CAF compels Kwasi Appiah to step down from Ghana FA

You can’t wear two caps at the same time, CAF tells Kwasi Appiah

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has cited a conflict of interests and therefore asked Sudan’s Ghana coach, Kwasi Appiah to step down from the dual position he is holding. he is a board member of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and at the same time, the head coach of the Sudan national team.

Both Ghana and Sudan are in the same Group F of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations and are due to play back-to-back matches this week and the next as the series enters match days 3 and 4.

Staying in both positions means he would be working for two different associations involved in the same competition.

The situation is contrary to the CAF Statutes and the FIFA Code of Ethics. CAF in a memo dated 6 October 2024 has asked Appiah to at least temporarily step down from one role.

The letter signed by Felix Majani, the CAF Director of Legal Affairs partly reads: “For that reason and to preserve the integrity of the AFCON qualifiers, I urge you to take immediate action to resolve this conflict of interest, including at the minimum, temporarily stepping down from one of the two roles until the conclusion of the competition.”

The qualifiers will conclude in November 2024 with Sudan set to face Niger before hosting Angola. Appiah took over the Sudan job in 2023 and guided the team to four wins in six competitive matches.

His Sudanese team is due to face his native country and the football association he belongs to, Ghana on Thursday in the first leg of the qualifiers in Accra.

Ghana suffered a 1-0 defeat to Angola before a 1-1 draw against Niger, leaving them third in Group F with just one point.

According to media sources in Ghana, Appiah, a former Ghana Black Stars coach,  has opted to temporarily step down from the Ghana FA council.