Gambia Ports Authority F.C.

The Gambia Ports Authority was established in 1973 and the core of their players were snatched from Real de Banjul. It became one of the best clubs in the country with players like Goalkeeper Saho, Alhaji Sarr, Kabba Ceesay, to name a few. The GPA won their first cup title in 1975 and a year later appeared in the first edition of the African Cup Winners' Cup in 1976 and challenged RS Kadiogo of Upper Volta, a nation now named Burkina Faso. In 1983, they made their first continental championship appearance in 1983 and lost to Dakar's ASC Diaraf from the surrounding neighbour Senegal in the away match 0–4, they won the home match 0–2 but half the total of Diaraf's, they were out of the continental championship competition. In the 1985 African Cup of Champions Clubs, the club advanced as a walkover as USFA Ouagadougou of Burkina Faso withdrew. After advancing into the first round, the club lost the match to Morocco's FAR Rabat 8–0 and made their worst defeat at the continentals, afterwards, the GPA withdrew from further competition. In 1988/89, the club ceased to exist and in its place came Waterside FC which was the club feeder team. In 1996, Falcons FC, which won the Banjul Nawetaan, was transformed to GPA FC. The team gained promotion from the 3rd division while coached by Ebou Faye, who also doubled up as player. He scored a brace of goals that secured the club's promotion to the 2nd division. He coached the team until it was on the threshold of gaining promotion but…

Performance in CAF competitions

1USFA Ouadagoudou withdrew 2The Ports Authority withdrew before playing the second leg 3The Ports Authority were disqualified in the first round

National level

Gambian Championnat National D1: 6 1984, 1986, 1999, 2006, 2010, 2016. Gambian Cup: 3 1975, 1980, 2007. Gambian Super Cup: 3 2006, 2007, 2016.