2015 Elite One

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Elite One
Season2015
Champions Cotonsport
Relegated Njala Quan
Tonnerre
Champions League Cotonsport
Union Douala
Confederation Cup New Star
UMS de Loum
Matches played306
Goals scored558 (1.82 per match)
Biggest home win
2 matches
Biggest away win
2 matches
Highest scoring Les Astres 5-2 Canon
(21 May 2015)
Longest winning runBotafogo FC (7)
Longest unbeaten run Cotonsport
Union Douala (16)
Longest winless run Tonnerre (16)
Longest losing run Tonnerre (7)
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The 2015 Elite One was the 55th season of the Cameroon Top League. The season began on 8 February 2015. Cotonsport won their third consecutive title and 14th overall, all in the last 19 years.

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Cotonsport clinched the title in the final round of the season, holding onto their 1-point lead over Union Douala when both teams closed the season with a draw. Union Douala picked up a road point with a 1-1 score at New Star, while Cotonsport played a scoreless home tie against Botafogo FC. With their respective top-two finishes, Cotonsport and Union Douala qualified for the 2016 CAF Champions League. New Star and Botafogo finished in a third-place tie and will play a play-off to determine the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifier.

Canon, Njala Quan and Tonnerre finished 16th, 17th and 18th, respectively and will be relegated to Elite Two for the 2016 season. While there was no doubt about the fates of Njala Quan and Tonnerre, Canon could have escaped relegation with a win in their final game, but played Cosmos de Bafia to a 1-1 draw on the road to seal their fate.

Teams locations

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Astres
Botafogo
New Star
Union
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UMS
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Lion Blessé
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Locations of the 2014 Elite One teams

Elite One was reduced from 19 to 18 teams for the 2015 season with four clubs relegated to Elite Two and only three promoted. Renaissance, Scorpion de Bé, Sable Batié and Douala AC were all relegated to Elite Two after finishing in the last four spot of the 2014 season. Dragon de Yaoundé, Botafogo FC and Lion Blessé were each promoted from Elite Two. [1]

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity
APEJES Academy Yaoundé Stade Omnisport Ahmadou Ahidjo 38,509
Bamboutos FC Mbouda Stade Municipal de Mbouda 11,000
Botafogo FC Douala Stade de la Réunification 30,000
Canon Yaoundé Yaoundé Stade Omnisport Ahmadou Ahidjo 38,509
Cosmos de Bafia Bafia Stade Municipal de Bafia1,000
Coton Sport FC de Garoua Garoua Stade Omnisport Roumdé Adjia 22,000
Dragon de Yaoundé Yaoundé Stade Omnisport Ahmadou Ahidjo 38,509
Fovu Club de Baham Baham Stade Municipal de Baham 15,000
Les Astres FC Douala Stade de la Réunification 30,000
Lion Blessé de Fotouni Bafang Stade Municipal de Bafang 5,000
New Star de Douala Douala Stade de la Réunification 30,000
Njala Quan Sports Academy Limbé Stade Municipal de Limbé12,000
Panthère du Ndé Bangangté Stade Municipal de Bangangté 1,000
Tonnerre Yaoundé Yaoundé Stade Omnisport Ahmadou Ahidjo 38,509
UMS de Loum Njombé Stade de Njombé1,000
Union Sportive de Douala Douala Stade de la Réunification 30,000
Unisport Bafang Bafang Stade Municipal de Bafang 5,000
Yong Sports Academy Bamenda Stade Municipal Mankon5,000

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Cotonsport (C, Q)34181154325+1862 [lower-alpha 1] 2016 CAF Champions League
2 Union Douala (Q)34171074224+1861
3 New Star (Q)34161084123+1858 [lower-alpha 2] 2016 CAF Confederation Cup
3Botafogo FC34161083424+1058 [lower-alpha 2]
5 APEJES Academy 341310113324+949 [lower-alpha 3]
5 Panthère 34101953227+549 [lower-alpha 3]
7 Unisport Bafang 341212103328+548 [lower-alpha 4]
8 Yong Sports Academy 34139123433+148 [lower-alpha 4]
9Dragon de Yaoundé34137143033−346
10 Bamboutos 341014102931−244
11Lion Blessé341012122930−142 [lower-alpha 5]
11 UMS de Loum (Q)34915102830−242 [lower-alpha 5] 2016 CAF Confederation Cup
13 Les Astres 34118153536−141 [lower-alpha 6]
14 Cosmos de Bafia 34118152128−741 [lower-alpha 6]
15 Fovu Club 34913123036−640
16 Canon (R)34814123341−838Relegation to Elite Two
17 Njala Quan (R)3487191837−1931
18 Tonnerre (R)3439221348−3515 [lower-alpha 1]
Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2015. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) head-to-head goals allowed; 6) playoff
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Cotonsport and Tonnerre were each deducted 3 points (Federation decision)
  2. 1 2 BFC 1-0 NEW ; NEW 1-0 BFC
  3. 1 2 APE 1-1 PAN ; PAN 0-0 APE
  4. 1 2 YSA 0-1 UNB ; UNB 2-0 YSA
  5. 1 2 LIO 1-1 UMS ; UMS 0-0 LIO
  6. 1 2 CDB 0-0 AST ; AST 2-0 CDB

Results

All teams play in a double round robin system (home and away).

Home \ Away APE BAM BOT CAN CDB COT DRA FOV AST LIO NEW NJA PAN TON UMS UND UNB YSA
APEJES Academy 2–00–12–22–00–12–01–10–10–02–02–01–11–01–11–22–13–0
Bamboutos 0–02–11–21–00–01–11–21–00–00–04–10–03–20–02–22–10–1
Botafogo FC2–11–03–00–02–12–02–01–00–01–00–00–02–01–00–33–21–1
Canon 1–20–11–10–11–10–11–02–01–10–31–01–11–10–03–12–20–0
Cosmos de Bafia 1–02–10–11–10–11–20–00–02–00–11–01–21–00–00–22–02–0
Cotonsport 0–11–00–00–31–01–04–23–12–12–12–12–13–04–10–01–02–0
Dragon de Yaoundé0–22–11–01–00–01–13–10–22–00–02–10–12–11–12–00–11–2
Fovu Club 3–20–10–01–13–12–21–01–10–01–11–11–10–10–02–10–10–1
Les Astres 1–01–20–25–22–01–20–12–31–01–02–01–14–01–00–02–33–2
Lion Blessé1–00–13–21–12–11–12–11–11–10–01–20–13–01–11–00–12–1
New Star 2–03–11–02–02–02–10–01–02–11–04–04–12–20–11–10–03–2
Njalla Quan 1–00–00–11–20–10–01–01–00–21–20–01–11–02–30–10–00–1
Panthère 0–01–11–02–20–00–01–10–02–12–11–00–12–01–10–01–21–1
Tonnerre 0–11–10–00–10–10–20–20–00–00–20–10–12–30–01–02–10–1
UMS de Loum 1–10–02–32–01–20–01–22–00–00–02–11–00–20–01–32–03–1
Union Douala 0–03–01–01–01–02–02–13–21–02–00–12–02–10–00–13–33–1
Unisport Bafang 0–10–00–01–10–01–22–00–10–01–01–11–00–03–02–00–02–0
Young Sport Academy 0–01–14–11–11–00–02–00–13–00–12–11–00–03–01–00–00–1
Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2015. Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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References

  1. ↑ "Summary - Elite ONE - Cameroon - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway" . Retrieved 25 March 2015.
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