Dreams

Kurt Okraku, now president of the Ghana Football Association, built a youth academy called Still Believe FC. The link stuck to the club's own reputation: fans and pundits still call them "The Still Believe Boys," and the pipeline has produced players who went on to Chelsea, PAOK, Standard Liège and Sparta Prague, among them Abdul Rahman Baba and Benjamin Tetteh.

The Greens, as they are known for their green colours, are not based in Dawu at all — they operate out of Kweiman and only moved their home fixtures to Dawu Sports Stadium in 2015 to satisfy licensing rules. The ground itself carries a borrowed nickname, the "Theatre of Dreams," and holds 5,000 seated spectators.

For over a decade the club had nothing to show at senior level. That changed in June 2023, when Dreams beat King Faisal SC to win the MTN FA Cup, their first major trophy. The prize was a place in the CAF Confederation Cup, and the following season they ran with it: Dreams became the first Ghanaian club to reach a Confederation Cup semi-final since Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko managed it back in 2004. Zamalek SC ended the run there, winning 3-0 away before a goalless draw in the return leg settled it.

Without a local rival of their own in Dawu — the town's old club, Dawu Youngstars, folded in 2003 and shares no history with Dreams — the closest thing to a derby is the fixture against Koforidua Semper Fi in the Eastern Region.