Samartex
Appearance
Full name | Football Club Samartex 1996 |
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Founded | 1995 |
Ground | Samartex Park, Tarkwa, Ghana |
Capacity | 7,000[1] |
Website | Club website |
Football Club Samartex 1996, more commonly known as Samartex, is a Ghanaian professional football team based at Samartex Park in Tarkwa[2][3][4] that plays in the Ghana Premier League.
History
The club was founded in 1995 by the Samartex Timber & Plywood Company as a recreational football club, and gained promotion from the Third Division to the Second Division of the Western Region in their first season.[5][6]
The club spent two decades at the lower divisions before getting promoted to the GPL in 2022–23.[7][8] The following season, they surprisingly won the league title for the first time in the club's history.[9]
Honours
References
- ^ "Samartex begin renovation works on home stadium ahead of debut GPL campaign — Starr Fm". 27 June 2022.
- ^ Bonaventure, Kolog (25 January 2019). "FC Samartex to host Medeama SC in club friendly". Footballghana. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
- ^ "Samartex FC friendly with Hearts of Oak called off". Footballmadeinghana. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
- ^ "FA Cup Preview: Samatex eyes Hearts of Oak fall in Samreboi". Modern Ghana. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
- ^ "History". FC Samartex. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
- ^ "Samartex Football Club". Samartex Timber & Plywood Company Limited. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
- ^ "FC Samartex secure historic qualification to Ghana Premier League". Football Ghana. 23 May 2022.
- ^ "Nurudeen Amadu's modesty adds sheen to the brilliance of Samartex's shock Premier League triumph". myjoyonline.com. 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Historic FC Samartex stuns Gold Stars to secure first ever Ghana Premier League title with two games to spare". Ghana Sports Page. 2 June 2024.