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Ghana Premier League starts on November 13

Ghana Premier League starts on November 13

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced that the 2020/2021 Ghana Premier League (GPL) season will commence on Friday, November 13, 2020.

The announcement follows last Sunday's decision by the government to lift the ban on contact sports (including football) which was imposed after the country recorded its first two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in March.

The GFA statement said the GPL is expected to start on Friday, November 13, 2020, while the Division One League kicks off on December 3, 2020.

Meanwhile, the Women’s Premier League is set to kick off on January 2, 2021.

"It’s been well over six months since football in Ghana was halted due to Covid-19 and with the game set to resume, many are anticipating for a great comeback, looking at how the annulled season was exciting," the GFA statement said.

"Clubs will need to fulfil all Club Licensing Regulation requirements. The Club Licensing Board has the responsibility of vetting the license application of the clubs to ensure compliance with legal, administrative, finance, technical, medical and security requirement of the GFA Club Licensing Regulation before issuing licenses to clubs. This should be submitted on or before October 5, 2020.

"On October 6, 2020, the Club Licensing Board is expected to begin inspection of venues and secretariat of clubs in the Premier, Division One and the Women’s Premier League. This will help affirm the decision to approve various centers submitted by the Clubs if they meet the criteria.

"The various Clubs are to register their players at all levels for the new season to begin and it is expected to end on October 1, 2020. The Premier League, Division One and the Women’s league clubs have up to midnight (23:59 GMT) of November 5, 2020 to submit the final list of their players and officials for the new season".

The statement added that the dates for the start of Regional Football Association competitions, Beach soccer and Futsal would be announced in due course.

"The Association will also issue COVID-19 protocols and Regulations in addition to the Guidelines from FIFA and CAF which were earlier sent to members".

It will be recalled that the GFA annulled the 2019/2020 league season after the country placed the ban on contact sports some six months ago.

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