Sekondi Wise Fighters

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

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

History

Affectionately called the Western Show Boys, they 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 defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

Reserve Squad

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

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

Staff

Sports

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. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
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