Dreams FC

Dreams Football Club was founded in 2009 in Kweiman by the current president of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt Okraku, and changed base locations twice; Madina and currently at Dawu. On 6 January 2017, former Bechem United coach Manuel Zacharias was appointed technical director of the club. Abdul-Karim Zito served as the club's manager for 4 seasons – two each across two stints from 2018 to 2020 and from 2023 to 2025. He currently coaches rival league club Asante Kotoko and previously the Ghana U-20 team, the latter with which he won the 2021 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations. Having been below the Ghanaian top-flight since formation, including two seasons in the Division One League, Dreams FC were promoted to the Ghana Premier League for the first time in their history for the 2016 season. However, the Ghana Football Association demoted the club back to Division One in late 2016 after its the Disciplinary Committee found an anomaly with the registration of a player. On 18 June 2023, they beat King Faisal and won the MTN FA Cup to gain entry into the CAF Confederation Cup for the first time in their history.

Debut continental campaign

Having gained entry to the CAF Confederation Cup with their FA Cup win, executives within the club expressed worries and personal frustrations about financial constraints heading into and throughout their inaugural African campaign. Nevertheless, Dreams F.C. were drawn against Guinean club Milo FC in the first preliminary round and…