2021–22 Ghana Women's Premier League

Ghana Women's Premier League
Season	2021–22
Dates	17 December 2021 — 28 May 2022
Champions	Ampem Darkoa Ladies
Top goalscorer	Princess Owusu; (15 goals)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 27 June 2021. Live Matches on StarTimes

The 2021–22 Ghana Women's Premier League (GWPL) is the top division league for women. The league was launched in 2012 and the 2021–22 is set to be its 9th season. Ampem Darkoa Ladies were crowned champions after beating Hasaacas Ladies 5–3 on penalty after 1–1 draw after extra time during the Championship final.^[1]

Season Overview[edit]

In 2021, the Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) decided to expand the League from its current format 16 Clubs to 18 Clubs beginning from this season, meaning nine teams for the respective zones to allow for a minimum of 16 league matches in a season.^[2] The league as usual is set to be played in two zones: the Northern Zone and the Southern Zone. Winners of the northern and southern zones then meet in a championship final to declare the champions for the season. The season for 2021–2022 was set to kick off in late 2021.^[3]

Faith Ladies FC, Army Ladies FC were promoted from the southern zone Division One League and Savannah ladies and Dreamz Ladies FC were promoted from the northern zone.^[4]

Teams[edit]

Stadiums and locations[edit]

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Venue
Ampem Darkoa FC	Techiman
Army Ladies FC	Accra
Ashtown Ladies	Kumasi
Berry Ladies (Halifax Ladies)	Accra
Dreamz Ladies FC	Kumasi
Faith Ladies FC	Accra
Hasaacas Ladies	Sekondi-Takoradi
Immigration Ladies	Accra
Kumasi Sports Academy	Kumasi
Lady Strikers	Cape Coast
Northern Ladies	Tamale
Pearl Pia Ladies	Tamale
Police Ladies	Accra
Prison Ladies	Accra
Savannah Ladies FC	Tamale
Soccer Intellectuals	Winneba
Supreme Ladies	Kumasi
Thunder Queens FC	Kumasi

Club managers and captains[edit]

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Manager	Captain
Ampem Darkoa FC	Joe Nana Adarkwa	Justice Tweneboaa
Army Ladies FC	Norbert Ayinbire Elegant
Ashtown Ladies	Alex Kamara
Berry Ladies (Halifax Ladies)	Mercy Tagoe Quarcoo
Dreamz Ladies FC
Faith Ladies FC	Edna Quagraine
Hasaacas Ladies	Yusif Basigi	Janet Egyiri
Immigration Ladies	Joseph Badger
Kumasi Sports Academy	Charles Anokye Frimpong	Naomi Anima
Lady Strikers	Rashid Iddi	Ellen Coleman
Northern Ladies	Sumani Bashirudeen	Jafar Rahama
Pearl Pia Ladies	Baba Nuhu
Police Ladies	Franklin Oswald Sam
Prison Ladies	Imoro Amadu
Soccer Intellectuals Ladies	Ali Yakubu	Mary Essiful
Savannah Ladies FC
Supreme Ladies	Joyce Boatey-Agyei	Sandra Owusu-Ansah
Thunder Queens FC

League table[edit]

Northern Zone[edit]


Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ampem Darkoa Ladies	18	12	3	3	45	10	35	39	NZ Winner & Super Cup 2021
2	Pearl Pia Ladies	18	10	2	6	34	18	16	25	Super Cup 2021
3	Dreamz Ladies	18	10	5	3	29	19	10	23
4	Prison Ladies	18	9	5	4	29	25	4	16
5	Ashtown Ladies	18	8	6	4	28	26	2	15
6	Pearl Pia Ladies	18	7	8	3	24	25	−1	13
7	Supreme Ladies	18	5	9	4	25	41	−16	19
8	Fabulous Ladies Kumasi Sports Academy Ladies	18	4	8	6	18	30	−12	18
9	Northern Ladies	18	1	8	9	17	22	-5	12
10	FC Savannah	18	1	13	4	16	49	-33	7

Source: Ghana Football Association^[5]^[6]

Southern Zone[edit]


Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hasaacas Ladies	18	14	0	4	36	10	26	46	SZ Winner & Super Cup 2021
2	Faith Ladies	18	9	5	4	32	20	12	31	Super Cup 2021
3	Police Ladies	18	8	4	6	22	16	6	30
4	Lady Strikers	18	9	8	1	34	24	10	28
5	Army Ladies	18	8	8	2	21	28	-7	26
6	Thunder Queens	18	6	5	7	22	22	0	25
7	Berry Ladies	18	4	4	10	18	20	−2	22
8	Soccer Intellectuals Ladies	18	4	9	5	15	25	−10	17
9	Sea Lions	18	2	10	6	9	22	-13	12
10	Immigration Ladies	18	1	12	5	13	35	-22	8

Source: Ghana Football Association^[5]

Championship final[edit]

28 May 2022

16:00

Ampem Darkoa Ladies	1–1	Hasaacas Ladies
Yeboah 25'		Ameyaa 19'
Penalties
	5−3

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana

Referee: Rita Boateng Nkansah

Statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]


Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[7]
1	Princess Owusu	Fabulous Ladies	15
2	Ophelia Serwaa Amponsah	Ampem Darkoa Ladies	12
2	Sarah Nyarko	Dreamz Ladies	12
4	Veronica Appiah	Hasaacas Ladies	10
5	Doris Boaduwaa	Hasaacas Ladies	9
	Fiduos Yakubu	Ashtown Ladies
	Suzzy Dede Teye	Lady Strikers
	Stella Nyamekye	Dreamz Ladies
10	Mary Amponsah	Ampem Darkoa Ladies	8
10	Gladys Amfobea	Lady Strikers	8

