Asante Kotoko Sporting Club sets up partnership with SouthHampton FC
English Premier League outfit Southampton FC have announced a partnership agreement with Ghanaian giants Asante Kotoko.
The partnership means that Asante Kotoko SC becomes the Saints’ first professional club partnership in Africa, adding to a range of partners across North America, the Middle East, Australia and Japan while Southampton becomes the second Premier League club to partner with Kotoko after Sunderland in 2011.
The partnership with the South Coast club has been one of the key projects the CEO of Asante Kotoko, Nana Yaw Amponsah, talked about during his inauguration and believes Kotoko will have everything Southampton has but to a level that reflects their different budgets
“This partnership enables us to plug Asante Kotoko into Southampton in such a way that Kotoko functions like Southampton. Kotoko would have everything Southampton has but to a level that reflects our different budgets. I believe that with the expertise and resources available at Southampton, we can tap into this and develop our setup to look and feel professional like Saints.”
Asante Kotoko’s CEO Nana Yaw Amponsah commented about the partnership
The Porcupine Warriors are set to benefit a lot from this partnership as the United Kingdom based club has promised to offer huge support for the development of Asante Kotoko’s strategy both on and off the pitch whilst the Saints will also rely heavily on Kotoko to expand and spread their name on the African continent.
Southampton will share their industry-leading coaching expertise to help Asante Kotoko realise their ambition of building a sustainable Academy and pathway to the first team, with year-round remote support supplemented by regular visits to Ghana throughout the partnership from the club’s International Football Partnership team.
“During these challenging times we’re delighted to have agreed a long-term partnership to work with Asante Kotoko. Nana Yaw has a clear vision for Asante Kotoko to be a self-sustainable football club both on and off the pitch. We look forward to working with him and his team to support their development.”
Mark Abrahams, Director of Business and Community Development Southampton FC commented
The partnership will include Academy staff exchange visits between the UK and Ghana, as well as opportunities for Asante Kotoko’s young players to attend annual UK Player Development camps and experience the Southampton Academy methodology first-hand, when travel corridors open up and it is safe to travel.
Southampton will also support the development of Asante Kotoko’s commercial and operational strategy through collaborating on key projects.
MORE FACTS ABOUT ASANTE KOTOKO AND SOUTHAMPTON FC
Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, commonly known as Asante Kotoko, is a professional football club from Kumasi, Ashanti Region in Ghana West Africa,their home grounds is based at Baba Yara Stadium in Amakom, Kumasi.
Nicknamed the Porcupine Warriors, Asante Kotoko SC compete in the Ghanaian Premier League.They have been champions of the Ghana Premier League a record 23 times, have won the CAF Champions League twice and were adjudged the African club of the century by International Football Federation of History and Statistics .
Southampton Football Club is an English professional football club based in Southampton, Hampshire, which plays in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.
One of the founding members of the Premier League, they have spent the majority of their history in the top flight since their first promotion to it in 1966; their longest continuous period was for 27 seasons between 1978 and 2005.
The club has been nicknamed “The Saints” since its inception in 1885 due to its history as a church football team, founded as St. Mary’s Church of England Young Men’s Association, and play in red and white shirts.
Their home ground since 2001 has been St Mary’s Stadium, prior to which they were based at The Dell.
The Saints have established lots of partnerships worldwide with clubs from North America, Middle East, Japan, Australia etc with Kotoko appearing to be their first partner in Africa.
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