The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has postponed League games of champions Ampem Darkoa Ladies FC in the Women’s Premier League following an inferno at the club’s hostel in Techiman in the Bono East Region.
The fire on Friday, December 22 swept through the club’s hostel, which also houses players of another women’s side Fosu Ladies.
Several properties worth billions of Ghana Cedis were lost to the fire.
The club has described the day as “tough”, calling it ‘Black Friday’.
With a heavy heart, today has been tough for us as a club.
Hoping to come back stronger!#NanaMma👑💙🤍 pic.twitter.com/AyzBqxtDWm
— Ampem Darkoa Ladies FC 2022/23 MGWPL Champions🥇🏆 (@ampem_fc) December 22, 2023
It said it hopes to come back “stronger”.
The Competitions Department of the GFA has since announced that the Matchday 8 and 9 fixtures of the club – against Tamale Super Ladies and Kumasi Sports Academy respectively – as well its outstanding game against Northern Ladies have been postponed “until further notice”.
“New dates will be communicated in due course for the outstanding matches to be honoured.”
The cause of the inferno is not yet known as investigations have begun into the incident.
Ampem Darkoa Ladies FC won the Ghana Women’s Premier League last season.
They represented the country in the 2023 CAF Women’s Champions League in Ivory Coast, where they placed fourth.
