2019 Ghana Football Association Normalization Committee Special Competition

The 2019 Ghana Football Association Normalization Committee Special Competition was a special competition organized by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Normalization Committee in 2019 in place of the Ghana Premier League, the top association football league in Ghana.

Ghana Football Association Normalization Committee Special Competition

Season	2019
Champions League	Asante Kotoko
Confederation Cup	Ashanti Gold
Top goalscorer	Diawisie Taylor Abdul Fatawu (10 goals each)
Highest attendance	39,000 (Accra Hearts of Oak vs. Asante Kotoko) [1]
← 2018 2019–20 →

Due to the dissolution of the GFA in June 2018, the 2018 league season was abandoned, and a special competition was organized by the GFA Normalization Committee in 2019 to revive domestic football until the re-organization of the GFA. The competition started on 30 March 2019.^[2][3]

Tier 1

Group stage

The teams are divided into two groups: Group A for teams in the North and Group B for teams in the South.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ashanti Gold (Q)	12	7	2	3	17	6	+11	23	Qualification for Championship playoff
2	Asante Kotoko (Q)	12	6	4	2	14	5	+9	22
3	Medeama	12	7	1	4	13	10	+3	22
4	Aduana Stars	12	4	5	3	10	10	0	17
5	Bechem United	12	3	5	4	10	16	−6	14
6	Techiman Eleven Wonders	12	3	3	6	9	14	−5	12
7	Berekum Chelsea	12	1	2	9	5	17	−12	5
8	Wa All Stars	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: Ghana FA
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hearts of Oak (Q)	14	9	1	4	20	9	+11	28	Qualification for Championship playoff
2	Karela United (Q)	14	8	3	3	20	13	+7	27
3	Liberty Professionals	14	7	4	3	20	11	+9	25
4	Elmina Sharks	14	5	6	3	12	8	+4	21
5	West African Football Academy	14	5	3	6	17	21	−4	18
6	Dreams	14	4	4	6	10	17	−7	16
7	Ebusua Dwarfs	14	3	2	9	9	19	−10	11
8	International Allies	14	2	3	9	12	22	−10	9

Source: Ghana FA
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Championship playoff

Semifinals

Hearts of Oak	1–1	Asante Kotoko
Penalties
	4–5

16 June 2019 (2019-06-16)

Ashanti Gold	0–1	Karela United

16 June 2019 (2019-06-16)

Final

Asante Kotoko	1–1	Karela United
Penalties
	4–1

23 June 2019 (2019-06-23)

Baba Yara Stadium

Asante Kotoko qualified for 2019–20 CAF Champions League.

Tier 2

Final

Ashanti Gold	1–0	Nzema Kotoko

30 June 2019 (2019-06-30)

Cape Coast Sports Stadium

Ashanti Gold qualified for 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Diawisie Taylor	Karela United	10
	Abdul Fatawu	Asante Kotoko
3	Mumuni Shafiu	Ashanti Gold	5
	Simon Zibo	Liberty Professionals
	Christopher	Heart of Oak
	Solomon Sarfo	Karela United
7	Fatawu	Aduana Stars	4
	Elvis Kyei Baffour	Liberty Professionals
	Emmanuel Osei	Karela United
	Benjamin Eshun	Liberty Professionals