Medeama Sporting Club is a

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ian professional football club based in

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, 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 is the President and owner of Medeama SC.

History

Kessben FC

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

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

. The stadium currently holds 10,000 people.

Honours

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

:Champions (2): 2013, 2015 *

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:Champions (1): 2015

Current squad

''As of 10 October, 2022.''

Captains

* Mohammed Muntari Tagoe 2014–2016 * Joseph Tetteh Zutah 2017–

Management staff

Chairman * Moses Armah 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 (Head coach) 2013–2015 * Tom Strand (Head coach) 2015–2016 *

Evans Adotey Evans Augustine Adotey (born 24 September 1964) is a Ghanaian football team manager who currently coaches Ghana Premier League side Karela United. He previously coached Ghana women's national under-17 football team and served as technical director ...

(Technical Director), (Interim coach) 2013–2017 * Samuel Boadu (Head coach) (2018–2021) * Yaw Preko (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)