A former Hearts of Oak management member, Aziz Haruna Futa, has recounted how the team gained its famous 4-0 result against Asante Kotoko.
On March 15, 2000, Hearts of Oak registered a famous 4-0 victory over their arch-rivals Asante Kotoko during a Ghana Premier League game in Accra.
The victory was led by Osei Kuffour, Ishmael Addo and Charles Taylor.
According to Aziz Haruna Futa, Hearts of Oak wrote the names of Asante Kotoko players and put them in the mouths of corpses for that famous 4-0 result against their rivals.
Speaking on Sporty FM, Aziz Haruna Futa recounted, “This one was very serious, I am telling you. We had to write all the Kotoko players’ names and go and look for a fresh, dead body that had been buried open-mouthed, and put their names in the dead body’s mouth and bury it again. We have done a lot of things”.
When asked about the cemetery in which the bodies were exhumed, he refused to disclose it.
Some Ghanaians have reacted to Aziz Haruna Futa’s remarks, saying, “Because a team did ‘ways and means”? It is a bit extreme, yes, but Ghana football lore will not stop existing because some player doesn’t like something Hearts did more than a decade ago”.
“With this, you want Ghana football to move forward. What’s the essence of coaching if all these heinous rituals are done before a game of football? Ghana Premier League, apeeeeeeeetoooooooooor!”, one more netizen added.
“Can we hear what Kotoko too did, especially under Abdul RAZAK Golden boy as the coach? Hahahahaaaa”, one more netizen quizzed.
“And he is not even ashamed of making such disgusting utterances? Imagine people going to the cemetery to exhume the body of your loved one without your knowledge, to do something crazy like this just because of football. You think this is how Europeans and North Africans did?”, one netizen added.
Also, MTN FA Cup Committee Chairman, Wilson Arthur, revealed juju plays a role in Ghanaian football, particularly in the Ghana Premier League (GPL).
Speaking on the subject, he stated, “The league has so many matches, and there is a lot of interest at stake. People must understand that it’s a competition. Ways and means are part of the process to win a match. Referees are always put under a spell. The referees, players, and coaches are all working on spiritually.”
For instance, I was asked to leave my seat while watching a match because I was told my team had been put under a spell. The moment I left my seat, we scored a goal. Personally, I don’t believe these things, but there are weird things in football”, he added.
Furthermore, Ghanaian football legend Mohammed Polo has opened up about his experience with a juju ritual.
Also speaking on Sporty FM, the former Hearts of Oak star, “I went to the North and they did some concoction and there was fire in a calabash, and it was not burning. Is it not satanic, and it happened? They were cooking something for me to smear on my leg, and they did like they were removing pains in my legs”.
“There is are lot of juju in football, it’s normal. It plays when you believe in it because when you do juju, juju will go against you. I know it is there, but I don’t believe juju can do anything to me, but as a human, Satan is there, and Satan has his own ways,” he added.
Meanwhile, on Sunday, November 9, 2025, the highly anticipated Super Clash Premier League match between Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko will once again take place at the Accra Sports Stadium.
Hearts of Oak will be aiming to end their recent poor run form against bitter rivals Asante Kotoko.
The Phobians boy are on a winless streak against Kotoko in their last four league meetings with their last victory coming in 2023.
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The story goes from Aziz Haruna Futa that Hearts of Oak wrote the names of Asante Kotoko players and put them in the mouths of corpses…
— Gary Al-Smith (@garyalsmith) November 8, 2025
That is how they gave their rivals one of their most painful ever defeats. pic.twitter.com/V86IMHkebQ https://t.co/WebiIciClr
TODAY IN HISTORY
— Phooobia! – #WeNeverSayDie 🏅🏆 (@HeartsOfOakGH) March 15, 2021
Eeeih! That fateful day 15th March, 2000!!!!
Boy oh, boy!
The historic annihilation of Asante Kotoko by the Phobian 64 Battalion….
Hearts 4
Kotoko 0
Venue: Accra Sports Stadium!!
Truly, a day of Phobian domination!!!
nostalgic feeling activated. pic.twitter.com/KfQoK1tnWU