{{short description|Top professionalassociation football division of the footballa league in Ghanasystem}}
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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''', currentlyalso known as the '''betPawa Premier League''' for sponsorship reasons,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-08-03 |title=GFA announces betPawa as new headline sponsor of the Ghana Premier League |url=https://www.ghanafa.org/gfa-announces-betpawa-as-new-headline-sponsor-of-the-ghana-premier-league |access-date= |website=www.ghanafa.org |language=en}}</ref> is thea top professional association football [[division (sport)|division]] of the [[league system|football league system]] in Ghana.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Summary – Premier League – Ghana – Results, fixtures, tables and news – Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/ghana/premier-league/20202021/regular-season/r59074/|access-date=2021-02-24|website=int.soccerway.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Teye|first=Prince Narkotu|date=19 February 2016|title=Ghana Premier League: An Idiot's Guide|url=https://www.goal.com/en-gh/news/4372/features/2016/02/19/20523402/the-idiots-guide-to-the-ghana-premier-league|access-date=27 July 2021|website=www.goal.com|publisher=Goal}}</ref> Officially formed in 1956 to replace a previous league incarnation, the '''Gold Coast Club Competition''' (which began in 1933 and ended in 1953–54), the league is organized by the [[Ghana Football Association]] and was ranked as the 11th best league in Africa by the [[IFFHS]] from 2001 to 2010,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iffhs.de/?3e8c00bdce00f90c03bdda15e85fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedb88714 |title=Africa's strongest League in the 1st Decade of the 21st Century (2001–2010) |publisher=[[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS]] |access-date=18 November 2011}}</ref> and the league was also ranked 65th in the [[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS]]' Best Leagues of the World ranking, in the 1st Decade of the 21st Century (2001–2010).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iffhs.de/?20fa3002f76857a72e00fa2d17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6e0d |title=The strongest Leagues in the World in the 1st Decade of 21st Century (2001–2010) |publisher=[[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS]] |access-date=18 November 2011}}</ref> on 4 February 2014.<ref name="glo">{{cite web | url=http://graphic.com.gh/sports/sports-news/17000-first-capital-plus-rescues-premier-league-with-10million-sponsorship.html | title=First Capital Plus rescues Premier League with $10million sponsorship | publisher=Graphic Ghana | access-date=5 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="tena">{{cite web | url=http://ghanasoccernet.com/ghana-fa-announce-us-10m-league-sponsorship-deal-first-capital-plus/ | title=Sports Minister hails First Capital Plus Bank for sponsoring Premier League | date=4 February 2014 | publisher=ghanasoccernet.com | access-date=5 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="gfa">{{cite web | url=http://www.ghanafa.org/pages/premierleague/201402/9210.php | title=First Capital Plus Bank signs up for $10m as league sponsor | publisher=ghanafa.org/ | access-date=5 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209034306/http://ghanafa.org/pages/premierleague/201402/9210.php | archive-date=9 February 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="feve">{{cite web | url=http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/ghana/news/2013/dec/05-first-capital-plus-makes-first-payment-to-ghana-league.html | title=First Capital Plus makes first payment to Ghana League | work=[[MTN Group|MTNFootball.com]] | access-date=5 February 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140206190305/http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/ghana/news/2013/dec/05-first-capital-plus-makes-first-payment-to-ghana-league.html | archive-date=6 February 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> It has been dominated by [[Asante Kotoko S.C.|Asante Kotoko]] and [[Accra Hearts of Oak S.C.|Hearts of Oak]]. The bottom 3 teams are relegated at the end of each season and placed in each zone of the [[Division One League, Ghana|Ghanaian Division One League]].
The [[2019–20 Ghana Premier League|2019–20 season]] was halted and eventually cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana]] that mirrored [[impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football|the cause of postponement or cancellation of association football leagues and competitions]] across the globe.
