{"id":16818,"date":"2026-05-18T07:41:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=16818"},"modified":"2026-05-18T07:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:42:08","slug":"gpl-2025-26-medeama-sc-thrash-heart-of-lions-to-win-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=16818","title":{"rendered":"GPL 2025\/26: Medeama SC Thrash Heart of Lions to Win Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medeama SC have been crowned champions of the 2025\/26 Ghana Premier League after a dominant 5-2 victory over Heart of Lions at the Tarkwa and Aboso Stadium.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mjo-article-left_rectangle_mid\" data-google-query-id=\"CIPh_LaqwpQDFXaZUAYdsBkDaw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-left_rectangle_mid_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Mauve and Yellow secured their second league title in emphatic fashion, wrapping up the championship with a game to spare in front of their home supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Kelvin Obeng opened the scoring for the hosts before Heart of Lions restored parity in the 40th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Medeama responded almost immediately as Obeng grabbed his second goal of the afternoon two minutes later to hand the home side a 2-1 lead at halftime.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts took full control in the second half with Derrick Fordjour scoring twice, while Prince Owusu added a late fifth goal to complete the rout.<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article\" data-google-query-id=\"CJeT_7aqwpQDFXaZUAYdsBkDaw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-left_rectangle_mid1_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Etse Dogli scored from the penalty spot for Heart of Lions, but it proved only a consolation.<\/p>\n<p>Medeama\u2019s impressive home form played a huge role in their title triumph.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10033056870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HIiTCPeWwAAOy69-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>They ended the season with 12 home wins, just one defeat, 35 goals scored and only 11 conceded at the TnA Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Ibrahim Tanko has now guided Medeama to league glory in a memorable campaign that also secures the club a place in next season\u2019s CAF Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Medeama will round off their league season away to Hearts of Oak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medeama SC have been crowned champions of the 2025\/26 Ghana Premier League after a dominant 5-2 victory over Heart of Lions at the Tarkwa and Aboso Stadium. The Mauve and Yellow secured their second league title in emphatic fashion, wrapping up the championship with a game to spare in front of their home supporters. Kelvin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":16819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[5298,5300,5299],"class_list":["post-16818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-gpl-2025-26","tag-heart-of-lions","tag-medeama-sc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16820,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16818\/revisions\/16820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}