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, bi professional sports club wey dey for Accra (Greater Accra) insyd, Ghana. Dem found am insyd 1911, de club bi de oldest surviving football club insyd Ghana den ein traditional colours bi red, yellow den blue. Hearts of Oak dey compete insyd de Ghana Premier League, de premier division on de Ghanaian football pyramid. De Accra Sports Stadium bi 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, a 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 only football club insyd West Africa wey come 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 in 1922 donate give dem; de competition for Accra-based clubs dem play am on 12 occasions between 1922 den 1954; Hearts of Oak win de Shield six times, wey edey 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 demma 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 flourished 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 demma history de CAF Champions League. Dis bi de most successful year for de clubein history insyd. Ebi Joseph Ansah wey lead de team.

Rivalries

Accra Hearts of Oak ein longest establish rivalry bi plus Asante Kotoko S.C. den demma city rivals Accra Great Olympics FC.

Current squad

First team squad

Template:Updated  Reference as of 12 March 2021

 

Honours

Official trophies (recognised by CAF and FIFA)

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

Other GFA National Titles

• Ghana SWAG Cup: 7

1973, 1974 (shared), 1977 (shared), 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 gey Wikipedia article see Category:Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. players

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