{"id":116798,"date":"2026-04-04T11:22:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T11:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/hohoe-united-football-club-exits-ghana-premier-league"},"modified":"2026-04-04T11:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T11:59:23","slug":"hohoe-united-football-club-exits-ghana-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/hohoe-united-football-club-exits-ghana-premier-league","title":{"rendered":"Hohoe United Football Club Exits Ghana Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong> <\/span><b>The Hohoe United Football Club (HUFC), a Hohoe-based newly promoted Club into the Ghana Premier League, has exited the League.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHohoe United FC has made the painful but necessary decision to withdraw from the remainder of the 2025\/2026 Ghana Premier League season with immediate effect\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a Press release by the Club Board, the decision stemmed from \u201d systemic unfairness, procedural manipulation and apparent bias\u201d the Club endured which had made continued participation impossible.<\/p>\n<p>The Management cited events including a match on January 25 2026, against Vision FC at Hohoe Sports Stadium adding that on January 28 2026, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Prosecution issued a Charge Sheet against the Club.<\/p>\n<p>It said on January 30 2026, the Club submitted a \u201cNot Guilty\u201d plea and a Statement of Defense within the stipulated time.<\/p>\n<p>The Management also said the Club March 8 2026, played Medeama SC in Tarkwa and won in the face of some questionable officiating by center referee Maxwell Hanson.<\/p>\n<p>It said the following day, the GFA Disciplinary Committee issued its decision imposing a three-home-game ban and a GH\u00a230,000 fine without a hearing, without producing the original referee\u2019s report, and without any reasoned analysis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ban was to take effect from Sunday 29th March when Dreams Football Club were scheduled to visit Hohoe as part of the Match Week 27 match fixtures\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Management said on March 10 2026, the Club properly filed an appeal with the GFA by audience before the GFA Appeals Committee by sending the same through the GFA\u2019s official email address in accordance with Article 35 of the Premier League Regulations and Articles 58(4) of the GFA Statutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the 22nd of March 2026 we played Swedru All Blacks in an away fixture.Our fans, on arrival at the match venue, were restricted to a single entrance and charged 50 GHC per ticket when others were allowed to purchase 20 GHC tickets as declared at the day\u2019s pre-match event\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It said on March 24, 2026, a Club official visited the GFA following the publication of the weekend\u2019s fixtures on the 23rd of March in which the venue of the Club\u2019s game against Dreams Football Club was captured as the Hohoe Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring a discussion with the General Secretary in the presence of the Head of Competitions, the General Secretary of the GFA stated that our appeal \u201cshould have been sent to the Disciplinary Committee\u201d a claim for which no rule exists\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Management said the General Secretary indicated that the appeal and stay of execution earlier filed on March 10 should have been directed to the Disciplinary Committee rather than the appeals committee and upon advice, HUFC immediately heed and filed on March 24.<\/p>\n<p>The Management said on match day at the Nii Adjei Kraku Staduim in Tema, the refereeing crew led by center referee Mohammed Misbau delivered a highly questionable performance that directly impacted the results.<\/p>\n<p>It said some of the decisions against HUFC strongly suggested that the sanctions were deliberately delayed to deprive the Club of home advantage at a crucial time in the season when one considered that appeal was properly filed and that there was no legal basis for ignoring the appeal and enforcing the decision of the Disciplinay Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The Management said throughout the process the Club had complied with every rule, filed every document on time, and conducted itself with dignity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn return, we have been met with procedural lies, forced venue changes, questionable officiating and sanctions that appear timed to influence league standings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Management said it was of the view that the current GFA system appeared to be structured in a way that allowed control and bias, rather than ensuring impartiality and transparency in the adjudication of disputes and the overall running of football adding that \u201cit is a highly compromised system\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It said the Club with immediate effect, Hohoe United FC had withdrawn from the 2025\/2026 Ghana Premier League and were highly aware of the consequences of the withdrawal and wish the GFA well in their next line of actions.<\/p>\n<p>The Management thanked its loyal supporters, corporate sponsors, players, and technical staff for their unwavering commitment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are exiting the current manipulated system of football with a principled stand against injustice and the pledge to continue to fight for fair play in Ghanaian football through every lawful channel available to us. It is not the end of the road, but it\u2019s just the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Ghana<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. The Hohoe United Football Club (HUFC), a Hohoe-based newly promoted Club into the Ghana Premier League, has exited the League. \u201cHohoe United FC has made the painful but necessary decision to withdraw from the remainder of the 2025\/2026 Ghana Premier League season with immediate effect\u201d. 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