Cape Coast Mysterious Ebusua Dwarfs is a
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
ian professional
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club based in
Cape Coast
Cape Coast is a city, fishing port, and the capital of Cape Coast Metropolitan District and Central Region of Ghana. It is one of the country's most historic cities, a World Heritage Site, home to the Cape Coast Castle, with the Gulf of Guinea ...
. The club competes 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 ...
, the Premier division on the Ghanaian football pyramid, and hold home games at
Cape Coast Sports Stadium
Cape Coast Sports Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Ebusua Dwarfs. The stadium holds 20,000 people.
Stadium etymology
Construction
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.
History
Founded in 1932, Ebusua Dwarfs were one of the founding members of the Ghana Premier League and won the 1966 Ghana Premier League. Ebusua Dwarfs is the first winner of the Presidential cup in 1970 when the idea of FA cup and League Championships was introduced in Ghana,It was called the Prime Minister's cup. Ebusua Dwarfs again won the first
SWAG Cup
The SWAG Cup (Sports Writers Association of Ghana Cup) is an annual one-off game, featuring two selected clubs at the end of the season. The cup is called the H.P. Nyemitei Cup in honour of former GFA president Henry Plange Nyemitei and the SIC H. ...
by beating Hearts of Oak 4–2. Ebusua Dwarfs is one of the eight teams invited to play in the first-ever Ghana FA Cup, losing 6–0 in the semifinals to Hearts of Oak after defeating their rivals Vipers 2–0.
Dwarfs defeated Ho Mighty Eagles 4–2 to win the 1968 FA Cup final.
The Dwarfs also appeared in the 1993 and 1994 finals, losing on penalties to Goldfields in 1993 and losing to Hearts of Oak in 1994 2–1 after taking a lead. Cape Coast Mysterious Dwarfs FC is the third Ghanaian club to represent Ghana in Africa after Real Republicans and Asante Kotoko in that order.
Cape Coast Dwarfs appeared in the
2000 CAF Cup
The 2000 CAF Cup was the 9th edition of the CAF Cup, the African continental club competition for runners up of the respective domestic leagues. It was won by Algerian team JS Kabylie who beat Ismaily SC of Egypt on the away goals rule in the fina ...
, losing to Ismaily of Egypt 6–0 in the quarterfinals but not before defeating Wydad Casablanca.
Famous Black Stars goalkeeper
Robert Mensah got his start with the Dwarfs in the 1960s.
Nana Aidoo, the Dwarfs CEO and chief financier, died in 2018.
Grounds
Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs play home matches at the
Cape Coast Sports Stadium. The Cape Coast Sports Stadium holds an estimated capacity of 15,000 seats.
The club plans to build a state-of-the-art facility after the supporters purchased a parcel of land to build their first training pitch
Rivalries
Cape Coast Mysterious Ebusua Dwarfs' longest established rivalry is with
Cape Coast Venomous Vipers FC.
Elmina Sharks FC. have also been considered as local rivals in recent times.
Honours
National Titles
*
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 ...
: 1
::1965–66
*
FA Cup
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: 1
::1968
Performance in CAF competitions
*
CAF Cup
The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runners-up of member associations who have not qualified to the pre-existing CAF international club competition the African Cup of Champions Clubs.
History
The tou ...
:
2000 CAF Cup
The 2000 CAF Cup was the 9th edition of the CAF Cup, the African continental club competition for runners up of the respective domestic leagues. It was won by Algerian team JS Kabylie who beat Ismaily SC of Egypt on the away goals rule in the fina ...
- quarterfinals
*
CAF Confederation Cup
The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football club competition established in 2004 from a merger of the CAF Cup and the African Cup Winners' Cup and organi ...
: 1 appearance
::
2014
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- First Round
Current squad
''As of February 2021.''
Club captains
*
Nicholas Gyan (2016–2018)
* Joseph Amoah Mensah (2018)
*
Dennis Nkrumah-Korsah (2019–present)
References
External links
Team profile- ''soccerway.com''
- ''twitter.com''
- ''plus.google.com''
- ''facebook.com''
Cape Coast
Football clubs in Ghana
Sports clubs in Ghana
1932 establishments in Gold Coast (British colony)
Association football clubs established in 1932
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