Accra Lions Football Club is a

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club based in

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. The club is competing in the

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, the top professional football division of the football league system in Ghana and in the

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. They play their home matches at the

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is the coach of the side.

History

Accra Lions Football Club was founded on 12 December 2015. They secure promotion after just two seasons in the

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Division Two after winning the Zone IV division with a record 73 points in 28 matches to qualify for the middle league. During the

promotional playoffs at the

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, Accra Lions booked the sole qualification ticket with a 100% winning record. They beat Emmanuel FC (4-1), R-Stakes (3-0) and Photizo Future Professionals (2-0) to slot into Division One Zone III which includes clubs based in

, Eastern Region and

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. On 28 January 2018, Accra Lions officially announced the

as their new home ground for the 2017/2018 Division One League. In 2018 they made their debut in the Ghana Division One- Zone Three and in the

. After becoming champions in the Ghana Division One 2020/2021, Accra Lions earned promotion to the

. They scored the most goals (57 goals in 28 matches) and the club's striker Rauf Salifu ended up as top scorer in this seasons Division One with 21 goals. In the

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Global Transfer Report 2021, the Accra Lions ranked 7th in Africa ( CAF ) with 10 outgoing transfers. The following year they were also able to transfer 10 players abroad. In their second season in the Ghana Premier League, they played with the youngest team in the Premier League in a 1-0 away win against Tamale City, with an average age of 18.73 years they conquered second place in the table with 34 points after 20 games.

Staff

;Head coach * James Francis ;Sporting Director: *

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;General Manager: * Ishmael Hamidu ;Director of Finance & Administration * Enoch Kofi Osei ;Goalkeeper's coach: * Osei Boateng ;Physiotherapist: * Manaf Abubakar ;U17 Head Coach: * Sam Gill ;Assistant Academy Manager: * Fiete Kaupp

Current squad

''As of 1 March 2023''

Former players

Osman Bukari Osman Bukari (born 13 December 1998) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serbian club Red Star Belgrade and the Ghana national team. Club career AS Trenčín First European club in Osman Bukari's professional caree ...

* Jessie Guera Djou * Nasiru Moro * Olivier Boissy * Rahim Ibrahim * Joseph Amoah * Jordan Ayimbila *

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* Rauf Salifu * Alex Agyarkwa * Rashid Abubakar * Hagan Frimpong * Jacob Mensah

Notes

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.accralions.com/ Football clubs in Ghana Football clubs in Accra Association football clubs established in 2015 2015 establishments in Ghana