Ghana 2003 Premier Football League
Final(?) Table:
1.Asante Kotoko (Kumasi) 30 23 6 1 52-13 75 Champions
2.Hearts of Oak (Accra) 30 18 12 0 45-12 66
3.King Faisal Babies (Kumasi) 30 15 9 6 44-21 54
4.Liberty Professionals (Accra) 30 12 11 7 39-31 47
5.Arsenals (Berekum) 30 12 5 13 27-21 41
6.Great Olympics (Accra) 30 10 9 11 32-30 39
7.Real Tamale United (Tamale) 30 10 8 12 27-31 38
8.Hasaacas (Sekondi) 30 9 10 11 21-26 37
9.Okwahu United (Nkawkaw) 30 9 9 12 29-32 36
10.Heart of Lions (Kpando) 30 10 5 15 29-44 35
11.Power FC (Koforidua) 30 9 7 14 20-28 34
12.Tano Bafoakwa (Sunyani) 30 8 7 15 20-31 31
13.Brong Ahofu United (Sunyani) 30 9 4 17 20-39 28 [- 3]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14.Goldfields (Obuasi) 30 9 11 10 26-34 26 [-12]
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15.Prestea Mines Stars 30 9 5 16 25-38 26 [- 6]
16.Stay Cool (Dansoman) 30 5 8 17 18-43 20 [- 3] [*]
NB: there is the usual confusion on awarded matches and possible
additional points deductions, partially due to conflicting
decisions by the Professional League and the Ghana FA; the
table above has the following eight matches counted as awarded:
rd 1 Goldfields 1-0 Arsenal, awarded 0-3
rd 3 BA United 1-0 Arsenal, awarded 0-3 (revoked?)
rd 4 Mines Stars 1-0 Okwahu, awarded 0-3
rd 6 Tano 1-1 Stay Cool, awarded 3-0
rd 7 Goldfields 4-0 RTU, awarded 0-3
rd 12 Goldfields 3-1 Olympics, awarded 0-3
rd 19 Olympics 1-1 Goldfields, awarded 3-0
rd 21 Mines Stars 1-1 Hearts of Oak, awarded 0-3
additionally, a 3-point deduction against the losing team in eveey
decision was included. The GFA have so far proved incapable of
publishing a league table, and various (counter-)protests are
apparently still running. After a writ filed by a supporter of
Goldfields, the Cape Coast High Court has placed an injunction on
the (publication of the) final league table.
[*] play in Cape Coast (formerly played in Tema)
Round 1
[May 10]
Liberty 1-1 Hearts of Oak
[May 11]
Olympics 0-0 Power
RTU 0-1 Kotoko
King Faisal 4-1 Heart of Lions
BA United 0-0 Mines Stars
Hasaacas 3-2 Bofoakwa
Goldfields awd Arsenal [awarded 0-3; originally 1-0, Goldfields
Stay Cool 0-0 Okwawu used ineligible player]
Round 2
[May 18]
Okwawu 1-3 Olympics
Mines Stars 2-0 Stay Cool
Heart of Lions 2-1 BA United
Arsenal 2-1 King Faisal
Bofoakwa 1-1 RTU
Power 1-2 Liberty
[Jun 4]
Hearts of Oak 2-0 Hasaacas
[Jun 5]
Kotoko 1-1 Goldfields
Round 3
[May 24]
Okwawu 0-1 Power
[May 25]
King Faisal 0-1 Kotoko
Hasaacas 2-2 Liberty
BA United awd Arsenal [awarded 0-3, originally 1-0, BA United
RTU 0-1 Hearts of Oak used ineligible player; award revoked?]
