Ashanti Gold Sporting Club popularly known as AshGold is a Ghanaian
football
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team based in the gold mining town of
Obuasi
Obuasi is a Mining Community and town in the southern part of Obuasi Municipal of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Obuasi is the capital of the Obuasi Municipal which lies south of Ashanti capital city Kumasi 39 miles (59.4 kilometres) away south ...
, south of
Kumasi
Kumasi (historically spelled Comassie or Coomassie, usually spelled Kumase in Twi) is a city in the Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region near Lake Bosomtwe, and is the ...
the capital of
Ashanti Region
The Ashanti Region is located in southern part of Ghana and it is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of or 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the mo ...
. The club are currently competing in the
Ghana 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 ...
.
History
Ashanti Gold SC was founded in 1978 by a group of employees of the
Ashanti Goldfields Corporation
The Ashanti Goldfields Corporation is a gold mining company based in Ghana that was founded by Joseph Ellis and Joseph Biney both from Cape Coast. The Ashanti Mine, located at Obuasi, 56 km south of Kumasi, has been producing since 1897. Dur ...
under the name of Goldfields Sporting Club famously known as Obuasi Goldfields. The employees pleaded with management of AGC to sponsor the team, but they were always refused. The employees continued to pay the salaries and costs for the team and in the 1984 season the club finished as
runner-up
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Ashanti Gold SC has never matched the greatness of their three-year cup run, but have remained a top team in the First Capital Plus Bank Premier League. They continue to produce excellent footballers who have played throughout
Europe
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FIFA
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2006 World Cup
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, but did not appear in a game.
Grounds
Ashanti Gold play their home matches at
Len Clay Stadium
Len Clay Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Obuasi, Ghana. It was opened on 10 May 1990 and renovated on 17 April 2005 and is home to Ashanti Gold Sporting Club. It has capacity for 20,000 people.
History
Len Clay Stadium was opened on 10 May 1 ...
2015
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* MTN FA Cup: 1
::1992–93
::''Finalist'': 1984, 2011–12
International
*
CAF Champions League
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**Runners-up:
1997
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Other trophies
*
Ghana Telecom Gala
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: 1
::1995–96
Performance in CAF competitions
*
CAF Champions League
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: 4 appearances
::
1997
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– ''Finalist''
::
2007
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– First Round
::
2008
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– First Round
::
2016
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Preliminary round
*
African Cup of Champions Clubs
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: 1 appearance
::
1996
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– Second Round
*
CAF Confederation Cup
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: 2 appearances
::
2011
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– First Round
::
2019
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— First Round
*
CAF Cup
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History
The tou ...
: 2 appearances
::
2001
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– Quarter-finals
::
2002
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– First Round
Current squad
''As of December 2020''
Former notable players
*
Abubakar Yakubu
Abubakari Yakubu (13 December 1981 – 31 October 2017) was a Ghanaian footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder but also as a defender.
Club career
Born in Tema, Yakubu joined AFC Ajax at only 17, going on to remain in the Netherl ...
Cecil Jones Attuquayefio
Cecil Jones Attuquayefio (18 October 1944 – 12 May 2015) was a Ghanaian football player and coach.
International career
Attuquayefio played many times for the Ghana national team and helped the team win the 1965 African Nations Cup.
Coa ...
(1990–93)
*
Dave Booth
David Booth (born 2 October 1948) is an English association football, football manager and former player.
Early years
Booth was brought up in Darton near Barnsley and attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield where he played rugby and ...
(1991–94)
*
Charles Gyamfi
Charles Kumi Gyamfi (4 December 1929 – 2 September 2015) was a Ghanaian footballer and coach, who as a player became the first African to play in Germany when he joined Fortuna Düsseldorf in 1960, and later became the first coach to lead the ...
(1992–93)
*
Cecil Jones Attuquayefio
Cecil Jones Attuquayefio (18 October 1944 – 12 May 2015) was a Ghanaian football player and coach.
International career
Attuquayefio played many times for the Ghana national team and helped the team win the 1965 African Nations Cup.
Coa ...
(1993–95)
* Hans van der Pluijm (July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2002), (July 1, 2004 – Oct 5, 2005)
* Sam Arday (Oct 31, 2004 – May 31, 2005)
* David Duncan (July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2008)
*
Zdravko Logarušić
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Overall, he has coached in four continents: Europe, Asia, Oceania and North Ame ...
Mehdi Pashazadeh
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Charles Akonnor
Charles Kwabla Akonnor (born 12 March 1974 in Accra) is a former Ghanaian international footballer who is the former manager of the Ghana national team. He played as a versatile midfielder, mostly in Germany.
He started his career in Ghana wit ...
(Jan 2017 – July 2018)
* Milovan Cirkovic (November 2020– February 2021)
Nsawam
Nsawam is a town in south Ghana and is the capital of the Nsawam-Adoagyire Municipal District, a district in the Eastern Region of south Ghana. The main ethnic group is Akan, followed by Ga and then Ewe.Eastern region and is also operating as a reserve team for Ashanti Gold SC. The club is currently not in operation.