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Previous Winners Of The Ghana Premier League From 1956 To Date

The 2020/21 Ghana Premier League season starts this weekend across the country at the various league centre with clubs fighting for the title.

The 18 clubs will be fighting for the title and to join the number of clubs that have won the title in the past.

Ghsportsnews.com beings you the list of all the previous winners of the list and brief history about the competition.

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Note:
Hearts of Oak were the first club to win the league, while All Stars are new champions, after dethroning AshGold the last season’s winners.

Asante Kotoko are the most successful club in the history of the league with 23 titles.

Wa All Stars are the first club from the three northern regions (Upper West, Upper East and Northern regions) to win the league.

Goldfields is now AshantiGold SC and Wa All Stars has been renamed as Legon Cities.

During the 1956 league, some of the clubs pulled out of the competition, and the FA ordered to end the competition and declared Hearts Of Oak winners of the Competition.

The 1966 league season started after the Coup d’etat on 24th February and during the season, some clubs withdrew from the competition due to the unemployment of some players, and the league was canceled after week 23. Some clubs were having 2 outstanding games others 1. Asante Kotoko was having 3 outstanding games but withdrew from the Competition. Since the outstanding games would have had a bearing on the top of the table, the GFA after calling the league to an end did not declare B/A United winners even though they were on the top of the table at that moment.

Only first-round games were played during the 1977 season due to the country’s preparation to host the Africa Cup Of Nations tournament in 1978. Sekondi Hasaacas were declared winners of the Competition.

During the 2004-05 season, the league was played in two zones. The Northern Zone and the Southern Zone in other to meet the European Football Calendar the next season. The winners of the two zones played a decider in other to have a league Champion. Hearts of Oak beat Asante Kotoko 1-0 to win the League season.

Here’s a list of the previous winners

1956: Hearts of Oak (Accra)

1957: No Winner

1958: Hearts of Oak (Accra)

1959: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

1960: Eleven Wise (Sekondi-Takoradi)

1961–62: Hearts of Oak (Accra)

1962–63: Real Republicans (Accra)

1963–64: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

1964–65: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

1966: Mysterious Dwarves (Cape Coast)

1967: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

1968: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

1969: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

1970: Great Olympics (Accra)

1971: Hearts of Oak (Accra)

1972: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

1973: Hearts of Oak (Accra)

1974: Great Olympics (Accra)

1975: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

1976: Hearts of Oak (Accra)

1977: Sekondi Hasaacas (Sekondi)

1978: Hearts of Oak (Accra)

1979: Hearts of Oak (Accra)

1980: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

1981: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

1982: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

1983: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

1984: Hearts of Oak (Accra)

1985: Hearts of Oak (Accra)

1986: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

1987: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

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1988–89: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

1989–90: Hearts of Oak (Accra)

1990–91: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

1991–92: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

1992–93: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

1993–94: Goldfields (Obuasi)

1994–95: Goldfields (Obuasi)

1995–96: Goldfields (Obuasi)

1996–97: Hearts of Oak (Accra)

1997–98: Hearts of Oak (Accra)

1999: Hearts of Oak (Accra)

2000: Hearts of Oak (Accra)

2001: Hearts of Oak (Accra)

2002: Hearts of Oak (Accra)

2003: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

2004–05: Hearts of Oak (Accra)

2005: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

2006–07: Hearts of Oak (Accra)

2007–08: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

2008–09: Hearts of Oak (Accra)

2009–10: Aduana Stars (Dormaa)

2010–11: Berekum Chelsea (Berekum)

2011–12: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

2012–13: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

2013–14: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)

2015: Ashanti Gold (Obuasi)

2016: Wa All Stars (Wa)

2017: Aduana Stars (Dormaa)

2018: No League

2019: No League ( GFA Normalisation Committee Competition)

2019–20: Cancelled

Summary of the winners of the GPL league

Asante Kotoko-23

Hearts of Oak- 20

AshGold- 4

Gt. Olympics -2

Aduana Stars-2

Eleven Wise-1

Real Republicans (defunct)-1

Sekondi Hasaacas-1

Ebusua Dwarfs-1

Berekum Chelsea-1

Wa All Stars-1

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