Karela United FC is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Aiyinase, Ellembele District, Western Region. The club competed in the 2019 Ghanaian Normalisation Cup Competition. Karela plays their home matches at the CAM Park.

History

The club was founded on Tuesday October 1, 2013, when the former Metropolitan Sporting Club changed its name to Karela United Football Club. Karela initially competed in the Ghana Division One league, off which they emerged as champions and were subsequently promoted into the Ghana Premier League in the year 2017. The first official match was played on Saturday November 23, 2013 against Proud United in a goalless draw at

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2018 – present

After the Ghana Premier League was hit by the

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Number 12 scandal and the 2018 league season was cancelled along with the

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of the Ghana Football Association in June 2018, a Normalisation Competition was organised by the GFA normalisation committee to be played in place of the main league as the restructuring of the GFA was being put in place. Karela placed 2nd in group B to qualify for the next stage, beating

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at that stage to qualify to the finals to play against Asante Kotoko. Karela lost the finals in a penalty shootout round after the match ended in a 1–1 draw. They lost the bid to represent Ghana at the

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and were declared runner-up in the Tier 1 of the competition. After several distractions to the Ghana premier league from 2017 due to the

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, the 2020-2021 season started in November 2020.

Rivalry

Karela being a club based in the Nzema enclave of the Ellembele District located in Western Region of Ghana, they developed a fierce rivalry between them and their fellow Nzema enclave team Medeama SC. The rivalry has developed over the years into the Nzema Derby. They are also rivals with Nzema Kotoko.

Grounds

The team's home games are played at Crosby Awuah Memorial (CAM) Park.

Current squad

Honours

Domestic

* Ghana Division One League Zone II ** Champions (1): 2016–17

Club captains

Philip Quarshie (2016–2018) Godfred Saka (2018) Empem Dacosta (2019) Godfred Agyemang Yeboah (2019 – present)

Managers

Johnson Smith, 2017 – October 2019

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, April 2020 – present

Season

2020–21 Karela United FC season

References

External links

Official Site
{{Ghana Premier League Football clubs in Ghana Sports clubs and teams in Ghana Association football clubs established in 2013 2013 establishments in Ghana Karela United FC