Karela United FC

Karela United FC is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Aiyinase, Ellembele District, Western Region. The club competed in the 2019 Ghanaian Normalisation Cup Competition. and was runners up [1] Karela plays their home matches at the CAM Park.

Karela United FC
Full nameKarela United FC
Founded2013
GroundCrosby Awuah Memorial Park (CAM Park)
Aiyinase, Western Region, Ghana
Capacity5000
ManagerEvans Adotey
LeagueGhana Premier League
2019–20Ghana Premier League, 17th

History

The club was founded on Tuesday October 1, 2013, when the former Metropolitan Sporting Club changed its name to Karela United Football Club. Karela initially competed in the Ghana Division One league, off which they emerged as champions and were subsequently promoted into the Ghana Premier League in the year 2017. The first official match was played on Saturday November 23, 2013 against Proud United in a goalless draw at Kasoa.[2]

2018 – present

After the Ghana Premier League was hit by the Anas Number 12 scandal and the 2018 league season was cancelled along with the dissolution of the Ghana Football Association in June 2018, a Normalisation Competition was organised by the GFA normalisation committee to be played in place of the main league as the restructuring of the GFA was being put in place.[3] Karela placed placed 2nd in group B to qualify for the next stage, beating Ashanti Gold SC at that stage to qualify to the finals to play against Asante Kotoko.[4] Karela lost the finals in a penalty shootout round after the match ended in a 1–1 draw. They lost the bid to represent Ghana at the 2019–20 CAF Champions League and were declared runner-up in the Tier 1 of the competition.[5]

Rivalry

Karela being a club based in the Nzema enclave of the Ellembele District located in Western Region of Ghana, they developed a fierce rivalry between them and their fellow Nzema enclave team Medeama SC. The rivarly has developed over the years into the Nzema Derby.[6][7][8]


After several distractions to the Ghana premier league from 2017 due to the dissolution of the GFA in June 2018, the 2018 league season

Grounds

The team's home games are played at Crosby Awuah Memorial (CAM) Park.[9]

Current squad
As of 1 January 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GHA Peter Onyame
2 DF  GHA Augustine Randolph
3 FW  GHA Blessing Brafo
4 DF  GHA Nurudeen Abdulai
5 MF  GHA Sadiq Alhassan (vice-captain)
6 DF  GHA Yaw Acheampong
7 FW  GHA Darlington Gyan Fosu
8 MF  GHA Umar Bashiru
9 FW  GHA Richard Berko
10 FW  GHA Diawisie Taylor (vice-captain)
11 FW  GHA Samuel Ofori
12 GK  GHA Richard Baidoo
13 DF  GHA Shaibu Iddrissu
14 FW  GHA Kwame Boateng
15 DF  GHA Godfred Agyemang Yeboah (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  GHA Abraham Frimpong
17 FW  GHA Godfrey Adotey
18 DF  GHA Kwadwo Addai
19 MF  GHA Joseph Cudjoe
20 DF  GHA Mamudu Kamaradin
21 FW  GHA Bennett Ofori
22 DF  GHA Prosper Avor
23 FW  GHA Solomon Opoku
24 MF  GHA Ransford Takyi
28 MF  GHA Evans Saforo
29 MF  GHA Franklin Osei
31 GK  GHA Yaw Ansah Fufro
33 FW  GHA Obed Kofi Sam
34 DF  GHA Mohammed Abubakar
35 DF  GHA Kweku Osei

[10]

Managers

Johnson Smith[11], 2017 – October 2019[12][13]

Evans Adotey[14], April 2020 – present

See also

References
  1. "Premier League Tables". Ghana FA. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. "Brief History". Karela United FC. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  3. "NC Special Cup: Hearts, Kotoko, Ashgold open with wins; WAFA crush Liberty". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  4. Jr, Daraja Kapoor (2019-06-22). "NC Special Competition Preview - Asante Kotoko vrs Karela United". Football Made In Ghana. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  5. "NC Special: Kotoko beat Karela on penalties to win Tier 1 Competition". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 2019-06-23. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  6. "Diawisie Taylor to miss 'Nzema derby' against Medeama". www.ghanaweb.com. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  7. Association, Ghana Football. "Karela United to square off against Medeama SC in Nzema derby – Preview". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  8. Jr, Daraja Kapoor (2021-01-31). "REPORT: Karela United 2-0 Medeama SC- Karela claim Nzema derby bragging rights". Football Made In Ghana. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  9. Association, Ghana Football. "Karela United". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  10. "The ultimate 18-team Ghana Premier League season guide 2020/21 - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  11. "Karela United Coach Johnson Smith Wants Early Start Of Ghana Premier League". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  12. "OFFICIAL: Johnson Smith to assist Zachariassen at Kotoko". Citi Sports Online. 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  13. "Kotoko set to appoint Karela United Coach Johnson Smith". Ghana Sports Online. 2019-10-06. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  14. "Karela United appoint Evans Adotey as new head coach of the club". GhanaSoccernet. 2020-04-14. Retrieved 2021-02-08.


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