Berry Ladies Football Club Explained

Clubname:Berry Ladies Football Club
Fullname:Berry Ladies Football Club
Ground:Madina Astroturf
Coordinates:5.677230133971621, -0.1831426
Capacity:5000
Chairman:Gifty Oware-Mensah
Manager:Paul Freeman Amponsah
League:Ghana Women’s Premier League
Season:2022/2023
Position:Ghana Women's Premier League 4 of 16
Website:https://berryladiesfcgh.com/
Current:2023/2024
Owner:Gifty Oware-Mensah
Mgrtitle:Head Coach

Berry Ladies Football Club is a Ghanaian professional women's football club based in Accra in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.[1] The club features in the Southern Zone of the Ghana Women’s Premier League.[2] [3] The club was previously known as Halifax Ladies Football Club or as Halifax Soccer Academy Ladies until 2020.[4]

History

Berry Ladies (then Halifax Ladies Football Club or Halifax Soccer Academy Ladies) was based in Nungua in Greater Accra Region. In 2020, the club was taken over by a new management board led by Gifty Oware-Aboagye. The name of the club was then changed to Berry Ladies. The club was relocated from Nungua to Madina still within the Greater Accra Region.[5]

2019-2022

They won the Greater Accra Regional Football Association (GARFA) Women's Division One League Zone A to qualify for the Regional Women's Zonal playoff and champions of champions (championship final for the GARFA Women's League). They won the championship final and won the Regional Women's Zonal playoff for the Southern Zone to qualify for the Ghana Women's Premier League for the first time in the club's history.

2020 - Till Date

Before the start of their first top-flight season, the club appointed Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo,[6] a Ghanaian football coach and former player who played as a defender for the Ghana women's national football team. In their debut season (2020–21 season) in the GWPL, they placed second in the Southern Zone behind Hasaacas Ladies. Their second-place finish earned them qualification into the Ghana Women's Super Cup. In the 2022/2023 season, they finished fourth in the Southern-Zone of the Ghana Women's Premier League under their new interim coach, Coach Paul Freeman Amponsah. Coach Paul Freeman Amponsah was then appointed as the new Head Coach of the Club ahead of the 2023 Ghana Women’s Super Cup League. Berry Ladies FC finished 3rd place in the 2023 Ghana Women’s Super Cup for the first time in the history of the club.[7] [8]

Grounds

The club plays their home matches at the Madina AstroTurf.

Players

2023/2024 Season Roster

!Shirt Number[9] [10] !Player Name!Position!Appearances!Goals!Nationality
1Grace Krofi AmoahGoalkeeper60Ghana
16Gifty Amewoyi00Ghana
Abigail Tawiah MensahTransferredGhana
Portia AsantewaaTransferredGhana
Doris Addio0Ghana
2Hannah BuabengDefender10Ghana
3Dorcas Quansah00Ghana
4Cynthia Boakye-Yiadom20Ghana
21Comfort Yeboah62Ghana
23Victoria Amenyo20Ghana
24Regina Donkor60Ghana
25Deborah Annoh61Ghana
Rahama Jafaru00Ghana
Ama Marina BoaduwaaTransferredGhana
Princess Boakye Ansah00Ghana
Linda OforiwaaTransferredGhana
5Doreen GrahamMidfielder61Ghana
6Comfort Cobinnah60Ghana
12Fakiha Alhassan52Ghana
13Sarah Buckman00Ghana
14Ernestina Amoateng51Ghana
17Janet Korkor Osei62Ghana
27Afriyie Agyeiwaa Akosua00Ghana
Nina NorshieTransferredGhana
Selina AnimaTransferredGhana
Rashida IbrahimTransferredGhana
Vivian Asare00Ghana
Precious Ohenewaa00Ghana
7Jacqueline Amponsah AmpomaaForward20Ghana
8Elizabeth Adjoa Linking Boateng42Ghana
9Victoria Salifu50Ghana
10Christabel Boateng30Ghana
11Felicity Antwi-Agyei30Ghana
18Portia Sekyiwaa50Ghana
29Dorcas Ntiriwa10Ghana
Benedicta Swatson
Elizabeth Ayeabea40Ghana
Mabel Amoyaw00Ghana
Priscilla Sintim Agyemang00Ghana
Thelma Baffour AttuahTransferredGhana
Aisha Osman00Ghana
Emmanuela Adu GyamfiTransferredGhana
Ginika Ikeh00Nigeria
Diana WeigeTransferredGhana
Daniela Abass00Ghana
Lilian Serinye00Ghana
Bebe Kpozo00Ghana
Ernestina Tetteh00Ghana
Priscilla Lartey00Ghana
Eugenia Korkor00Ghana

