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| Full name | Accra Lions Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 12 December 2015; 9 years ago (2015-12-12)[1] | ||
| Ground | Accra Sports Stadium Accra,Greater Accra,Ghana | ||
| Capacity | 40,000[2] | ||
| Owner | Lothar Matthäus Frank Acheampong Oliver König | ||
| Chairman | Oliver König | ||
| Coach | Rainer Kraft | ||
| League | Ghana Premier League | ||
| 2023–24 | 2nd of 18 teams | ||
| Website | www | ||
Accra Lions Football Club is afootball club based inEast Legon,Accra,Ghana. The club competes in theGhana Premier League, the top division of the Ghanaian soccer league system, and in theGhanaian FA Cup.[3] It plays its home matches at theAccra Sports Stadium.[4]
Accra Lions Football Club was founded on 12 December 2015.[5]
It secure promotion after 2 seasons in theGreater AccraDivision 2 after winning the Zone IV division with a record 73 points in 28 matches to qualify for the middle league.[6]
During theGreater Accra promotional playoffs at theTema Sports Stadium, Accra Lions booked the sole qualification ticket with a 100% winning record. It beat Emmanuel FC (4–1), R-Stakes (3–0) and Photizo Future Professionals (2–0) to slot into Division 1 Zone III which includes clubs based inGreater Accra,Eastern Region andVolta Region.[7]
On 28 January 2018, Accra Lions officially announced theAccra Sports Stadium as its new home ground for the 2017/2018 Division 1 League.[8]
In 2018 it made its debut in theGhana Division 1- Zone 3[9] and in theGhanaian FA Cup.[10]
After becoming champions in theGhana Division One 2020/2021, Accra Lions earned promotion to theGhana Premier League. It scored the most goals (57 goals in 28 matches) and the club's striker Rauf Salifu ended up as top scorer in this seasons Division 1 with 21 goals.[11]
In theFIFA Global Transfer Report 2021, Accra Lions ranked 7th in Africa (CAF ) with 10 outgoing transfers. The following year it was able to transfer 10 players abroad.[12]
On 23 May 2023, Accra Lions officially announced that former German international,World Cup Winner andFIFA World Player of the Year,Lothar Matthäus has joined Accra Lions Soccer Club as board member and shareholder.[13][14]
Accra Lions finished the Ghana Premier League season 2023/2024 as runners-up. They reached second place (out of 18 teams) with the youngest first division team in the world. On matchday 7 against Bofoakwa Tano they played with an average age of 18.09 years. Throughout the whole season it was the youngest squad that ever played in the Ghana Premier League.[15]
Source:[16]
James Francis
Ishmael Hamidu Enoch Kofi Osei Elijah Boadu Ansah Manaf Abubakar
Kayleigh BrienAs of 1 March 2025[17]
| No. | Nat. | Name | Date of Birth | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keepers | ||||||
| 1 | | Kwadwo Bonsu | 02.05.2000 | |||
| 22 | | Daniel Afful | 03.09.2005 | |||
| 33 | | Carl Domie | 13.07.2008 | |||
| Defence | ||||||
| 2 | | Remember Boateng | 15.11.2004 | |||
| 5 | | Jacob Awoute | 28.01.2005 | |||
| 14 | | Felix Amofa | 25.06.2007 | |||
| 15 | | Musa Hamzata | 04.05.2003 | |||
| 16 | | Issah Mohammed | 06.04.2006 | |||
| 21 | | Richard Agyen | 25.07.2007 | |||
| 24 | | Ibrahim Issa | 11.11.2003 | |||
| 25 | | Baba Salifu Apiiga | 07.03.2007 | |||
| 31 | | Mark Osei | 24.11.2007 | |||
| 34 | | Emmanuel Terribaya | 22.12.2007 | |||
| 43 | | Derrick Owusu | 23.03.2007 | |||
| Midfield | ||||||
| 6 | | Daniel Acquah | 17.11.2007 | |||
| 8 | | Fuzy Taylor | 02.06.2008 | |||
| 18 | | Sadat Seidu | 05.01.2004 | |||
| 20 | | Lawrence Setordjie | 16.07.2008 | |||
| 23 | | Samuel Tettey-Narh | 01.03.2007 | |||
| 26 | | Caleb Agyemang | 02.02.2007 | |||
| 28 | | George Paaku | 26.01.2006 | |||
| Attack | ||||||
| 7 | | Abdul-Shakun Abubakari | 21.04.2004 | |||
| 9 |  | Lucky Nwafor | 21.05.2005 | |||
| 11 | | Faris Tahiru | 19.02.2007 | |||
| 13 | | Emmanuel Doku | 05.05.2008 | |||
| 17 | | Edmond Amakye | 18.11.2007 | |||
| 19 | | Bernard Kesse | 17.03.2004 | |||
| 30 | | Ahmed Yousif | 13.11.2006 | |||
| 32 | | David Akintunde | 25.04.2004 | |||
| 36 | | Ernest Agyensem | 27.09.2006 | |||
| 40 | | Yao Sokpoli | 31.12.2005 | |||
Osman BukariRahim IbrahimDavid Oduro
Olivier Boissy
Jessie Guera DjouJoseph AmoahAlex AgyarkwaDaniel Awuni
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