Asante Kotoko F.C.

Early years

The foundation of Kumasi Asante Kotoko Sporting Club was laid by 13 young Ashanti men led by a young driver, Mr. Kwasi Kumah, ably supported by L.Y. Asamoah, an electrician. Mr. Kwasi Kumah, a native of Nyankyerenease near Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, was a chauffeur to an English man and military officer, Colonel Ross. Kwasi Kumah nurtured the idea of forming a football team when he watched an exciting football match. When Colonel Ross returned home for good, Kumah bought a set of jerseys to start his football team. With cooperation from his good friend, L.Y. Asamoah, he formed the Ashanti United Football Club in 1926. Five years later, the team was renamed Kumasi Titanics. The team was really handicapped because most of the players worked in government organizations like the Prisons and Railways, and had been transferred from Kumasi. "Kumasi Titanics" did not find enough luck in their new name, and in 1934, they adopted a more powerful name, Mighty Atoms. Still, the club did not see much progress, and in 1935, Mr. J.S.K. Frimpong, popularly called Teacher Frimpong, then a teacher at the Kumasi Government School who had all the time shown interest in the club, organized some men from his school and proposed a change of name from "Kumasi Titanics" to Kumasi Asante Kotoko Football Club. Permission had to be obtained from the Asantehene (King of the Kingdom of Ashanti) because the name "Kotoko", meaning "Porcupine" is the official symbol of the Ashanti…

Domestic

Ghana Premier League: 24 1959, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1967-68, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2003, 2005, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2021–22 (record) GFA Normalization Committee Special Competition: 1 2019 FA Cup: 10 1958, 1960, 1976,1978, 1984, 1997–98, 2001, 2014, 2017, 2024-25 Ghana Super Cup (Champion of Champions) : 5 1977, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2025 (record)

Other GFA National Titles

SWAG Cup: 15 1981, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998 (shared), 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2015 (record) Ghana Telecom Gala: 3 1999–2000, 2001, 2005 (record) Ghana Top Four Cup: 3 2003, 2007 (record) President's Cup: 9 1973, 1984, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2025 (record) GHALCA Special Cup: 3 Ghana Top Eight Cup: 3 Ghana Top Six Cup: 2 Independence Cup: 3 June 4 Cup: 1 31 December Revolution Cup: 2 Democracy Cup: 2 2024, 2026

Continental

African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League: 2 Champions: 1970, 1983 Contributor: Bright Yeboah Taylor (Ghanaian Sports Historian)(KUMASI) Toyota Cup • 2025 Winners