There was a drought weekend for Ghanaian players abroad with no player scoring in a recognisable European top-flight league.
However, AIK Solna loanee Kwame Amponsah-Karikari scored twice in the Turkish second-tier division while Ghana U20 forward Ebenezer Assifuah’s Swiss Super League debut was delayed as he watched from the stands.
In Norway, former Hearts of Oak striker Mahatma Otoo picked the man-of-the-match award in Sogndal’s 1-0 win in the Norwegian league while the highly-rated Clifford Aboagye played for the Granada B in their win over the weekend.
Ghanasoccernet.com’s Akyereko Frimpong-Manson has a comprehensive report on how Ghanaian players fared across the globe.
SPAIN
2013 FIFA U20 World Cup Bronze Shoe winner Clifford Aboagye played for the Granada FC second string side in their 1-0 win over La Hoya Lorca.
ENGLAND Derek Boateng and Emmanuel Frimpong were both unused by Fulham and Arsenal in their clash in the English Premier League on Saturday.
Arsenal picked their first win of the season beating the Fulham 3-1 at the Craven Cottage.
In the Npower Championship, Crystal Palace loanee Kwesi Appiah was not in the Yeovil Town side that lost 3-0 against Derby County.
Leicester City survived a late scare from Birmingham City to emerge 3-2 winners in their clash at the King Power Stadium on Saturday.
German-born Jeffrey Schulpp who is capped once by Ghana lasted the entire duration of the game for Leicester but youngster Koby Arthur did not travel with the Birmingham City side.
Winger Albert Adomah lasted 75 minutes Middlesbrough when they held Wigan Athletics to a 2-2 draw.
Elsewhere in the League One, Birmingham City loanee Akwasi Asante was left out of the Shrewsbury Town side that held Rotherham United to a 2-2 draw.
Striker Patrick Agyemang saw 81 minutes of action for Portsmouth who drew 2-2 at Mansfield Town in the League Two.
Defender Kelvin Amankwaa lasted the entire duration of the game for Northampton Town who lost 2-1 against Torquay United.
Former Arsenal triallist Jo Osei Kuffour played the last 11 minutes for ten-man Wycombe Wanderers who held Oxford United to a 2-2 draw.
NETHERLANDS Center-half Mitch Apau saw RKC Waalwijk’s 2-2 draw against NEC from the bench.
Heracles Alemlo applied the brakes on PSV Eindhoven and held them to a 1-1 draw at the Polman Stadion.
Midfielder Kwame Quansah started the game for Heracles and lasted the entire 90 minutes while Memphis Depay lasted 60 minutes for PSV.
Kwame Quansah assisted the Heracles goal on the 6th minute mark and Edwin Gyasi was an unused sub.
Matthew Amoah missed the tie with injury.
Defender Johan Kapperlof was commanding in defence for Groningen when they held Go Ahead Eagles to a 3-3 draw with nine men.
Youngster Raymod Gyasi did not make the AZ Alkmaar first team squad when they lost 2-0 at FC Utrecht.
Elvis Manu was axed from the Feyenoord first team squad when they thrashed NAC Breda 3-1.
Youngster Shadrach Eghan was replaced after 57 minutes for FC Twente in their 1-0 reverse at Vitesse Arnhem.
Leaders Dordrecht managed to squeeze a point out of their clash against Excelsior after drawing 1-1.
Winger Erixon Danso saw full time action for Dordrecht.
BELGIUM KV Mechelen recorded a 2-1 win over Kortrijk on Saturday.
Midfielder Abdul Yakinu-Iddi was introduced eight minutes from time while defender Jerry Vandam was unused by Mechelen.
There was no Richard Ofori in the Lierse SK side that won 1-0 against new boys Waasland-Beveren.
Dennis Odoi saw full time action for Lokeren in their 2-1 reverse at OH Leuven.
Nana Akwasi Asare played the full 90 minutes for ten-man KAA Gent when they held Club Brugge to a 1-1 draw.