Stay Cool 0-1 Heart of Lions
Goldfields 1-0 Bofoakwa
Olympics 1-0 Mines Stars
Round 4
[May 28]
Heart of Lions 1-1 Olympics
Power 1-0 Hasaacas
Hearts of Oak 1-1 Goldfields
Kotoko 4-0 BA United
Mines Stars awd Okwawu [awarded 0-3, originally 1-0]
Bofoakwa 1-1 King Faisal
Arsenal 0-0 Stay Cool
[Jun 5]
Liberty 0-0 RTU
Round 5
[Jun 7]
Okwawu 1-0 Heart of Lions
[Jun 8]
King Faisal 0-1 Hearts of Oak
BA United 2-0 Bofoakwa
Mines Stars 2-0 Power
RTU 1-0 Hasaacas
Stay Cool 1-3 Kotoko
Goldfields 1-1 Liberty
Olympics 1-1 Arsenal
Round 6
[Jun 15]
Bofoakwa awd Stay Cool [awarded 3-0, originally 1-1]
Heart of Lions 2-1 Mines Stars
Power 1-0 RTU
Hearts of Oak 2-1 BA United
Arsenal 1-0 Okwawu
[Jul 16]
Hasaacas 1-0 Goldfields
Liberty 0-0 King Faisal
Kotoko 2-0 Olympics
Round 7
[Jul 5]
Stay Cool 1-1 Hearts of Oak
[Jul 6]
King Faisal 0-0 Hasaacas
Mines Stars 0-1 Arsenal
BA United 1-3 Liberty
Heart of Lions 1-0 Power
Olympics 1-0 Bofoakwa
[Jul 23]
Okwawu 1-1 Kotoko
Goldfields awd RTU [awarded 0-3, originally 4-0;
dispute on Valentine Atem]
Round 8
[Jul 12]
Liberty 4-2 Stay Cool
[Jul 13]
Kotoko 4-0 Mines Stars
Hasaacas 1-0 BA United
Bofoakwa 1-0 Okwawu
RTU 0-1 King Faisal
Power 0-0 Goldfields
Olympics 1-1 Hearts of Oak
Arsenal 2-0 Heart of Lions
Round 9
[Jul 19]
Okwawu 1-2 Hearts of Oak
[Jul 20]
King Faisal 5-2 Goldfields
Stay Cool 1-0 Hasaacas
Mines Stars 1-0 Bofoakwa
BA United 0-0 RTU
Heart of Lions 1-0 Kotoko
Olympics 0-1 Liberty
Arsenal 0-2 Power
Round 10
[Jul 26]
Liberty 1-1 Okwawu
[Jul 27]
Hearts of Oak 5-0 Mines Stars
Goldfields 2-1 BA United
Kotoko 1-0 Arsenal
Hasaacas 0-0 Olympics
Bofoakwa 2-0 Heart of Lions
RTU 0-0 Stay Cool
Power 0-2 King Faisal
Round 11
[Aug 2]
Okwawu 3-1 Hasaacas
[Aug 3]
Kotoko 2-1 Power
BA United 0-0 King Faisal
Mines Stars 1-0 Liberty
Stay Cool 0-2 Goldfields
Heart of Lions 0-3 Hearts of Oak
Olympics 3-1 RTU
Arsenal 1-0 Bofoakwa
Round 12
[Aug 6]
RTU 1-0 Okwawu
Power 1-0 BA United
Hearts of Oak 1-0 Arsenal
Goldfields awd Olympics [awarded 0-3, originally 3-1;
King Faisal 3-1 Stay Cool dispute on Valentine Atem]
Hasaacas 1-0 Mines Stars
Bofoakwa 0-2 Kotoko
[Aug 7]
Liberty 2-0 Heart of Lions
Round 13
[Aug 9]
Okwawu 0-0 Goldfields
[Aug 10]
Arsenal 3-0 Liberty
Olympics 0-2 King Faisal
Heart of Lions 1-1 Hasaacas
Stay Cool 0-1 BA United
Bofoakwa 1-0 Power
Mines Stars 0-0 RTU
Kotoko 0-0 Hearts of Oak
Round 14
[Aug 13]
Hasaacas 1-0 Arsenal
BA United 1-0 Olympics
RTU 4-1 Heart of Lions
Power 0-0 Stay Cool
Hearts of Oak 3-1 Bofoakwa
Goldfields 2-1 Mines Stars
King Faisal 1-1 Okwawu
[Aug 14]
Liberty 1-3 Kotoko
Round 15
[Aug 16]
Okwawu 1-0 BA United
[Aug 17]
Kotoko 2-1 Hasaacas
Mines Stars 2-1 King Faisal
Bofoakwa 0-1 Liberty
Heart of Lions 2-2 Goldfields
