# 2022–23 Ghana Premier League

The 2022–23 Ghana Premier League, known as the betPawa Premier League for sponsorship reasons, was the 67th season of the top professional association football league in Ghana. The season started in September 2022 and is scheduled to end in June 2023.
Asante Kotoko are the defending champions.

## Teams

Eighteen teams will compete in the league; the 15 from the previous season and the 3 winners of the Division One zones. The promoted teams are Samartex and Kotoku Royals who both achieved promotion for the first time. They replaced WAFA, Techiman Eleven Wonders and Elmina Sharks.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Accra Lions FC | Accra | Accra Sports Stadium | 40,000 |
| Aduana Stars | Dormaa Ahenkro | Agyeman Badu Stadium | 7,000 |
| Asante Kotoko | Kumasi | Baba Yara Stadium | 40,000 |
| Bechem United | Bechem | Nana Gyeabour's Park | 5,000 |
| Berekum Chelsea | Berekum | Sports Stadium | 5,000 |
| Bibiani Gold Stars | Bibiani | Dun's Park | 7,000 |
| Dreams FC | Dawu | Dawu Sports Stadium | 5,000 |
| Great Olympics | Accra | Accra Sports Stadium | 40,000 |
| Hearts of Oak | Accra | Accra Sports Stadium | 40,000 |
| Karela United | Aiyinase | CAM Stadium | 5,000 |
| King Faisal | Kumasi | Baba Yara Stadium | 40,000 |
| Kotoku Royals | Akim Oda | Akim Oda Stadium | 3,000 |
| Legon Cities | Accra | El Wak Stadium | 7,000 |
| Medeama | Tarkwa | TNA Park | 15,000 |
| Nsoatreman | Nsuatre | Nana Kronmansah Park | 2,000 |
| Real Tamale United | Tamale | Tamale Stadium | 21,017 |
| Samartex | Samreboi | Samartex Park | 7,000 |
| Tamale City FC | Tamale | Tamale Stadium | 21,017 |

### Club managers and captains

The table lists club managers.
| Team | Manager | Captain |
| Accra Lions FC | James Francis | Dominic Nsobila |
| Aduana Stars | Paa Kwesi Fabin | Bright Adjei |
| Asante Kotoko | Seydou Zerbo | Richard Boadu |
| Bechem United | Mingle Ocansey Kasim | Kofi Agbesimah |
| Berekum Chelsea | Christopher Ennin | Fuseini Zackaria |
| Bibiani Gold Stars | Micheal Osei | Yakubu Haqq |
| Dreams FC | Ignatius Osei-Fosu | Abdul Jalilu |
| Great Olympics | Yaw Preko | Razak Kasim |
| Hearts of Oak | Slavko Matić | Mohammed Alhassan |
| Karela United | Bismark Kobby Mensah | Kwadwo Addai |
| King Faisal | Jimmy Cobblah | Samuel Kusi |
| Kotoku Royals | Seth Ablade | Kingsley Afriyie |
| Legon Cities | Maxwell Konadu | Jonah Attuquaye |
| Medeama | David Duncan | Kwasi Donsu |
| Nsoatreman FC | Mohammed Gargo | Obed Duah Anford |
| Real Tamale United | Baba Nuhu | David Abagna |
| Samartex | Annor Walker | Emmanuel Adu Siaw |
| Tamale City FC | Mohammed Wahid | Collins Amoah Boateng |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Real Tamale United | Ibrahim Tanko Shaibu | Resigned | 26 July | Pre-season | Baba Nuhu | 12 August 2022 |
| Samartex | Henry Wellington | End of Interim Charge | 31 July | Pre-season | Annor Walker | 5 August 2022 |
| Great Olympics | Annor Walker | Signed by Samartex | 5 August 2022 | Pre-season | Yaw Preko | 6 August 2022 |
| Hearts of Oak | Samuel Boadu | Sacked | 28 September 2022 | 14th | Slavko Matić | 19 October 2022 |
| King Faisal | Branko Božović | Sacked | 4 October 2022 | 18th | Jimmy Cobblah | 7 October 2022 |
| Kotoku Royals | Seth Ablade | Sacked | 12 December 2022 | 18th | John Eduafo | 4 February 2023 |
| Dreams FC | Ignatius Osei-Fosu | Sacked | 20 December 2022 | 16th | Abdul-Karim Zito | 5 February 2023 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Medeama (C) | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 60 | CAF Champions League |
| 2 | Aduana Stars | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 55 | |
| 3 | Bechem United | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 26 | +16 | 54 | |
| 4 | Asante Kotoko | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 52 | |
| 5 | Bibiani Gold Stars | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 49 | |
| 6 | Dreams | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 48 | CAF Confederation Cup |
| 7 | Karela United | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 47 | |
| 8 | Berekum Chelsea | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 47 | |
| 9 | Legon Cities | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 46 | |
| 10 | Samartex | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 46 | |
| 11 | RTU | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 46 | |
| 12 | Hearts of Oak | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 46 | |
| 13 | Nsoatreman | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 46 | |
| 14 | Accra Lions | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 45 | |
| 15 | Great Olympics | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 45 | |
| 16 | Tamale City (R) | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 42 | Relegation to Division One League |
| 17 | King Faisal (R) | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 42 | Relegation to Division One League |
| 18 | Kotoku Royals (R) | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 35 | 57 | −22 | 26 | Relegation to Division One League |
* ↑ As 2022–23 Ghanaian FA Cup winners

