Coton Sport FC de Garoua

Cameroonian professional football club

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Football club

Coton Sport

Full name| Coton Sport Football Club de Garoua
Nickname(s)| Les Cotonniers (The Cottoners)[1]
Founded| 1986; 39 years ago (1986)
Ground| Stade Roumdé Adjia
Capacity| 30,000
Chairman| Michel Tchouakeu
Manager| Gauthier Ndoumbe
League| Elite One
2023–24| Elite One, 2nd of 25 (runners up)

Home colours

Away colours

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Coton Sport Football Club de Garoua, or simply Coton Sport, is a Cameroonian professional football club based in Garoua. They play their home games at the Stade Omnisport de Garoua, commonly known as the Roumde Adjia Stadium. The club is chaired by Sadou Fernand. The first team plays in MTN Elite One (Cameroonian first division) (since 1993) and competes in 2012 in the CAF Champions League. The club has the largest budget of a Cameroonian club (500 million CFA francs).[citation needed]

It has won sixteen Cameroon championships and six Cameroon cups. In addition, in continental competitions, the club reached the final of the CAF Cup in 2003 and the CAF Champions League in 2008 and the semi-finals of the same competition in 2013.[citation needed]

## History

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The club was founded in 1986 and campaigned in the lower leagues until they were promoted to the country's Premier League in 1992. Since 1996 Coton Sport has dominated local football, winning eleven league titles in the process. In 2008 the club finished runners up in the CAF Champions League, losing to Al Ahly SC of Egypt in the final.[2][3]

## Honours

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### National titles

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* Elite 1:
* Champions (18): 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23.
* Runners-up (6): 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2019.

* Cameroonian Cup:
* Winners (7): 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2022.
* Runners-up (1): 1999.

* Super Coupe Roger Milla:
* Winners (1): 2023.
* Runners-up (2): 2001, 2022.

### International titles

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* CAF Champions League:
* Runners-up: 2008
* CAF Cup:
* Runners-up: 2003

## Current squad

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As of 16 March 2023.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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1  | GK |  CMR | Jean Daniel Nyeck
2  | DF |  CMR | Youssoufa Houzaifi
3  | DF |  CMR | Goni Ali
4  | DF |  CMR | Franck Baho Henock
5  | FW |  CMR | Frédéric Fomundam
6  | DF |  CMR | Che Malone
7  | FW |  CMR | Patient Gouegoue
8  | FW |  CMR | Stanislas Madi
9  | FW |  CMR | Stéphane Tchakounte
10  | MF |  CMR | Brawdon Eno
11  | FW |  CMR | Jean Emmanuel Nguéwawe
12  | DF |  CMR | Ibrahim Abba
13  | MF |  CMR | Ismael Ben Youssoufa
14  | FW |  CMR | Ramses Nguimzeu
15  | MF |  CMR | Veraloh Macgregor
16  | GK |  CMR | Mamoudou Ahamada Saliou
17  | FW |  CMR | François Nkambe
18  | MF |  CMR | Koulagna Aziz Bassane
19  | FW |  CMR | Marius Kada
20  | DF |  CMR | Mamoudou Hassana Abbo
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21  | MF |  CMR | Philippe Banen
22  | GK |  CMR | Gadin Allambatnan
23  | MF |  CMR | Reich Kokolo
24  | MF |  CMR | Ako Harry Oru
25  | DF |  CMR | Boubakari Dairou
26  | FW |  CMR | Souaibou Marou
27  | FW |  CMR | Mohamadou Issa
28  | DF |  CMR | Robert Atsiga
29  | FW |  CMR | Philippe Nziengui
30  | FW |  CMR | Gérald Mbida
31  | FW |  CMR | Moshood Kasali
32  | MF |  CMR | Jean Eric Moursou
33  | MF |  CMR | Djawal Kaiba
34  | FW |  CMR | Daman Bouba Abdouraman
35  | DF |  CMR | Siddick Aboubakar
36  | DF |  CMR | Marie Mekong
37  | MF |  CMR | Brice Eboudjé
38  | MF |  CMR | Félix Oukiné
39  | FW |  CMR | Moubarak Abdoulaziz
40  | FW |  CMR | Jean-Paul Atangana

## Notable players

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* Marius Mouandilmadji
* Vincent Aboubakar
* Frank Anguissa (youth)
* Daouda Kamilou

## Notable former coaches

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* Jules Nyongha
* Bonaventure Djonkep (2002–03)
* Lamine Ndiaye (2003–06)
* Denis Lavagne (2007–08)
* Alain Ouombleon (2008–09)
* Denis Lavagne (2009–11)
* Robert Boivin (2012)
* Sébastien Desabre (2012–13)
* Didier Gomes Da Rosa (2014–15)
* Ali Hanteh (2022–)

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## References

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1. ^ "#402 – Coton Sport de Garoua : les Cotonniers" (in French). footnickname. 9 October 2022.
2. ^ "Coton Sport 2–2 Al Ahly". BBC Sport. 2008-11-16. Archived from the original on 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
3. ^ "From social club to African finalists". BBC Sport. 2008-11-14. Archived from the original on 2018-06-18. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
4. ^ "Boivin and Cotonsport part ways". SuperSport official website. Archived from the original on 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2017-09-17.

## External links

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2021−22 Elite One

Group A|

* Avion Academy
* Bamboutos
* Coton Sport
* Dragon Yaoundé
* Eding Sport
* Fovu de Baham
* New Star
* OFTA
* PWD Bamenda
* Renaissance Ngoumou
* UMS Loum
* Yafoot
* YOSA

Group B|

* APEJES Academy
* Canon Sportif
* Colombe Sportive
* Feutcheu FC
* Fauvre Azur de Elite
* Fortuna de Mfou
* Les Astres
* Panthère du Ndé
* Racing Bafoussam
* Stade Renard
* Tonnerre Yaoundé
* Union Douala

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