Power 0-1 Hearts of Oak
Olympics 2-0 Stay Cool
Arsenal 3-0 RTU
Round 16
[Aug 23]
Liberty 0-0 Bofoakwa
[Aug 24]
BA United 1-0 Okwawu
Hasaacas 0-0 Kotoko
King Faisal 1-0 Mines Stars
Goldfields 2-1 Heart of Lions
Hearts of Oak 0-0 Power
Stay Cool 1-1 Olympics
RTU 3-0 Arsenal
Round 17
[Aug 28]
Arsenal 1-2 Hasaacas
Olympics 4-2 BA United
Heart of Lions 4-0 RTU
Stay Cool 2-0 Power
Bofoakwa 0-2 Hearts of Oak
Mines Stars 0-0 Goldfields
Kotoko 3-2 Liberty
[Aug 29]
Okwawu 1-4 King Faisal
Round 18
[Aug 30]
Liberty 3-0 Arsenal
[Aug 31]
Goldfields 2-0 Okwawu
King Faisal 1-0 Olympics
Hasaacas 2-1 Heart of Lions
BA United 1-0 Stay Cool
Power 0-0 Bofoakwa
RTU 1-0 Mines Stars
Hearts of Oak 1-1 Kotoko
Round 19
[Sep 3]
BA United 2-1 Power
Arsenal 0-0 Hearts of Oak
Olympics awd Goldfields [awarded 3-0, originally 1-1]
Stay Cool 1-0 King Faisal
Mines Stars 1-0 Hasaacas
Kotoko 1-0 Bofoakwa
Heart of Lions 2-0 Liberty
[Sep 4]
Okwawu 1-1 RTU
Round 20
[Sep 6]
Liberty 1-0 Mines Stars
[Sep 7]
RTU 0-0 Olympics
Bofoakwa 1-0 Arsenal
Hasaacas 1-1 Okwawu
Goldfields 2-0 Stay Cool
Hearts of Oak 1-0 Heart of Lions
[Sep 10]
King Faisal 2-0 BA United
Power 1-1 Kotoko
Round 21 [Sep 14]
Olympics 0-0 Hasaacas
Heart of Lions 0-0 Bofoakwa
Stay Cool 1-0 RTU
King Faisal 2-0 Power
Mines Stars awd Hearts of Oak [awarded 0-3, originally 1-1; Mines
BA United 1-0 Goldfields Stars fielded ineligible player]
Okwawu 2-0 Liberty
Arsenal 0-1 Kotoko
Round 22
[Sep 20]
Liberty 0-0 Olympics
[Sep 21]
RTU 2-1 BA United
Power 1-0 Arsenal
Goldfields 0-0 King Faisal
Hearts of Oak 1-0 Okwawu
Hasaacas 2-1 Stay Cool
Bofoakwa 1-1 Mines Stars
[Sep 25]
Kotoko 3-0 Heart of Lions
Round 23 [Sep 28]
Stay Cool 0-0 Liberty
Mines Stars 0-2 Kotoko
BA United 1-0 Hasaacas
Okwawu 2-0 Bofoakwa
King Faisal 4-1 RTU
Goldfields 2-0 Power
Hearts of Oak 2-1 Olympics
Heart of Lions 1-0 Arsenal
Round 24 [Oct 29]
Hearts of Oak 3-0 Stay Cool
Hasaacas 1-1 King Faisal
Arsenal 2-0 Mines Stars
Liberty 4-0 BA United
Power 0-1 Heart of Lions
Bofoakwa 1-0 Olympics
Kotoko 3-0 Okwawu
RTU 1-0 Goldfields
Round 25 [Nov 2]
Stay Cool 3-1 Bofoakwa
Mines Stars 3-0 Heart of Lions
RTU 3-1 Power
BA United 0-0 Hearts of Oak
Okwawu 1-0 Arsenal
Goldfields 1-0 Hasaacas
King Faisal 1-1 Liberty
Olympics 0-1 Kotoko
Round 26 [Nov 5]
Heart of Lions 1-1 Okwawu
Hearts of Oak 1-1 King Faisal
Bofoakwa 1-0 BA United
Power 3-2 Mines Stars
Hasaacas 1-0 RTU
Kotoko 2-1 Stay Cool
Liberty 4-2 Goldfields
Arsenal 3-0 Olympics
Round 27
[Nov 9]
Olympics 3-0 Heart of Lions
Hasaacas 0-0 Power
Goldfields abd Hearts of Oak [0-2 rained off after 76 min]
BA United 1-3 Kotoko
Okwawu 1-1 Mines Stars
King Faisal 2-0 Bofoakwa
Stay Cool 0-0 Arsenal
RTU 1-1 Liberty
[Nov 10, replay]
Goldfields 1-1 Hearts of oak
Round 28 [Nov 23]
