Ghana 1997/98

Round 1 [Dec 7]
Dwarfs     0-0 Afienya 
Ghapoha    1-0 Hearts
Kotoko     awd Dawu        [apparently awarded to Kotoko, originally reported 2-3]
Goldfields 3-0 XI Wise
Hasaacas   1-0 Okwahu
RTU        3-1 Faisal
Olympics   awd All Blacks  [apparently home win, originally reported 0-1]

Round 2 [Dec 14]
Hearts     2-1 Dwarfs
Dawu       1-0 Ghapoha
XI Wise    0-1 Kotoko
Okwahu     1-1 Goldfields  [played later]
Faisal     0-2 Hasaacas
All Blacks 0-2 RTU
Afienya    1-2 Olympics

Round 3 [Dec 21]
Hearts     1-0 Afienya
Dwarfs     1-0 Dawu
Ghapoha    2-2 XI Wise 
Kotoko     2-1 Okwahu 
Goldfields 1-0 Faisal
Hasaacas   0-1 All Blacks
RTU        3-1 Olympics

Round 4 [Dec 28]
Dawu       1-1 Hearts
XI Wise    0-1 Dwarfs
Okwahu     2-2 Ghapoha
Faisal     2-2 Kotoko
All Blacks 1-0 Goldfields
Olympics   0-0 Hasaacas
Afienya    1-0 RTU

Round 5 [Jan 4]
Dawu       2-0 Afienya
Hearts     0-0 XI Wise
Dwarfs     4-2 Okwahu
Ghapoha    0-1 Faisal
Kotoko     1-0 All Blacks
Goldfields 3-4 Olympics
Hasaacas   1-1 RTU

Round 6 [Jan 11]
XI Wise    1-2 Dawu
Okwahu     0-2 Hearts
Faisal     1-2 Dwarfs
All Blacks 2-1 Ghapoha
Olympics   2-0 Kotoko
RTU        1-1 Goldfields
Afienya    3-2 Hasaacas

Round 7 [Jan 18]
XI Wise    2-0 Afienya
Dawu       1-0 Okwahu
Hearts     4-2 Faisal
Dwarfs     0-1 All Blacks
Ghapoha    1-0 Olympics
Kotoko     2-0 RTU
Goldfields 0-0 Hasaacas

Round 8 [Jan 25]
Okwahu     3-2 XI Wise
Faisal     2-1 Dawu
All Blacks 0-1 Hearts
Olympics   1-1 Dwarfs
RTU        1-0 Ghapoha  
Hasaacas   0-0 Kotoko
Afienya    0-0 Goldfields

Round 9 [Mar 15]
Okwahu     2-1 Afienya
XI Wise    1-1 Faisal
Dawu       0-2 All Blacks
Hearts     1-1 Olympics
Dwarfs     1-0 RTU
Ghapoha    0-1 Hasaacas
Kotoko     2-0 Goldfields

Round 10 [Mar 29]
Faisal     4-2 Okwahu           [4-0?]
All Blacks  -  XI Wise          [home win]
Olympics   0-0 Dawu
RTU        0-3 Hearts
Hasaacas    -  Dwarfs           [home win]
Goldfields 0-0 Ghapoha
Afienya    1-3 Kotoko

Round 11 [Apr 5]
Faisal      -  Afienya          [draw]
Okwahu      -  All Blacks       [away win]
XI Wise     -  Olympics         [away win]
Dawu        -  RTU              [home win]
Hearts      -  Hasaacas         [home win]
Dwarfs      -  Goldfields       [draw]
Ghapoha     -  Kotoko           [away win]

Round 12 [Apr 12]
All Blacks 1-0 Faisal
Olympics   2-1 Okwahu
RTU        0-0 XI Wise
Hasaacas   1-2 Dawu
Goldfields 0-1 Hearts
Kotoko     1-1 Dwarfs
Afienya    0-0 Ghapoha

Round 13 [Apr 19]
Hearts     1-1 Kotoko
XI Wise    0-3 Hasaacas
Dwarfs     3-0 Ghapoha
Okwahu     2-1 RTU
Dawu       0-0 Goldfields
Afienya    1-2 All Blacks
Faisal      -  Olympics         [ppd, home win]

