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Aduana Football Club is a professional football club, based in
Dormaa Ahenkro Dormaa Ahenkro is a city and also the capital of Dormaa Traditional Area Dormaa Municipal of the Bono Region, in Ghana.Dormaa District
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Bono Region The Bono region is one of the 16 administrative regions of Ghana. It is as a result of the remainder of Brong-Ahafo region when Bono East region and Ahafo region were created. Sunyani, also known as the green city of Ghana, is the regional capit ...
, Ghana. The club is competing in the
Ghanaian Premier League The is the top professional association football division of the football league system in Ghana. Officially formed in 1956 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition (which began in 1933 and ended in 1953–54), t ...
. It made history by winning the Ghana Premier League at their first attempt with 53 points. It became the ninth club to win the Ghana Premier League in its 54-year-old history.


History


Early years

In 1984, four natives of
Dormaa Ahenkro Dormaa Ahenkro is a city and also the capital of Dormaa Traditional Area Dormaa Municipal of the Bono Region, in Ghana.Dormaa District
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Bono Region The Bono region is one of the 16 administrative regions of Ghana. It is as a result of the remainder of Brong-Ahafo region when Bono East region and Ahafo region were created. Sunyani, also known as the green city of Ghana, is the regional capit ...
led by Agya Donkor, a goldsmith and supported by Kofi Boahen, Iddrisa Issaka and one other unnamed person registered to play in the regional division 4 league of Ghana, bringing Aduana Stars Football Club to birth in 1985. Due to the decision to adopt the official emblem of the Aduana clan, the group had to seek for the permission from the Aduanahene (who was a paramount chief of Aboabo no 3), which he accepted. Aduana Stars went on to play in the division 4 of the Ghana league for two years before gaining promotion into the division 3 league in 1986. After that promotion, the club declined and didn't see much progress afterwards.


Take over by Paramount chief or Omanhene of

Dormaa Ahenkro Dormaa Ahenkro is a city and also the capital of Dormaa Traditional Area Dormaa Municipal of the Bono Region, in Ghana.Dormaa District
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Due to financial issues and the retrogressing of the club, it led to the decision of the
Omanhene In several Akan nations of Ghana, the Omanhene (''Pl. Amanhene)'' is the title of the supreme traditional ruler ('king') in a region or a larger town. The omanhene is the central figure and institution of the nation. Officially, he has no function i ...
of
Dormaa Dormaa Ahenkro is a city and also the capital of Dormaa Traditional Area Dormaa Municipal of the Bono Region, in Ghana.Dormaa District
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Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Dr. Nana Agyeman Badu II who is also a High Court Judge in Tema, to take over the management of the club. Subsequent to his take over, the club played in the lower divisions for some years moving up the ladder and finally getting promoted to the Ghana Premier League on 19 August 2009 for the first time in their history, after
Richard Addai Richard Addai (born 27 July 1986) is a Ghanaian footballer who last played as a forward for Ghana Premier League side Aduana Stars. Career Aduana Stars Addai played in Ghana during his football career. He played for Aduana Stars from 200 ...
scored the winning goal in their last fixture against Universal Stars to help them to a 2–1 victory at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.


2009–2019

Within this period Aduana Stars won the Ghana Premier League title two times, once in 2010 and once in 2017. They also won the Ghana super cup in 2018 and competed in the CAF Champions league as champions of Ghana on two occasions, in 2011 and in 2018.


2010 (League triumph)

Aduana's first Ghana Premier League goal was scored by
Richard Addai Richard Addai (born 27 July 1986) is a Ghanaian footballer who last played as a forward for Ghana Premier League side Aduana Stars. Career Aduana Stars Addai played in Ghana during his football career. He played for Aduana Stars from 200 ...
. On 17 October 2009, Aduana Stars picked up their first top flight win in a match against Heart of Lions at the Agyeman Badu I Park in Dormaa through Richard Addae's 73rd-minute strike. They first won the title in 2009–10 when the team ended the season as the fewest scoring side in the League, setting a world record for least productive champions with 19 goals in 30 matches. With an average of 0.6333 goals per match, they broke the all-time record set by
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. The Turkish
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side became champions in 1979–80 with 25 goals in 30 matches (average of 0.8333). In a league of 16 clubs that generated 30 matches, Aduana Stars won 15 matches, drew 8 and lost 7 beating Obuase Ashanti Gold S.C to the title by the head-to-head margin which had been adopted by the Ghana premier league board (PLB) in case of a tie, after both clubs garnered 53 points from all the 30 matches played at the end of the season. They were led by Ghanaian coach
Herbert Addo Herbert Addo (24 June 1951 – 24 March 2017) was a Ghanaian Premier League football coach. He was born in Accra. He coached Hasaacas, Asante Kotoko, Ashanti Gold, Hearts of Oak, Aduana Stars and Inter Allies. He also coached Gabonese club ...
, who helped them to also set the record of being the first newly promoted team to win the league. They also became the first team either than Kumasi-based
Asante Kotoko S.C. Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, simply known as Asante Kotoko, is a professional football club founded on 31 August 1935 and based in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Nicknamed the ''Porcupine Warriors'', they compete in the Ghana Premier Lea ...
or Accra based team
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to win the league within the 21st Century and the 9th team to win the Ghana Premier league since its inception 54 years ago in 1956.


