Cornerstone F.C.

Cornerstone Football Club
Full nameKumasi Cornerstone Football Club
Nickname(s)Corners 'Obeye yie'
Founded1931[1]
GroundBaba Yara Sports Stadium, Kumasi
Capacity40,000
ChairmanGhana Nana Addo Boaman
ManagerGhana vacant
LeagueDivision Two League

Kumasi Cornerstone is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Kumasi, Ashanti.[2] They are currently competing in the Ghana Division Two League.[3]

Kumasi Cornerstone is the oldest existing club in Ashanti Kingdom. It was founded in 1931. The club went to relegation after 1994-95 Ghana Premier League season and has since not qualified to the Premier League again. Both Tony Yeboah and Mohammed Tijani won the Ghana Premier League top scorer awards when playing for Cornerstone F.C

The club has been given to Nana Addo Boaman, a chief of Atonsu Nahinso in Kumasi Metropolitan for 5 years (2023–2028)

Notable former players

Joe De Graft (GK)

Joe Aikins

Ben Acheampong Simmons

Stephen Frimpong Manso

Emmanuel Ampeah

Abdul Razak 'Golden Boy'

Sampson Appiah

Dominic Adiyya

Kofi Nti Boakye

Isaac Boakye

Ernest Appau

Tony Yeboah

Mohammed Tijani

Nicholas Opoku

etc.

source: Bright Yeboah Taylor (Ghanaian Football Historian)