{"id":190790,"date":"2024-06-19T11:29:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T11:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/19\/kumasi-asante-kotoko-part-ways-with-black-stars-keeper-after-2023-2024-season\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T11:29:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T11:29:41","slug":"kumasi-asante-kotoko-part-ways-with-black-stars-keeper-after-2023-2024-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/19\/kumasi-asante-kotoko-part-ways-with-black-stars-keeper-after-2023-2024-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumasi Asante Kotoko part ways with Black Stars keeper after 2023-2024 season \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kumasi Asante Kotoko Sporting Club have officially parted ways with Black Stars keeper Danlad Ibrahim and 10 other players following the conclusion of the 2023-2024 Ghana Premier League season.<\/p>\n<p>The departures were announced by the club in a post on its X (formerly Twitter) page in the wake of the Porcupine Warriors sixth place finish in the 18 team standings.<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko registered 14 wins, seven draws and 13 losses in the immediate past season to record 49 points but fell just two points shy of a second place finish in the league.<\/p>\n<p>The disappointing season fueled extensive talk of a mass departure from the club and such reports were confirmed with the mass exit.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper Danlad Ibrahim and midfielder Serge Eric Zeze were the biggest casualties with both players dropping from practically shoo in starters to fringe players due to a mix of injuries in the case of Zeze and indifferent form in the case of Ibrahim.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_555940\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Danlad-e1665574258172.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-555940\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Danlad Ibrahim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ibrahim was named in the Black Stars 2022 FIFA World Cup squad that exited at the group stage. Scroll down to read full list of departures.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_557420\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Zeze-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-557420\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Serge Zeze (red) in action against Nsoatreman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Asante Kotoko has this afternoon parted ways mutually with the following players.<\/p>\n<p>1. Kalo Ouattara <br \/>2. \u2060Nicholas Osei Bonsu<br \/>3. \u2060Isaac Oppong <br \/>4. \u2060Augustine Agyapong<br \/>5. \u2060Nicholas Mensah<br \/>6. \u2060John Tedeku<br \/>7. \u2060Sherif Mohammed (Defender)<br \/>8. \u2060George Mfegue <br \/>9. \u2060Serge Eric Zeze\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asante Kotoko SC \u2013 2X CAF CL Winners\ud83e\udd47 (@AsanteKotoko_SC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsanteKotoko_SC\/status\/1803100832293916981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kumasi Asante Kotoko Sporting Club have officially parted ways with Black Stars keeper Danlad Ibrahim and 10 other players following the conclusion of the 2023-2024 Ghana Premier League season. 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