3 Kotoko Round 15 [Aug 16] Okwawu 1-0 BA United [Aug 17] Kotoko 2-1 Hasaacas Mines Stars 2-1 King Faisal Bofoakwa 0-1 Liberty Heart of Lions 2-2 Goldfields Power 0-1 Hearts of Oak Olympics 2-0 Stay Cool Arsenal 3-0 RTU Round 16 [Aug 23] Liberty 0-0 Bofoakwa [Aug 24] BA United 1-0 Okwawu Hasaacas 0-0 Kotoko King Faisal 1-0 Mines Stars Goldfields 2-1 Heart of Lions Hearts of Oak 0-0 Power Stay Cool 1-1 Olympics RTU 3-0 Arsenal Round 17 [Aug 28] Arsenal 1-2 Hasaacas Olympics 4-2 BA United Heart of Lions 4-0 RTU Stay Cool 2-0 Power Bofoakwa 0-2 Hearts of Oak Mines Stars 0-0 Goldfields Kotoko 3-2 Liberty [Aug 29] Okwawu 1-4 King Faisal Round 18 [Aug 30] Liberty 3-0 Arsenal [Aug 31] Goldfields 2-0 Okwawu King Faisal 1-0 Olympics Hasaacas 2-1 Heart of Lions BA United 1-0 Stay Cool Power 0-0 Bofoakwa RTU 1-0 Mines Stars Hearts of Oak 1-1 Kotoko Round 19 [Sep 3] BA United 2-1 Power Arsenal 0-0 Hearts of Oak Olympics awd Goldfields [awarded 3-0, originally 1-1] Stay Cool 1-0 King Faisal Mines Stars 1-0 Hasaacas Kotoko 1-0 Bofoakwa Heart of Lions 2-0 Liberty [Sep 4] Okwawu 1-1 RTU Round 20 [Sep 6] Liberty 1-0 Mines Stars [Sep 7] RTU 0-0 Olympics Bofoakwa 1-0 Arsenal Hasaacas 1-1 Okwawu Goldfields 2-0 Stay Cool Hearts of Oak 1-0 Heart of Lions [Sep 10] King Faisal 2-0 BA United Power 1-1 Kotoko Round 21 [Sep 14] Olympics 0-0 Hasaacas Heart of Lions 0-0 Bofoakwa Stay Cool 1-0 RTU King Faisal 2-0 Power Mines Stars awd Hearts of Oak [awarded 0-3, originally 1-1; Mines BA United 1-0 Goldfields Stars fielded ineligible player] Okwawu 2-0 Liberty Arsenal 0-1 Kotoko Round 22 [Sep 20] Liberty 0-0 Olympics [Sep 21] RTU 2-1 BA United Power 1-0 Arsenal Goldfields 0-0 King Faisal Hearts of Oak 1-0 Okwawu Hasaacas 2-1 Stay Cool Bofoakwa 1-1 Mines Stars [Sep 25] Kotoko 3-0 Heart of Lions Round 23 [Sep 28] Stay Cool 0-0 Liberty Mines Stars 0-2 Kotoko BA United 1-0 Hasaacas Okwawu 2-0 Bofoakwa King Faisal 4-1 RTU Goldfields 2-0 Power Hearts of Oak 2-1 Olympics Heart of Lions 1-0 Arsenal Round 24 [Oct 29] Hearts of Oak 3-0 Stay Cool Hasaacas 1-1 King Faisal Arsenal 2-0 Mines Stars Liberty 4-0 BA United Power 0-1 Heart of Lions Bofoakwa 1-0 Olympics Kotoko 3-0 Okwawu RTU 1-0 Goldfields Round 25 [Nov 2] Stay Cool 3-1 Bofoakwa Mines Stars 3-0 Heart of Lions RTU 3-1 Power BA United 0-0 Hearts of Oak Okwawu 1-0 Arsenal Goldfields 1-0 Hasaacas King Faisal 1-1 Liberty Olympics 0-1 Kotoko Round 26 [Nov 5] Heart of Lions 1-1 Okwawu Hearts of Oak 1-1 King Faisal Bofoakwa 1-0 BA United Power 3-2 Mines Stars Hasaacas 1-0 RTU Kotoko 2-1 Stay Cool Liberty 4-2 Goldfields Arsenal 3-0 Olympics Round 27 [Nov 9] Olympics 3-0 Heart of Lions Hasaacas 0-0 Power Goldfields abd Hearts of Oak [0-2 rained off after 76 min] BA United 1-3 Kotoko Okwawu 1-1 Mines Stars King Faisal 2-0 Bofoakwa Stay Cool 0-0 Arsenal RTU 1-1 Liberty [Nov 10, replay] Goldfields 1-1 Hearts of oak Round 28 [Nov 23] Power 1-0 Okwawu Kotoko 1-0 King Faisal Liberty 1-0 Hasaacas Arsenal 1-0 BA United Hearts of Oak 2-0 RTU Heart of Lions 3-0 Stay Cool Bofoakwa 0-0 Goldfields Mines Stars 1-2 Olympics Round 29 [Nov 30] Olympics 2-4 Okwawu Stay Cool 1-4 Mines Stars BA United 2-0 Heart of Lions King Faisal 1-0 Arsenal RTU 3-1 Bofoakwa Liberty 2-1 Power Hasaacas 0-0 Hearts of Oak Goldfields 0-1 Kotoko Round 30 [Dec 7] Hearts of Oak 3-1 Liberty Power 3-0 Olympics Kotoko 2-0 RTU Heart of Lions 2-3 King Faisal Mines Stars 2-0 BA United Bofoakwa 2-0 Hasaacas Arsenal 0-0 Goldfields Okwawu 2-1 Stay Cool Final(?) Table: 1.Asante Kotoko (Kumasi) 30 23 6 1 52-13 75 Champions 2.Hearts of Oak (Accra) 30 18 12 0 45-12 66 3.King Faisal Babies (Kumasi) 30 15 9 6 44-21 54 4.Liberty Professionals (Accra) 30 12 11 7 39-31 47 5.Arsenals (Berekum) 30 12 5 13 27-21 41 6.Great Olympics (Accra) 30 10 9 11 32-30 39 7.Real Tamale United (Tamale) 30 10 8 12 27-31 38 8.Hasaacas (Sekondi) 30 9 10 11 21-26 37 9.Okwahu United (Nkawkaw) 30 9 9 12 29-32 36 10.Heart of Lions (Kpando) 30 10 5 15 29-44 35 11.Power FC (Koforidua) 30 9 7 14 20-28 34 12.Tano Bafoakwa (Sunyani) 30 8 7 15 20-31 31 13.Brong Ahofu United (Sunyani) 30 9 4 17 20-39 28 [- 3] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14.Goldfields (Obuasi) 30 9 11 10 26-34 26 [-12] --------------------------------------------------------- 15.Prestea Mines Stars 30 9 5 16 25-38 26 [- 6] 16.Stay Cool (Dansoman) 30 5 8 17 18-43 20 [- 3] [*] [*] play in Cape Coast (formerly played in Tema) NB: there was the usual confusion on awarded matches and possible additional points deductions, partially due to conflicting decisions by the Professional League and the Ghana FA; the table above has the following eight matches counted as awarded: rd 1 Goldfields 1-0 Arsenal, awarded 0-3 rd 3 BA United 1-0 Arsenal, awarded 0-3 (revoked?) rd 4 Mines Stars 1-0 Okwahu, awarded 0-3 rd 6 Tano 1-1 Stay Cool, awarded 3-0 rd 7 Goldfields 4-0 RTU, awarded 0-3 rd 12 Goldfields 3-1 Olympics, awarded 0-3 rd 19 Olympics 1-1 Goldfields, awarded 3-0 rd 21 Mines Stars 1-1 Hearts of Oak, awarded 0-3 additionally, a 3-point deduction against the losing team in every decision was included. After a writ filed by a supporter of Goldfields, the Cape Coast High Court placed an injunction on the (publication of the) final league table. In any case, Prestea Mines Stars and Stay Cool were eventually relegated. Promoted: Feyenoord Academy (Goma Fetteh) and Real Sportive (Tema); in addition Goldfields were renamed AshantiGold (Obuasi). Topscorers [Nov 24]: Shaibu Yakubu (Goldfields) 13 Kwadwo Poku (King Faisal) 12 Asamoah Gyan (Liberty) 11 Alhassan Weah (RTU) 9 Lawrence Adjei (Hearts) 8 Abraham Kudemor (Lions) 8 Authors: José Batalha (jose.batalha@netvisao.pt) and Hans Schöggl Last updated: 9 Jul 2009 (C) Copyright José Batalha, Hans Schöggl and RSSSF 2003/09