New Edubiase top FA Cup awards nominations

It’s official. FA Cup champions

New Edubiase have topped the list of nominees for the 2011/12 MTN FA Cup

awards, Sportsinghana.com can report.

Edubiase followed up a

brilliant Glo Ghana Premier League season to clinch the knock out competition

even without captain Mumuni Abubakar and Emmanuel Baffour whose league topping

goals helped them to a record 5th place finish in the league.

Now Moro Ibrahim and Edubiase

teammate Samuel Abeiku Ainooson along with Ashantigold’s Didier Kore are

competing for the Most Valuable Player award of the 2011/12 MTN FA Cup season,

the FA Cup Committee have announced.

Abeiku Ainooson again is up

for the Best Defender award against Henry Enchil and his Ashgold teammate Lawrence

Lartey who was nominated for this same award after winning the FA Cup with

Nania FC.

Goalkeeper of the tournament is

a straight fight between Idrissa Salia of

Edubiase and Ashantigold’s Fatau Dauda who is currently with the

national team in Monrovia preparing for a friendly international against

Liberia on Tuesday.

New Edubiase and Tema Youth

are joint top scoring clubs whilst Daniel Awuni of Nungua based Division One

League side Danbort FC topped the scorers’ charts and is sole candidate for the

goalking award.

Goal of the tournament is contested

between Ishmael Obodai of King Solomon for his strike against Zaytuna, Uriah

Asante for Hearts of Oak against Dunkwa United, Godbless Asante for Wassaman

against Tema Youth, Moro Ibrahim for New Edubiase versus Danbort FC and Prince

Atakora Gyimah for Hearts of Oak against Ashgold.

Coach of the tournament is a

battle between helmsmen of the four semi finalists, Yaw Acheampong (Ashgold),

Anthony Commey (New Edubiase), Hans van der Pluijm (Berekum Chelsea) and Abu

Yusif of Wassaman United.

Up for discovery of the tournament

are Mintah of Wassaman, Edubiase duo Bernard and Ebenezer Ofori, Victor Ayire

of Amidaus FC as well as Hearts of Oak starlet Ashitey Ollenu.

Joseph Lamptey, Samuel Suker

and Charles Nii Tagoe are nominated for the best referee award whilst the best

assistant referee award has as nominees, AS Malik, Ben Vormawor and Kennedy

Bentil.

A new award category is the

MC of the tournament which has Gbawuakye and Francis Brobbey as nominees and there

will also be special awards.