King Faisal Football Club has taken the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), challenging the legitimacy of its August 2025 Ordinary Congress.
The club is seeking the annulment of the resolutions passed during the meeting, including provisions that paved the way for a possible third term for the current GFA leadership.
In a letter dated September 15, 2025, the club’s legal representatives, Evans Adika Law, argued that the GFA had no legal basis to convene the congress, as it had already been served with a notice of injunction before the meeting took place.
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The letter stated as quoted by JoySports,
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 resolutions allegedly passed during that meeting.
The petition to CAS seeks to overturn all decisions adopted at the congress, citing what the club describes as governance and procedural irregularities that undermine the legitimacy of the event.
Basis of King Faisal’s Challenge
In its complaint, King Faisal outlined five key reasons for contesting the constitutionality of the congress:
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Reliefs Sought from CAS
King Faisal is requesting the following remedies from CAS:
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Broader Context
The club further contends that the GFA’s failure to deposit the Normalisation Statute with the ORC after the expiration of FIFA’s Normalisation Committee between August 2018 and October 2019 has laid the foundation for ongoing governance lapses.
According to King Faisal, this omission has triggered multiple procedural missteps, rendering the August congress and its resolutions unlawful.
The case now lies before CAS, which will determine whether King Faisal’s claims have sufficient merit to overturn the GFA’s congress decisions and potentially force reforms within the association’s governance structure.