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACC | ADU | ASA | BEC | BER | BIB | DRE | GRE | HEA | KAR | KIN | KOT | LEG | MED | NSO | RTU | SAM | TAM |
| Accra Lions | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Aduana Stars | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Asante Kotoko | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Bechem United | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Berekum Chelsea | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Bibiani Gold Stars | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Dreams | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Great Olympics | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Hearts of Oak | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Karela United | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| King Faisal | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Kotoku Royals | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| Legon Cities | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Medeama | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Nsoatreman | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| RTU | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Samartex | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 0–0 |
| Tamale City | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Abednego Tetteh | Bibiani Gold Stars | 18 |
| 2 | Hafiz Konkoni | Bechem United | 15 |
| 3 | Sampson Eduku | Tamale City | 14 |
| 4 | Francis Andy Kumi | Kotoku Royals | 12 |
| 4 | Jonathan Sowah | Medeama | 12 |
| 4 | Afriye Mezack | Berekum Chelsea | 12 |
| 4 | Vincent Atinga | Medeama | 11 |
| 4 | Issah Kuka | Real Tamale | 11 |
| 4 | Steven Mukwala | Asante Kotoko | 11 |
| 9 | Samuel Ofori | Nsoatreman | 10 |

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Cephas Kofi Mantey | Bechem United | Nsoatreman | 3–0 (H) | 20 November 2023 |
| Hafiz Konkoni | Bechem United | Real Tamale United | 6–2 (H) | 1 February 2023 |
| Issah Kuka | Real Tamale United | Gold Stars | 5–1 (H) | 16 April 2023 |
| Seidu Basit$^4$ | Accra Lions | Medeama | 4–2 (H) | 23 April 2023 |

##### Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

### Assists

| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Stephen Badu Dankwa | Real Tamale | 7 |
| 2 | Steven Mukwala | Asante Kotoko | 5 |
| 2 | Samuel Adams | Aduana Stars | 5 |
| 2 | Clinton Duodo | Bechem United | 5 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Felix Kyei | Bechem United | 15 |
| 1 | Joseph Addo | Aduana Stars | 15 |
| 3 | Lawrence Ansah | Berekum Chelsea | 12 |
| 5 | Gregory Obeng | Accra Lions | 11 |
| 5 | Joseph Baah | Asante Kotoko | 11 |

## Awards
### Monthly awards

| Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month | Manager of the Month | Manager of the Month | Goalkeeper of the Month | Goalkeeper of the Month | References |
| Month | Player | Club | Manager | Club | Player | Club | References |
| September | Kwame Adom Frimpong | Aduana Stars | Christopher Ennin | Berekum Chelsea | Lord Bawa Martey | Dreams | |
| November | Ibrahim Laar | Bibiani Gold Stars | Michael Osei | Bibiani Gold Stars | Lawrence Ansah | Samartex | |
| January | Agyenim Boateng Mensah | Dreams | Kassim Mingle Ocansey | Bechem United | Lawrence Ansah | Samartex | |
| February | Abass Samari | Accra Lions | Paa Kwesi Fabin | Aduana Stars | Cisse Tijani | Tamale City | |
| March | Dominic Amponsah | Accra Lions | Evans Adotey | Medeama | Felix Kyei | Medeama | |
| April | Hafiz Konkoni | Bechem United | Paa Kwesi Fabin | Aduana Stars | William Essu | Legon Cities | |
| May/June | Abednego Tetteh | Bibiani Gold Stars | Evans Adotey | Medeama | Solomon Agbesi | Dreams | |