The Start of the Ghana Premier League last weekend was welcomed by Ghanaians amidst pump and pageantry and the standard of play did not disappoint either, as football fans and pundits have praised the levels of performances exhibited by all sixteen participating clubs.
Match centers recorded massive turn-out despite all the problems that surrounded the league’s kick off.
But to think that every Ghanaian had a feel of the football action last weekend will be a grievous mistake especially as not all the ten regions in Ghana have clubs representing in the country’s top flight football competition.
Two Regions out of the ten [Northern and Upper East] have no teams at all playing in the Ghana Premier League while two more regions [Volta and Eastern] only have teams that adopted them as home venues [WAFA and Dreams FC respectively].
However, if there is any National football league in Ghana that has a fair representation of clubs; it is Ghana’s second tier competition- the GN Bank National Division One League.
The GN Bank Division One League kicks off this weekend across all three zones after its launch on Thursday at the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra and as a way of wetting appetite of football fans and pundits across the length and breadth of Ghana, this are some of the teams to watch out for in the 2015/2016 season.
ZONE 1
Zone one of the GN Bank National Division One League consist clubs from the Brong Ahafo, Northern, the Upper East and Upper West Regions of Ghana. The Zone can boast of some of the biggest traditional football teams Ghana has ever produced with a chunk of them having tasted top flight football in the past.
Real Tamale United, B.A. United, Tano Bofoakwa, Berekum Arsenal, Berlin FC and Tamale Utrectch will all fancy their chances in the upcoming after Techiman defiled all the odds the qualify from the zone after last season’s campaign.
Aside the quality of players teams in Zone One posses, the clubs can also without a shred of doubt boast of massive following and that goes on to add extra competitiveness to the league in that zone as a result of the bragging right.
Match-Day 1 Fixtures;
| Venue | Home Team | Away Team |
| BREKUM | ARSENAL | RTU |
| TECHIMAN | BERLIN | WA ROCKET |
| TAMALE MAIN | GUAN UTD | FC TANGA |
| JAPEKROM PRESBY | MPUASUMAN | LIBERTY BABIES |
| GOASO | UNITY FC | B. A, UTD |
| SUNYANI | BOFOAKWA | BAWKU UTD |
| BOLGA | ALL STARS | TAMALE UTRECHT |
| TAMALE MAIN | STEADFAST | MIGHTY ROYALS |
ZONE 2
With teams from the Ashanti Region, Western Region and the Central Region battling for honours in Zone of the GN Bank National division one league, there is no short of talents in that sector.
Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs, who qualified from Zone two last season will attest to the fact that they had stern competition from sides like Elmina Sharks who challenged them till the end.
Vernomous Vipers, Sekondi Eleven Wise, Bibiani Gold Stars, Asokwa Deportivo and King Faisal babies will all fancy their chances this term along with the Highly rated Elmina Sharks who finished second last season.
The zone has produced quality players in the past who have gone on to achieve greater height in the game and one can be sure that the start of the 2015/2016 season will mark the birth of another generation of great football talents in Zone two.
Match-Day 1 Fixtures;
| Venue | Home Team | Away Team |
| ELMINA | SHARKS | KING FAISAL |
| BIBIANI | GOLD STARS | VERNOMOUS VIPERS |
| TARKWA | WASSAMAN | ACHIKEN |
| DUNKWA | STARKE | PROUD |
| ANYINASI | KARELA | ELEVEN WISE |
| KUMASI | DEPORTIVO | SAMATEX |
| TARKWA | TARKWA UTD | DUNKWA UTD |
| KUMASI | CORNERS | NZEMA KOTOKO |
ZONE 3
Two of the three relegated clubs from last season’s Ghana Premier League- Great Olympics and Kpando Heart of Lions, will all compete in Zone Three of the national second tier league are not likely to find things on the cheap.
Last season, Dreams FC stole the show in Zone three as they qualified to the Ghana Premier League at the first time of asking, a feat which newly Promoted Vision FC have set sight on achieving.
But despite their relatively fine pre-season, they will come up against traditional clubs Great Olympics and Okwahu United who will do everything within their resolve to get that all important slot.
Other sides like Tema Youth, Amidaus Professionals and Sporting Mirren will all seek to come back in the country’s top flight having tasted the Premier League in the past.
Match-Day 1 Fixtures;
| Venue | Home Team | Away Team |
| KWAHU | KING SOLOMAN | TEMA YOUTH |
| LEGON | NANIA | ROBERTO |
| PRAMPRAM | PURE JOY | VISION |
| NUNGUA | DANBORT | LIONS |
| AKYIM-TAKYIMAN | ISTANBUL | SP MIRREN |
| TESHIE | MIGHTY JETS | KOTOKU ROYALS |
| AQUINAS | OLYMPICS | OKWAHU UTD |
| TEMA | AMIDAUS | PLANNERS |
Feature: GN Bank Division One League- What to Expect
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