The 2019–20 Ghana Premier League was the 64th season of top professional association football league in Ghana. The season started on 28 December 2019. 18 teams compete in the league with each club playing each other twice, home and away, with the three clubs at the bottom of the league relegated to the Division One League.
Season overview With 18 clubs participating in the league, this marked the first time since 1980 that more than 16 clubs competed in the top division of Ghanaian football. King Faisal and Great Olympics were readmitted after separate court cases over unhappiness about their relegation from the top-flight in previous seasons. During a council meeting in October 2019 before the season began, the number of relegated teams was reduced from five to three.
The GFA announced that the league was suspended on March 15, 2020, in the middle of match-week 15, because of the global COVID-19 pandemic. On 31 May, the league was further suspended until at least 31 June.
On 30 June, the FA had a meeting and cancelled the league due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A meeting was held on 27 August 2020 to determine the start and logistics of the 2020–21 season.
Teams
TeamLocationVenueCapacityGreat OlympicsAccraAccra Sports Stadium40,000King FaisalKumasiBaba Yara Stadium40,528Ebusua DwarfsCape CoastCape Coast Sports Stadium15,000Eleven WondersTechimanOhene Ameyaw Stadium 5,000Karela UnitedTarkwaTNA Park12,000Asante KotokoKumasiBaba Yara Stadium40,528Liberty Professionals Dansoman Carl Reindorf Park2,000Bechem UnitedBechemNana Gyeabour's Park5,000Hearts of OakAccraAccra Sports Stadium40,000Aduana Stars Dormaa Ahenkro Agyeman Badu Stadium7,000DreamsAccraDawu Sports Stadium5,000Inter AlliesAccraAccra Sports Stadium 7,000Ashanti GoldObuasiLen Clay Stadium 30,000Berekum ChelseaBerekumGolden City Sports Stadium10,000WAFASogakopeSogakope Red Bull Arena1,000Elmina SharksElminaNduom Sports Stadium 15,000Legon CitiesAccraAccra Sports Stadium40,000MedeamaTarkwaTNA Park 5,000
League table
Season statistics Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals 1 Victorien Adebayor Inter Allies 12 2 Yahaya Mohammed Aduana Stars 11 3 Prince Opoku Agyemang Medeama 104 Ibrahim Osman King Faisal8 Elvis Kyei Baffour Liberty Professionals Prince Kwabena Adu Bechem United 7 Benjamin Bernard Boateng Elmina Sharks 78 Kofi Kordzi Hearts of Oak 6 Samuel Armah Inter Allies Seidu Abubakari Ebusua Dwarfs
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