Otumfour Osei Tutu II is the 16th Asantehene, enstooled on 26 April 1999. By name, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is in direct succession to the 17th-century founder of the Ashanti Empire, Otumfuo Osei Tutu.
The single shareholder of Asante Kotoko SC celebrated 26 years of kingship of the Asante Kingdom and personally turned 71 on May 6th.
Here are all the notable football trophies won by Kotoko under ‘King Solomon’.
2003 Ghana Premier League – coach Karim Abdul Razak
2005 Ghana Premier League – coach E.K Afranie
2007/08 Ghana Premier League – coach Bashiru Hayford
2011/12 Ghana Premier League – coach Maxwell Konadu
2012/13 Ghana Premier League – coach Mas-Ud Didi Dramani
2013/14 Ghana Premier League – coach Mas-Ud Didi Dramani
2013/14 Ghana MTN FA Cup – coach Mas-Ud Didi Dramani
2017 Ghana MTN FA Cup – coach Steve Polack
2019 GFA NC Special Competition Tier 1 – coach C.K Akonnor
What is conspicuously missing is an African title – something that has always been the dream of Asantehene but consistently that team have been shambolic on the continents and when they managed to reach the final of the 2002 Cup Winners Cup and 2004 CAF Confederation Cup, they lost to WAC of Morocco and rivals Hearts of Oak respectively.
