Ghana Premier League restart date announced
The Ghana Premier League will restart a day after the 2022 FIFA World Cup final game. The World Cup break is the second time the league has been put on short term hold after the first emanating from suspension from Ash Gold’s court injunction.
With Ghana Premier League clubs waiting for date for the resumption of the league, they have finally been given assurance where clubs will now come back to the pitch on 19th December.
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced the date for the resumption of the 2022/23 Ghana Premier League season.
The league went on break the weekend the 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament commenced in Qatar.
Following Ghana’s exit from the tournament, the Ghana FA has confirmed that the league will resume on Thursday, December 19.
Below is a statement from the Ghana FA announcing the resumption date:
“The 2022/23 betPawa Premier League season will resume on Monday, December 19 to Thursday 22, 2022 across League centres.
“The elite club competition is on a one month break due to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 finals currently ongoing on in the Arab country of Qatar.
“The betPawa Premier League went on break after eight round of matches that saw two-time champions Aduana FC lead the table with 16 points – one point richer than Accra Lions who are in second place with 15 points.
Defending Champions Asante Kotoko are in third place with 14 points – same as Accra Great Olympics who are in fourth while Accra Hearts of Oak occupies the 5th spot with 13 points.
Dreams FC, Tamale City FC and Akyem Oda Kotoku Royals occupy the 16th, 17th and 18th positions respectively.
Asante Kotoko won the title last season but before that Hearts of Oak lifted it last two seasons.
