Ghana Premier League | 02/09 15:00 | 20 | Heart of Lions v Dreams | - | View | |
Ghana Premier League | 02/16 15:00 | 21 | Dreams v Bechem FC | - | View | |
Ghana Premier League | 03/02 15:00 | 22 | Nations FC v Dreams | - | View | |
Ghana Premier League | 03/16 15:00 | 24 | Hearts of Oak v Dreams | - | View | |
Ghana Premier League | 03/23 15:00 | 25 | Dreams v Young Apostles | - | View | |
Ghana Premier League | 04/06 15:00 | 26 | Dreams v Bibiani Gold Stars | - | View | |
Ghana Premier League | 04/13 15:00 | 27 | Medeama SC v Dreams | - | View | |
Ghana Premier League | 04/20 15:00 | 28 | Dreams v Vision FC | - | View | |
Ghana Premier League | 04/27 15:00 | 29 | Karela United FC v Dreams | - | View | |
Ghana Premier League | 05/04 15:00 | 30 | Dreams v Nsoatreman FC | - | View | |
Ghana Premier League | 05/18 15:00 | 31 | Asante Kotoko v Dreams | - | View | |
Ghana Premier League | 05/25 15:00 | 32 | Dreams v Berekum Chelsea | - | View | |
Ghana Premier League | 06/01 15:00 | 33 | Accra Lions FC v Dreams | - | View | |
Ghana Premier League | 06/08 15:00 | 34 | Dreams v Legon Cities FC | - | View |
Dreams Football Club is a Ghanaian professional football club founded in 2009 and based in Dawu in the country's Eastern Region that competes in the Ghana Premier League. On 18 June 2023, they won the FA Cup to gain entry into the CAF Confederation Cup for the first time in their history.
Dreams Football Club was founded in 2009 in Kweiman by the current president of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt Okraku, and changed base locations twice; Madina and currently at Dawu.
On 6 January 2017, former Bechem United coach Manuel Zacharias was appointed technical director of the club
Abdul-Karim Zito has been club's manager since the 2022–23 season, serving for the second time having previously managed them from 2018 to 2020. He also previously managed rival league club Asante Kotoko and the Ghana U-20 team, the latter with which he won the 2021 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.
Having been below the Ghanaian top-flight since formation, including two seasons in the Division One League, Dreams FC were promoted to the Ghana Premier League for the first time in their history for the 2016 season. However, the Ghana Football Association demoted the club back to Division One in late 2016 after its the Disciplinary Committee found an anomaly with the registration of a player. On 18 June 2023, they beat King Faisal won the Ghanaian FA Cup to gain entry into the CAF Confederation Cup for the first time in their history.
Having gained entry to the CAF Confederation Cup with their FA Cup win, executives within the club expressed worries and personal frustrations about financial constraints heading into and throughout their inaugural African campaign which have been publicized. Nevertheless, Dreams F.C. were drawn to play Guinean club Milo FC in the first preliminary round and the winners of AS Douanes of Niger and Kallon FC of Sierra Leone in the second preliminary round for a place in the group stages on 25 July 2023. Dreams beat Milo FC 3–2 on aggregate (1–1 draw at the General Lansana Conté Stadium in Conakry and 2–1 at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi, where their CAF campaign would be based). They secured a 3–2 win on aggregate against Kallon, whose first qualifying round opponents AS Douanes withdrew due to the Niger conflict, 2–1 at home and a 1–1 draw away at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex stadium in Paynesville, Liberia to confirm their place in the group stages.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Dreams FC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Rivers United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 12 | |
3 | Club Africain | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 | |
4 | Académica do Lobito | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 1 |
In the knockout stages, Dreams FC were drawn with Malian side Stade Malien and the winner of Egyptian teams Zamalek SC and Modern Future FC for a place in the final. The defeated Stade Malien 3–2 on aggregate (2–1 away at the Stade du 26 Mars and 1–1 at home) to secure their semi-final spot and receive $750,000. Their journey would however come to an end with Zamalek eliminating them and Modern Future on aggregate; in the case of Dreams a 3–0 away win in Kumasi despite Dreams holding them to a goaless first-leg draw in the first-leg. Overall, their cash flow from their participation amounted to $1.2 million (GHS21 million) and their participant points acumulation coupled with Medeama SC's qualification for the group stage of the CAF Champions League raised Ghana's CAF club ranking from 27th to 14th, just 2 places shy of 12th, where the country could have entered two teams in those CAF club competitions. Their run as defending champions in the FA Cup was brought to an end by Bofoakwa Tano as they defeated them 2–1 at the semi-finals.