Tema Youth is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Tema, Greater Accra. The club competes in the Glo Premier League.
[edit] History
Founded in 2005, they are a member of the Glo Premier League. Their home stadium is Tema Sports Stadium. In order to boost the club's marketing and public relation, the team has also appointed the sports journalist Henry Asante Twum who works with the Ghana Broadcasting corporation as the Director of Communication.The team now has former Ghapoha player Anthony Lokko as the Head Coach and is assisted by Bright Osei who also used to play for Swedru All Blacks and Kumasi Asante Kotoko in Ghana.Former Ghana international Joachim Yaw Acheampong and Austrian coach Attila Sekerlioglu are some of the notable Coaches who have handled the team. The supervisory job of the club is done by Emmanuel Kyeremeh, a business man and a financial administrator who works with NDK financial services, a non banking institution in Accra. Emmanuel Kyeremeh is the Board Chairman of the club.At the end of last season Tema Youth qualified to play in the Division one middle league but unfortunately couldn't qualify back to the premier division after securing three points from the three matches the team played,Some of the notable players the team have produced include Ekow Benson who now play for premiership side Medaeama after an unsuccessful stint with giants Kumasi Asante Kotoko,Edward Affum a wonderful striker who also play for the same club.Richard Annang also plays in the Romanian league for S.C Vaslui.The team can also boast of some talented players who have passed through the ranks.Godfred Fosu,Theophilus Apoh,Abdul Haruna Ganiyu are some other notable players produced by the Tema based team.
[edit] Performance in the 2010-2011 season
With disappointment in the previous season the management of the Tema base club decided to offload most of the senior players and start afresh.The decision paid a huge dividend as the team strolled through the season without losing even a single game in the division one campaign for the year 2010/2011.In all players like Daniel Appiah who finished the season with eight goals was the teams top scorer for the season.Goalkeeper Kofi Mensah was also outstanding and had to catch the eyes of experience Coach Oti Akenteng.Derek Mensah,Huzeifah Issah all had a brilliant term.Tema Youth top the Zone and therefore qualify to play in the Division one middle league and seek for a quick return to the elite division in Ghana Football. The team capped the whole campaign by finishing it off in a grand style in the Division One middle league.With opposition from teams like Tete Atenpong,King Solomon FC and DInternational many were those who had a little faith in the capabilities of the young team.Tema Youth beat King Solomon in a thrilling but difficult game 3-2 at the Robert Mensa stadium in Cape Coast,and continued that feat with two separate wins against Tete Atenpong and DInternational.The team beat Tete Atenpong 3-0 and also defeated DInternational 4-1 to seal the qualification.Another season comes to an end and a what a way to climax it.Tema Youth finished the season unbeaten and gets another ticket to play in the elite division of Ghana Football.
Poly Tank Division One League Zone 3: 2010–11 Standings
Division P W D L GF GA GD PTS
Tema Youth 13 9 4 0 19 6 13 31
King Solomon 13 7 3 3 22 12 10 24
Red Bull 13 5 4 4 17 12 5 19
Okwawu Utd 13 5 3 5 15 11 4 18
Purejoy 13 5 3 5 15 13 2 18
Zaytuna 13 5 3 5 12 12 0 18
Rehoboth 13 3 4 6 7 11 -4 13
Tema All Stars 13 0 2 11 7 37 -30 2
[edit] Performance in CAF competitions
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- 2007 - disqualified in First Round
- Chairman: Samuel Williams
- Director of communication: Henry Asante Twum
- Chief Executive Officer: Wilfred Osei Kwaku
- Team Manager: Alex Ahadjie
- Board Chairman: Emmanuel Kyeremeh
[edit] Sports
[edit] Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Position |
Player |
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GK |
Kofi Mensah |
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GK |
Joseph Halm |
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GK |
Ben Teiko |
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DF |
Emmanuel Boateng |
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DF |
Isaac Tetteh |
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DF |
Isaac Pobee |
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DF |
Salifu Tanko Zubeiru |
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DF |
Joshua Oninku |
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DF |
Kenneth Owusu |
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DF |
Joseph Larweh Attamah |
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DF |
Jeremiah Akorful (Captain) |
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DF |
Stephen Tetteh |
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MF |
Derrick Mensah |
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MF |
Bernard Akuffo |
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MF |
Francis Dassinor |
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| No. |
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Position |
Player |
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MF |
William Arhin |
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MF |
Huzeifah Issah |
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MF |
Nicholas Odjei |
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MF |
Moses Odjei |
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MF |
Charles Ankarpong |
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MF |
Joseph Kofi Bartells |
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MF |
Samuel Obodai |
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MF |
Prince Asante |
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MF |
Thomas Partey |
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FW |
Hamza Abdulai |
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FW |
David Ashun |
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FW |
Derrick Osabutey |
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FW |
Daniel Appiah |
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FW |
Francis Boabeng |
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[edit] Notable players
[edit] Managers
[edit] External links
(Promoted)
Current season
Attila Sekerlioglu (2009)
