Futsal will give life and hope to many people in this country - GFA President Kurt Okraku

President of the Ghana Football Association Kurt Simeon-Okraku is absolutely certain that the domestic football governing body, under his tenure, will invest massively in Futsal football in the country despite the challenges that we encounter as a football nation. 

Okraku was speaking at the official lunch of the maiden edition of Ghana's Futsal Premier League at the GFA Secretariat in Accra today (Tuesday).


The league which is set to kickstart on April 22, will take place in Bawaleshie and Lashibi - will start off with sixteen teams who have been registered duly to compete in the League. They include Real Heart FC, Blessed Stars FC, Future Stars FC, King Solomon FC, AMG FC, Dokota FC, GADU FC, Y2K FC, DANAC FC, and Stitch in Time. Others are Auxano FC, Cancheros FC, Adenta Youth FC, San Ciro FC, Blessed Kickers FC and Blooming Smiles FC.

‘’I know we have some challenges because it’s a new sport for us but because we believe in team work, and because we are working as a team, we believe that we will go through the challenges one by one as we journey along in our attempt to build an industry for lovers of futsal football," Okraku said.


‘’We may not have the best of pitches, we may not have the best of halls but the journey starts today and slowly and gradually we will invest in the sport and the sport will give life and hope to many people in this country.

‘’As a start, each of the 16 Futsal clubs will receive GHc10,000 and I can say confidently that already 50% of the amount has been paid to each of the 16 clubs.


‘’The 16 clubs will be divided into two zones of 8 each and the winners of the two zones will compete in the grand final and the winner would be crowned as champions of the first ever Futsal League’’ he added.

By: Pascal Nii Gogoe Amoah