Ghana FA dismisses Elmina Sharks protest against Legon Cities

Published on: 17 July 2021

Elmina Sharks' protest filed against Legon Cities has been dismissed by the Ghana Football Association Disciplinary Committee. 

The ruling was communicated on Saturday, a day before the final matches of the Ghana Premier League season.

Sharks filed a protest against Legon Cities for allegedly fielding an unqualified player Mohammed Issaka despite winning 2-0 at the Nduom Sports Complex.

Issaka, who joined the Royals from the Elmina-based side is reported to have accumulated three yellow cards prior to the meeting of the two sides.

The centre-back picked his first caution while playing for Sharks in the first half of the season against Ashantigold.

Sharks are alleging that the defender was also booked against Karela United on match day-7.

He crossed carpet to the capital to join the Royals at the start of the second round of the season where he picked his third accumulated card against West African Football Academy (WAFA).

However, he featured against Aduana Stars and subsequent matches, forcing Sharks to blow the lid in a bid to avoid the drop.

But in their ruling after Legon Cities filed their defence, DC stated that "Per the Committee’s investigations and the miscommunication from the GFA’s Competition’s Department, it is clear that Legon Cities FC couldn’t have known that the Player had accumulated cautions prior to joining the club because of the pitfall of the System at the time in accumulating cautions of a floating player to his/her previous cautions and cannot be punished. The system failed to lock the player as it usually does."

Had Sharks won the protest, they would have moved from relegation zone as Legon Cities, docked three points would replace them.

Elmina Sharks and Legon Cities must win against Asante Kotoko and Eleven Wonders respectively in their last games of the season to stand a chance of surviving.

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