Sekondi Wise Fighters

Sekondi Eleven Wise
Full name Sekondi Eleven Wise
Nickname(s) Monkeys, Western Show Boys
Founded 1919
Ground Essipong Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
Chairman Papa Ankomah
Manager Hans-Dieter Schmidt
League Poly Tank Division One League
2009–10 Glo Premier League, 16nd
Away colours
Current season

Sekondi Eleven Wise is a Ghanaian professional association football club, based in Sekondi, currently competing in the Poly Tank Division One League.

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History

Affectionately called the Western Show Boys are arguably the most popular and best supported football team in the Western Region of Ghana. The club has a long standing tradition of playing the type of fascinating and entertaining game punctuated with eye pleasing dribbling that keep fans on their toes.[1]

The club was formed in 1919, deriving its strength from Railways workers in Sekondi. Inspired by burly forward player Edward Acquah, Eleven Wise won the national league in 1960 after two fruitless attempts. The formation of model club Real Republikans in 1961, robbed Wise of their livewire, Edward Acquah and the “Show Boys” made a poor show in the defence of the league title.[2]

In October 2008 who suffered relegation to the lower division more than a decade ago, put up an impressive performance to thrash Norchip 3-1 in their premiership campaign opener, and that made many fans that turned up to witness the encounter tip the Sekondi lads for a comeback including their CEO.[3]

Titles

1960

Current Squad 2011/12

as of 12 October 2011[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
GK Mohammed Alhassan
GK Kotei Blankson
GK Theophilus Jackson
GK Ken Ofori
DF Stephen Aidoo
DF Stanley Ankrah
DF Emmanuel Eyison
DF Odartey Lawson
DF Adamu Mohammed
DF Kwabena Okyere
DF Eric Owusu
DF Osumanu Seidu
DF Komi de Souza (to loan from Étoile Filante)
DF Farouk Dotse
MF Nana Amisah
MF Abdul Bashiru
No. Position Player
MF James Bissue
MF Bédalbé Djaladjete
MF Kweku Essien
MF Baffour Kyei
MF Michael Ocansey
MF Paul Opoku
MF Theophilus Nyame
MF David Sarkodie
MF Abdulai Zakaria
FW Isaac Alhassan
John Antwi
FW Samuel Ayew Yeboah
FW Winfried Dormon
FW Emmanuel Ephraim
FW Paa Joe Kuma
FW Prince Appiah

Reserve Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
DF Samuel Eyison
DF Djen Dakoma
No. Position Player
MF Sadat Ouro Akoriko Sadat
MF Nurudeen Yusif

Staff

Sports

Former players

Notable Manager

References

  1. ^ Ghana-pedia webpage - Sekondi Eleven Wise FC
  2. ^ The Western Show Boys
  3. ^ http://allafrica.com/stories/200810090984.html
  4. ^ Eleven Wise register 33 players
  5. ^ "Sekondi XI Wise announces changes". Official site. Happy 98.8 FM. 2010-01-22. http://newedition.happyghana.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1021:sekondi-xi-announces-changes&catid=13:frontpage-items. Retrieved 2010-01-23. 
  6. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Gallagher#Player