Ghana Super Cup

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Ghana Super Cup
Founded 1996
Region Ghana
Number of teams 2
Current champions Asante Kotoko (2nd time)
Most successful club(s) Asante Kotoko (2 times)
2012-2013 Ghana Super Cup

The Ghana Super Cup is a football competition involving a match played between the champion of the Ghana Premier League and the winner of the Ghanaian FA Cup in Ghana. The first GSC competition took place in the 1996–1997 season, with a thirteen-year hiatus between the seasons 1998–2010 with Asante Kotoko being the most successful club in the competition history, having won the cup on two occasions with the first being in 2012 and the recent in the 2013 GSC competition after defeating Medeama (3–0) in the finals.[1]

The current cup holders are Asante Kotoko.

Winners

Year Winner Score Finalist Ref.
1997 Hearts of Oak 1-0 Ghapoha [2]
1998 Hearts of Oak 2-1 Asante Kotoko [3][4]
2011 FC Nania 1-1 (4-3 TAB) Berekum Chelsea [5]
2012 Asante Kotoko 2-0 New Edubiase United [1]
2013 Asante Kotoko 3-0 Medeama

Top performing clubs

Club City / Region Titles Runners-Up Last Title
Asante Kotoko SC Kumasi, Ashanti 2 1 2013
Hearts of Oak SC Accra, Greater Accra 2 0 1998
FC Nania Legon, Greater Accra 1 0 2011
Ghapoha Tema, Greater Accra 0 1
Berekum Chelsea FC Berekum, Brong-Ahafo 0 1
New Edubiase United FC New Edubiase, Ashanti 0 1
Medeama SC Tarkwa, Western 0 1

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Asante Kotoko beat Edubiase to win Ghana’s Super Cup". cafonline.com. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012. 
  2. "Ghana 1996/97". rsssf.com. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2012. 
  3. "Ghana 1997/98". rsssf.com. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2012. 
  4. "Ghana Super Cup Renamed After Icon Sly Tetteh". peacefmonline.com. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2012. 
  5. "Abedi inspires Nania to Super Cup triumph". cafonline.com. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2012. 
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