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Hawks FC
Full name	Hawks Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Red Boys
Founded	1973; 51 years ago
Ground	Banjul
Chairman	Hon James F.P Gomez
Manager	Alieu Jagne
League	GFA League First Division
2023–24	1st in Second Division (promoted)
Website	http://www.hawksfc.gm/
Home colours	Away colours

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Hawks Football Club is a Gambian-based first division club with its clubhouse in Kanifing. They play in the Gambia Football Federation's premier division league, called the first division. Hawks is currently the only Gambian football club that has teams playing in all three divisions of the Gambian leagues. The senior team, being Hawks FC,^[1] plays in the first division; the second team, Red Hawks FC, which serves as a feeder to the first team, plays in the second division; while the third team, Young Hawks, plays in the third division.

History

Hawks Football Club (Hawks FC), founded in 1973 by the late Housainou M.M. Njai, has come a long way since its inception from an amateur club team to one of the oldest and leading teams presently playing in the Gambia Football Federation's top flight.

Since its formation as a purely amateur team without any major sponsorship, the club relied on the founder and dedicated people as members of the Executive of the Club who served as sponsors, giving financial and moral support to the team. Under their leadership, Hawks FC has made tremendous progress over the years, gaining promotion from the second division to the first division in 1975 but relegated in 1978, only to return to the first division in 1979, where the team has stayed to this date. From that time to date, the team was crowned first division League Champions twice, second division league Champions once, won five FA Cups, the most recent being the 2016/2017 FA Cup final played in June 2017, one Super Cup as well as winning other trophies like the SS Ceesay Trophy, and the Papa Njie Trophy.

Over the years, Hawks FC^[2] has embarked on promoting various youth development, educational and football programmes for boys and girls. As a result of this, the club boasts of its own academy for children aged between 5 and 15, two junior teams and a senior team. It is currently the only team that has teams participating in all the three tiers of the Gambia Football Federation leagues, i.e., 1st Division, 2nd Division and 3rd Division. The academy runs training sessions on Saturdays for the children whilst the junior and senior teams train daily from Monday to Friday at the Gambia High School football grounds, and the club helps in the enrollment and payment of tuition for underprivileged students who play for the team. The club also boasts of its own Club House situated at Bertil Harding Highway.

Honours

GFA League First Division: 3

1992–93, 1995–96, 2021–22.

Gambian Cup: 4

1982–83, 1995–96, 2005–06, 2017.

Gambian Super Cup: 1

2017.

Performances in CAF competitions

CAF Confederation Cup

1984 – First Round

CAF Confederation Cup

2007 – First Round

CAF Confederation Cup

2016 – First Round

CAF Confederation Cup

2018 – First Round

League and cup history

National level

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P	Cup
2003–04	1	2	18	11	2	5	32	17	+15	35
2005	1	3	18	8	5	5	18	13	+5	29
2006	1	6	15	5	7	3	16	8	+8	22	Winner
2007	1	5	18	6	5	7	19	16	+8	23	Finalist
2008	1	3	22	9	9	4	22	16	+6	36
2009	1	5	22	8	7	7	17	13	+4	31
2012	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Quarterfinals
2014–15	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Staff

[1] Club Officials

Senior Team Coach

U20 Coach

Momodou Bah

Club Management

Chairman

Hon James F.P Gomez

Treasurer

Paschal Karbo

Media Officer

Pa Barrow

Statistics

Best position: 1st (national)
Best position at cup competitions: Second Round (continental)

References

^ "Hawks FC".
^ "Hawks FC".

External links

[1] "Hawks FC".

[2] "Hawks FC".

