Accra Hearts of Oak SC

Accra Hearts of Oak SC
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Hearts of Oak Sporting Club

Full name

Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club

Nickname(s)

Phobia

Founded

1911

Ground

Ohene Djan Stadium‎,
Accra, Ghana
(Capacity: 40,000)

Chairman

Steven Akwetey

Manager

Eyal Lahman

League

Ghana Premier League

2006/07

Ghana Premier League, 1st




Home colours




Away colours

For other meanings see Hearts of Oak

Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club, commonly referred to as Hearts of Oak or just Hearts, are an association football club based in Accra, Ghana.

Hearts have been among Ghana and Africa's pre-eminent clubs since their founding and have been very successful since the formation of a Ghanaian football league in 1956 having collected the league title 19 times. Their great rivals are Asante Kotoko of Kumasi who have been champions 20 times.

1 The Early Years
2 Tragedy
3 Enviable Record
4 Honours
5 Performance in CAF competitions
6 Fight song
7 Club motto
8 Current players - 2007/2008
9 Former Head Coaches
10 External links

The Early Years

The club was formed in 1911 and was the second team to be founded in Accra after the Invincibles. They are the oldest existing club in Ghana. The club was, in the most part, trained by Ackom Duncan, who would also become the team's first captain. Other members of the fledgling club were J.T. Ankrah (father of Ghana boxing great, Roy Ankrah), and C.B. Nettey, who was later to become the chairman of the Ghana Football Association. The Hearts first match would come on November 11, 1911 against the Invincibles.

The Hearts won their first major match in 1922 when Sir Gordon Guggisberg, governor of the Gold Coast, founded the Accra Football League. The Hearts won 6 out of 12 seasons in this league. In 1956 the Hearts joined the Ghanaian football league and have flourished since. Their vice chairman was Mr Robert Hayfron

stephen appiah

Tragedy

Hearts suffered a great tragedy on May 9, 2001 when 126 people died in Africa's worst footballing disaster while watching a match between Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko. Trouble started when supporters of Asante Kotoko began ripping out seats in an act of hooliganism in protest at a controversial goal allowed by the referee to the Hearts of Oak side, despite the linesman raised the flag to signal an offside. Police reacted by firing tear gas into the crowd, it has been suggested that this was an over-reaction. Reports suggest that the gates to the ground were locked and that the rush to escape the tear gas was a contributory factor in the death toll.

Enviable Record

Accra Hearts of Oak won all major trophies (two domestic and two continental),the only team in Ghana to have won the leauge on six consecutive occasions (1997/97-2002) and also the team to end Esperence of Tunisia's 41 years home invincibilty with the 2-1 defeat of the Tunis club in 2000.

Honours

CAF Confederation Cup: 1

2005

CAF Champions League: 1

2000...Runners-up 1977,1979.

Ghanaian League Champions: 19

1956, 1958, 1961/62, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1989/90, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004/05, 2006/07

Ghanaian FA Cup: 9

1973, 1974, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1993/94, 1995/96, 1999, 2000

Ghana SWAG Cup: 7

1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985

Ghana Telecom Gala: 4

1974, 1976, 1986, 1998/99

Ghana Top Four Cup: 2

2002, 2006

PLB Special Knock-out: 1

Ghana Annual Republic Day Cup: 1

2002

African Super Cup Champions: 1

2001

The Club » Club Awards

Year Title Award 2001 3rd Place - Vodacom Cup (RSA) Vodacom Cup (RSA)

  ABC Premier League Champions  League Cup

2000 Chairman of the Year - Harry Zakour Chairman Of The Year

  SWAG Club of the Year  Swag Club Of The Year  
  African Super Cup  African Super Cup  
  CNNSI' 8th World Best Club  CNNSI' 8th World Best Club  
  Champion of Champions Cup  Champions Cup  
  FA Cup Champions  FA Cup  
  ABC Premier League Champions  League Cup  
  CAF Champions League  African Champions League

1999 Guinness Gala Lords Gala Cup

  ABC Premier League Champions  League Cup

1998 Joe Fameyeh- SWAG Goalking Swag Goalking

  Joe Fameyeh-ABC Goalking  ABC Goalking  
  Joe Fameyeh-ABC Footballer of the year  Footballer Of The Year  
  ABC Super Champion of Champions  Championship Cup  
  ABC League Champions  League Cup  
  June 4th Anniversary Cup  Anniversary Cup  
  Indece Cup(6th March-All Blacks)  Indece Cup

1997 King Tackie Tawiah I Memorial Cup Memorial Cup

  Champion of Champions  Championship Cup  
  National Indece Cup (Dwarfs)  Indece Cup  
  National Indece Cup(Kotoko)  Indece Cup  
  League Cup  League Cup

