Accra Hearts of Oak S.C.

The club was founded on 11 November 1911, in Accra. Hearts of Oak won their first major match in 1922 when Sir Gordon Guggisberg, then Governor of the Gold Coast, founded the Accra Football League. Hearts won 6 out of 12 seasons in this league. The club also won the 1953/54 edition of the Gold Coast Club Competition – the colonial precursor to the Ghana Premier League. In the year 2000, the Hearts of Oak won the Ghanaian FA cup, the Ghana Premier League and for the first time in their history the CAF Champions League. This was the most successful year in the club's history. The team was led by club captain, Joseph Ansah. On 9 May 2001, 127 people died in Africa's worst footballing disaster. During a match between rivals, Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko. Trouble started when supporters of Asante Kotoko began ripping out seats in protest at a goal allowed by the referee. The match was officiated by referee J. Wilson Sey, from Cape Coast. Police reacted by firing tear gas into the crowd, it has been suggested that this was an over-reaction. Reports suggest that the gates to the ground were locked and the stadium was not up to FIFA standards. The rush to escape the tear gas was a contributory factor to the death toll. A commission of inquiry, indicted six police officers in its initial report, but they were not convicted as it was deemed that the deaths could have been caused by the stampede instead of the tear gas. As of 2020, the transfer value of the Accra Hearts of Oak was £2.03 million, the highest of all sports clubs in Ghana. ==Grounds==

Accra Hearts of Oak play home matches at the Accra Sports Stadium. The Accra Sports Stadium holds an estimated 40,000 seats. Although purchased in the 1980s, the Pobiman Training Ground was only put to use in the summer of 2018. Construction for an expansion of the 19-acre site in the Pobiman neighborhood, is currently in the planning stages way. The club plans to build a state-of-the-art facility. ==Rivalries==

Accra Hearts of Oak's longest established rivalry is with Asante Kotoko S.C. and their city rivals Accra Great Olympics FC. == Current squad ==

First team squad Reference as of 12 March 2021 Out on loan ==Honours==

Official trophies (recognised by CAF and FIFA) Domestic • Ghana Premier League • Champions (21): 1956, 1958, 1961–62, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1989–90, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2020–21 • Ghanaian FA Cup • Winners (12): 1973, 1974, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1990 (After winning a protest that declared them winners), 1993–94, 1995–96, 1999, 2000, 2021, 2022 (record) • Ghana Super Cup • Winners (3): 1997, 1998, 2021 (joint record) International • CAF Champions League • Winners (1): 2000 • Runners-up (2): 1977, 1979 • CAF Confederation Cup • Winners (1): 2004 • CAF Super Cup: • Winners (1): 2001 • Runners-up (1): 2005 ===Other GFA National Titles=== • Ghana SWAG Cup: 7 :: 1973, 1974 (shared), 1977 (shared), 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985 • Ghana Telecom Gala: 4 • GHALCA Special Cup: 3 • Ghana Top Four Cup: 3 • Ghana Top Eight Cup: 2 • '''President's Cup''': 6 ::2003, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2022, 2023 • Independence Cup: 4 • PLB Special Knockout: 1 • June 4 Cup: 3 • 31 December Revolution Cup: 1 Gold Coast • Inclusive of trophies won in the Accra Football League (Guggisberg Shield) and the Gold Coast Club Competition, both played during the colonial period • Champions (8): 1920, 1922, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1953–54 • Contributor: Bright Yeboah Taylor (Ghanaian Sports Historian) ==Notable players==

For all former players with a Wikipedia article see :Category:Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. players == Club captains ==

• Mahatma Ottoo (2011–2013) • Thomas Abbey (−2017) • Inusah Musah (2018) • Fatawu Mohammed (2018–present) ==Managers==

became the manager of the Accra Hearts of Oak List of managers since 1991 • Petre Gavrilă (1991–95) • Cecil Jones Attuquayefio (1998–01) • Herbert Addo (2002–03) • Ernst Middendorp (2004) • Cecil Jones Attuquayefio (2004) • Archibald Lamptey (2004–05) • Emmanuel Ofei Ansah (2005) • Eyal Lahman (2008) • Kosta Papić (2008–09) • Nebojša Vučićević (2011–12) • Charles Akonnor (2012) • David Duncan (2012–13) • Mohammed Ahmed (Polo) (Interim) (2014) • Herbert Addo (2014–2015) • Kenichi Yatsuhashi (2015–2016) • Sérgio Traguil (2016 –2016) • Frank Nuttall (2017–18) • Henry Wellington Lamptey (2018) • Seth Hoffmann (2018) • Edward Nii Odoom (2020) • Kosta Papić (2020–2021) • Samuel Nii Noi (Interim) (2021) • Samuel Boadu (2021–2022) • Slavko Matic (2022–2023) • Martin Koopman (2023) • Aboubakar Ouattara (2023-date) == Seasons ==

• 2020–21 Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. season ==References==