Ghana Premier Clubs receives financial boost to step up preparations ahead of new season after GFA announce financial packages
Ghana Premier League clubs are in preparations ahead of the 2019-2020 season, but their preparations has been bolster by the announcement of the GFA to release GHC 50,000 to each Premiership club, GHC 25, 000 to each Division One clubs and GHC 10, 000 for each Women club before the start of the Ghana Premier League season.
The GFA are yet to secure headline sponsorship for the coming football season, and in advance, they have offered clubs these amounts to spend as they prepare for the season.
However, the Ghana football govern body shall deduct each amount offered to clubs right after it secure sponsorship for the Ghana Leagues.
A statement released by the Ghana Football Association on Saturday morning reads, “ The Executive Committee of the Ghana Football Association has approved financial packages for clubs ahead of the start of the 2019/2020 Football Season.”
“The package is an advance to the clubs to help them prepare for the upcoming season, and it will be deducted from sponsorship funds due the clubs should the GFA secure sponsorship deals for the respective leagues.
Below is a breakdown of financial packages to Premier League, Division One and Women’s Premier League clubs:
- 50,000 Cedis for each of the 18 Premier League club totaling 900,000 Cedis.
- 25,000 Cedis for each of the 48 Division One League clubs totaling 1,200,000 Cedis.
- 10,000 Cedis to each of the Women’s Premier League Clubs.
“The GFA will also supply the following number of footballs to the clubs: 30 footballs to each of the Premier League club, 20 footballs to each Division One club and 20 footballs to each Women’s Premier League club.”
The Executive Council has also approved subsidies for registration cards for the various competitions.
Premier League clubs will pay 10 cedis per card instead of 50, Division One clubs will pay 10 cedis per card instead of 25 cedis and women’s clubs will also pay 10 cedis per card instead of 25 cedis.
The GFA has also approved that registration cards will be free from next season.
Meanwhile all clubs will receive sets of bibs in the course of the season when the bibs promised the clubs arrive.