1996 League Champions League Cup

  National Independence Cup  Independence Cup  
  Super Championship Cup  Championship Cup

1994 Enyidado Top 8 Cup Top 8 Cup

  Super Championship  Championship Cup  
  Knock-out Cup  Knock-out Cup  
  UN Peace Cup  UN Peace Cup  
  Olympic Games Fund Raising Cup  Fund Raising Cup

1993 Top 8 Trophy Trophy 1991 May Day Cup May Day Cup

  Republic Day Cup  Republic Day Cup

1989 Shamo Quaye - most promising player Most Promising Player

  June 4th  Anniversary Cup  
  OAU 25th Anniversary Cup  Anniversary Cup

1988 UN Peace Cup UN Peace Cup

  Rank Xerox Cup  Rank Xerox Cup  
  Presec Golden Jubilee Cup  Golden Jubilee Cup

1987 Ohene Djan Cup Ohene Djan Cup

  J.S.S Cup  J.S.S Cup  
  Rank Xerox Cup (OGLCA)  Rank Xerox Cup

1986 31st December Cup 31st December Cup 1985 Swag Cup Swag Cup

  Ghana/Togo Inter Clubs Cup (for L & FA Champs of b  Inter Clubs Cup  
  Guinness Gala  Guinness Gala

1984 Most promising star- E.Acquah Most Promising Star

  Club of the year  Club Of The Year  
  Defender of the year-M.O.Mensah  Defender Of The Year  
  Footballer of the year-Joe Odoi  Footballer Of The Ye  
  Thomas Sankara Cup (rep the nation)  Thomas Sankara Cup  
  K.L.M. Anniversary Cup  Anniversary Cup  
  Pres. Saika Stevens Cup (rep the nation)  Pres. Saika Stevens  
  Swag Cup  Swag Cup

1983 Hesse Odamtten-Defender of the year Defender Of The Year 1979 L & FA Cup were both won for keeps L&FA Cup

  Chairman of the year- T.Thompson  Chairman Of The Year  
  Top Scoring Club of the year  Top Scoring Club  
  Footballer of the year -J.N.Yawson  Footballer Of The Year  
  Defender of the tear - S. Suppey  Defender Of The Year  
  Swag Cup  Swag Cup

1977 Swag (Chairman of the year-T.Thompson) Swag Cup 1976 Guinness Gala Gala Cup 1975 Swag Cup (Footballer of the year-M.A.Polo) Swag Cup 1974 Guinness Gala Cup (1st ever) Gala Cup

  Swag Cup (Goal King-P.Lamptey)  Swag Cup  
  Ga Mantse Gold Cup  Gold Cup

1973 Swag Cup - Ga Mantse Gold Cup Swag Cup 1968 Middle East Trophy Trophy 1967 United Nations Peace Cup Peace Cup 1966 Maurice Yameogo Cup (U.Volta) Yameogo Cup 1963 Congo Indece Cup (Represented Ghana) Indece Cup 1962 Uganda Indece Cup (Represented Ghana) Indece Cup 1958 Tate and Lyle trophy Trophy 1953 Sir Gordon Guggisberg shield Shield 1939 Spit Fire Trophy Trophy 1935 Sir Gordon Guggisberg shield Shield 1933 Sir Gordon Guggisberg shield Shield 1929 Sir Gordon Guggisberg shield Shield 1927 Sir Gordon Guggisberg shield Shield 1925 Sir Gordon Guggisberg shield Shield

Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Champions League: 10 appearances

1998 - Group Stage

1999 - Group Stage

2000 - Champion

2001 - First Round

2002 - First Round

2003 - Second Round

2004 - Third Round

2005 - First Round

2006 - Group Stage

2008 - Preliminary Round

African Cup of Champions Clubs: 8 appearances

1972: Semi-Final

1974: Quarter-Final

1977: Finalist

1979: Finalist

1980: Quarter-Final

1985: Second Round

1986: Quarter-Final

1991: First Round

CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance

2004 - Champion

CAF Cup: 1 appearance

1993 - Second Round

CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 5 appearances

1982 - Semi-Final

1988 - withdrew in First Round

1990 - Quarter-Final

1995 - Quarter-Final

1997 - Second Round

Fight song

Arose, Arose, Arose! Be quiet and don't be silly. We are the famous Hearts of Oak...We Never Say Die! Hearts Eleven is a mighty team, Hearts Eleven is a mighty teeeeeaaaaaaaaaam ..... Arose, Arose, Arose! Be quiet and don't be silly. We are the famous Hearts of Oak...We Never Say Die!