Round 14 [Apr 26?]
Afienya     -  Dwarfs           [home win]
Hearts      -  Ghapoha          [home win]
Dawu        -  Kotoko           [away win]
XI Wise     -  Goldfields       [away win]
Okwahu      -  Hasaacas         [draw]
Faisal      -  RTU              [home win]
All Blacks  -  Olympics         [draw]

Round 15 [May 10]
Dwarfs      -  Hearts           [home win]
Ghapoha     -  Dawu             [ppd, home win]
Kotoko      -  XI Wise          [home win]
Goldfields  -  Okwahu           [home win]
Hasaacas    -  Faisal           [home win]
RTU         -  All Blacks       [home win]
Olympics    -  Afienya          [away win]

Round 16 [May 17]
Olympics   0-0 RTU
Faisal     1-1 Goldfields    
All Blacks 0-0 Hasaacas
XI Wise    2-0 Ghapoha
Okwahu     1-0 Kotoko
Afienya    0-1 Hearts
Dawu       3-0 Dwarfs

Round 17 [May 24]
Hearts     2-1 Dawu
Kotoko     1-0 Faisal
Goldfields 2-2 All Blacks
Dwarfs     0-0 XI Wise
Hasaacas   2-2 Olympics
RTU        0-0 Afienya    
Ghapoha    1-1 Okwahu

Round 18 [May 31]
RTU        2-0 Hasaacas         [?]
Afienya    1-0 Dawu
Faisal     4-2 Ghapoha
Okwahu     2-0 Dwarfs
Olympics   3-1 Goldfields
XI Wise     -  Hearts           [draw]
All Blacks 2-0 Kotoko

Round 19 [Jun 24?]
Dawu        -  XI Wise          [draw]
Hearts      -  Okwahu           [home win]
Dwarfs      -  Faisal           [home win]
Ghapoha     -  All Blacks       [home win]
Kotoko      -  Olympics         [home win]
Goldfields  -  RTU              [away win]
Hasaacas    -  Afienya          [draw]

Round 20 [Aug 2]
Faisal     1-0 Hearts
RTU        1-0 Kotoko         
All Blacks 0-1 Dwarfs
Afienya    0-0 XI Wise
Olympics   1-1 Ghapoha     
Okwahu     0-1 Dawu             [away win]
Hasaacas   1-0 Goldfields      

Round 21 [Aug 8]
XI Wise    0-1 Okwahu  
Dawu       1-1 Faisal  
Hearts     1-1 All Blacks
Dwarfs     0-1 Olympics 
Ghapoha    1-0 RTU 
Kotoko     2-1 Hasaacas 
Goldfields 1-1 Afienya 

Round 22 [Aug 12]
Afienya    0-0 Okwahu  
Faisal     2-1 XI Wise  
All Blacks 0-1 Dawu    
Olympics   0-1 Hearts 
RTU        1-0 Dwarfs  
Hasaacas   0-2 Ghapoha  
Goldfields 1-1 Kotoko 

Round 23 [Aug 14?]
Okwahu     1-0 Faisal 
XI Wise    2-1 All Blacks 
Dawu       1-2 Olympics
Hearts     1-0 RTU   
Dwarfs     1-0 Hasaacas		[also reported 1-1] 
Ghapoha    2-0 Goldfields 
Kotoko     0-1 Afienya          [in Koforidua]

Round 24 [Aug 16]
Afienya    1-1 Faisal  
All Blacks 1-0 Okwahu  
Olympics   1-1 XI Wise   
RTU        0-1 Dawu		[also reported 0-0]
Hasaacas   1-0 Hearts   
Goldfields 3-0 Dwarfs   
Kotoko     2-1 Ghapoha   

Round 25 [Aug 30]
Hearts     3-0 Goldfields
Faisal     2-1 All Blacks
Dwarfs     2-2 Kotoko
XI Wise    3-1 RTU
Dawu       1-2 Hasaacas
Ghapoha    0-1 Afienya
Okwahu     1-1 Olympics

Round 26 [Oct 4]
Kotoko     2-2 Hearts
Goldfields 5-1 Dawu
Hasaacas   1-0 XI Wise
Olympics   2-0 Faisal
All Blacks 0-0 Afienya      
RTU        2-1 Okwahu
Ghapoha    1-0 Dwarfs

Final Table (according to African Soccer):

