Sekondi Hasaacas F.C.

Sekondi Hasaacas FC
Full name	Sekondi Hasaacas Football Club
Founded	1931
Ground	Sekondi-Takoradi Stadium; Sekondi-Takoradi, Western Region, Ghana; (Capacity: 20,000)
Chairman	Nanabayin Eyeson
Manager	Robert Kouffie
League	Poly Tank Division One League
2009–10	Glo Premier League, 15th
Home colours	Away colours

Sekondi Hasaacas FC is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Sekondi-Takoradi, Western Region. The club are competing in the Poly Tank Division One League.

[edit] History

The club was formed in 1931 and is currently a member of the Ghana Telecom Premier League. The club is famous for its sweet-flowing soccer and team discipline. After twenty years sustained in the Globacom Premier League was the team in May 2010 relegated in the Poly Tank Division One League.^[1]

[edit] Stadium

Their home stadium is Esipong Stadium.

[edit] Club Song

Chant: Hasmal, We Go Do!

Hasaacas, sometimes referred to as Hasmal, has produced some of the finest players in Ghana soccer. Notable players include Modibo Toe, Mahama Fuseini, Joseph Carr, James Kuuku Dadzie, Emmanuel Quarshie, Windsor Kofi Abbrey, John "Zion Train" Essien, P.S.K Paha and Isaac Paha.

[edit] 1958 controversy

Hasaacas was expelled from its base in Sekondi during 1958 as a result of a conflict with the Ghanaian Amateur Football Association. Hasaacas declined a request to play a mid-week friendly ahead of a key match against Kumasi Cornestone. The football association forced Hasaacas to move to Tarkwa as its home base. This decision was reversed following the coup in 1966 and a move back to Sekondi. At the same time as the repatriation, rival club Sekondi Indepence Club were banned.^[2]

[edit] Most Memorable Squads

1982 Squad - WAFU Cup Champions)

Sam Quarm, George Brown, Fynn Johnson, Charles Kwame Sampson, Isaac Paha (Captain), Sly Tetteh, John Essien "Zion Train", James Otchere, Francis Edzie, Sam Yorke, Windsor Kofi Abbrey, Thomas Jacobs, Isaac Tandoh, Isaac Nana Eshun, Enock Koomson, Francis Anarfo, Francis Agyeman.

Coach: Herbert Addo

[edit] Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Joe Addo
-	FW	John Ainoo 'The Old Soldier'
-		Daniel Ampadu-Nyarko
-		Paul Aidoo
-		Bismark Paul Mensah
-		Emmanuel Yamah
-		Anim Stephen Addo
-		Joseph Doe
-		Patrick Adjei
-		Kwesi Junior Biney
-		Salihu Issah
-		John Ainoo
-		Benjamin Annan
-		Richard Owusu
-		Joseph Bissah
-		Atta Kweku Nyarku
-		Emmanuel Yeboah

No.	Position	Player
-		Bismark Owusu Mensah
-		Kweku John Ampong
-		Jelilu Abdulai
-		Edmund Attah
-		Frederick Quayeson
-		Awudu Musah
-		Charles Nartey
-		David Anars
-		William Ocran
25	FW	Shivam Manghnani
-		Joseph Ato Bissah
-		Samuel Ellis
-		Richard Ocran
-		Nana Kofi Egyir
-		Joseph Amissah
-		Peter Essien
-		Samuel Ellis
-		Muntari Saliu