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Ghana Football Association
CAF
Founded1957
FIFA affiliation1958
CAF affiliation1960[1]
PresidentKurt Okraku
General SecretaryProsper Harrison Addo
Websitehttp://www.ghanafa.org

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is the governing body of association football in Ghana and is based in Accra the capital of Ghana.[2][3] Founded in 1957,[2] the Association was dissolved by the Ghanaian Minister of Sport, Isaac Kwame Asiamah, on 7 June 2018, after the discovery of corruption in the association through investigative videos.[4] In October 2019, a new president, Kurt Okraku, was elected as the association reconvened upon the completion of the work of the FIFA Normalization Committee.[5] Mark Addo was later elected vice president in November 2019.[6] Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku has been re-elected as President of the Ghana Football Association during their 2023 Elective Congress in Tamale in the Northern region Ghana.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference GFA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Southern Times-The Politics of Soccer How Kwame Nkrumah built a team of winners". Southerntimesafrica.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Ghana Football Association signs 15-million US dollar sponsorship deal with Oil Company – Xinhua | English.news.cn". News.xinhuanet.com. 5 January 2013. Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Breaking News: President Akufo-Addo dissolves GFA". myjoyonline.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Kurt Okraku is new Ghana FA president". myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Mark Addo is new Vice President of GFA". Graphic Online. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  7. ^ Association, Ghana Football. "Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku re-elected as GFA President". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

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