 1.Hearts of Oak             26 15  7  4 38-19 52  [Accra] 
 2.Asante Kotoko             26 14  6  6 33-24 48  [Kumasi] 
 3.Great Olympics            26 10  9  7 30-26 39  [Accra]  
 4.Dawu Youngstars           26 11  4 11 30-31 37  [Dawu]   
 5.Hasaacas                  26  9  9  8 25-25 36  [Sekondi]
 6.Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs  26 10  6 10 22-24 36  [Swedru]
 7.All Blacks                26 10  5 11 22-25 35  [Swedru]  
 8.Okwahu United             26 10  4 12 30-33 34  [Nkawkaw] 
 9.GHAPOHA                   26  9  6 11 27-27 33  [Tema] 
10.King Faisal               26  9  5 12 34-38 32  [Kumasi] 
11.Real Tamale United        26  9  5 12 24-28 32  [Tamale] 
12.Afienya United            26  7 11  8 18-22 32  [Tema]    
13.Goldfields                26  7 10  9 28-28 31  [Obuasi]  
14.Eleven Wise               26  4  9 13 21-31 21  [Sekondi] 

[total GD +1]

Final Table (reported by Francis Akoto):

 1.Hearts of Oak             26 15  7  4 38-19 52  [Accra] 
 2.Asante Kotoko             26 14  7  5 34-23 49  [Kumasi] 
 3.Great Olympics            26 10  9  7 30-25 39  [Accra]  
 4.All Blacks                26 11  5 10 23-23 38  [Swedru]  
 5.Dawu Youngstars           26 11  4 11 30-31 37  [Dawu]   
 6.Hasaacas                  26  9  9  8 25-25 36  [Sekondi]
 7.Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs  26 10  6 10 22-24 36  [Swedru]
 8.GHAPOHA                   26  9  6 11 25-29 33  [Tema] 
 9.King Faisal               26  9  5 12 34-38 32  [Kumasi] 
10.Afienya United            26  6 11  9 17-24 29  [Tema]    
11.Goldfields                26  7 10  9 28-28 31  [Obuasi]  
12.Real Tamale United        26  9  5 12 26-17 32  [Tamale] 
13.Okwahu United             26  9  4 13 28-34 31  [Nkawkaw] 
14.Eleven Wise               26  4  9 13 21-36 21  [Sekondi] 

[1 more loss than win; total GD +5; places of Afienya and RTU questionable]

France Football and several other news agencies published the following points totals:

 1.Hearts of Oak             52
 2.Asante Kotoko             48 
 3.Great Olympics            39  
 4.Dawu Youngstars           37 
 5.Hasaacas                  36 
 6.Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs  35  
 7.All Blacks                35  
 8.Okwahu United             34  
 9.GHAPOHA                   33  
10.King Faisal               32  
11.Real Tamale United        32  
12.Afienya United            32
13.Goldfields                31  
14.Eleven Wise               21

Eleven Wise were relegated; Goldfields finished 13th and had to play off against
Brong Ahafo United (Sunyani).

Promoted: Liberty Professionals, Power FC und Bofoakwa Tano (Sunyani).

Promotion/Relegation Playoff
Goldfields (Obuasi)     2-1    Brong Ahafo United (Sunyani).

Cups:

FA Cup

Quarterfinals
Afienya United Tema     1-0    Okwawu United Nkawkaw
All Blacks Swedru       1-0    Great Olympics Accra
Asante Kotoko Kumasi    1-1    Obuasi Goldfields         [4-3 on pen]
Dawu Youngsters         0-0    Real Tamale United        [3-5 on pen]

Semifinals
Real Tamale United      1-0    Afienya United Tema
Asante Kotoko Kumasi    2-1    All Blacks Swedru

Final
Asante Kotoko Kumasi    1-0    Real Tamale United

Super Cup 1998 [played Jan 1999]
Hearts of Oak (Accra)   2-1   Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)


June 4 Cup
Winners: Hearts of Oak Accra


Sports Writers' Cup:
Winners: All Blacks Swedru




1996/97

1999

list of champions

list of final tables

list of cup winners


About this document

With thanks to Francis Akoto (akoto@tre.tele.nokia.fi)

Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl and José Batalha for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Hans Schöggl and José Batalha
Last updated: 9 Jul 2009

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