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+{{for|the English club|Hawks F.C.}}
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+| ground = [[Banjul]]
+| chairman = Hon James F.P Gomez
- |Owner    = Sadibu Kamaso
+| manager = [[Alieu Jagne]]
- |chairman = Hon James F.P Gomez
+| league = [[GFA League First Division]]
- |manager  = [[Alieu Jagne]]
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-Hawks Football Club is a Gambian based first division club with its club house in Kanifing.  They play in The Gambia Football Federation’s<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambia_Football_Federation|title=|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> premier division league called the first division.  Hawks is currently the only Gambian football club that has teams playing in all three divisions of the Gambian leagues.  The senior team being Hawks FC<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hawksfc.gm/|title=|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> plays in the first division, the second team Red Hawks FC which serves as a feeder to the first team plays in the second division while the third team Young Hawks plays in the third division.
+'''Hawks Football Club''' is a Gambian-based first division club with its clubhouse in Kanifing. They play in the [[Gambia Football Federation]]'s premier division league, called the first division. Hawks is currently the only Gambian football club that has teams playing in all three divisions of the Gambian leagues. The senior team, being Hawks FC,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hawksfc.gm/|title=Hawks FC}}</ref> plays in the first division; the second team, Red Hawks FC, which serves as a feeder to the first team, plays in the second division; while the third team, Young Hawks, plays in the third division.
 ==History==
-Hawks Football Club (Hawks FC) Founded in 1973 by the late Mr HOUSAINOU M.M. NJAI, has come a long way since its inception from an amateur club team to one of the oldest and leading teams presently playing in The Gambia Football Federation’<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFA_League_First_Division|title=|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> s top flight.
+Hawks Football Club (Hawks FC), founded in 1973 by the late Housainou M.M. Njai, has come a long way since its inception from an amateur club team to one of the oldest and leading teams presently playing in the Gambia Football Federation's top flight.
-Since its formation as a purely amateur team without any major sponsorship, the club relied on the founder and dedicated people as members of the Executive of the Club who served as sponsors giving financial and moral support to the team. Under their leadership Hawks FC has made tremendous progress over the years gaining promotion from the Second division to the first division in 1975 but relegated in 1978 only to return to the First division in 1979 where the team has stayed to this date. From that time to date, the team was crowned first division League Champions twice, second division league Champions once, won five FA Cups, the most recent being the 2016/ 2017 FA Cup final played in June 2017, one Super Cup as well as winning other trophies like the SS Ceesay Trophy, and the Papa Njie Trophy.
+Since its formation as a purely amateur team without any major sponsorship, the club relied on the founder and dedicated people as members of the Executive of the Club who served as sponsors, giving financial and moral support to the team. Under their leadership, Hawks FC has made tremendous progress over the years, gaining promotion from the second division to the first division in 1975 but relegated in 1978, only to return to the first division in 1979, where the team has stayed to this date. From that time to date, the team was crowned first division League Champions twice, second division league Champions once, won five FA Cups, the most recent being the 2016/2017 FA Cup final played in June 2017, one Super Cup as well as winning other trophies like the SS Ceesay Trophy, and the Papa Njie Trophy.
+Over the years, Hawks FC<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hawksfc.gm|title=Hawks FC}}</ref> has embarked on promoting various youth development, educational and football programmes for boys and girls. As a result of this, the club boasts of its own academy for children aged between 5 and 15, two junior teams and a senior team. It is currently the only team that has teams participating in all the three tiers of the Gambia Football Federation leagues, i.e., 1st Division, 2nd Division and 3rd Division. The academy runs training sessions on Saturdays for the children whilst the junior and senior teams train daily from Monday to Friday at the Gambia High School football grounds, and the club helps in the enrollment and payment of tuition for underprivileged students who play for the team. The club also boasts of its own Club House situated at Bertil Harding Highway.
-The history of the Hawks FC cannot be completed without mention of its founder, patron and greatest asset Mr HOUSAINOU M.M NJAI who passed away on the 5th of September 2002 and left a big vacuum that would be very hard to fill.  We thank God for his vision and foresight that made him found the Club.  May his soul rest in perfect peace.  We are committed to continue his legacy hence our continued efforts to keep the Club alive if not for anything for his memory and contribution to Gambian sports but particularly to football and youth development.
-Over the years, Hawks FC<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hawksfc.gm|title=|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> has embarked on promoting various youth development, educational and football programmes for boys and girls respectively.  As a result of this, the club boasts of its own academy for children aged between 5 to 15, two junior teams and a Senior team.  We are currently the only team that has teams participating in all the three tiers of the Gambia Football Federation leagues i.e 1st Division, 2nd Division and 3rd Division). The academy runs training sessions on Saturdays for the children whilst the junior and senior teams train daily from Monday to Friday at the Gambia High School football grounds, whom we have a Memorandum of Understanding for the use of their training field while we also help in the enrollment and payment of tuition for under privileged students who play for the team.  The Club also boasts of its own Club House situated at Bertil Harding Highway.
 ==Honours==
-*'''[[GFA League First Division]]: 2'''
+*'''[[GFA League First Division]]: 3'''
-*1992–93, 1995–96.
+:: 1992–93, 1995–96, 2021–22.
 *'''[[Gambia Football Federation|Gambian Cup]]: 4'''
-*1982-83, 1995–96, 2005–06, 2016-17.
+:: 1982–83, 1995–96, 2005–06, 2017.
-*Super Cup Champions
+*'''[[Gambian Super Cup]]: 1'''
-*1986-87, 2016–17
+:: 2017.
 ==Performances in CAF competitions==
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 *'''[[CAF Confederation Cup]]'''
 ::[[2018 CAF Confederation Cup|2018]]&nbsp;– First Round
 ==League and cup history==
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 !Notes
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-|[[2003–04 First Division (Gambia)|2003-04]]
+|[[2003–04 First Division (Gambia)|2003–04]]
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+|2014–15
-|2014-15
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 ==Staff==
 [http://www.pioneerng.com/article.php?title=Akwa_Utd_Chairman_Calls_For_Proper_Structure_Of_The_Club&id=1553]
 '''Club Officials'''
-{{col-begin}}
-{{col-2}}
 ''Senior Team Coach''
+*
-* [[Ansu Fatty]]
 ''U20 Coach''
-* [[Momodou Bah]]
+* Momodou Bah
-''U17 Coach''
-* [[Batch Samba Ceesay]]
 '''Club Management'''
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 ''Chairman''
 * [[Hon James F.P Gomez]]
-''General Secretary''
-* [[Sadibou Kamaso]]
-''Vice President''
-* [[Momodou Musa Njai]]
-'' Assistant General Secretary''
-* [[Sangmarie Sambou]]
 ''Treasurer''
 * [[Paschal Karbo]]
 ''Media Officer''
-* [[Mbye Camara]]
+* [[Pa Barrow]]
 ==Statistics==