Asante Kotoko
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| Full name | Kumasi Asante Kotoko | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Porcupine Warriors, Kotoko Fabulous, Fabu |
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| Founded | 1935 | ||
| Ground | Baba Yara(formerly Kumasi) Sports Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana (Capacity: 40,000) |
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| Chairman | Mr. Sylvester Asare-Owusu | ||
| Manager | "Herbert" Addo | ||
| 2008/09 | OneTouch Premier League, Winner | ||
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Asante Kotoko is the biggest and most successful football (soccer) club in Ghana as well as being one of the more successful sides in Africa, having won twenty one national league titles. They have also twice been champions of Africa. The club's home ground is the 51,500 all-seater Kumasi Sports Stadium. The full name of the club is Nsuhia Kumasi Asante Kotoko.
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[edit] History
Asante Kotoko were founded by Kwasi Kumah, an Ashanti. The club was formally named in 1935 by its founding patron, Otumfuo Nana Osei Agyeman Prempeh II (1931-1970), became the first Life/Chief Patron of the Club, who held what was by then the ceremonial position of Asantehene. The history of Kumasi Asante Kotoko states that an Ashanti, from Nyankyerenease, near Kwadaso, a suburb of Kumasi was founded his way to Accra in the early 1920's only to become a chauffeur to a Colonel Ross an English soldier, in those colonial days, his name was Kwasi Kumah. Soccer historians give Kwasi Kumah credit for having returned from Accra to begin the formation of his first football club named Ashanti United in 1924, which was later renamed Kumasi Titanics. Out of that lineage Kumasi Asante Kotoko Football Club was subsequently founded in 1935. [1]
[edit] Honours
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- 1970 & 1983,
- Runners-up - 1967, 1971, 1973, 1982, 1993
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- Runners-up - 2004
- Ghanaian League: 21
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- 1959, 1963/4, 1964/5, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988/9, 1990/1, 1991/2, 1992/3, 2003,2005/2006, 2007/08
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- 1958, 1960, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1989/90, 1997/98, 2001
- Ghana SWAG Cup: 12
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- 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008
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- 1999/00, 2001, 2005
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- 2003, 2007
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- 2004, 2005 ,2008
Runners-up - 2002
Runners-up - 2004
[edit] Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Champions League: 5 appearances
- African Cup of Champions Clubs: 16 appearances
- CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances
- CAF Cup: 2 appearances
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- 1995 - Quarter-Final
- 1997 - Second Round
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 6 appearances
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- 1979 - First Round
- 1985 - Quarter-Final
- 1991 - First Round
- 1999 - Second Round
- 2002 - Finalist
- 2003 - Quarter-Final
- 2005 - First Round
[edit] Squad
POSITION PLAYER
- Goalkeeper Abdoulaye Soulama
- Goalkeeper Eric Nii Baah
- Goalkeeper Mohammed Sannie
- Goalkeeper Isaac Amoako
- Defender Godfred Yeboah
- Defender Samuel Enzemoba
- Defender Samuel Inkoom
- Defender Prince Anokye
