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| Full name | Football Club Samartex 1996 |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Timber Giants |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Ground | Samartex Park,Samreboi,Western Region,Ghana |
| Capacity | 7,000[1] |
| League | Ghana Premier League |
| 2024–25 | 7th |
| Website | www.fcsamartex.com |
 Current season | |
Football Club Samartex 1996, more commonly known asSamartex, is aGhanaianprofessionalfootball club based inSamreboi,Western Region,Ghana, that competes in theGhana Premier League, the top-flight ofGhanaian football. It plays its home matches at Samartex Park.[2][3]
Football Club Samartex 1996 was founded in 1995 by the Samartex Timber & Plywood Company as a recreational football club, and gained promotion from the Third Division to the Second Division of the Western Region in their first season.[4][5]
The club spent the following years and existence below theGhana Premier League before reaching there inthe 2022–23 season via them winning the 2021–22Division One League Zone 2 title.[6][7] They surprisingly won the league title for the first time in the club's history after edging outBibiani Gold Stars inthe 2023–24 season,[8][9] thus qualifying for the2024–25 CAF Champions League.
1996–1997:Division Three
1997–2021: Division Two
2021–2022: Division One League
2022–present: Ghana Premier League