Accra Hearts of Oak S.C.

**Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club**, wey dem dey commonly refer to as **Hearts of Oak** or just **Hearts**, be professional sports club wey dey for Accra (Greater Accra) insyd, Ghana. Dem found am insyd 1911, de club be de oldest surviving football club insyd Ghana den ein traditional colours be red, yellow den blue. Hearts of Oak dey compete insyd de Ghana Premier League, de premier division for de Ghanaian football pyramid. De Accra Sports Stadium be de club ein home grounds, wey edey play ein home games.

Hearts win de Premier League twenty-one times, de Ghanaian FA Cup a record twelve times, de Ghana Super Cup, joint record three times de President's Cup, six times, den de CAF Champions League den de CAF Confederations Cup once each. Accra Hearts of Oak dem san rank eighth football club insyd de world insyd de year 2000 as of de tyme de club dominate for most of de continent ein sporting activities. Accra Hearts of Oak remain de football club per insyd West Africa wey cam win a Continental Treble; one of 6 Africa-based clubs den one of 21 football clubs worldwide wey achieve dis feat. During de colonial period, Hearts of Oak win a combined total of eight football league trophies insyd de *Accra Football League* den de *Gold Coast Club Competition*, both precursors to de Ghana Premier League. Insyd de Accra Football League, Hearts of Oak win de Guggisberg Shield wey Sir Gordon Guggisberg, den Governor of de Gold Coast insyd 1922 donate give dem; de competition for Accra-based clubs dem play am for 12 occasions between 1922 den 1954; Hearts of Oak win de Shield six times, wey dey include de final tournament wey dey play am insyd 1954.

## History
Dem establish de club on 11 November 1911 insyd Accra. Hearts of Oak win dema first major match insyd 1922 wen Sir Gordon Guggisberg, den Governor for de Gold Coast, form de *Accra Football League*. Hearts win 6 out of 12 seasons for dis league insyd. De club san win de 1953/54 edition for de *Gold Coast Club Competition* – de colonial precursor give de Ghana Premier League. Insyd 1956, Hearts join de Ghanaian Football League den continue dey flourish ever since.

Insyd de year 2000, Hearts of Oak come win de Ghanaian FA cup, de Ghana Premier League den for de first time insyd dema history de CAF Champions League. Dis be de most successful year for de club ein history insyd. Ebe Joseph Ansah wey lead de team. 

For 9 May 2001, 127 people die insyd de Africa ein worst footballing disaster. During match between dema rivals, Hearts of Oak den Asante Kotoko. Trouble start wey de supporters of Asante Kotoko begin dey rip out seats for wey dem fi describe am as act of hooliganism say dem dey protest for goal allow by de referee. Referee J. Wilson Sey be de man wey officiate de match, he dey komot from Cape Coast. Police wey dey de stadium react by firing tear gas go insyd de crowd, ebe am wey plenty manners dey suggest say dat be over-reaction. Reports dey suggest say de gates to de ground dem lock am den de stadium no dey meet FIFA standards. De rush for manners wan escape de tear gas be am wey contribute to de death toll. Commission of inquiry, indict six police officers for ein initial report, buh dem no convict dem as dem dey claim say dat de deaths fi happen secof stampede instead of de tear gas. As of 2020, de transfer value of de Accra Hearts of Oak be £2.03 million, ebe de highest of all sports clubs insyd Ghana.

## Grounds
Accra Hearts of Oak dey play home matches for de Accra Sports Stadium. De Accra Sports Stadium dey hold 40,000 seats dem estimate. Although dem purchase insyd de 1980s, na dem put to use de Pobiman Training Ground insyd de summer of 2018. Construction for expansion for de 19-acre site insyd de Pobiman neighborhood, currently dey insyd de planning stages way. De club dey plan say make dem build state-of-the-art facility.

## Rivalries
Accra Hearts of Oak ein longest establish rivalry be plus Asante Kotoko S.C. den dema city rivals Accra Great Olympics FC.

## Current squad

### First team squad
*Reference as of 12 March 2021*

### Out on loan

## Honours

### Official trophies (CAF den FIFA recognise)

#### Domestic

* **Ghana Premier League**
** Champions (24): 1956, 1958, 1961–62, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1989–90, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2020–21
* **Ghanaian FA Cup**
** Winners (12): 1973, 1974, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1990 (After winning a protest that declared them winners), 1993–94, 1995–96, 1999, 2000, 2021, 2022 **(record)**
* **Ghana Super Cup**
** Winners (3): 1997, 1998, 2021 **(joint record)**

#### International

* **CAF Champions League**
** Winners (1): 2000
** Runners-up (2): 1977, 1979
* **CAF Confederation Cup**
** Winners (1): 2004
* **CAF Super Cup:**
** Winners (1): 2001
** Runners-up (1): 2005

### Oda GFA National Titles

* **Ghana SWAG Cup**: 7

:: 1973, 1974 (dem share), 1977 (dem share), 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985

* **Ghana Telecom Gala**: 4
* **GHALCA Special Cup**: 3
* **Ghana Top Four Cup**: 3
* **Ghana Top Eight Cup**: 2
* **President's Cup**: 6

:: 2003, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2022, 2023

* **Independence Cup**: 4
* **PLB Special Knockout**: 1
* **June 4 Cup**: 3
* **31 December Revolution Cup**: 1

### Gold Coast

* *Inclusive of trophies dem win insyd de Accra Football League (Guggisberg Shield) den de Gold Coast Club Competition, both dem play am during de colonial period*
** Champions (8): 1920, 1922, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1953–54
* Contributor: Bright Yeboah Taylor (Ghanaian Sports Historian)

## Notable players
*For all former players wey get Wikipedia article spy [[:en:Category:Accra_Hearts_of_Oak_S.C._players|Category:Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. players]]*

## Club captains

* Mahatma Ottoo (2011–2013)
* Thomas Abbey (−2017)
* Inusah Musah (2018)
* Fatawu Mohammed (2018–present)

## Managers
*List of managers since 1991*

* Petre Gavrilă (1991–95)
* Cecil Jones Attuquayefio (1998–01)
* Herbert Addo (2002–03)
* Ernst Middendorp (2004)
* Cecil Jones Attuquayefio (2004)
* Archibald Lamptey (2004–05)
* Emmanuel Ofei Ansah (2005)
* Eyal Lahman (2008)
* Kosta Papić (2008–09)
* Nebojša Vučićević (2011–12)
* Charles Akonnor (2012)
* David Duncan (2012–13)
* Mohammed Ahmed (Polo) (Interim) (2014)
* Herbert Addo (2014–2015)
* Kenichi Yatsuhashi (2015–2016)
* Sérgio Traguil (2016 –2016)
* Frank Nuttall (2017–18)
* Henry Wellington Lamptey (2018)
* Seth Hoffmann (2018)
* Kim Grant (2018–2019)
* Edward Nii Odoom (2020)
* Kosta Papić (2020–2021)
* Samuel Nii Noi (Interim) (2021)
* Samuel Boadu (2021–2022)
* Slavko Matic (2022–2023)
* Martin Koopman (2023)
* Aboubakar Ouattara (2023-date)

## Seasons

* 2020–21 Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. season

## References


## External links

* Official website