The Ghanaian FA Cup, currently known as the MTN FA Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the top knockout tournament of the Ghanaian association football.
The competition is played between the clubs of the Glo Premier League, Poly Tank Division One League, Ghana Division Two League, Ghana Division Three League and GAFCOA. The first G.F.A. Cup competition took place in the season 1957-1958, with an eight years hiatus between the seasons 2002-2010 with Hearts of Oak being the most successful club in the competition history having won the cup on nine occasions with the first being in 1973 and the recent in the 2000 G.F.A. Cup competition after defeating Okwawu United (2-0) in the finals.
The current cup holders are New Edubiase United, who won the cup for the first time by defeating one time winner and two times runners-up Ashanti Gold Sporting Club (1-0) on 5 August 2012.
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