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Asante Kotoko Football Club, also knows as Asante Kotoko, is one of the biggest and most successful football clubs in Ghana as well as being one of the more successful sides in Africa, having won twenty one national league titles. They have also twice been champions of Africa. The club's home ground is the 40,000 all-seater Kumasi Sports Stadium. The full name of the club is Kumasi Asante Kotoko Football Club. According to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, an international organization recognized by FIFA, Asante Kotoko were the Africa's best club of the 20th century.[1]
[edit] HistoryThe foundation of Kumasi Asante Kotoko Football Club was laid by 13 young Ashanti boys led by a young driver, Mr. Kwasi Kumah, ably supported by L.Y.Asamoah an electrician. Mr. Kwasi Kumah, a native of Nyankyerenease near Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, was a chauffeur to an English colonial military officer, Colonel Ross, in Accra. While in Accra, Kwasi Kumah nurtured the idea of forming a football team when he watched an exciting football match between Accra Standfast and Hearts of Oak. Hearts won the match 2-1 and Sir Gordon Guggisberg, then Governor of the Gold Coast, presented a set of jerseys to Hearts for their good performance. When Colonel Ross returned home for good and Kumah went back home to Kumasi, he bought a set of jerseys to start his football team. With co-operation from his good friend, L.Y.Asamoah, he formed the Ashanti United Football Club in 1926. Five years later the team was renamed Kumasi Titanics. The team was really handicapped because most of the players worked in government organizations like the Prisons and Railways and had been transferred from Kumasi. Titanics did not find enough luck in their new name and in 1934 they adopted a more powerful name, Mighty Atoms. Still the club did not see much progress and in 1935, Mr J.S.K. Frimpong, popularly called Teacher Frimpong, then a teacher of the Kumasi Government School who had all the time shown interest in the club, organized some boys from his school and proposed a change of name from Titanics to Kumasi Asante Kotoko Football Club. Permission had to be obtained from the Asantehene (King of Ashanti) because the name "Kotoko", meaning "Porcupine" is the official symbol of the Ashanti nation. The Asantehene, Nana Sir Osei Agyeman Prempeh 11, became the first life patron of the club. Kumasi Asante Kotoko Football Club was subsequently formally founded in 1935. Asante Kotoko's emblem features the "Porcupine", displaying an inbuilt arsenal of sharp skipes for use when attacked by an enemy. [1] [edit] Honours
Runners-up - 2002 Runners-up - 2004 [edit] Performance in CAF competitions
[edit] Most Memorable SquadsSquad included: Robert Mensah, Ben Acheampong, Dogo Moro, Cifford Odame, Sammy Stevens, Adarkwa, Ibrahim Sunday (Captain), Yaw Sam, Osei Kofi, Abukari Gariba, Albert Essuman "Baby Pele", Malik Jabir, Ohene Brenya, Sulley, Osmanu Head Coach: Aggrey-Fynn Club President: I. K. Moukerzel Sam Ampeh, Samuel "Old" Gyabaah, Charles Oppong, Seth Ampadu, Ahmed Rockson , Papa Arko (Captain), George Kennedy, Albert Asase, Opoku Afriyie, Kofi Badu, Francis Kumi, John Abeka, Karim Zito, Joe Gyekye, Addae Kyenkyehene, Nuru Mohammed, Opoku Nti Head Coach: J. E. Adabie Joseph Carr, Ernest Apau, Kwasi Appiah, Seth Ampadu, Addae Kyenkyehene, Papa Arko (Captain), John Smith Bannerman, Yahya Kassum, Ebo Mends, Opoku Nti*, Isaac Afranie, Arkye Ezuah, Charles Kwame Sampson, Ahmed Rockson, Emmanuel "Joe Tex" Quaye, Francis Agyeman
Head Coach: Ibrahim Sunday Team Manager: Malik Jabir Masseur: Omono Asamoah Club President: Ernest Yaw Bawuah Mohammed Odoom, Nana Eshun, Kwaku Kyere, Thomas "Gambo" Hammond, Ahmed Rockson, Abdul Razak (Captain), Sam Ayippey, Sarfo Gyamfi, Prince Opoku Polley, George Arthur, Windsor Kofi Abbrey, Anthony Osei Kwadwo, Kwaku Menkah, Saarah Mensah Head Coach: Malik Jabir Team Manager: Victor Sirebour Masseur: Omono Asamoah Club President: Ofori Nuako (Paa O) Anthony Osei Kwadwo, Frank Amankwah, Agyeman Duah, Frimpong Manso (Captain), Emmanuel Ampiah "Chairman", Alex Nyarko, George Arthur, Joseph Okyere, Mahmoud Ahmed, Raphael Akakpo "Patron", Seidu Yusif Head Coach: Malik Jabir [edit] Current SquadPOSITION PLAYER NO.
[edit] Youth Squad
[edit] PersonalChairman Director of Communications Director of Finance & Administration Director of Operations Dirictor Of Legal Affairs Team Manager Head Coach Assistant Coache's
Fitness Coach Specialist Medical Doctor Physiotherapist Physical Trainer Masseur [edit] Notable Players[edit] Famous Players[edit] Other Notable Players
[edit] Former Officialsdistinguished soccer leaders Mr. L.Y. Asamoah Mr. Charles de Graft Dickson Mr. J.D. Amoah Teacher Frimpong Oheneba Nana Osei Yaw Mr. B.K. Edusei Mr. Albert Owusu-Ansah 'Uncle' John Aidoo Mr. Yaw Frimpong (alias YF ) Nana Darko Kufour Dr. Kofi Dzane-Selby Nana Kwaku Mensah Nana Baffour Awuah V (the late Bantamahene) Mr. S.K. Mainoo Mr. Daniel Kyei Mr. Issam John Moukarzel Dr. J.K. Brobbey-Kyei Mr. F.D. Nsiah-Asare aka Nana Gyamaning Asare (the late chief of Kumasi, Asafo) Mr. Simms Kofi Mensah Mr. Ernest Yaw Bawuah Mr. D.K. Ofori Nuako (alias Pao ) Mr. John Agyekum Kufour (Former President of Ghana) Nana Akosa Yiadom Dr. J.K Kankam Professor S.K. Awuah Mr. P.V. Obeng Major Yaw Larsen Mr. S.S. Appiah, Mr. Assad Mallah Mr. Frank Apeagyei Mr. Hope Anderson Agbolosoo Mr. George Amoako Mr. Osei Yaw Akoto Mr. E.K. Adu Mr. George Aduse-Poku (aka Georgido) Nana Yaw Owusu Mr. Aboagye Agyei Mr. Kyenkyehene Mr. Achulo Management or Board of Directors, Mr. Nana Baffour Akoto, Mr. Krobo Edusei (a Minister of State in the First Republic Government of Ghana) Mrs. Mary Edusei (née Mary Akuamoah), Mr. John Agyekum Kuffour (Former President of Ghana) Mr. B.M. Kufour, Mr. Martin Appiah-Danquah, Mr. Peter Mainoo-Appiah, Mr. Desmond, Mr. Simone Naja David, Mr. Osei Kwame (aka 'Despite'), Mr. Kwabena Kesse (aka 'Kessben'), Mr. Kennedy Adjapong (aka 'Kenpong') Head Coaches
Other Personnel Dr. Dadebo (Team Doctor) Omono Asamoah (Masseur) Franklin Acheampong Kofi Osei ("Osei Driver") (Chauffeur) Awudu Seidu (Chauffeur) Isaac "Opeele" Boateng (Assistant Coach) [edit] References
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