Power 1-0 Okwawu
Kotoko 1-0 King Faisal
Liberty 1-0 Hasaacas
Arsenal 1-0 BA United
Hearts of Oak 2-0 RTU
Heart of Lions 3-0 Stay Cool
Bofoakwa 0-0 Goldfields
Mines Stars 1-2 Olympics
Round 29 [Nov 30]
Olympics 2-4 Okwawu
Stay Cool 1-4 Mines Stars
BA United 2-0 Heart of Lions
King Faisal 1-0 Arsenal
RTU 3-1 Bofoakwa
Liberty 2-1 Power
Hasaacas 0-0 Hearts of Oak
Goldfields 0-1 Kotoko
Round 30 [Dec 7]
Hearts of Oak 3-1 Liberty
Power 3-0 Olympics
Kotoko 2-0 RTU
Heart of Lions 2-3 King Faisal
Mines Stars 2-0 BA United
Bofoakwa 2-0 Hasaacas
Arsenal 0-0 Goldfields
Okwawu 2-1 Stay Cool
Final(?) Table:
1.Asante Kotoko (Kumasi) 30 23 6 1 52-13 75 Champions
2.Hearts of Oak (Accra) 30 18 12 0 45-12 66
3.King Faisal Babies (Kumasi) 30 15 9 6 44-21 54
4.Liberty Professionals (Accra) 30 12 11 7 39-31 47
5.Arsenals (Berekum) 30 12 5 13 27-21 41
6.Great Olympics (Accra) 30 10 9 11 32-30 39
7.Real Tamale United (Tamale) 30 10 8 12 27-31 38
8.Hasaacas (Sekondi) 30 9 10 11 21-26 37
9.Okwahu United (Nkawkaw) 30 9 9 12 29-32 36
10.Heart of Lions (Kpando) 30 10 5 15 29-44 35
11.Power FC (Koforidua) 30 9 7 14 20-28 34
12.Tano Bafoakwa (Sunyani) 30 8 7 15 20-31 31
13.Brong Ahofu United (Sunyani) 30 9 4 17 20-39 28 [- 3]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14.Goldfields (Obuasi) 30 9 11 10 26-34 26 [-12]
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15.Prestea Mines Stars 30 9 5 16 25-38 26 [- 6]
16.Stay Cool (Dansoman) 30 5 8 17 18-43 20 [- 3] [*]
NB: there is the usual confusion on awarded matches and possible
additional points deductions, partially due to conflicting
decisions by the Professional League and the Ghana FA; the
table above has the following eight matches counted as awarded:
rd 1 Goldfields 1-0 Arsenal, awarded 0-3
rd 3 BA United 1-0 Arsenal, awarded 0-3 (revoked?)
rd 4 Mines Stars 1-0 Okwahu, awarded 0-3
rd 6 Tano 1-1 Stay Cool, awarded 3-0
rd 7 Goldfields 4-0 RTU, awarded 0-3
rd 12 Goldfields 3-1 Olympics, awarded 0-3
rd 19 Olympics 1-1 Goldfields, awarded 3-0
rd 21 Mines Stars 1-1 Hearts of Oak, awarded 0-3
additionally, a 3-point deduction against the losing team in eveey
decision was included. The GFA have so far proved incapable of
publishing a league table, and various (counter-)protests are
apparently still running. After a writ filed by a supporter of
Goldfields, the Cape Coast High Court has placed an injunction on
the (publication of the) final league table.
[*] play in Cape Coast (formerly played in Tema)
Topscorers [Nov 24]:
Shaibu Yakubu (Goldfields) 13
Kwadwo Poku (King Faisal) 12
Asamoah Gyan (Liberty) 11
Alhassan Weah (RTU) 9
Lawrence Adjei (Hearts) 8
Abraham Kudemor (Lions) 8
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