Eleven Wise FC

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The Sekondi Eleven Wise Football Club , Eleven Wise or XI Wise for short , is a Ghanaian football club from Sekondi . The club, which temporarily took up the role of Sekondi Wise Fighters and was nicknamed " Western Show Boys", was founded on April 9, 1919, making it the second oldest existing soccer club in the West African country after Hearts of Oak .

history

Eleven Wise took part in the football championship of 1956 and was in second place when it was canceled, which is why the club was declared runner-up behind Hearts of Oak . In April 1957 a "special coronation match" between the two clubs ended in a pulsating 2-2 draw, possibly the starting point for the clubs' lasting friendship. In 1958 the "Western Show Boys" were among the eight founding members of the Ghana Football League . In January 1961, thanks to the outstanding Edward Acquah , they secured the national championship for the only time in the club's history in an exciting duel with Asante Kotoko . After losing two national cup finals in 1976 against Asante Kotoko and in 1979 against Hearts of Oak (1: 2), the club was able to achieve the only cup victory in the club's history in 1982 with a 1-0 final victory over city rivals Hasaacas . In the league followed in 1991 and 1996 relegations to the second division, in 1995 and 2008, however, renewed promotion to the Premier League. Since 2010 the club has been playing in the second-rate One League division again .

The "Western Show Boys" have been using Gyandu Park as their home stadium since 2017 , before they played their home games at Essipong Stadium . Eleven Wise was the first Ghanaian club to equip its players with professional contracts . The club's best-known former players include Edward Acquah, John Eshun , Kofi Abbrey , Rahim Ayew , Emmanuel Clottey , Kweku Essien and Ebenezer Assifuah . The coaches included Hans-Dieter Schmidt and Charles Akonnor .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ José Batalha: Ghana (Second Level) 2005/06. In: rsssf.com (April 23, 2006).
  2. ↑ a b Sekondi Eleven Wise football club honors the Nyaaku family. In: ghanaweb.com (April 16, 2019).
  3. ↑ Ken Bediako : The complete history of the Ghana Football League 1958-2012. ISBN (formally incorrect) 9988-1-7251-0, p. 5.
  4. ↑ Ken Bediako : The complete history of the Ghana Football League 1958-2012. ISBN (formally incorrect) 9988-1-7251-0, pp. 16-17.
  5. ^ Catch all the thrills: Ghana FA Cup rundown from 1958 to 2015. In: modernghana.com (August 27, 2015).
  6. ↑ Pascal Amoah: Exclusive: Eleven Wise to play home matches at Gyandu Park. In: finalwhistleghana.com (May 27, 2017).