- Defender Richard Manu
- Defender Seydou Dagano
- Defender Osei Kwame Jnr
- Defender Charles Boateng
- Defender George Asare
- Defender Samuel Kuffour
- Defender Abdul-Ganiu Yahaya
- Midfielder Stephen Oduro
- Midfielder Daniel Nii Adjei
- Midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu
- Midfielder Francis Coffie
- Midfielder Francis Akwaffo-Boateng
- Midfielder John Owusu Asante
- Midfielder Louis Quainoo
- Midfielder Jordan Opoku
- Midfielder Ofosu Amoah
- Midfielder Prince Amponsah
- MIdfielder Kwame Osei
- Striker Kwabena Yaro
- Striker Stephen Manu
- Striker Louis Agyemang
- Striker Frederick Quayson
- Striker Alexander Asamoah
[edit] Out on loan
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[edit] Youth Squad
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[edit] Personal
Chairman
Director of Communications
Director of Finance & Administration
Director of Operations
Dirictor Of Legal Affairs
Team Manager
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Goalkeeper Coach
Fitness Coach
Specialist Medical Doctor
Physiotherapist
Physical Trainer
Masseur
[edit] former players
[edit] Famous Players
[edit] Notable Players
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[edit] Former Officials
distinguished soccer leaders
Mr. L.Y. Asamoah, Mr. Charles de Graft Dickson, Mr. J.D. Amoah, Teacher Frimpong, Oheneba Nana Osei Yaw, Mr. B.K. Edusei,
Mr. Albert Owusu-Ansah, 'Uncle' John Aidoo, Mr. Yaw Frimpong (alias YF ), Nana Darko Kufour, Dr. Kofi Dzane-Selby, Nana Kwaku Mensah, Nana Baffour Awuah V (the late Bantamahene), Mr. S.K. Mainoo, Mr. Daniel Kyei, Mr. Issam John Moukarzel, Dr. J.K. Brobbey-Kyei, Mr. F.D. Nsiah-Asare aka Nana Gyamaning Asare (the late chief of Kumasi, Asafo), Mr. Simms Kofi Mensah, Mr. Ernest Yaw Bawuah, Mr. D.K. Ofori Nuako (alias Pao ), Mr. J.A. Kufour, Nana Akosa Yiadom, Dr. J.K Kankam, Professor S.K. Awuah, Mr. P.V. Obeng, Mr. S.S. Appiah, Mr. Assad Mallah, Mr. Frank Apeagyei, Mr. Osei Yaw Akoto, Mr. E.K. Adu, Mr. George Aduse-Poku (aka Georgido), Nana Yaw Owusu, Mr. Aboagye Agyei Mr. Kyenkyehene Mr. Achulo
Management or Board of Directors,
Mr. Nana Baffour Akoto, Mr. Krobo Edusei (a Minister of State in the First Republic Government of Ghana) Mrs. Mary Edusei (nee Mary Akuamoah), Mr. B.M. Kufour, Mr. Martin Appiah-Danquah, Mr. Peter Mainoo-Appiah, Mr. Desmond, Mr. Simone Naja David, Mr. Osei Kwame (aka 'Despite'), Mr. Kwabena Kesse (aka 'Kessben'), Mr. Kennedy Adjapong (aka 'Kenpong')
Head Coaches
- Josef Ember
- Lajos Kontha
- Amonoo-Neizer
- Ben Kuofie
- C.K. Gyamfi
- E.J. Aggrey-Fynn
- Tomasz Kertesz
- Asebi Boakye
- Osei Kofi
- Malik Jabir
- Ben Kuofie
- Ibrahim Sunday
- E.K. Afranie
- Ron Heckman
- Burkhard Ziese
- Ernst Middendorp
- Ian Porterfield
- Ralf Zumdick
- Alhaji Yahaya Gibrine
- Augustine Omono Asamoah
- Awudu Nuhu
- Hans Kodrick
- Hans Walter Dieter Schmidt
- Telat Ozum
- Petr Gavrilla
- Ebo Mends
The chart of total minutes of playing time:
Adamu Mohamed 810
Eric Bekoe 760
Soulama Abdoulaye 745
Jordan Opoku 690
Harrison Afful 645
Daniel Nii Adjei 600
Samuel Inkoom 540
Daniel Acquah 485
Francis Akwaffo 472
Kwadwo Poku 361
George Asare 360
Richard Manu 360
Kwabina Yaro 334
Osei Kwame Jnr. 269
Prince Anokye 235
Prince Amponsah 205
Emmanuel Osei Kuffour 155
Ofosu Amoah 140
Francis Coffie 135
Stephen Oduro 110
Godfred Yeboah 90
Kwabina Dodzi 90
Baba Armando 70
Nana Arhin-Duah 68
Isaac Amoako 65
Eric Opoku 40
Eric Nii Baah -
David Sarkodie -
Seidu Daganu -
Obissessah Abioudum -
George Cudjoe -
Mohamed Habib -
[edit] External links
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Ghana Premier League 2008-09
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