King Faisal F.C.

King Faisal Football Club, nicknamed the Babes, is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. Owned by Kumasi's Muslim community and named after King Faisal of Saudi Arabia,^[1] the Babes compete in Division One League, the second tier football league in Ghana. They were represented at the 2006 FIFA World Cup by left-back Habib Mohamed.

King Faisal

Full name	King Faisal Football Club
Nickname(s)	Babes
Ground	Kumasi Sports Stadium
Capacity	40,000
Chairman	Alhaji Karim Grunsah
League	Division One League
Home colours Away colours

Achievements

• Ghana Top Four Cup
  • Champions (1): 2004

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Confederation Cup:

2004 – second round

2005 – group stage

2006 – first round

Current squad

As of 15 April 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GHA Adams Abdul Jabal 2 DF  GHA Joseph Dwomoh 3 DF  GHA Samuel Antwi 4 DF  GHA Joseph Faridu 5 MF  GHA Boateng Frimpong 6 DF  GHA William Dankyi 7 FW  GHA Richard Kwesi 8 MF  GHA Nasiru Ebla 9 FW  GHA Benjamin Bature 10 MF  GHA Yahaya Baba 11 FW  GHA Gabriel Osei 13 MF  GHA Junior Kofi 14 DF  GHA David Afrane 15 MF  GHA Abdul Latif 16 GK  GHA Benjamin Kwesi

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  GHA Samuel Kusi 18 MF  GHA Emmanuel Nketiah 19 DF  GHA Perry Rockson 20 MF  GHA Joseph Gordon 21 DF  GHA Ibrahim Suraj 23 MF  GHA Nazir Musah 24 DF  GHA Joseph Mensah 26 MF  GHA Isaac Yeboah 27 DF  GHA Godfred Asiamah 28 MF  GHA Hayford Gyimah 29 FW  GHA Samuel Boakye 30 DF  GHA Rockshell Osei 35 DF  GHA Seidu Faisal 39 MF  GHA Gadafi Amadu

Managers

• Nana Whyte (1998–2001)
• Hans-Dieter Schmidt (2003–2004)
• Steven Polack (2007–2009)
• Zdravko Logarušić (2009–2010)
• Miroslav Buljan (2011)
• Stephen Agburi (2012)
• Mallam Yahaya (2012–2013)
• Dorian Marin (2014)^[2]
• Slaviša Božičić (January–December 2020)