Ghana Premier League
Top professional football division of the football league in Ghana / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ghana Premier League is the top professional association football league in Ghana organized by the Ghana Football Association[1] and formed in 1958 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition which ran from 1933 to 1953–54. As of the first quarter of 2024, the league was ranked as the 8th best league in Africa by TeamForm.com.[2]
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Founded | 1958; 66 years ago (1958) |
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Confederation | CAF |
Number of teams | 18 (from 2019–20) |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Relegation to | Division One League |
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Current champions | Samartex (2023–24) |
Most championships | Asante Kotoko (24 titles) |
TV partners | StarTimes (live matches) |
Website | Official website |
Current: 2024–25 Ghana Premier League |
On 4 February 2014, defunct bank Capital Bank, at the time known as First Capital Plus Bank, sponsored the league for $10 million for 5 years, thus renaming it until its state-sponsored collapse in 2017 as the First Capital Plus Premier League.[3][4][5][6] Asante Kotoko is the most successful team in the league with 26 titles, followed by Accra Hearts of Oak with 20. The bottom 3 teams are relegated at the end of each season and placed in each zone of the Ghanaian Division One League.
The 2019–20 season was halted and eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana that mirrored the cause of postponement or cancellation of association football leagues and competitions across the globe.