{"id":53950,"date":"2023-09-12T17:57:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T17:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=53950"},"modified":"2023-09-13T07:25:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T07:25:24","slug":"medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards","title":{"rendered":"Medeama wins big at maiden GFA awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Reigning Ghana Premier League champions Medeama SC swept major honours at the maiden edition of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) awards held at the UPSA Auditorium in Accra.<\/b><\/p>\n

Medeama, who recently won the Super Cup, picked up the prestigious club of the season award, while their Captain Vincent Atingah, won the Player of the Season award.<\/p>\n

The Head Coach for the Mauve and Yellow club, Evans Augustine Adotey, was adjudged the Coach of the Season, while Felix Kyei also grabbed the Goalkeeper of the Season.<\/p>\n

Accra Lions midfielder Abbas Samurai was adjudged the Discovery of the Year after scoring nine goals in last season\u2019s league, while the top scorer award went to Abednego Tetteho of Bibiani Gold Stars.<\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s division, Ampem Darkoa Ladies, who won last season\u2019s Women\u2019s Premier League, were adjudged the club of the season.<\/p>\n

Nana Joe Adarkwah and Mary Amponsah of Ampem Darkoa Ladies were adjudged Coach of the Season and Player of the Season, respectively.<\/p>\n

Below is the full list of winners:<\/p>\n

PREMIER LEAGUE <\/b><\/p>\n

Abass Samari \u2013 Discovery of the Season<\/p>\n

Felix Kyei \u2013 Goalkeeper of the Season<\/p>\n

Abednego Tetteh \u2013 Top Scorer of the Season<\/p>\n

Serge Eric Zeze \u2013 Goal of the Season<\/p>\n

Medeama SC \u2013 Club of the Season<\/p>\n

Evans Augustine Adotey \u2013 Coach of the Season<\/p>\n

Vincent Atingah \u2013 Player of the Season<\/p>\n

WOMEN\u2019S FOOTBALL <\/b><\/p>\n

Ellen Alormenu \u2013 Discovery of the Season<\/p>\n

Grace B. Banwaa \u2013 Goalkeeper of the Season<\/p>\n

Mary Amponsah \u2013 Top Scorer of the Season<\/p>\n

Ampem Darkoa Ladies \u2013 Club of the Season<\/p>\n

Nana Joe Adarkwah \u2013 Coach of the Season<\/p>\n

Mary Amponsah \u2013 Player of the Season<\/p>\n

MTN FA CUP <\/b><\/p>\n

Samuel Adom Antwi \u2013 Player of the Season<\/p>\n

Solomon Agbasi \u2013 Goalkeeper of the Season<\/p>\n

Abdul Aziz Issah \u2013 Discovery of the Season<\/p>\n

Abdul Karim Zito \u2013 Coach of the Season<\/p>\n

Samuel Adom Antwi & Abdul Manaf Umar \u2013 Top Scorers<\/p>\n

DIVISION ONE LEAGUE <\/b><\/p>\n

Baba Hamadu Musah \u2013 Division One League Best Player of the Season<\/p>\n

Fatawu Salifu, Johnson Smith & Fuseini Abubakar \u2013 Division One League Coaches of the Season<\/p>\n

Baba Hamadu Musah \u2013 Division One League Top Scorer of the Season<\/p>\n

Solomon Ohene Nimo \u2013 Division One League Goalkeeper of the Season<\/p>\n

Richmond Apokum \u2013 Division One League Discovery of the Year<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Ghana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. Reigning Ghana Premier League champions Medeama SC swept major honours at the maiden edition of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) awards held at the UPSA Auditorium in Accra. Medeama, who recently won the Super Cup, picked up the prestigious club of the season award, while their Captain Vincent Atingah, won the Player […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":53949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17,5099],"tags":[5092,5096,429],"class_list":["post-53950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ghana","tag-ghana"],"yoast_head":"\nMedeama wins big at maiden GFA awards - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Reigning Ghana Premier League champions Medeama SC swept major honours at the maiden edition of the Ghana Football As ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Medeama wins big at maiden GFA awards\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Reigning Ghana Premier League champions Medeama SC swept major honours at the maiden edition of the Ghana Football As ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-12T17:57:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-13T07:25:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694525788.638594.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1152\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Medeama wins big at maiden GFA awards\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-12T17:57:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-13T07:25:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards\"},\"wordCount\":378,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694525788.638594.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Ghana\",\"ghana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards\",\"name\":\"Medeama wins big at maiden GFA awards - Ghana\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694525788.638594.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-12T17:57:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-13T07:25:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Reigning Ghana Premier League champions Medeama SC swept major honours at the maiden edition of the Ghana Football As ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694525788.638594.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694525788.638594.jpg\",\"width\":1728,\"height\":1152,\"caption\":\"Medeama wins big at maiden GFA awards\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Medeama wins big at maiden GFA awards\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/\",\"name\":\"Ghana\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Medeama wins big at maiden GFA awards - Ghana","description":"Reigning Ghana Premier League champions Medeama SC swept major honours at the maiden edition of the Ghana Football As ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Medeama wins big at maiden GFA awards","og_description":"Reigning Ghana Premier League champions Medeama SC swept major honours at the maiden edition of the Ghana Football As ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards","og_site_name":"Ghana","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-09-12T17:57:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-09-13T07:25:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1728,"height":1152,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694525788.638594.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Medeama wins big at maiden GFA awards","datePublished":"2023-09-12T17:57:20+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-13T07:25:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards"},"wordCount":378,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694525788.638594.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Ghana","ghana"],"articleSection":["all news","sport","to-homepage"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards","name":"Medeama wins big at maiden GFA awards - Ghana","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694525788.638594.jpg","datePublished":"2023-09-12T17:57:20+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-13T07:25:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Reigning Ghana Premier League champions Medeama SC swept major honours at the maiden edition of the Ghana Football As ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694525788.638594.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694525788.638594.jpg","width":1728,"height":1152,"caption":"Medeama wins big at maiden GFA awards"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/medeama-wins-big-at-maiden-gfa-awards#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Medeama wins big at maiden GFA awards"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/","name":"Ghana","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}