Awards[edit]

Monthly awards[edit]

The monthly awards were sponsored by NASCO Ghana.^[8]

Month	NASCO Player of the Month		NASCO Manager of the Month		References
Month	Player	Club	Manager	Club	References
January	Stella Nyamekye	Dreamz Ladies	Prince Acheampong	Fabulous Ladies	^[9]^[10]
February / March	Barikusu Abdul Rahman	Pearl Pia Ladies	Yusif Basigi	Hasaacas Ladies	^[11]^[12]
April	Stella Nyamekye	Dreamz Ladies	Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo	Berry Ladies	^[13]^[14]
May	Ophelia Serwaa Amponsah	Ampem Darkoa Ladies	Norbert Ayinbire	Army Ladies	^[15]^[16]

Annual awards[edit]

The annual awards were given at the end of the season.^[17]

Award	Winner	Club
Top scorer of the season	Princess Owusu	Fabulous Ladies
Player of the season	Grace Acheampong	Ampem Darkoa Ladies
Defender of the season	Veronica Darkwah	Ashtown Ladies
Goalkeeper of the season	Safiatu Salifu	Ampem Darkoa Ladies
Discovery of the season	Stella Nyamekye	Dreamz Ladies
Coach of the season	Joe Nana Adarkwah	Ampem Darkoa Ladies

References[edit]

^ "Ampem Darkoa Ladies beat Hasaacas Ladies on penalties to win Women's Premier League". Ghana Football Association. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ Association, Ghana Football. "Women's Premier League to expand in 2021/22 season". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
^ "Ghana Women's Premier League set to have 18 teams next season". GhanaSoccernet. 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
^ "Four teams secure 2021/22 Women's Premier League qualification slots". Ghana Football Association. 19 October 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-10-18. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b Association, Ghana Football. "Women's League Standings". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
^ "Ghana (Women) 2022". RSSSF. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
^ "Women's Premier League 2021/2022 - Results, fixtures, tables and stats". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ "NASCO announce sponsorship package for Women's Premier League". Ghana Football Association. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
^ "Stella Nyamekye of @DreamzLadiesFC has been adjudged the @nascoghana Player of the Month for her great performances week in week out. Congratulations 🎊". Women's Premier League-Southern Zone Official Facebook Page. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ "Prince Acheampong of @LadiesFabulous has been adjudged the @nascoghana Coach of the Month for his exploits with the team". Women's Premier League-Southern Zone Official Facebook Page. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ "Barikisu Abdul Rahman Named February-March Player of The Month". Ghana Football Association. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ "Yusif Bassigi adjudged as NASCO Coach of the Month for February -March". Ghana Football Association. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ "🤩Congratulations, Stella Nyamekye for emerging as @nascoghana #POTM, April 🎊". Women's Premier League-Southern Zone Official Facebook Page. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ "🤩Congratulations, @tagoe_mercy for emerging as @nascoghana #COTM, April 🎊". Women's Premier League-Southern Zone Official Facebook Page. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ "🤩Congratulations, Ophelia Serwaa Amponsah for emerging as @nascoghana #POTM, May 🎊". Women's Premier League-Southern Zone Official Facebook Page. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ "🤩Congratulations, Norbert Ayinbire for emerging as @nascoghana #COTM, May 🎊". Women's Premier League-Southern Zone Official Facebook Page. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ "NASCO to award outstanding players & coach for 2021/2022 Women's League season". Ghana Football Association. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

External links[edit]

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[1] "Ampem Darkoa Ladies beat Hasaacas Ladies on penalties to win Women's Premier League". Ghana Football Association. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[2] Association, Ghana Football. "Women's Premier League to expand in 2021/22 season". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

[3] "Ghana Women's Premier League set to have 18 teams next season". GhanaSoccernet. 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2021-08-02.

[4] "Four teams secure 2021/22 Women's Premier League qualification slots". Ghana Football Association. 19 October 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-10-18. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[:1-5] Association, Ghana Football. "Women's League Standings". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 2021-04-11.

[:2-6] "Ghana (Women) 2022". RSSSF. Retrieved 2021-06-26.

[7] "Women's Premier League 2021/2022 - Results, fixtures, tables and stats". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[8] "NASCO announce sponsorship package for Women's Premier League". Ghana Football Association. Retrieved 26 June 2021.

[9] "Stella Nyamekye of @DreamzLadiesFC has been adjudged the @nascoghana Player of the Month for her great performances week in week out. Congratulations 🎊". Women's Premier League-Southern Zone Official Facebook Page. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[10] "Prince Acheampong of @LadiesFabulous has been adjudged the @nascoghana Coach of the Month for his exploits with the team". Women's Premier League-Southern Zone Official Facebook Page. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[11] "Barikisu Abdul Rahman Named February-March Player of The Month". Ghana Football Association. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[12] "Yusif Bassigi adjudged as NASCO Coach of the Month for February -March". Ghana Football Association. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[13] "🤩Congratulations, Stella Nyamekye for emerging as @nascoghana #POTM, April 🎊". Women's Premier League-Southern Zone Official Facebook Page. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[14] "🤩Congratulations, @tagoe_mercy for emerging as @nascoghana #COTM, April 🎊". Women's Premier League-Southern Zone Official Facebook Page. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[15] "🤩Congratulations, Ophelia Serwaa Amponsah for emerging as @nascoghana #POTM, May 🎊". Women's Premier League-Southern Zone Official Facebook Page. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[16] "🤩Congratulations, Norbert Ayinbire for emerging as @nascoghana #COTM, May 🎊". Women's Premier League-Southern Zone Official Facebook Page. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[:13-17] "NASCO to award outstanding players & coach for 2021/2022 Women's League season". Ghana Football Association. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

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