The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is a governing body of association football, based in

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. Founded in 1957, it was dissolved with "immediate effect", according to

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, on 7 June 2018, after the uncovering of a corruption scandal. In October 2019, a new president, Kurt Okraku, was elected and the association reconvened upon the completion of the work of the FIFA Normalization Committee. Mark Addo was elected vice president in November 2019.

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In 1957,

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was elected General Secretary of the Football Association by the clubs and the Ghana Amateur Football Association was officially founded. He strategically affiliated the Association with

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in 1958 and CAF in 1960.CAF and FIFA, ''50 years of African football – the DVD'', 2009, Ghana Correspondence 18 June 1963. ''"MEMBERSHIP OF AFRICAN FOOTBALL CONFEDERATION: I refer to your letter No.RC/Vr of 22 March 1963, and inform you that my Association has been a member of the African Football Confederation since December 1960."'' The Ghana Amateur Football Association was affiliated with CAF in 1960, and in 1963 won the bid to host the 5th

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, to coincide with the Meeting of the (

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) Heads of States and Government in Accra. The Association was dissolved 'with immediate effect' on 7 June 2018, after undercover journalist

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revealed the amount of corruption in the association and soccer in general. Referees and officials of the association were filmed taking bribes. The Sports Minister

referred to

Kwesi Nyantakyi Kwesi Nyantakyi is a Ghanaian banker, lawyer and former football administrator. He was the president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) from 30 December 2005 until 7 June 2018. Nyantakyi officially resigned a day later. However, four hour ...

on Accra-based JoyFM as "former president" because all arms and affiliates of GFA stand dissolved. Due to that the 2018 Ghanaian Premier League was cancelled. GFA is set to reopen in August 2019. Elections were held in October 2019 and out of the 6 candidates who contested, Kurt Okraku emerged the winner. In November 2019, the Women's League Committee was put together. The team was made up of Hilary Boateng (Chairperson), Rosalind Amoh (Vice chairperson), Nana Aba Anamoah, Cleopatra Nsia, Jerry Dogbatse, Nana Poku Fosu Geabour II and Christian Isaac Mensah. In January 2020, Prosper Harrison Addo was appointed the General Secretary. It was announced in January that the technical crew of all the national teams had been disbanded. This was done with the intention of giving the sport a fresh start and enhancing the performance of the teams. Pursuant to the disbanding, Mercy Efua Tagoe-Quarcoo and

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were appointed head coaches of the Black Queens and Black Stars respectively. Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo was assisted by Charles Anokye Frimpong and Charles Akonnor by David Duncan. The National Teams Department was added to the outfit of GFA and Mr Alex Asante who is a Deputy General Secretary was appointed as its acting head. In September 2020, the

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dismissed an appeal by Wilfred Kwaku Osei Palmer which, amongst others, sought to nullify the Ghana Football Association presidential elections conducted in October 2019. In October 2020, GFA signed an agreement with Decathlon Ghana, making the latter the official retail partner for Black Stars kits and equipment as well as other merchandising products. An undercover investigation led by ''

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'' and

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accused Kwesi Nyantaky and other officials of the Ghana Federation of match-fixing. According to this information, the accusations involve just the international friendlies – thus, the

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matches wouldn't be affected by the suspicions. Kwesi Nyantakyi denied the match fixing allegations, saying: "the report of the newspaper or the media house is entirely not accurate." and "There is really no cause for alarm as far as I am concerned, because nothing untoward has happened involving me or the Federation".

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