Coton Sport FC de Garoua

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
2024–25	Elite One, 4th
Home colours Away colours

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

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

National titles

• 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

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

Current squad

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player 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

No. Pos. Nation Player 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

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

Notable former coaches

• 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

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

• Official site