F.C. Kallon


Football Club Kallon commonly known as F.C. Kallon, formerly Sierra Fisheries, is a Sierra Leonean football club based in Freetown. The club is one of the top clubs in the Sierra Leone National Premier League and play their home games at the National Stadium in Freetown. The club founder and CEO is a former Sierra Leonean international footballer Mohamed Kallon and the Chairman is the astute shipping and maritime businessman and entrepreneur, Sahr William Ngegba. The club is coached by a former Sierra Leonean international footballer Amidu Karim and Charlie Wright. Musa Kallon, who is also the older brother of Mohamed Kallon is the Technical Director and the well respected icon in Sierra Leone football, Tunde Scott is the team's General Manager and beside him, is Alhaji Kebe as the Team Manager.

History

The club is named after the founder, the successful Sierra Leonean footballer Mohamed Kallon, who is renowned for playing for Internazionale and AEK Athens FC. Sierra Fisheries was acquired by Kallon in 2002 for US$30,000. Under the designation of Sierra Fisheries, the club has won 3 national championships.
Kallon won the Sierra Leonean FA Cup, and the Sierra Leone League title in 2006, and qualifying for the African Champions League. After the standoffs in Sierra Leone's Premier League for over 5 years, the Premier League finally resumes in 2018 and the club followed suit by making some drastic changes to meet the reforms of the Premier League Board. The club was incorporated as a limited liability with new subscribers. The founder still as one of the shareholders now became the CEO, while a new Chairman was appointed. The club plans to offer substantial part of its shares to its supporters, fans and the general public once a true value and assessment is done.
The club boast of the only football entity in Sierra Leone with a functioning website that's interactive and informative. It also has an academy for under 10s, 14s, 17s and seniors with a fully equipped modern training grounds and several pavilions that has been constructed currently.

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