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30 Oct

CAFCL: Medeama ‘Homeless’ After CAF Rejects Cape Coast Stadium

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Ghana Premier League champions Medeama Sporting Club would have to look elsewhere for their home games in the CAF Champions League after the Cape Coast Stadium was rejected. Medeama submitted the Cape Coast Stadium and the yet-to-be-completed T&A Stadium as their home venues for the 2023/24 season following their qualification to the group stage. The Tarkwa-based side played their qualification games at the Cape Coast Stadium and were hopeful of having it approved for their group-stage games. However, the continent's football governing body has rejected the venue deeming it unfit for usage. The decision means Medeama would now have to…

04 Oct

Caf Champions League: Medeama Showing Kotoko And Hearts How To Do It

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Following Medeama SC's qualification to the Group Stage of the CAF Champions League, Joy Sports editor, Fentuo Tahiru Fentuo, explores the factors that have led to the club's latest success, and argues that the country's two biggest clubs, Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko, can learn from the Mauve and Yellows. ----------------------------------------------------------- The year was 2012. Atumpan had just burst onto the Ghanaian music scene with his hit single “The Thing”. Sarkodie’s "U Go Kill Me" was voted the Most Popular Song of the Year at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs). Jesse Lingard hadn't yet kicked a ball for…

03 Oct

Medeama To Commission New Stadium In November Ahead Of CAF Champions League Campaign

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Ghana Premier League champions Medeama Sporting Club are set to commission their new stadium ahead of their participation in the 2023/24 CAF Champions League. Medeama booked a place in the group stage of the competition after overcoming the challenge of Guinean side Horoya over two games last month, securing a 4-3 aggregate win. Medeama played their home games of the qualifiers at the Cape Coast Stadium as their home ground continues to be under construction. Speaking to the press on Monday, the Member of Parliament for Tarkwa Nsuaem, George Mireku Duker, revealed the club will commission the 10,000-seater capacity stadium…

02 Oct

CAF Champions League Qualification Did Not Come On A Silver Platter – Medeama President Moses Armah

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President of Medeama Sporting Club, Moses Armah, says the club had to face a lot of challenges en route to reaching the group stage of the CAF Champions League. Medeama sealed a slot to represent Ghana at this year's competition after winning the Premier League while they also overcame two teams in the qualifiers to earn a spot in the Money Zone. Their last game in the qualifiers saw them lose 2-1 to Horya but a first-leg score of 3-1 at the Cape Coast Stadium made it possible for them to advance to the group stage. Speaking at a presser…

02 Oct

CAF Champions League: ‘My Mission Is Fulfilled’ – Evans Adotey On Guiding Medeama To Group Stage

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The head coach of Medeama Sporting Club, Evans Adotey, couldn't hide his excitement after helping the club secure a historic place in the group stage of the CAF Champions League. The Mauve and Yellows overcame a late scare in their second leg against Guinean side Horoya as they sealed a 4-3 aggregate win. The Ghana Premier League champions won the first leg 3-1 before losing the second game with a 1-2 scoreline. After booking a group stage qualification, Adotey expressed his delight claiming he had achieved what he wanted. "I am delighted because my mission here is fulfilled," he said…

21 Aug

CAF CL: Forced Substitutions Affected Our Game Plan – Adotey On Medeama’s Slim Win

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Head Coach of Medeama Sporting Club, Evans Adotey, has rued the impact of injuries, on his side’s inability to register a bigger first leg lead in their CAF Champions League qualifier. The Yellow and Mauves beat Nigerian side Remo Stars 1-0 in the first leg of their CAF Champions League encounter, at the Cape Coast Stadium. However, Adotey was expecting a much bigger scoreline per his team’s game plan. “Our game plan was to go direct, and by that, I mean we planned to go all out to attack. “It didn’t work in the first half, and we thought of…

03 Aug

Medeama Gets GH¢1M Support From Akufo-Addo Ahead Of CAF Champions League Campaign

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Ghana Premier League champions, Medeama Sporting Club, have received support from Nana Akufo-Addo ahead of their participation in next season’s CAF Champions League. Akufo-Addo pledged to the Tarkwa-based side on Wednesday, August 2, on their visit to the Presidency to present the league trophy. Ghana’s Deputy Minister for Mines and Natural Resources, George Mireku Duker, who also serves as the Member of Parliament for Tarkwa, led the players to meet the President. Others present were chiefs from the Apinto Traditional Council, the club’s Board Chairman, Dr Tony Aubynn, head coach Evans Augustine Adotey, management and technical team members. Medeama’s opponents…

26 Jul

CAF Champions League: We Will Work Hard To Eliminate Remo Stars FC – Medeama SC Captain Kwasi Donsu

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Captain of Medeama SC, Kwasi Donsu has indicated that the team will be ready for the clash against Remo Stars of Nigeria in the preliminary round of the CAF Champions League. The Ghanaian club on Tuesday was drawn to face the Nigerian outfit in the first round of the qualifiers for the group stage of the top-tier CAF inter-club competition. Speaking to Kessben TV in an interview, the experienced midfielder stressed that the Yellow and Mauve outfit does not fear the opponent. He is confident that Medeama SC will work hard to prepare for the two-legged encounter. In the interview,…

20 Sep

Kotoko In Africa: When Does The Embarrassment Stop?

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Asante Kotoko have, once again, been shoved out of Africa when the odds were hugely in their favour. Having won 1-0 in Benin against Burkinabe side RC Kadiogo in the first leg of their 2022/23 CAF Champions League preliminary qualifying tie, it was deemed pretty routine that the Porcupine Warriors would finish the job in Kumasi, in front of their own fans, only needing to avoid defeat to do so. But they conceded in the 15th minute and never found a way back, eventually losing the ensuing penalty shootout 3-1. Anyone with institutional memory of this club’s lot in continental…

19 Sep

Asante Kotoko Eliminated From CAF Champions League

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Asante Kotoko were eliminated from the CAF Champions League preliminary round after losing 3-1 on penalties to Burkinabe side RC Kadiogo on Sunday at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi. The Ghanaians lost the match 1-0, tying the aggregate score at 1-1, but three misses in the shootout sealed their fate. Kotoko were overwhelming favourites after winning the first leg away from home last Monday. A late goal by Isaac Oppong secured the victory in Benin, and Kotoko were expected to seal qualification in front of their fans, but were stunned by a tenacious Kadiogo side. Kadiogo silenced Baba Yara…