Medeama Sporting Club is a

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ian professional

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based in Tarkwa, Western Region. The club currently competes in the

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. The club was formerly known as Kessben F.C. before changing its name to Medeama Sporting Club in January 2011.

Moses Armah Moses Armah 'Parker' is a Ghanaian businessman, football administrator and currently the owner and President of Medeama SC as well as the chairman of Mospacka Group of companies which includes Medeama FM. In July 2010, the businessman completed ...

is the President and owner of Medeama SC.

History

Kessben FC

It was founded in 2002. Its home ground used to be

Abrankese Stadium Anane Boateng Sports Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Kumasi, built by Mr Kwabena Kess the C.E.O of Kessben Group of Companies Ghana at Abrankese near Kuntenase in the Bosomtwe District of Ashanti Region. It is used mostly for football matches a ...

in Abrankese,

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, also known as Anane Boateng Stadium between. The club was previously sponsored by

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Ghana Ltd.

Medeama SC

Medeama Football Club was established 2008 as a Ghana Division Three League club. In 2010, the club failed in its initial attempt to qualify to the

. This led to the purchasing of the now defunct Kessben FC the same year. The licensing of the club was fully completed in December 2010 and club was renamed to Medeama Sporting Club in January 2011. The base of the Kessben club was moved from Abrankese in Ashanti Region of Ghana to Tarkwa in the Western Region of Ghana.Kessben FC re-named Medeama Sporting Club

Grounds

Medeama SC currently play their home matches at Akoon Park located in Tarkwa,

. The stadium currently holds 10,000 people.

Honours

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:Champions (2): 2013, 2015 * Ghana Super Cup :Champions (1): 2015

Current squad

''As of 10 October, 2022.''

Captains

* Mohammed Muntari Tagoe 2014–2016 *

Joseph Tetteh Zutah Joseph Tetteh Zutah (born 22 August 1994) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer. He played as midfielder and captained Ghana Premier League side Medeama for majority of his career. A Mathematics and Statistics graduate of the Universit ...

2017–

Management staff

Chairman *

Board Chairman * Dr Anthony Aubynn Chief executive * James Essilfie Club Solicitor * Emmanuel Larbi Amoah Communication Director * Patrick Akoto

Managerial history

Current coach

* Ignatius Osei-Fosu (Head coach) * Charles Anokye Frimpong (Assistant coach)

Previous coaches

Hans van der Pluijm Hans van der Pluijm (born 3 January 1949) is a Dutch football coach who most recently coached Azam F.C. in Tanzania. A former goalkeeper, he played for FC Den Bosch between 1967 and 1986. After retiring, he was the manager of Den Bosch until 1995 ...

(Head coach) 2013–2015 * Tom Strand (Head coach) 2015–2016 * Evans Adotey (Technical Director), (Interim coach) 2013–2017 *

Samuel Boadu Samuel Boadu (born 24 February 1986) is a Ghanaian professional football manager and former player who last served as the head coach of Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. in the Ghana Premier League and serves as the assistant coach of the Ghana national ...

(Head coach) (2018–2021) *

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(Head coach) (2021)

Supporting staff

* Hamza Obeng (Assistant coach) * Eric Amponsah (Goalkeepers coach) *

Joachim Yaw Joachim Yaw Acheampong (born 2 November 1973 in Accra), known as Yaw, is a Ghanaian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career In his country Yaw represented Goldfields Obuasi (1990–94), Power FC (1999–2000) and King Fai ...

(Assistant coach)

Seasons

2020–21 Medeama S.C. season

References

External links

Official website

Ghana-pedia webpage - Kessben FC
{{Ghana Premier League Association football clubs established in 2002 2002 establishments in Ghana Football clubs in Ghana Association football clubs disestablished in 2010 Sports clubs in Ghana Western Region (Ghana)