Ghanaian FA Cup

Ghanaian FA Cup

Founded	1958
Region	Ghana
Number of teams	325 (2011-2012 season)
Current champions	F.C. Nania (1st time)
Most successful club	Hearts of Oak (9 times)
2011-2012 MTN FA Cup

The Ghanaian FA Cup, currently known as the MTN FA Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the top knockout tournament of the Ghanaian association football.

The competition is played between the clubs of the Glo Premier League, Poly Tank Division One League, Ghana Division Two League, Ghana Division Three League and GAFCOA. The first G.F.A. Cup competition took place in the season 1957-1958, with an eight years hiatus between the seasons 2002-2010 with Hearts of Oak being the most successful club in the competition history having won the cup on nine occasions with the first being in 1973 and the recent in the 2000 G.F.A. Cup competition after defeating Okwawu United (2-0) in the finals.

The current cup holders are F.C. Nania, who won the cup for the first time by defeating previous holder and eight time winners Asante Kotoko (1-0) on 24 July 2011.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	Finalist
1958	Asante Kotoko	N/A	Hearts of Oak (Accra)
1959	Asante Kotoko	N/A	Great Ashantis (Kumasi)
1960	Asante Kotoko	N/A	Hearts of Oak (Accra)
1961-62	Real Republicans	N/A	Hearts of oak
1962-63	Real Republicans	N/A	Cornerstones (Kumasi)
1963-64	Real Republicans	N/A	Great Ashantis (Kumasi)
1965	Real Republicans	not played	Cornerstones
1968	Mysterious Dwarfs	N/A	Mighty Eagles (Ho)
1973	Hearts of Oak	N/A	Akotex (Akosombo)
1974	Hearts of Oak	N/A	All Blacks (Swedru)
1975	Great Olympics	N/A	Brong-Ahofu United (Sunyani)
1976	Dumas Boys of GTP	2-1	Hearts of Oak (Accra)
1978	Asante Kotoko	N/A	Gold Stars (Tarkwa)
1979	Hearts of Oak	N/A	Eleven Wise (Sekondi)
1981	Hearts of Oak	N/A	Real Tamale United
1982	Eleven Wise	N/A	Sekondi Hasaacas FC
1983	Great Olympics	N/A	Tano Bafoakwa
1984	Asante Kotoko	1-0	Ashanti Gold Sporting Club
1985	Sekondi Hasaacas FC	N/A	Asante Kotoko
1986	Okwahu United	N/A	Real Tamale United
1989	Hearts of Oak	N/A	Cornerstones
1990	Asante Kotoko	N/A	Hearts of Oak
1992	Voradep	2-2 (3-2 TAB)	Neoplan Stars
1993	Ashanti Gold Sporting Club	4-3	Mysterious Dwarfs
1994	Hearts of Oak	2-1	Mysterious Dwarfs
1995	Great Olympics	N/A	Hearts of Oak
1996	Hearts of Oak	1-0	Ghapoha
1997	Ghapoha	1-0	Okwawu United
1998	Asante Kotoko	1-0	Real Tamale United
1999	Hearts of Oak	3-1	Great Olympics
2000	Hearts of Oak	2-0	Okwawu United
2001	Asante Kotoko	1-0	King Faisal Babes
2002-10	not played
2011	Nania	1-0	Asante Kotoko

Top performing clubs

Club	City / Region	Titles	Runners-Up	Last Title
Hearts of Oak	Accra, Greater Accra	9	6	2000
Asante Kotoko	Kumasi, Ashanti	8	2	2001
Real Republicans	Accra, Greater Accra	4	0	1965
Great Olympics	Accra, Greater Accra	3	1	1995
Nania	Legon, Greater Accra	1	0	2011
Ghapoha	Tema, Greater Accra	1	1	1997
Ashanti Gold Sporting Club	Obuasi, Ashanti	1	1	1993
Voradep	Ho, Volta	1	0	1992
Okwawu United	Nkawkaw, Eastern	1	2	1986
Sekondi Hasaacas	Sekondi, Western	1	1	1985
Eleven Wise	Sekondi, Western	1	1	1982
Dumas Boys of GTP	Tema, Greater Accra	1	0	1976
Mysterious Dwarfs	Cape Coast, Central	1	2	1968
Cornerstones	Kumasi, Ashanti	1	2	1965
Real Tamale United	Tamale, Northern	0	2
Great Ashantis	Kumasi, Ashanti	0	2
King Faisal Babes	Kumasi, Ashanti	0	1
Neoplan Stars	Kumasi, Ashanti	0	1
Tano Bafoakwa	Sunyani, Brong-Ahafo	0	1
Gold Stars	Tarkwa, Western	0	1
Brong-Ahofu United	Sunyani, Brong-Ahafo	0	1
All Blacks	Swedru, Central	0	1
Akotex	Akosombo, Eastern	0	1
Mighty Eagles	Ho, Volta	0	1

References

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