The President's Cup is an annual one-off game, featuring two selected clubs at the end of the season. The cup is called the GHALCA President's Cup because it is organized by Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) and played in honour of the sitting President of Ghana. The game was also known as the Republic Day Celebrations Cup and is usually played in July of each year to mark Ghana's Republic Day celebrations which falls on the 1 July.
The current holders are Asante Kotoko S.C., who defeated rivals Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. 1–2 in the 2025 match. Asante Kotoko holds the record for most wins with nine titles.
History Between 1969 and 1984, the cup was being played to honour the sitting president but was branded based on the sitting president at the time. The 1969 edition was known as the Busia Cup in honour of the then Prime Minister Abrefa Busia whilst the 1973 edition was known as the Acheampong Cup in honour of then head of state Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.
In 2003, after long layoff to the competition from 1985 to 2002, the competition was rebranded as the President's Cup and was instituted through the Ghana League Clubs Association and the National Sports Authority to serve a competition to honour the sitting president on every Republic Day Celebration. The first edition was played between Hearts of Oak and rivals Great Olympics, which Hearts won by 2–0.
In the 2024 edition, the organizers of the cup invited ASEC Mimosas to play against Asante Kotoko S.C.. The Ghanaian giants Asante Kotoko S.C. lost by 2—1 to the Cote D'Ivoire giant ASEC Mimosas.
The 2025 edition saw the giants in Ghana Football Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. and Asante Kotoko S.C. played against each other and victory went to the Kumasi based club, Asante Kotoko S.C.. They defeated their rivals by 2:1 to lift their ninth title.
List of finals Source: YearWinnersScoreRunners up1969Ebusua Dwarfs1–0Asante Kotoko1973Asante Kotoko1–0Hearts of Oak1984Asante Kotoko1–1 (agg.) (a)Hearts of Oak2003Hearts of Oak2–0Great Olympics2004Asante Kotoko1–0Liberty Professionals2005Asante Kotoko1–0Hearts of Oak2008Asante Kotoko2–2 (4–3 p)Heart of Lions2009Hearts of Oak1–1 (5–4 p)Eleven Wise2011Berekum Chelsea2–2 (8–7 p)Asante Kotoko2012Berekum Chelsea2–1Asante Kotoko2013Hearts of Oak2–0Medeama2015Hearts of Oak0–0 (5–4 p)Asante Kotoko2016Asante Kotoko0–0 (3–2 p)Hearts of Oak2017Asante Kotoko0–0 (4–1p) Hearts of Oak2019Asante Kotoko2–1Hearts of Oak2020–2021Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic2022Hearts of Oak2–1Asante Kotoko2023Hearts of Oak1–0Asante Kotoko2024Asante Kotoko S.C.1— 2ASEC Mimosas2025Asante Kotoko S.C.2—1Accra Hearts of Oak S.C.2026Accra Hearts of Oak S.C.TBPAsante Kotoko S.C.
Performance by club +ClubWinnersWinning yearsAsante Kotoko91973, 1984, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2019,2025Hearts of Oak62003, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2022, 2023Berekum Chelsea22011, 2012
See also
Football in Ghana Ghana Premier League Ghana FA Cup
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