F.C. Nania

Nania F.C.

File:Nania FC.jpg fullname = Nania Football Club Accra
Chairman	Abedi Pele
Manager	George Lomotey
League	Division One League
2007/08	Division One Middle League,

Nania F.C. (often called as Abedi Pele's Nania Accra F.C.) is an Ghanaian football club based in Legon. They are a member who are in Division One Middle League.^[1]

History

Match fixing Scandal

As an assistant coach at Nania FC, you'll coach alongside former Ghanaian football player, Walker Annor and you'll also work alongside European Champions League winner, 2 times African Player of the Year, winner of the African Cup of Nations and former Ghanaian Captain, Abedi Pele. Abedi Pele is considered to be the best ever Ghanaian football player and one of the best African players of all times. Abedi has 67 Ghanaian caps, so to work alongside such a legend in football is a unique opportunity. As a Travellers Football coach, you will be able to coach, train and hopefully play for Nania FC - but only if you're good enough and get selected.^[2]

Maha Ayew, wife of Abedi Pele, who is a director and a shareholder of Nania FC sued the Ghana Football Association as well as its President, Kwesi Nyantakyi, the chairmen of the Disciplinary and Appeals Committee of the FA – Amadu Tanko and Justice Anim Yeboah respectively, asking the court to restrain the FA from rehearing the alleged match of convenience case between her club and Okwawu United.^[3]

But the sitting judge in dismissing the suit explained that an application for judicial review cannot apply to the FA, stating that such applications are applicable to public bodies and not private bodies like FA.

Maha Ayew also by her status a director and shareholder of the club according to the judges decision could not have sued the FA because she did not have a real or substantial interest in Nania FC.

The ruling stated that the three persons - Kwesi Nyantakyi, Amadu Tanko and Justice Anim Yeboah acted in their official capacity and that they couldn’t have been sued in their private capacities.

A cost of 800 GH cedis each was awarded against Maha Ayew for the three correspondents while a 1, 000 GH cedi cost was slapped on Nania FC.

By the latest ruling, the Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association would re-hear the case involving the demotion of Nania FC and Okwawhu United.^[4]

The Appeals committee of the FA had set aside the ruling of the Disciplinary Committee banning the clubs for their roles in playing a match of convenience and directed the disciplinary body to re hear the matter. The club was banned for One-Year in October 2007.^[5]

Controversy

Abedi Pele Ayew, Ghana's Soccer Maestro has been banned from participation in active football for one year by the Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association. The decision of the Committee follows the outcome of controversial Division One Middle League results in which Abedi's Nania FC beat Okwahu United 31-0 while Great Mariners also beat Mighty Jets 29-0 in what most soccer lovers have described in various derogatory terms.^[6] The four affected Clubs Nania FC, Tudu Mighty Jets, Okwahu United and Mariners have also been fined 50 million cedis each and have all been demoted to the Third Division.< Information gathered by dellsports from the Committee's sittings on Wednesday indicated that all the players and handlers of the affected Clubs have also been banned for a year.

It would be recalled that Brong Ahafo United, Advanced Stars, Akwatia Diamond Stars and Great Corinthians and others in the 70's were given various sanctions for involving in similar allegations of match fixing.^[7]

Director and Shareholder Maha Ayew was banned in October 2008 from Football.^[8]

FA Cup

Nania FC beat Kumasi Asante Kotoko in July 2011 to win the reintroduced FA Cup. That feat won Abedi Pele the coach of the year and had his players winning most of the awards of he 2011 FA awards in Ghana.

Youth

The club was 2008 member of the International U19-Footballtournament in Altstätten, Switzerland.^[9]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Mohammed Bongo 2 DF Kwao Nannor 3 DF Lawrence Lartey (Captain) 4 DF Anthony Awuah 5 DF Alex Kyeremteng 6 MF Kwame Asare 7 MF Kofi Berchie 8 MF Mohammed Seidu 9 FW Aminu Fuseini 10 MF Joe Oboshie 11 FW Stephen Asante 12 GK Parku Seidu 13 MF Adabo Enyan 14 MF Carlos Mensah 15 MF Roger Sanakey 16 GK Chisco Abdulai 17 MF Abubakar Sadik

No. Position Player 18 FW Abdul Aziz Abankwah 19 MF Kahlil Addey 20 GK Michael Sai 22 GK Kassim Tahiru 23 DF Ebenezer Nartey 24 MF Daniel Aidoo 25 MF William Owusu 26 MF Razak Dauda 27 FW Lawrence Adu-Boafo 28 MF Prince D.S. Sarfo 29 FW Yusif Babamu 30 GK Alhaji Kassim 31 FW Kofi Rahim Ayew 32 MF Celestine Mbarassem 33 FW Francis Seidu 35 FW Prince Baffoe

Staff

Operations

Chairman & Head Coach

• Abedi Pele

Vice President/General Manager

• George Lomotey

Director and Shareholder

• Maha Ayew

Sports

Assistant Coach

• Walker Annor

Technical Coach

• Ahmed Brynes

Welfare Officer

• Percy Quaye

Reserve Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player DF Abraziz Abankwah DF Ernest Adu Dansu DF Ankrah DF Yakubu DF Yusif Abdul Rahim

No. Position Player MF Obeng MF Danso FW Rahim Ayew Abdul FW Prince Baffoe FW Henry Yartey

Titles

• E. K. Nayanar Memorial Football Gold Cup: 1

2007 ^[10]

Notable players

Famous players

Mikael Mariano Beugré Kwabena Agouda André Ayew Rahim Ayew Ahmed Barusso

Cofie Bekoe Charles Boateng Kofi Nti Ibrahim Abdul Razak Selorm Segbefia [11]

Former players

Adakwa Addey Kofi Rahim Ayew Fustini Gado Addy Kahlil Mutawakilu

Ebenezer Nartey Abdul Razak Tachie Kassim Tahiru [12] Abdul Gariyu Yahaya [13] Babamu Yusif

References

1. ^ FC Nania revel in Cup glory
2. ^ GHANA 'S CLUB OFF TO POSITIVE START
3. ^ Nania FC and others banned for a year
4. ^ FA freed from Nania FC's suit
5. ^ http://www.peacefmonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8645&Itemid=
6. ^ Abedi Pele's Football Club Nania Win 31 - 0 - Nairaland
7. ^ Football's Day Of Shame
8. ^ http://www.ghanasoccernet.com/content/view/1999/51/
9. ^ History (German)
10. ^ http://www.rediff.com/sports/2007/apr/24foot.htm
11. ^ Voradep hold Nania FC
12. ^ E.K. Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup
13. ^ GFA Status Committee to meet on Thursday