2022–23 Ghana Premier League

The 2022–23 Ghana Premier League, known as the betPawa Premier League for sponsorship reasons,^[1] was the 67th season of the top professional association football league in Ghana.^[2] The season started in September 2022 and is scheduled to end in June 2023.

Ghana Premier League

Season	2022–23
Dates	9 September 2022 – 11 June 2023
Champions	Medeama
Relegated	King Faisal Tamale City Kotoku Royals
Champions League	Medeama
Confederation Cup	Dreams
Matches played	306
Goals scored	608 (1.99 per match)
Top goalscorer	Abednego Tetteh (18 goals)
Highest scoring	Bechem United 6–2 Real Tamale United (1 February 2023)
Longest winning run	5 matches Accra Lions
Longest unbeaten run	6 matches Aduana Stars, Dreams, Asante Kotoko, Medeama
Longest winless run	9 matches Kotoku Royals
Longest losing run	7 matches Kotoku Royals
← 2021–22 2023–24 → Live Matches on StarTimes Ghana.

Asante Kotoko are the defending champions.

Teams

Eighteen teams will compete in the league; the 15 from the previous season and the 3 winners of the Division One zones. The promoted teams are Samartex and Kotoku Royals who both achieved promotion for the first time.^[3] They replaced WAFA, Techiman Eleven Wonders and Elmina Sharks.^[4][5]

Aduana

A. Kotoko

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King Faisal

Bechem

Nsoatreman

Bibiani G.

Berekum

Dreams

Kotoku Royals

Accra Lions

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Olympics

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Hearts

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Legon Cities

Medeama

Samartex

RTU

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Tamale City

Karela

Location of the 2022–23 Ghana Premier League teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Accra Lions FC	Accra	Accra Sports Stadium	40,000
Aduana Stars	Dormaa Ahenkro	Agyeman Badu Stadium	7,000
Asante Kotoko	Kumasi	Baba Yara Stadium	40,000
Bechem United	Bechem	Nana Gyeabour's Park	5,000
Berekum Chelsea	Berekum	Sports Stadium	5,000
Bibiani Gold Stars	Bibiani	Dun's Park	7,000
Dreams FC	Dawu	Dawu Sports Stadium	5,000
Great Olympics	Accra	Accra Sports Stadium	40,000
Hearts of Oak	Accra	Accra Sports Stadium	40,000
Karela United	Aiyinase	CAM Stadium	5,000
King Faisal	Kumasi	Baba Yara Stadium	40,000
Kotoku Royals[6]	Akim Oda	Akim Oda Stadium	3,000
Legon Cities	Accra	El Wak Stadium	7,000
Medeama	Tarkwa	TNA Park	15,000
Nsoatreman	Nsuatre	Nana Kronmansah Park	2,000
Real Tamale United	Tamale	Tamale Stadium	21,017
Samartex[7]	Samreboi	Samartex Park	7,000
Tamale City FC[8]	Tamale	Tamale Stadium	21,017

Club managers and captains

The table lists club managers.

Team	Manager	Captain
Accra Lions FC	James Francis	Dominic Nsobila
Aduana Stars	Paa Kwesi Fabin	Bright Adjei
Asante Kotoko	Seydou Zerbo	Richard Boadu
Bechem United	Mingle Ocansey Kasim	Kofi Agbesimah
Berekum Chelsea	Christopher Ennin	Fuseini Zackaria
Bibiani Gold Stars	Micheal Osei	Yakubu Haqq
Dreams FC	Ignatius Osei-Fosu	Abdul Jalilu
Great Olympics	Yaw Preko	Razak Kasim
Hearts of Oak	Slavko Matić	Mohammed Alhassan
Karela United	Bismark Kobby Mensah	Kwadwo Addai
King Faisal	Jimmy Cobblah	Samuel Kusi
Kotoku Royals	Seth Ablade	Kingsley Afriyie
Legon Cities	Maxwell Konadu	Jonah Attuquaye
Medeama	David Duncan	Kwasi Donsu
Nsoatreman FC	Mohammed Gargo	Obed Duah Anford
Real Tamale United	Baba Nuhu	David Abagna
Samartex	Annor Walker	Emmanuel Adu Siaw
Tamale City FC	Mohammed Wahid	Collins Amoah Boateng

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	References
Real Tamale United	Ibrahim Tanko Shaibu	Resigned	26 July	Pre-season	Baba Nuhu	12 August 2022	[9][10]
Samartex	Henry Wellington	End of Interim Charge	31 July	Pre-season	Annor Walker	5 August 2022	[11]
Great Olympics	Annor Walker	Signed by Samartex	5 August 2022	Pre-season	Yaw Preko	6 August 2022	[12]
Hearts of Oak	Samuel Boadu	Sacked	28 September 2022	14th	Slavko Matić	19 October 2022	[13][14]
King Faisal	Branko Božović	Sacked	4 October 2022	18th	Jimmy Cobblah	7 October 2022	[15][16]
Kotoku Royals	Seth Ablade	Sacked	12 December 2022	18th	John Eduafo	4 February 2023	[17][18]
Dreams FC	Ignatius Osei-Fosu	Sacked	20 December 2022	16th	Abdul-Karim Zito	5 February 2023

