The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced a detailed calendar for the 2019/20 season ahead of the release of fixtures for the respective domestic competitions later this week.
The entire season will see five competitions – the Ghana Premier League (GPL), Division One League (DOL), Women’s Premier League (WPL), FA Cup (FAC) and Women’s FA Cup (WFAC) – played over a period of seven months (ie. 213 days/30 weeks and 3 days).
The 2019/20 football season begins with the Ghana Premier League on Friday, December 27, 2019 and is scheduled to end with the FA Cup final on Sunday, July 26, 2020.
Weekend fixtures are spread to be honoured from Fridays to Mondays while midweek games will be played between Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Here is a summary of the calendar for each competition:
- GPL
Start Date – December 27-30, 2019
First Round ends – March 27-30, 2020
Second Round Begins – April 17-20, 2020
Season Ends – July 19, 2020
- DOL
Start Date – January 10-13, 2020
First Round ends – March 27-30, 2020
Second Round Begins – April 17-20, 2020
Season Ends – July 10-13, 2020
- WPL
Start Date – January 17-20, 2020
First Round ends – March 13-16, 2020
Second Round Begins – April 10-13, 2020
Season Ends – June 19-22
- FAC
Prelims – January 24-27, 2020
Round of 64 – February 21-24, 2020
Round of 32 – March 24-26, 2020
Round of 16 – April 10-13, 2020
Quarterfinals – May 29-31, 2020
Semifinals – June 27-28, 2020
Final – July 26, 2020
- WFAC
Prelims – March 6-9, 2020
Round of 32 – March 20-23, 2020
Round of 16 – April 17-20, 2020
Quarterfinals – May 8-11, 2020
Semifinals – June 12-15, 2020
Final – July 3-6, 2020
