This article needs additional citations for verification. (June 2020) |
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]
 | |||
| Full name | Coton Sport Football Club de Garoua | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Les Cotonniers (The Cottoners)[1] | ||
| Founded | 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) | ||
|
| |||
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
editThe 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
editNational titles
edit- 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
edit- CAF Champions League:
- Runners-up: 2008
- CAF Cup:
- Runners-up: 2003
Current squad
editAs of 16 March 2023.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Notable players
editNotable former coaches
edit- 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–)
References
edit- ^ "#402 – Coton Sport de Garoua : les Cotonniers" (in French). footnickname. 9 October 2022.
- ^ "Coton Sport 2–2 Al Ahly". BBC Sport. 2008-11-16. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- ^ "From social club to African finalists". BBC Sport. 2008-11-14. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- ^ "Boivin and Cotonsport part ways". SuperSport official website. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
External links
edit