Former Ghana U17 midfielder Enock Adu-Kofi warmed the Brugge bench.
Winger Frank Acheampong saw 77 minutes of action for Anderlecht who hammered Sporting Charloi 5-2.
Former Heart of Lions midfielder Abraham Kudemor was also substituted after 62 minutes by Sporting.
Bennard Kumordzi played the last 8 minutes of the game for KRC Genk when they narrowly defeated Cercle Brugge 1-0.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Midfielder Isaac Sackey came off the bench after 73 minutes to help Slovan Liberec to beat Bohemians 1905 1-0 in the Czech top-flight.
GERMANY
Ghanaian midfielder Charles Takyi went into the referee’s pocket on the 81st minute mark and saw full-time action for Energie Cottbus when they lost 2-1 against Erzgebirge Aue.
Baba Abdul Rahman came off the bench to play the last 12 minutes Greuther Furth in their 1-1 draw against FC Koln.
Marcel Appiah played central defence for Arminia Bielefeld who were beaten 3-2 at Ingolstadt.
In the Liga 3, midfielder Evans Nyarko lasted 72 minutes for Borussia Dortmund II when they suffered a 2-1 home defeat to Jahn Regensburg.
Ingolstadt II were beaten 2-0 by Illertissen at their own backyard.
Midfielder Reagy Ofosu played the full 90 minutes for Ingolstadt II.
DENMARK
Esbjerg suffered a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Viborg on Sunday.
Danish-born Kelvin Mensah played 14 minutes for Viborg while defender Davidson Drobo-Ampem played 72 minutes for Esbjerg.
Youngster Kamal Issah lasted the entire 90 minutes of the game for Nordsjælland who suffered a 1-0 defeat at the hands of OB.
AUSTRIA Defender Isaac Vorsah watched Red Bull Salzburg’s 1-0 win over Admira from the stands.
CROATIA Defender Lee Addy played the full 90 minutes for Dinamo Zagreb when they posted a 3-1 win over Slaven Koprivnica.
DENMARK Defender Dominic Oduro played the last 13 minutes for AGF in their 3-1 win over SønderjyskE on Friday.
FRANCE
Andre Ayew was inspiring for Olympique MarseilleAndre Ayew set up the only goal of the game for Olympique Marseille as they beat Valenciennes 1-0 at their own backyard.
Striker Jordan Ayew was introduced in second-half stoppage.
Defender Jonathan Mensah was booked in the 72nd minute and lasted the entire regulation minutes for Evian TG.
John Boye was not in the Rennes team.
In the Ligue 1, defender Dennis Appiah saw full time Caen when they lost 2-1 at Troyes.
PORTUGAL
Rio Ave posted a 2-0 win over Vitória Setúbal to get off their season to a fine start.
Wakaso Mubarak‘s junior brother Wakaso Alhassan played the full 90 minutes for Rio Ave.
Defender David Addy was in full-time action for Vitória Guimarães as they held Nacional to a 1-1 draw.
Christian Atsu trained with the Porto team B and watched from the stands as his FC Porto side beat Maritimo 3-0.
ITALY
Kwadwo Asamoah in action for Juventus against SampdoriaGhana midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah was in full time action for Juventus in their Italian Serie A slim win over Sampdoria in their season opener on Saturday.
Neither Kevin-Prince Boateng nor Sulley Muntari was in the AC Milan side that lost 2-1 at Hellas Verona.
Alfred Duncan made his Serie A debut for Livorno and lasted 83 minutes for Livorno when they were beaten 2-0 by AS Roma.
Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu played full throttle for Udinese when they were beaten 2-1 at Lazio in their Serie A opener.
Torino posted a 2-0 win over Sassuolo to book their first win of the season.
Both Raman Chibsah and Abass Mohammed were both unused subs by Sassuolo.
