EY Zurich completes onsite 2024 FIFA Audit (Central Review) at GFA

The FIFA Central Review (FIFA Audit of Member Associations) for the FIFA accounting period January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 has been completed by the Ghana Football Association (GFA).

This is the GFA’s sixth successful FIFA Central Review since 2019, when the current administration took office.

The successful FIFA Audit is key to the developmental agenda of the Association since the consequence of an unsuccessful FIFA Audit attracts the wrath of FIFA and sanctions including but not limited to FIFA withholding project funds, programmes and FIFA Forward allocations.

This year’s FIFA Central Review was undertaken by auditors from EY (Zurich). The onsite audit was undertaken in March 2025 and was coordinated by the Chief Finance Officer of the Ghana Football Association, Collins Kwasi Dei.

Statutory Audit for 2023/2024 season completed

It will be recalled that, with respect to the GFA Statutory Audits demanded by Ghanaian law, FIFA and the GFA Statutes, international audit firm Baker Tilly Andah + Andah, in December 2024, completed the audit of the GFA from July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024. This audit has since been sent to FIFA and will be part of the next GFA Congress documentation.

The completion of the Statutory Audit by Bakertilly Andah + Andah is in fulfilment of Article 67 of the GFA Statutes, which is headed “’Independent and External Auditors”’ and states, in part, that:

“The independent and external auditors appointed by the Congress shall audit, on a yearly basis, the management accounts of the GFA in accordance with the appropriate principles of accounting and present a report to Congress”.

Next Statutory Audit for 2024/2025 season

In line with the GFA accounting year, at the end of June 2025, the GFA Accounts for the period July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025 will be prepared and the next statutory audit conducted with a copy of the audit report going to FIFA and CAF on or before December 31, 2025.

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