Tamale City coach Hamza Mohammed says his side's target was to qualify for the 2022/23 betPawa Ghana Premier League which kicks off next month.
The Tamale-based side secured qualification for the new season after finishing top of the three-way play off competition which included Ebusua Dwarfs and Liberty Professionals.
City finished top of the play-offs with four points after beating Liberty Professionals 1-0 last Saturday and securing a draw against Ebusua Dwarfs on Monday at the Accra Sports Stadium.
"[This qualification] means a lot. Tamale City, since its inception, our intention was always to be in the Premier League," Hamza said.
“But for the Anas expose, I think we would have been four or five seasons in the Premier League. We were cruising until that thing happened. I think ever since, we had an opportunity to have the playoff against Nsoatreman, which we couldn’t."
“We had another one that we delivered and we’re in the Premier League…we will just prepare for it.
He added; "[It was] one statement – ‘get to the premiership!’ When you introduce great players to the team [they don’t want to come] because it’s Division One but when they play in the Premier League, there are more opportunities for them."
"We just told them ‘hey come and play. If you do well, you’re going to the Premier League."
Tamale City will replace Ashanti Gold SC who were demoted from the topflight league following a decision by the GFA Disciplinary Committee which was affirmed by the Appeals Committee.