The President's Cup is an annual one-off game, featuring two selected clubs at the end of the season. The cup is called the GHALCA President's Cup because it is organized by Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) and played in honour of the sitting
President of Ghana
The president of the Republic of Ghana is the elected head of state and head of government of Ghana, as well as commander-in-chief of the Ghana Armed Forces. The current president of Ghana is John Mahama, who won the 2024 presidential elect ...
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The game was also known as the Republic Day Celebrations Cup and is usually played in July of each year to mark Ghana's Republic Day celebrations which falls on the 1 July.
The current holders are
Accra Hearts of Oak, who defeated rivals
Asante Kotoko
Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, simply known as Asante Kotoko, is a professional sports, professional association football, football club founded on 31 August 1935 and based in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Nicknamed the ''African crested ...
1–0 in the 2023 match.
Asante Kotoko
Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, simply known as Asante Kotoko, is a professional sports, professional association football, football club founded on 31 August 1935 and based in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Nicknamed the ''African crested ...
holds the record for most wins with eight titles.
History
Between 1969 and 1984, the cup was being played to honour the sitting president but was branded based on the sitting president at the time. The 1969 edition was known as the Busia Cup in honour of the then Prime Minister
Abrefa Busia whilst the 1973 edition was known as the Acheampong Cup in honour of then head of state
Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
Ignatius Kutu Acheampong ( ; 23 September 1931 – 16 June 1979) was a Ghanaian military officer and politician who was the military head of state of Ghana from 13 January 1972 to 5 July 1978, when he was deposed in a palace coup. He was execute ...
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In 2003, after long layoff to the competition from 1985 to 2002, the competition was rebranded as the President's Cup and was instituted through the Ghana League Clubs Association and the National Sports Authority to serve a competition to honour the sitting president on every Republic Day Celebration.
The first edition was played between Hearts of Oak and rivals Great Olympics, which Hearts won by 2–0.
List of finals
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Performance by club
See also
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Football in Ghana
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Ghana Premier League
The Ghana Premier League is the top professional association football league in Ghana organized by the Ghana Football Association and formed in 1958 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition which ran from 1933 ...
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Ghana FA Cup
The Ghana FA Cup, currently known as the MTN Group, MTN FA Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the annual single-elimination tournament, knockout competition in football in Ghana, Ghanaian football created in 1958, a year after the independence of ...
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Recurring sporting events established in 2003
2003 establishments in Ghana