2017–2018 (League triumph & FA Super Cup)

The second triumph was 2017 after the team had finished as runners-up to Wa All stars in the previous year. They won the 2017/2018 Ghana Premier League after going undefeated in 15 home matches within the season with one game to spare after a 2–1 victory over Elmina Sharks at Nana Agyeman Badu Park at Dormaa-Ahenkro. The team was led by the late Ghanaian coach Yussif Abubakar who described their triumph at that time as a well hard fought league title victory. They completed the season with a 6-point gap between them and the second place team
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(WAFA), with 16 wins, 9 draws and 6 loses. They were awarded $30,000 equivalent to Ghs 180,000 as prize money for winning the league The team later parted ways with
Herbert Addo Herbert Addo (24 June 1951 – 24 March 2017) was a Ghanaian Premier League football coach. He was born in Accra. He coached Hasaacas, Asante Kotoko, Ashanti Gold, Hearts of Oak, Aduana Stars and Inter Allies. He also coached Gabonese club ...
in August 2011


2020–present

After several distractions to the Ghana premier league from 2017 due to the
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of the GFA in June 2018, the 2018 league season was abandoned and the uprising of the deadly
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which also caused the 2019–20 league to be cancelled abruptly. Aduana was leading the league prior to the cancellation with more than half of league matches played. The 2020–21 season started in November 2020. In February 2020, Ghanaian coach Paa Kwesi Fabin was signed as head coach who resigned midway through the season. In March 2021, the club appointed Joseph Asare Bediako a former coach of Berekum Chelsea to finish the season. The club finished the 2020–21 season 4th out of 18 clubs and amassed 54 points.


Ownership of Aduana

Aduana Stars is a traditional club led by the head of the Aduana clan and has a board that comprises chiefs from towns in the
Bono region The Bono region is one of the 16 administrative regions of Ghana. It is as a result of the remainder of Brong-Ahafo region when Bono East region and Ahafo region were created. Sunyani, also known as the green city of Ghana, is the regional capit ...
and other regions like
Kumawu Kumawu is a small town and is the capital of Sekyere Afram Plains District, Sekyere Kumawu, a Districts of Ghana, district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
and
Akwamu Akwamu was a state set up by the Akwamu people in present-day Ghana. After migrating from Bono state, the Akan founders of Akwamu settled in Twifo-Heman. The Akwamu led an expansionist empire in the 17th and 18th centuries. At the peak of their ...
.


Crest

File:Aduana Stars FC (logo).png, Former logo File:Aduana Stars logo.jpg, Previous Logo (2014-2020)


Grounds

The club plays their home games at the Agyeman Badu Stadium in Dormaa Ahenkro in the Bono Region


Current squad


Honours

*
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**Champions: 2010,
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* Super Cup **Winners:
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* Ghalca G6 ** Winners (2018)


Performance in CAF competitions

* CAF Champions League: 2 appearances :: 2011 – Preliminary Round ::
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– First Round * CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance ::
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– Group Stage * WAFU Club Championship: 1 appearance :: 2011 – First Round


Club league record


Club captains

* Emmanuel Akuoko (2015–) General captain * Godfred Saka (2016–2017) * Joseph Addo (2017–2018) * Yahaya Mohammed (2018) * Elvis Opoku (2019–20) * Joseph Addo (2020) * Bright Adjei (2022)


Managers

''As of January 2021, List of Aduana Managers since promotion into the Ghana Premier League in 2009.''


Seasons

2020-2021 Aduana Stars F.C season


References

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