West African Football Academy

West African Football Academy S.C.
Full nameWest African Football Academy Sporting Club
Nickname(s)WAFA
Founded2014
GroundWAFA Stadium
South Tongu District, Volta Region, Ghana
Capacity1,000
Coordinates6°2′07″N 0°33′02″E / 6.03528°N 0.55056°E / 6.03528; 0.55056
ChairmanNetherlands Karel Brokken
ManagerGhana Prosper Nartey Ogum
CoachGuillermo Hamdan Zaragoza
LeagueGhana Premier League
2021–2216th
WebsiteClub website
Current season

West African Football Academy Sporting Club or WAFA for short, is a Ghanaian professional football club based near Sogakope in the Volta Region. They are competing in the Ghana Premier League. The 2016–17 season was a successful one for WAFA as the side finished second in the Premier League,[1] beating Hearts of Oak 5–0 along the way.[2]

The club was founded in August 2014, as the Feyenoord Academy in Goma Fetteh, founded by Feyenoord from Rotterdam, and Red Bull Academy near Sogakope were merged.

  1. ^ "Ghana Premier League Standings". FIFA. Archived from the original on December 28, 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. ^ "WAFA massacre Hearts". 5 June 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2018.