Division One League side King Faisal Football Club have formally filed a complaint to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, challenging the constitutionality of the Ghana Football Associations (GFA) ordinary congress and the resolutions passed during the last month’s meeting.
In a letter dated September 15, 2025, King Faisal, through its legal representative, Evans Adika Law, claimed that the GFA should not have held its congress because it was formally served with a notice of injunction.
‘‘The Ghana Football Association (GFA) was formally served with a legal challenge to the alleged Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on August 12, 2025, and the resolution allegedly passed during that meeting.’’
Subsequently, the club has written to Lausanne-based CAS, ostensibly to reverse the decisions taken by Congress on August 12 and address other ‘’irregularities’’.
‘‘This challenge, filed at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland, seeks to address significant governance and procedural irregularities that undermine the legitimacy of the GFA’s actions related to and during the alleged AGM. King Faisal Football Club, asserts that the GFA’s inaction and actions, render the August 12, 2025, AGM and its outcomes invalid.’’
In the formal complaint, the club also indicated five reasons as basis for challenging the constitutionality of Congress;
- Abridged Notice Period without the unanimous consent of members.
- Undisclosed real and potential Conflicts of Interest involving the chairperson of the AGM.
- Improper Bundling of issues voted on and over voting.
- Denial of Poll after a show of hands.
- Undue Influence.
King Faisal are also seeking the following reliefs from the CAS:
- An injunction restraining the GFA from implementing or enforcing the resolution pending the outcome of this arbitration.
- A declaration that the alleged AGM held on August 12, 2025, and the alleged resolution passed therein are null and void due to conflicts of interest and several procedural breaches.
- An order recusing the GFA Executive council from participating in the remedial measures.
- An order directing the GFA to amend the Normalization statute to comply with Ghanaian law and for subsequent registration with the ORC in compliance with Ghanaian law.
- An order carving out the current President of the GFA from any future attempts to amend the terms of his office, while he is still in office. – Costs and any other relief the CAS deems fit to grant.
The club also contends that the GFA’s ‘‘inaction and actions, render the August 12, 2025, AGM and its outcomes invalid.’’ ‘‘Specifically, King Faisal Football Club asserts that GFA’s intentional failure to deposit the Normalization Statute with the Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC), following the FIFA Normalization Committee’s tenure from August 2018 to October 2019, is the foundation for several procedural missteps that ensued and warrant legal redress.’’
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