The first edition of the Futsal Premier League was launched on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at the headquarters of the Ghana Football Association in Accra.
The competition which will kick off on Saturday April 15 and end on Tuesday, June 27, 2023 across two zones in the Greater Accra Region will see sixteen competing for honours in the 2022/23 edition.
President of the Ghana Football Association Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku was joined by Members of the Futsal League Committee for the launch.
They included Chairman Nat Markwei Korley, Vice Chairman Elvis Herman Hesse, Nana Gyambibi Coker, Ebo Kwaitoo and Fred Tindan.
Also present were Executive Council Members Kingsley Osei Bonsu, Madam Habiba Attah Forson and General Secretary Prosper Harrison Addo (Esq.). Others included, Greater Accra Regional Football Association Chairman Samuel Aboabire, Referees Manager Alexander Kotey and owners of Futsal Football Clubs in Ghana.
The 16-registered clubs include Real Heart FC, Blessed Stars FC, Future Stars FC, King Solomon FC, AMG FC, Dokota FC, GADU FC, Y2K FC, DANAC FC, and Stitch in Time. Others are, Auxano FC, Cancheros FC, Adenta Youth FC, San Ciro FC, Blessed Kickers FC and Blooming Smiles FC.
Each of the 16 clubs will receive GHc 10,000 from the Ghana Football Association as support for the season.
The 16 clubs have been divided into two zones of 8 clubs in each zones winners of the two zones will compete in the grand final after which the winner will be crowned as champions of the first ever Futsal League.
Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court like a basketball court, smaller than a football pitch and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is the goalkeeper. Unlimited substitutions are permitted. Unlike some other forms of indoor football, it is played on a hard court surface marked by lines; walls or boards are not used. It is played with a smaller, harder, lower-bounce ball than football.
Gloria Omari sent us photos from the launch:
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