Hearts of Oak: Football Fixtures, Squad and History

Hearts of Oak are Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club, the football club from Ghana's capital founded on 11 November 1911 and the oldest surviving club in the country. They won the Ghana Premier League in 2020-21 and the Ghanaian FA Cup in 2021 and 2022. Their continental honours include the CAF Champions League in 2000 and the CAF Confederation Cup in 2004. For South African readers who use the word soccer, Hearts of Oak refers to the same football club; the club is rooted in Accra, where it was founded in 1911.

Hearts supporters can track scheduled games, completed scores, league standings and player listings through the automatically refreshed modules above. Accra's football heritage gives those numbers their context: Phobia's identity, domestic trophies, continental triumphs, local rivalries and remembrance of the 2001 stadium disaster connect supporters across Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda. For a quick introduction to that heritage, start with the six milestones collected in the Hearts timeline.

Who Are Accra Hearts of Oak, the Phobians?

The club's formal name is Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club. Founded in Accra on 11 November 1911, Hearts wear red, yellow and blue and have the nickname Phobia. Searches for Accra Hearts of Oak FC, Accra Hearts of Oak SC and Accra Hearts of Oak football club all refer to this Ghanaian club.

Where Is the Latest Hearts of Oak News?

The latest Hearts of Oak news runs in the dated feed at the top of the club hub. Each story carries its date and the news organisation that reported it, so you can see at a glance how fresh it is.

Read the publication date alongside any date mentioned in the report. A story recalling the 2000 continental triumph serves a different purpose from a squad announcement. For supporters following Ghanaian football from elsewhere in Africa, that distinction helps separate historical context from information to check against the fixture and squad modules.

How Do You Follow Hearts of Oak Fixtures, Results and the Table From Africa?

Open Hearts Of Oak fixtures to check the competition, venue and kick off time attached to each listed match. Select a fixture to open its available head to head record. Completed matches appear in the results module, while the Ghana Premier League table (the log, to South African readers) provides the league standings. Check the competition filter and cut off date before comparing totals for wins and draws.

Read the played column alongside points when comparing Hearts with another Ghanaian side: unequal numbers of completed fixtures can make a points gap harder to interpret. Separate home and away results where those filters are available, and keep league results apart from cup ties when assessing what the numbers describe.

How Is the Hearts of Oak Squad Set Out?

The squad module groups goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and forwards, with shirt numbers and nationalities alongside the names. Player entries change with squad updates. Use the nationality column to identify Ghanaian players and players from elsewhere in Africa.

Treat those position groups as a starting point for reading a team selection. A squad listing identifies the available personnel; the match lineup, where supplied, shows who starts and who is named among the substitutes. Nationality provides an African connection to explore, while selection and role need the context of the individual fixture.

What Have Hearts of Oak Won?

Hearts of Oak had won 21 Ghana Premier League titles by 2021, including the 2020-21 title, with their first national league championship listed in 1956. Their Ghanaian FA Cup honours include victories in 2021 and 2022; the records module carries the updated total. Before independence they had already collected eight Gold Coast titles between 1920 and 1953-54, six of them Guggisberg Shield wins in the Accra Football League. In my opinion, the domestic record is best read as a club that has kept winning across eras rather than in one golden spell, and the FA Cup record in particular is the honour that sets them apart in Ghana.

The continental honours include the CAF Champions League title in 2000 and the CAF Confederation Cup in 2004. Hearts were runners up in the African Cup of Champions Clubs, today's CAF Champions League, in 1977 and again in 1979, before winning it in 2000 with Joseph Ansah as captain. It was their first continental title, and in the same year they also won the league and the FA Cup. They added the CAF Super Cup in 2001, finished as runners up in it in 2005, and won the CAF Confederation Cup in 2004.

From 1911 to the Accra Sports Stadium: The History in Brief

The story starts in colonial Accra, where Hearts of Oak were founded on 11 November 1911 and went on to win eight Gold Coast titles between 1920 and 1953-54. When Hearts joined Ghana's national league in 1956, they won the title in its first listed season, which tells you how established the club already was. Home is the Accra Sports Stadium, with an estimated capacity of 40,000.

The modern era is easiest to follow through the six dates in the timeline below. The 2000 treble and the 2004 Confederation Cup gave Hearts their standing across Africa. In 2001 the club won the CAF Super Cup, and the same year brought the stadium disaster that Accra still remembers. The 2020-21 league title, the 21st, came alongside the FA Cup in 2021, with another FA Cup following in 2022. It could be argued that the clearest sign of the club's staying power is that its trophies span more than a century, from the Gold Coast years to the Ghana Premier League.

Why Do the Kotoko Rivalry and the Accra Derby Matter So Much?

Asante Kotoko are Hearts of Oak's longest established rival. Their head to head record offers a way to explore the rivalry across different eras of Ghanaian football. Check which competitions a record includes and when its totals were updated before comparing the clubs.

Accra Great Olympics are Hearts of Oak's city rival. The Accra derby brings together two clubs from Ghana's capital, and its available head to head records let readers explore their meetings by competition.

Hearts also have a place in African club football history through their CAF Champions League triumph in 2000 and CAF Confederation Cup victory in 2004. Those dated honours provide a continental connection for readers following the club from Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda.

9 May 2001: Remembering the Accra Sports Stadium Disaster

Hearts of Oak's history includes remembrance of the 127 people who lost their lives at the Accra Sports Stadium on 9 May 2001, during a match against Asante Kotoko. Their memory deserves respect from supporters of both clubs and the wider football community.

Which Hearts of Oak Games Matter Most, and What Time Do They Kick Off?

Look for meetings with established rival Asante Kotoko and city rival Accra Great Olympics in the fixture list, alongside CAF fixtures, whose competition stage and format should be checked in the fixture details. Use the fixtures module to find league opponents and open the available head to head records.

For Hearts supporters following from elsewhere in Africa, Accra's GMT clock provides the starting point for converting fixture times. An Accra kick off of 15:00 GMT means Lagos supporters tune in at 16:00 WAT, Johannesburg supporters at 17:00 SAST, and those in Nairobi or Kampala at 18:00 EAT. Broadcast and streaming listings for each Hearts fixture sit in the country viewing module, covering Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda.

Before arranging a viewing, match the listing to your country and confirm the scheduled start in the fixture details. Keep the programme start separate from kick off when both are shown. This helps supporters across the five countries coordinate a shared viewing around the same match.