Parma and Chievo Verona shared the spoils in a 0-0 contest at the Stadio Ennio Tardini.
Neither Afriyie Acquah nor Maxwell Acosty were unused substitutes.
In the Serie B, former Inter Milan academy graduate Isaac Ntow-Tuah warmed the bench for Brescia who were held to a 2-2 draw by Virtus Lanciano.
Amidu Salifu played full throttle for Modena who shared the spoils with Palermo.
Defender Masahudu Alhassan saw full time action for newly-promoted Latina when they lost 3-1 at Empoli.
NORWAY Kennedy Ashia was an unused sub by Brann who won 3-1 at ODD Grenland.
Sogndal recorded their second straight of the season after beating Viking 1-0.
Striker Mahatma Otoo started the game and lasted 86 minutes for Sogndal but youngster Gilbert Koomson saw full time action for Sogndal.
King Osei-Gyan played full throttle for Viking.
Stromsgodset humiliated Molde 5-2 to consolidate their place at the second spot.
Ghana goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey kept the post for Stroms while midfielder Bismark Adjei-Boateng was replaced after 69 minutes.
Defender Razak Nuhu was an unused substitute.
Alhassan Wakaso in action for Rio Ave on SundayErnest Asante was introduced after the 65th minute to play in IK Start’s 1-1 draw at Aalesund.
SWITZERLAND
Samuel Afum was brought on after 72 minutes by Young Boys who were halted 2-1 by Grasshoppers.
Winger Ishmael Yartey played 83 minutes for FC Sion in their 0-0 draw against FC Thun while young striker Ebenezer Assifuah was unused by Sion.
SWEDEN
Former Heart of Lions striker Benjamin Fadi lost his place in the Malmo FF team when they won 3-1 against IFK Göteborg.
Ema Boateng and David Accam did not travel with Helsingborg IF as they won 2-1 at Gefle IF.
Abdullai Zakaria was on the Gefle bench but Joachim Adukor was axed from the squad.
Ebenezer Ofori and Ibrahim Moro both started for AIK Solna in their 1-0 loss at Halmstad BK.
Moro was replaced by Swedish-born Ghanaian Robin Quaison in the 75th minute.
ROMANIA Frank Wiafe-Danquah played 31 minutes for Brasov when they won 2-1 against ACS Poli Timi?oara.
Striker Sadat Bukari was brought on after 27 minutes by Astra Giurgui when they were beaten 2-1 by Petrolul Ploie?ti.
Seidu Yahaya was not in the Astra team.
RUSSIA Midfielder Rabiu Mohammed was introduced after 72 minutes by Kuban Krasnodar when they beat Ural 3-2.
SCOTLAND Dutch-born Kevin Luckassen played 67 minutes for Ross County who beat St Mirren 3-0.
TURKEY Jerry Akaminko saw full time action for Eski?ehirspor who lost 1-0 at Fenerbahçe.
Striker Kwame Amponsah-Karikari scored twice for Bal?kesirspor who beat Fethiyespor 4-0 to assume the submit of the table.
UKRAINE Dominic Adiyiah scored on the 39th minute for Arsenal Kiev who lost 2-1 against Illichivets’.
Abeiku Quansah was not in the Arsenal Kiev team.
USA Dominic Oduro was booked on the 80th minute mark and lasted the entire duration of the game for Columbus Crew when they lost 4-0 at Real Salt Lake.
Patrick Nyarko was introduced after 65 minutes by Chicago Fire who won 1-0 at Sporting KC.
American-born Kofi Sarkodie played the entire 90 minutes for Houston Dynamo when they were hammered 5-0 at Montreal Impact.
Gershon Koffie was booked in the 59th minute and lasted the full 90 minutes for Vancouver Whitecaps who lost 1-0 to LA Galaxy.
Kofi Opare was unused by LA.
Khalif Alhassan played the full 90 minutes for Portland Timbers who were beaten 1-0 at Seattle Sounders.
