Accra Hearts of Oak SC
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| Full name | Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Phobia | ||
| Founded | 1911 | ||
| Ground | Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra, Ghana (Capacity: 40,000) |
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| Chairman |  Steven Akwetey |
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| Manager |  Kosta Papić |
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| League | Ghana Premier League | ||
| 2007/08 | Ghana Premier League, 10th | ||
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- For other meanings see Hearts of Oak
Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club, commonly referred to as Hearts of Oak or just Hearts, are an association football club based in Accra, Ghana.
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[edit] History
Hearts have been among Ghana and Africa's pre-eminent clubs since their founding and have been very successful since the formation of a Ghanaian football league in 1956 having collected the league title 19 times. Their great rivals are Asante Kotoko of Kumasi who have been champions 20 times.
[edit] The Early Years
The club was formed in 1911 and was the second team to be founded in Accra after the Invincibles. They are the oldest existing club in Ghana. The club was, in the most part, trained by Ackom Duncan, who would also become the team's first captain. Other members of the fledgling club were J.T. Ankrah (father of Ghana boxing great, Roy Ankrah), and C.B. Nettey, who was later to become the chairman of the Ghana Football Association. The Hearts first match would come on November 11, 1911 against the Invincible.
The Hearts won their first major match in 1922 when Sir Gordon Guggisberg, governor of the Gold Coast, founded the Accra Football League. The Hearts won 6 out of 12 seasons in this league. In 1956 the Hearts joined the Ghanaian football league and have flourished since. Their vice chairman was Mr Robert Hayfron
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[edit] Tragedy
Hearts suffered a great tragedy on May 9, 2001 when 126 people died in Africa's worst footballing disaster while watching a match between Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko. Trouble started when supporters of Asante Kotoko began ripping out seats in an act of hooliganism in protest at a goal allowed by the referee for Hearts of Oak,which they believe should have been disallowed for offside. Police reacted by firing tear gas into the crowd, it has been suggested that this was an over-reaction. Reports suggest that the gates to the ground were locked and that the rush to escape the tear gas was a contributory factor to the death toll. A commission inquiry strangely failed to indict the hooligans in its report.
[edit] Records
Accra Hearts of Oak have won both major current CAF trophies despite never winning any of the older incarnations of the CAF competitions. They are the only team in Ghana to have won the league on six consecutive occasions (1997-2002) although their rivals Asante Kotoko hold the record for the most overall titles. Hearts were also the team to end Esperance of Tunisia's 41 year long unbeaten home record (in continental competition) with the 2-1 defeat of the Tunis club in 2000.
In 2006 Hearts of Oak earned the unenviable title of becoming the only club in the history of the Champions League to go through the entire group stage without scoring a single goal. Since then, they have failed to make it back to the group stage of the Champions League.
[edit] Honours
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- 2005
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- 2000...Runners-up 1977,1979.
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- 1956, 1958, 1961/62, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1989/90, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004/05, 2006/07
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- 1973, 1974, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1993/94, 1995/96, 1999, 2000
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- 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985
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- 1974, 1976, 1986, 1998/99
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- 2002, 2006
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- 2002
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- 2001
[edit] Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Champions League: 10 appearances
- African Cup of Champions Clubs: 8 appearances
- CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance
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- 2004 - Champion
- CAF Cup: 1 appearance
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- 1993 - Second Round
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 5 appearances
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- 1982 - Semi-Final
- 1988 - withdrew in First Round
- 1990 - Quarter-Final
- 1995 - Quarter-Final
- 1997 - Second Round
[edit] Fight song
Arose, Arose, Arose! Be quiet and don't be silly. We are the famous Hearts of Oak...We Never Say Die! Hearts Eleven is a mighty team, Hearts Eleven is a mighty teeeeeaaaaaaaaaam ..... Arose, Arose, Arose! Be quiet and don't be silly. We are the famous Hearts of Oak...We Never Say Die!
[edit] Club motto
Phooobia! Never say die until the bones are rotten.
[edit] Current players - 2008/2009
[edit] Goalkeepers
[edit] Defender
- Kwabena Boafo (C)
- Daniel Coleman
- Charles Vardis
- Jonathan Mantey
- Mohammed Nortey Tetteh
- Rakibu Issah
- Mohammed Haruna
- David Annas
- Daniel Owusu
[edit] Midfielders
- Elvis Adu Acheampong
- Suleman Masawudu
- Peter Oduro Kwarteng
- Douglas Nkrumah
- Esme Mends
- Joshua Opoku
- Alhassan Karimu
- Jonathan Ghansah
- James Antwi
- Eric Owusu
- Obed Ansah
- Charles Taylor
[edit] Strikers
- Ekow Ghansah
- Godwin Osei Bonsu
- Felix Baffoe
- Emmanuel Ziem
- David Annan
- Kwabena Kwakye
- Davis Amoquandoh
- John Kwaku Ampong
- Tawrick Jibril
[edit] Notable Former Players
[edit] Former Head Coaches
- Sir Cecil Jones Attuquayefio
Ernst Middendorp
Petre Gavrilă- Sazio Baner
- Karim Zito
- Hubert Addo
Eyal Lahman
[edit] Former Chairmans
- Samuel Monnie
[edit] External links
- Hearts Of Oak SC - Official site
- Ghana-pedia webpage - Hearts Of Oak SC
- CNN Report - Hearts Of Oak SC v Asante Kotoko FC stadium disaster
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