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Ashanti Gold
Full name	Ashanti Gold Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	AshGold, AshantiGold, Obuasi Goldfields, The Miners
Founded	1978
Ground	Len Clay Stadium,; Obuasi, Ghana; (Capacity: 30,000)
Owner	Anglogold Ashanti
Chairman	Kudjoe Fiano
Manager	David Duncan
League	Ghana Premier League
2008/09	Ghana Premier League, 13th
Home colours	Away colours

Ashanti Gold Sporting Club is a football (soccer) team based in Obuasi, Ghana.

[edit] Founding years

Ashanti Gold SC was founded in 1978 by a group of employees of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation. The employees pleaded with management of AGC to sponsor the team, but they were always refused. The employees continued to pay the salaries and costs for the team and in the 1984 season AshGold finished as runner-up in the Ghanaian FA Cup. The management took notice and, through their leading shareholder Lonrho, arranged funding and sent a British manager to help the fledgling team. Still, no senior management was brought in to run the club. Because of their success in the FA cup, the team was promoted to Ghana's most elite football division. For almost a decade the team struggled due to disorganization, until 1993 when a company official at AGC revamped the club and brought in another British manager. 2004 Obuasi Goldfields Sporting Club Ltd. were renamed AshantiGold Sporting Club Ltd. on April 16 due to new owners Anglogold Ashanti.

[edit] Years of success

That next season, AshGold finished third in the division after only Ghanaian powerhouses Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club. The next year a 13-man Board of Directors was established and AshGold won the league. Over the next two years, AshGold won the league again. This made them the first team ever to win three years in a row.

[edit] Pan-African Cups

The AshGold has competed in three competitions representing Ghana. In 1995 the reached the quarter-finals in the African Champions League and in 1996 only into the final 16. In 1997 they were the runners up of the African Champions League.

[edit] Recent years

Ashanti Gold SC has never matched the greatness of their three year cup run, but have remained a top team in the Ghana Telecom Premier League. They continue to produce excellent footballers who have played throughout Europe. AshGold goalkeeper George Owu, joined the Black Stars in their quest for the FIFA 2006 World Cup, but did not appear in a game.

[edit] Honours

Ghana Telecom Premier League: 3

1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96

Ghanaian FA Cup: 1

1992/93

Ghana Telecom Gala: 1

1995/96

African Champions League
- Finalist: 1997

[edit] Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Champions League:

1997 - Finalist

2007 - First Round

2008 - First Round

African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1 appearance

1996 - Second Round

CAF Cup: 2 appearances

2001 - Quarter-Final

2002 - First Round

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Abdul Fatawu Dauda
-	DF	Daniel Asamoah
-	DF	Rick Essuman
-	DF	Kofi Amoako
-	DF	Emmanuel Anarfi
4	DF	Habib Mohammed
-	DF	Owusu Sekyere
-	DF	Ibrahim Yekini
3	DF	Emmanuel Adjetey
-	DF	Yusif Ali
-	DF	Alfred Arthur
-	DF	Joe Jackson
17	MF	Kwaku Sarpong
-	MF	Alhaji Saanie
6	DF	David Telfer
5	DF	Isaac Nii Kwei

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	Aminu Mohammed
-	MF	Joseph Apenkwah
-	MF	Daniel Asamoah
-	MF	Stephen Owusu Ansah
-	MF	Nathaniel Quaye
-	MF	Mohammed Polo
9	FW	Thomas Duah
-	FW	James Tagoe
-	FW	Richard Awuah
-	FW	Emmanuel Adu-Gyamfi
18	FW	Mark Komade
20	FW	Sumaila Nyanya
19	FW	Addoquaye Addo
-	FW	Eric Adu Poku
-	FW	Owusu Sefa
-	FW	Frank Adomako
-	FW	Solomon Addy