Also known as: Ashgold · Ashantigold 04 FC · AshantiGold S.C. · F.C. AshantiGold 04
Ashantigold — Ghana Premier League football club, recently promoted to the top flight after expulsion for match-fixing scandal.
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Joy Online
In case you were wondering, an Ashantigold is back in the Ghana Premier League. But is it really a different Ashantigold… or just the same old one in a fresh disguise? …
Ashantigold secure promotion to Ghana Premier League, but is it really the same club?AshantiGold CEO Edward Kwasi Akuoko has dismissed coach Karim Zito and two assistants, citing inconsistent results and disunity among the backroom staff. The Obuasi-based club, which has recorded three wins in eight matches and sits 11th with 11 points in the 2026/27 Ghana Premier League campaign, made the decision following a consultative meeting of the Interim Management Committee.
2 hours ago · Joy Online →
AshantiGold CEO Edward Kwasi Akuoko has dismissed coach Karim Zito and two assistants, citing inconsistent results and disunity among the backroom staff. The Obuasi-based club, which has recorded three wins in eight matches and sits 11th with 11 points in the 2026/27 Ghana Premier League campaign, made the decision following a consultative meeting of the Interim Management Committee.
2 hours ago · Joy Online →
AshantiGold CEO Edward Kwasi Akuoko said the club dismissed head coach Karim Zito due to poor away performances and reported tensions within the technical team. The Ghana Premier League side announced on 27 October that Zito, assistant coach Ernest Okyere and goalkeepers' trainer Robert Dabuo were relieved of their duties with immediate effect.
10 hours ago · The Chronicle →
Kudjoe Fianoo, former Ghana League Clubs Association chairman, has called for Ghana Football Association president Kurt Okraku and the entire Executive Council to resign, stating the administration has "failed to perform" since taking office in October 2019. The demand follows Ghana's disappointing start to their 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign, including a 4-2 home loss to The Gambia.
13 October 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ghana Premier League enters Matchday 6 with the competition taking shape, with traditional heavyweights like Asante Kotoko, Hearts of Oak and defending champions Medeama facing strong challenges from rivals and newly promoted clubs. Asante Kotoko currently occupy eighth position after five matches with two wins, two draws and one defeat, and travel to Swedru to face All Blacks this weekend.
9 October 2026 · The Chronicle →
The Ghana Premier League returns for Match Day 5, with clubs competing to build momentum and shape the early-season picture. Vision FC will host Bibiani Gold Stars on Saturday, October 3, while other fixtures are scheduled as teams chase crucial points.
2 October 2026 · The Chronicle →
Ebusua Dwarfs became first-ever champions of the X1 Energy Drink DOL Super Cup by defeating Semper Fi 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the final at Obuasi Len Clay Stadium on Tuesday. The competition was designed to give Ghana's Division One clubs a platform to compete before the new season.
18 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Betway, which arrived in Ghana in 2016, is celebrating ten years in the country with a legacy that extends beyond betting and sports sponsorship to capacity building and community engagement. The company has sponsored Ghana Premier League clubs and the Women's Premier League, providing equipment and capacity-building workshops to players and officials.
9 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghanaian coach Charles Kwablan Akonnor has led Kenyan football club Gor Mahia to win the 2025/26 FKF Premier League title with two matches remaining, claiming their record 22nd league championship after rivals AFC Leopards lost to APS Bomet.
24 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Former Ghana international Kwadwo Asamoah attributes the drop in home-based players in the Black Stars to a decline in the Ghana Premier League's competitive level. He notes that the local league used to be highly competitive with teams like Kotoko, Hearts, and AshGold producing players for the national team, but standards have since fallen.
1 May 2026 · Joy Online →
A Joy Online opinion piece uses the 2009 Kraft-Cadbury hostile takeover as a parallel to Bekwai Heroes' adoption of AshantiGold's name and emblem without direct shareholder negotiation, following AshantiGold and Inter Allies' 2022 expulsion from Ghana's top flight for match manipulation.
27 April 2026 · Joy Online →
Ashantigold has secured promotion to the Ghana Premier League, but the article questions whether it is genuinely the same club that was expelled in 2023 for a match-fixing scandal and involvement of banned officials, or a reconstituted entity in fresh form.
26 April 2026 · Joy Online →