Zaytun Sports Academy is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Amanfro, Accra, Greater Accra.
Zaytun FC, formally known as Stay Cool, was formed on 17 December 1997 by the Club president/CEO Alhaji Franko Lamtey. The club started at second division level and competed with eighteen other teams at that level at the time.
The club within two year of it existence set a record of playing 30 concurrent league matches without defeat at the Second Division. It was promoted to the First Division in the year 1999.
At the Division One League, the club launched a campaign from the year 2000 to get qualification to the Premiership and was finally rewarded by the 2003. It came second in the league; hence, the club got promotion to the Premier Division.
Due to capital intensive natures of the premier division, as the club was solely being financed by the President of the club, it was relegated after a year at the premiership.
In the year 2004 the club changed its name from Stay Cool FC to Zaytun FC, launched another campaign to the premiership and qualified again to the premiership 2006.[2]
The premiership home games were played at the El Wak Stadium.[3] In order to overcome the financial challenges, the club entered into partnership with a local partner.[who?] Per the term of the partnership, the partner was given controlling stake in the club. Lack of experience by the new managers cost the club;[citation needed] it was relegated again to the Division One in the 2008.