Titles

Here are trophies won by Berry Ladies

Titles Won By Berry Ladies FC!Season!Competition!Position
2022/2023Ghana Women's Super Cup3rd Place[11] [12]
2019/2020Greater Accra Regional Football Association Women's Division One LeagueWinner
2019/2020Division One Regional Women's Zonal LeagueWinner

Management

Club Owner & CEO - Gifty Oware-Aboagye

General Manager - Victor Elias Seshie

Sporting Director - Kwasi Osei Danso Ofori-Atta[13]

Director - Paa Kwesi Todd[14]

Coaches - Reginald Asante, Paul Freeman Amponsah[15]

Head, Digital Marketing - Samuel Kwame Boadu[16]

Welfare Manager – Aicha Amoako Boukari Denteh

Kits & Equipment Manager – Gideon Sosu

Affiliation

Berry Ladies announced ahead of the 2023/2024 season its partnership with Berekum Chelsea Football Club to become their women's team for the sports outfit[17]

References

  1. Web site: Halifax Ladies FC - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics - Global Sports Archive. 2021-08-10. globalsportsarchive.com.
  2. Web site: 26 January 2020. Ghana Women's Premier League Matchday 2 preview. live. 9 September 2021. www.ghanafa.org. Ghana Football Association. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20200123183322/https://www.ghanafa.org/ghana-womens-premier-league-matchday-2-preview . 2020-01-23 .
  3. Web site: 2020-08-17. New Halifax Ladies board hold maiden meeting. 2021-08-10. GhanaWeb. en.
  4. Web site: Alhassan. Elizabeth. 29 December 2020. Halifax Ladies Now Known As Berry Ladies. live. 16 September 2021. Modern Ghana. https://web.archive.org/web/20201229115030/https://www.modernghana.com/sports/1052369/halifax-ladies-now-known-as-berry-ladies.html . 2020-12-29 .
  5. Web site: Osman. Abdul Wadudu. 2020-11-03. Halifax Ladies NOW Berry Ladies. 2021-08-10. Football Made In Ghana. en-US.
  6. Web site: 2021-04-11 . Mercy Tagoe honored as Berry Ladies thump Immigration Ladies 4-1 in Women's League . 2023-12-04 . GhanaWeb . en.
  7. Web site: Association . Ghana Football . 2022/23 Malta Guinness Women's Premier League final League table . 2023-12-04 . www.ghanafa.org . en.
  8. Web site: Association . Ghana Football . Berry Ladies smash Supreme Ladies in Women's Super Cup . 2023-12-07 . www.ghanafa.org . en.
  9. Web site: Berry Ladies FC - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics - Global Sports Archive . 2023-12-04 . globalsportsarchive.com.
  10. Web site: 2023-02-01 . Club Players - Berry Ladies Football Club Women's Football Club in Ghana Official Site . 2023-12-07 . en-US.
  11. Web site: FA . Ghana . 2023-12-07 . Kyebi to host Women's Premier Super Cup . GhanaFA.
  12. Web site: Association . Ghana Football . Women's Premier Super Cup: Berry Ladies clinch third place with Faith Ladies victory . 2023-12-07 . www.ghanafa.org . en.
  13. Web site: 2020-05-04 . Berry Ladies FC Confirms Kwasi Osei-Danso Ofori-Attah as sporting director - Berry Ladies Football Club Women's Football Club in Ghana Official Site . 2023-12-07 . en-US.
  14. Web site: 2023-02-02 . Club Team - Berry Ladies Football Club Women's Football Club in Ghana Official Site . 2023-12-04 . en-US.
  15. Web site: 2023-07-04 . Coach Paul Freeman Amponsah Officially Announced as New Berry Ladies FC Manager - Berry Ladies Football Club Women's Football Club in Ghana Official Site . 2023-12-07 . en-US.
  16. Web site: 1970-01-01 . Meet Berry Ladies FC 's Digital Marketer, Samuel Kwame Boadu . 2023-12-04 . GhanaWeb . en.
  17. Web site: 2023-08-29 . Berekum Chelsea FC Affiliates with Berry Ladies Football Club as their Men's Team - Gloria Kafui Kuzo Sports Journalist Activist . 2023-12-04 . en-US.

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