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The Ghana Football Association (GFA), on Tuesday, April 11, launched the maiden edition of the Futsal Premier League at their Secretariat.
Sixteen clubs have registered to compete in the first edition of the Futsal league. They include Real Heart FC, Blessed Stars FC, Future Stars FC, King Solomon FC, AMG FC, Dokota FC, GADU FC, Y2K FC, DANAC FC, and Stitch in Time. Others are, Auxano FC, Cancheros FC, Adenta Youth FC, San Ciro FC, Blessed Kickers FC and Blooming Smiles FC.
Speaking at the launch, the GFA president, Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, assured that the association will continue to invest in Futsal football and give life and hope to industry players despite the enormous challenges that confront us.
‘’I know we have some challenges because it’s a new sport for us but because we believe in teamwork, and because we are working as a team, we believe that we will go through the challenges one by one as we journey along in our attempt to build an industry for lovers of futsal football," he said.
‘’We may not have the best of pitches, we may not have the best of halls but the journey starts today and slowly and gradually we will invest in the sport and the sport will give life and hope to many people in this country.
‘’As a start, each of the 16 Futsal clubs will receive GHc10,000 and I can say confidently that already 50% of the amount has been paid to each of the 16 clubs.
‘’The 16 clubs will be divided into two zones of 8 each and the winners of the two zones will compete in the grand final and the winner would be crowned as champions of the first ever Futsal League’’ he added.
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