Berry Ladies Football Club

Berry Ladies Football Club
Full nameBerry Ladies Football Club
GroundMadina Astroturf
Capacity5000
Coordinates5.677230133971621, -0.1831426
OwnerGifty Oware-Mensah
ChairmanGifty Oware-Mensah
Head CoachPaul Freeman Amponsah
LeagueGhana Women’s Premier League
2022/2023Ghana Women's Premier League 4 of 16
Websitehttps://berryladiesfcgh.com/
Current season

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][4]

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.[4]

Players

2023/2024 Season Roster

Shirt Number[9][10] Player Name Position Appearances Goals Nationality
1 Grace Krofi Amoah Goalkeeper 6 0 Ghana
16 Gifty Amewoyi 0 0 Ghana
Abigail Tawiah Mensah Transferred Ghana
Portia Asantewaa Transferred Ghana
Doris Addi o 0 Ghana
2 Hannah Buabeng Defender 1 0 Ghana
3 Dorcas Quansah 0 0 Ghana
4 Cynthia Boakye-Yiadom 2 0 Ghana
21 Comfort Yeboah 6 2 Ghana
23 Victoria Amenyo 2 0 Ghana
24 Regina Donkor 6 0 Ghana
25 Deborah Annoh 6 1 Ghana
Rahama Jafaru 0 0 Ghana
Ama Marina Boaduwaa Transferred Ghana
Princess Boakye Ansah 0 0 Ghana
Linda Oforiwaa Transferred Ghana
5 Doreen Graham Midfielder 6 1 Ghana
6 Comfort Cobinnah 6 0 Ghana
12 Fakiha Alhassan 5 2 Ghana
13 Sarah Buckman 0 0 Ghana
14 Ernestina Amoateng 5 1 Ghana
17 Janet Korkor Osei 6 2 Ghana
27 Afriyie Agyeiwaa Akosua 0 0 Ghana
Nina Norshie Transferred Ghana
Selina Anima Transferred Ghana
Rashida Ibrahim Transferred Ghana
Vivian Asare 0 0 Ghana
Precious Ohenewaa 0 0 Ghana
7 Jacqueline Amponsah Ampomaa Forward 2 0 Ghana
8 Elizabeth Adjoa Linking Boateng 4 2 Ghana
9 Victoria Salifu 5 0 Ghana
10 Christabel Boateng 3 0 Ghana
11 Felicity Antwi-Agyei 3 0 Ghana
18 Portia Sekyiwaa 5 0 Ghana
29 Dorcas Ntiriwa 1 0 Ghana
Benedicta Swatson
Elizabeth Ayeabea 4 0 Ghana
Mabel Amoyaw 0 0 Ghana
Priscilla Sintim Agyemang 0 0 Ghana
Thelma Baffour Attuah Transferred Ghana
Aisha Osman 0 0 Ghana
Emmanuela Adu Gyamfi Transferred Ghana
Ginika Ikeh 0 0 Nigeria
Diana Weige Transferred Ghana
Daniela Abass 0 0 Ghana
Lilian Serinye 0 0 Ghana
Bebe Kpozo 0 0 Ghana
Ernestina Tetteh 0 0 Ghana
Priscilla Lartey 0 0 Ghana
Eugenia Korkor 0 0 Ghana

Titles

Here are trophies won by Berry Ladies

Titles Won By Berry Ladies FC
Season Competition Position
2022/2023 Ghana Women's Super Cup 3rd Place[11][12]
2019/2020 Greater Accra Regional Football Association Women's Division One League Winner
2019/2020 Division One Regional Women's Zonal League Winner

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[14][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. ^ "Halifax Ladies FC - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  2. ^ "Ghana Women's Premier League Matchday 2 preview". www.ghanafa.org. Ghana Football Association. 26 January 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-01-23. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  3. ^ "New Halifax Ladies board hold maiden meeting". GhanaWeb. 2020-08-17. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  4. ^ a b c Alhassan, Elizabeth (29 December 2020). "Halifax Ladies Now Known As Berry Ladies". Modern Ghana. Archived from the original on 2020-12-29. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  5. ^ Osman, Abdul Wadudu (2020-11-03). "Halifax Ladies NOW Berry Ladies". Football Made In Ghana. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  6. ^ "Mercy Tagoe honored as Berry Ladies thump Immigration Ladies 4-1 in Women's League". GhanaWeb. 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  7. ^ Association, Ghana Football. "2022/23 Malta Guinness Women's Premier League final League table". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  8. ^ Association, Ghana Football. "Berry Ladies smash Supreme Ladies in Women's Super Cup". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  9. ^ "Berry Ladies FC - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  10. ^ "Club Players - Berry Ladies Football Club | Women's Football Club in Ghana | Official Site". 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  11. ^ FA, Ghana (2023-12-07). "Kyebi to host Women's Premier Super Cup". GhanaFA.
  12. ^ Association, Ghana Football. "Women's Premier Super Cup: Berry Ladies clinch third place with Faith Ladies victory". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  13. ^ "Berry Ladies FC Confirms Kwasi Osei-Danso Ofori-Attah as sporting director - Berry Ladies Football Club | Women's Football Club in Ghana | Official Site". 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  14. ^ a b "Club Team - Berry Ladies Football Club | Women's Football Club in Ghana | Official Site". 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  15. ^ "Coach Paul Freeman Amponsah Officially Announced as New Berry Ladies FC Manager - Berry Ladies Football Club | Women's Football Club in Ghana | Official Site". 2023-07-04. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  16. ^ "Meet Berry Ladies FC 's Digital Marketer, Samuel Kwame Boadu". GhanaWeb. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  17. ^ "Berekum Chelsea FC Affiliates with Berry Ladies Football Club as their Men's Team - Gloria Kafui Kuzo | Sports Journalist | Activist". 2023-08-29. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
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