{"id":44485,"date":"2025-09-11T13:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T13:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=44485"},"modified":"2025-09-11T13:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T13:13:10","slug":"gpl-2025-26-know-your-gpl-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/gpl-2025-26-know-your-gpl-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"GPL 2025\/26 : Know your GPL coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>The Ghana Premier League 2025\/26 season is forty-eight hours away from taking centre stage, and is a toast of local league football in the country.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div>This piece focuses on the various coaches for the 18 Ghana Premier League clubs.<\/div>\n<div>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"\u201cWe will build stadia in all the new regions\u201d \u2013 President Mahama\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/we-will-build-stadia-in-all-the-new-regions-president-mahama\/\">\u201cWe will build stadia in all the new regions\u201d \u2013 President Mahama<\/a><\/div>\n<div>For Swedru All Blacks, their return to the Ghana Premier League after a 16-year hiatus pushed them to the technical appointment of a foreign lead in Egyptian Ahmed Fati.<\/div>\n<div>For Hearts of Oak, it was long overdue before they cut ties with Ivorian Outtara Aboubakar, who had spent a little over two years on the job with nothing substantial to show for it, leading to the appointment of experienced figurehead, Didi Dramani.<\/div>\n<div>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"2026 World Cup Qualifiers: Five things we learned from Ghana vs Mali\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/2026-world-cup-qualifiers-five-things-we-learned-from-ghana-vs-mali\/\">2026 World Cup Qualifiers: Five things we learned from Ghana vs Mali<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Meanwhile, Kotoko, Medeama SC, GoldStars, and Nations FC chose to retain their head coaches (Karim Zito, Ibrahim Tanko, Frimpong Manso, and Kasim Mingle) for the upcoming season.<\/div>\n<div>Below is a full list of club coaches<\/div>\n<div>1.Hohoe United &#8211; Tijani Bashiru<\/div>\n<div>2.Hearts of Oak &#8211; Didi Dramani<\/div>\n<div>3.Swedru All Blacks &#8211; Ahmed Fati<\/div>\n<div>4.Gold Stars &#8211; Frimpong Manso<\/div>\n<div>5.Aduana FC &#8211; Romanian Cioba Arista<\/div>\n<div>6.Nations FC &#8211; Kasim Mingle Ocansey<\/div>\n<div>7.Asante Kotoko &#8211; Abdul Karim Zito<\/div>\n<div>8.Dreams FC &#8211; Winfred Dormon<\/div>\n<div>9.Bechem United \u2013 Stephen Botchway<\/div>\n<div>10.Heart of Lions &#8211; Bashir Hayford<\/div>\n<div>11.Samartex &#8211; Christopher Ennin<\/div>\n<div>12.Medeama SC &#8211; Ibrahim Tanko<\/div>\n<div>13.Vision FC &#8211; Nana Agyemang<\/div>\n<div>14.Berekum Chelsea &#8211; Samuel Boadu<\/div>\n<div>15.Karela United &#8211; Nurudeen Amadu<\/div>\n<div>16.Young Apostles \u2013 Abdul Henan<\/div>\n<div>17.Eleven Wonders &#8211; Nii Odartey Lamptey<\/div>\n<div>18.Basake HolyStars \u2013 Evans Adotey<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Premier League 2025\/26 season is forty-eight hours away from taking centre stage, and is a toast of local league football in the country. 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