The Ghana Football Association have approved Wa All Stars request to change the club’s name to ‘Legon Cities FC’ ahead of the 2019/2020 Premier League season.

The 2016 Ghana Premier League champions have opted to change its name following the takeover from new owners after the bankroller of the club, Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi was handed a lifetime ban by FIFA from all football-related activities last year.

Slovakian-born coach Goran Barjaktarevic has arrived in the country to take over Wa All Stars in the upcoming Ghana Premier League.

The Accra-based side are seeking to establish their title credentials by boosting their backroom staff with a highly experienced coach before the start of the season.

Wa All Stars have been without a head coach since John Paintsil was forcefully driven out of the club early this month.

With just seven days to the commencement of the 2019/20 Ghana Premier League, the one-time Ghana Premier League champions have appointed Goran Barjaktarevic as head coach.

The 50-year-old gaffer touched down at the Kotoko International Airport late Sunday and held a brief meeting with the hierarchy of the club at his hotel base.



He is expected to be in the dugout when Wa All Stars open their league campaign against Liberty Professionals at the Karl Reindorf Park on Saturday, December 28, 2019.

Brief facts about Goran Barjaktarevic

Barjaktarevic is a former Yugoslav soccer player and DFB soccer teacher with German citizenship.

He started his career as a football coach in Germany in 1998 as a DFB-B license trainer in the youth department of VfL Oldenburg.

In 2000 he received the DFB-A license. and took over the A-youth of VfB Oldenburg in the Regionalliga Nord , at that time the highest division of the A-juniors. He held this position until 2005. In the same year it received its DFB soccer teacher license from the German Sport University Cologne ( Hennes-Weisweiler-Akademie).

His last coaching job was in 2018, when he took over Thai top-tier side Chonburi FC.

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Inter Allies FC came from two goals down to defeat fellow premier league side Wa All Stars 3-2 at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday morning.

The team managed by former Black Stars defender John Painstil featured former National team players, goalkeeper Fatau Dauda and defender Awal Mohammed of Black Stars fame.

All Stars raced into the lead with two first-half goals, with the first coming from the spot and the second, moments later, benefiting from the early pressure.

However, the table was turned and Allies dominated the latter part of the half. Attacker Junior Kyeremanteng pulled a goal back to end the first half.

The second half proved to be more fruitful for the Capelli Boys. Nafiu Suleman and a header from defender Hashmin Musah secured the friendly win.

Allies have now bagged two wins from the last two friendly matches at the Accra Sports Stadium with head coach Paa Kwesi Fabin fine-tuning his team.

Asante Kotoko have secured the services of Richard Arthur as the centre-forward pens a three-year deal with the Porcupines on Monday.

The established goal-scorer put pen on paper with the Tier One champions, having passed a routine medical examination earlier on in the day.

The former Wa All Stars marksman has become the seventh signing of Asante Kotoko who are augmenting the team ahead of the 2019/20 Champions League campaign.

The one-time Ghana Premier League winner arrives in Kumasi after severing ties with former club, St. George FC of Ethiopia.



Richard Arthur was the top scorer for Wa All Stars with eight goals as the Northern Blues won the Ghana Premier League title in the 2016/17 season.

The player joined Asante Kotoko in 2017 but soon after left for G.D Interclube of Angola, where he bagged eight goals in thirteen matches in the top-flight league.

Following his scintillating form, Arthur’s service was secured by Ethiopian giants, St. George FC, in January 2019.

Known for his speed, strength, quality and predatory instinct, Richard Arthur is expected to enhance Asante Kotoko’s attacking prowess as the side seeks continental glory next season.