Soccer News of Monday, 16 February 2015

Source: Sammy Heywood Okine

Asante Kotoko face Crocodiles

as Hearts of Oak meet Sharks in MTN FA Cup Competition


Champions Asante Kotoko will face Paga Crocodiles in the Round of 64 in the MTN FA Cup competition after the live draw which was held at the Oak Plaza Hotel in Accra..

The interesting draw saw the sixteen premier league sides who joined the Cup competition after drawing a bye during the preliminary round matches, go through a draw which included 48 lower tier sides.

The 64 teams were divided into two zones, North and South, according to their geographical locations.

Whiles the reigning Champions will have to travel to Paga to begin their title defence, Berekum Chelsea will host New Edubiase in an all Premier ship tie.

In the Southern zone, Hearts of Oak will face Elmina Sharks while Eleven Wise play at home against Okwahu United amongst other interesting pairings.

Winners of the MTN FA Cup which is a knockout competition, will represent Ghana at the CAF Confederations Cup. Below are the full fixtures.

1 GUAN UNITED vs TANO BOFOAKWA

2 BEREKUM CHELSEA vs NEW EDUBIASE

3 STARKE vs PROF QUARM FC

4 BECHEM UNITED vs UTRECHT

5 77 STARS vs GLORY STARS

6 WA AFRICA UNITED vs KANTINKYEREN

7 UNITY FC vs FC TAMALE

8 GOLD STARS vs KING FAISAL

9 AHAFOMAN vs BA UNITED

10 ASH GOLD vs CORNERSTONE

11 PAGA CROCRODILE vs KOTOKO

12 JAPEKROM MPOSUAMAH FC vs RTU

13 ADUANA STARS vs WA ALL STARS

14 KINTAMPO MARCUS vs BOLGA MAN CITY

15 KENYASI FC vs DEPORTIVO

16 SARMATEX vs DUNKWA UNITED

17 MIGHTY JETS vs SEKONDI HASAACAS

18 INTER ALLIES vs KING SOLOMON

19 PROUD UNITED vs SPORTING MIRREN

20 EMMANUEL FC vs WAFA

21 SUSUBIRIBI vs HEART OF LIONS

22 AFIENYA CITY vs FIJAI REAL UNITED

23 AMIDAUS PROF vs HOT STEEL

24 CHARITY STARS vs LIBERTY PROFESSIONALS

25 ISTANBUL vs VIMABE FC

26 DUMAS vs PRESTIGE FC

27 ELEVEN WISE vs OKWAWU UNITED

28 GREAT OLYMPICS vs EBUSUA DWARFS

29 REAL ATHLETICO vs BIRIM DC UNITED

30 HEARTS OF OAK vs ELMINA SHARKS

31 GREAT ASTRONOMERS vs TEMA YOUTH

32 KADE UNITED vs MEDEAMA