{"id":63071,"date":"2023-05-02T11:56:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T11:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/02\/heart-of-lions-return-to-ghana-premier-league-after-eight-years\/"},"modified":"2023-05-02T11:56:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T11:56:59","slug":"heart-of-lions-return-to-ghana-premier-league-after-eight-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/02\/heart-of-lions-return-to-ghana-premier-league-after-eight-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart of Lions return to Ghana Premier League after eight years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"557\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-04-30-at-11.03.21-PM-696x557.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"WhatsApp-Image-2023-04-30-at-11.03.21-PM\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Kpando Heart of Lions have secured qualification for the 2023\/24 Ghana Premier League campaign\u00a0with six matches to spare.<\/p>\n<p>They are making a return to the Ghana top flight after an eight-year spell in the second-tier competition following their relegation in the 2015 season.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd81 || \u2102 \u210d \ud835\udd38 \ud835\udd44 \u2119 \ud835\udd40 \ud835\udd46 \u2115 \ud835\udd4a \ud83e\udd34\ud83d\udc51<\/p>\n<p>\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc25- \ud835\udc16\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc2c \ud83c\udfc6 \ud83e\udd47 \ud83c\udfc5 of the 2022\/23 Access Bank Division One Zone 3. Congratulations to us \ud83c\udf8a \ud83d\udc4f \ud83d\udc90 \ud83e\udd73 \ud83d\ude4c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OXuZZkrRUe\">pic.twitter.com\/OXuZZkrRUe<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 -->&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Kpando Heart Of Lions Fc (@HeartOfLionsFc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeartOfLionsFc\/status\/1652794803199922176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Heart of Lions\u2019 promotion is confirmed with 56 points from 24 games after the two sides in third and fourth in the Ghana Division One League Zone Three both lost their match-day 25 fixtures ahead of Lions\u2019 game on Monday against Golden Kick.<\/p>\n<p>Second-place Vision FC, who are on 40 points, were beaten 2-0 by Attram De Visser. 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