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Medeama (C)	34	18	6	10	44	29	+15	60	CAF Champions League
2	Aduana Stars	34	15	10	9	32	25	+7	55
3	Bechem United	34	16	6	12	42	26	+16	54
4	Asante Kotoko	34	13	13	8	42	31	+11	52
5	Bibiani Gold Stars	34	13	10	11	39	36	+3	49
6	Dreams	34	13	9	12	38	30	+8	48	CAF Confederation Cup[a]
7	Karela United	34	13	8	13	32	32	0	47
8	Berekum Chelsea	34	13	8	13	36	35	+1	47
9	Legon Cities	34	12	10	12	39	38	+1	46
10	Samartex	34	12	10	12	28	29	−1	46
11	RTU	34	12	10	12	39	42	−3	46
12	Hearts of Oak	34	12	10	12	32	37	−5	46
13	Nsoatreman	34	14	4	16	31	38	−7	46
14	Accra Lions	34	13	6	15	37	44	−7	45
15	Great Olympics	34	12	9	13	29	35	−6	45
16	Tamale City (R)	34	10	12	12	38	37	+1	42	Relegation to Division One League
17	King Faisal (R)	34	12	6	16	31	43	−12	42
18	Kotoku Royals (R)	34	7	5	22	35	57	−22	26

Source: Ghana Premier League and Flashscore
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. As 2022–23 Ghanaian FA Cup winners

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	ADU	ASA	BEC	BER	BIB	DRE	GRE	HEA	KAR	KIN	KOT	LEG	MED	NSO	RTU	SAM	TAM
Accra Lions		3–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–2	3–0	1–3	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	4–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0
Aduana Stars	1–1		0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–0
Asante Kotoko	4–0	2–1		1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	5–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–1
Bechem United	0–1	0–0	2–0		2–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	6–2	2–0	0–0
Berekum Chelsea	4–0	1–1	3–0	1–0		0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–1
Bibiani Gold Stars	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1		0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0
Dreams	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0		2–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	5–1	4–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–0
Great Olympics	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–1		1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1
Hearts of Oak	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–1		0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–5	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–2
Karela United	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	3–2	2–0	0–0	3–0		0–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0
King Faisal	2–1	2–3	0–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–2		2–1	3–1	2–3	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–0
Kotoku Royals	1–0	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–1	3–2	3–0	0–2	0–1	2–3	4–2		0–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	4–1
Legon Cities	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0		0–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	1–1
Medeama	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0		2–0	3–2	2–0	3–0
Nsoatreman	3–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0		1–0	1–0	1–0
RTU	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	5–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–2	0–1	1–1	2–0		0–0	0–0
Samartex	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–0		0–0
Tamale City	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	2–3	3–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	4–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[19]
1	Abednego Tetteh	Bibiani Gold Stars	18
2	Hafiz Konkoni	Bechem United	15
3	Sampson Eduku	Tamale City	14
4	Francis Andy Kumi	Kotoku Royals	12
	Jonathan Sowah	Medeama
	Afriye Mezack	Berekum Chelsea
4	Vincent Atinga	Medeama	11
	Issah Kuka	Real Tamale
	Steven Mukwala	Asante Kotoko
9	Samuel Ofori	Nsoatreman	10

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Cephas Kofi Mantey	Bechem United	Nsoatreman	3–0 (H)[20]	20 November 2023
Hafiz Konkoni	Bechem United	Real Tamale United	6–2 (H)[21]	1 February 2023
Issah Kuka	Real Tamale United	Gold Stars	5–1 (H)[22]	16 April 2023
Seidu Basit4	Accra Lions	Medeama	4–2 (H)[23]	23 April 2023

Notes

(H) – Home team

(A) – Away team

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists[19]
1	Stephen Badu Dankwa	Real Tamale	7
2	Steven Mukwala	Asante Kotoko	5
	Samuel Adams	Aduana Stars
	Clinton Duodo	Bechem United

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Felix Kyei	Bechem United	15
	Joseph Addo	Aduana Stars
3	Lawrence Ansah	Berekum Chelsea	12
5	Gregory Obeng	Accra Lions	11
	Joseph Baah	Asante Kotoko

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month		Manager of the Month		Goalkeeper of the Month		References
	Player	Club	Manager	Club	Player	Club
September	Kwame Adom Frimpong	Aduana Stars	Christopher Ennin	Berekum Chelsea	Lord Bawa Martey	Dreams	[24][25][26]
November	Ibrahim Laar	Bibiani Gold Stars	Michael Osei	Bibiani Gold Stars	Lawrence Ansah	Samartex	[27][28][29]
January	Agyenim Boateng Mensah	Dreams	Kassim Mingle Ocansey	Bechem United	Lawrence Ansah	Samartex	[30][31][32]
February	Abass Samari	Accra Lions	Paa Kwesi Fabin	Aduana Stars	Cisse Tijani	Tamale City	[33][34][35]
March	Dominic Amponsah	Accra Lions	Evans Adotey	Medeama	Felix Kyei	Medeama	[36][37][38]
April	Hafiz Konkoni	Bechem United	Paa Kwesi Fabin	Aduana Stars	William Essu	Legon Cities	[39][40][41]
May/June	Abednego Tetteh	Bibiani Gold Stars	Evans Adotey	Medeama	Solomon Agbesi	Dreams	[42][43][44]