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Coton Sport FC de Garoua

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Coton Sport
Full nameCoton Sport Football Club de Garoua
Nickname(s)Les Cotonniers (The Cottoners)[1]
Founded1986; 38 years ago (1986)
GroundStade Roumdé Adjia
Capacity30,000
ChairmanMichel Tchouakeu
ManagerGauthier Ndoumbe
LeagueElite One
2023–24Elite One, 2nd of 25 (runners up)

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

International titles

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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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Cameroon CMR Jean Daniel Nyeck
2 DF Cameroon CMR Youssoufa Houzaifi
3 DF Cameroon CMR Goni Ali
4 DF Cameroon CMR Franck Baho Henock
5 FW Cameroon CMR Frédéric Fomundam
6 DF Cameroon CMR Che Malone
7 FW Cameroon CMR Patient Gouegoue
8 FW Cameroon CMR Stanislas Madi
9 FW Cameroon CMR Stéphane Tchakounte
10 MF Cameroon CMR Brawdon Eno
11 FW Cameroon CMR Jean Emmanuel Nguéwawe
12 DF Cameroon CMR Ibrahim Abba
13 MF Cameroon CMR Ismael Ben Youssoufa
14 FW Cameroon CMR Ramses Nguimzeu
15 MF Cameroon CMR Veraloh Macgregor
16 GK Cameroon CMR Mamoudou Ahamada Saliou
17 FW Cameroon CMR François Nkambe
18 MF Cameroon CMR Koulagna Aziz Bassane
19 FW Cameroon CMR Marius Kada
20 DF Cameroon CMR Mamoudou Hassana Abbo
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Cameroon CMR Philippe Banen
22 GK Cameroon CMR Gadin Allambatnan
23 MF Cameroon CMR Reich Kokolo
24 MF Cameroon CMR Ako Harry Oru
25 DF Cameroon CMR Boubakari Dairou
26 FW Cameroon CMR Souaibou Marou
27 FW Cameroon CMR Mohamadou Issa
28 DF Cameroon CMR Robert Atsiga
29 FW Cameroon CMR Philippe Nziengui
30 FW Cameroon CMR Gérald Mbida
31 FW Cameroon CMR Moshood Kasali
32 MF Cameroon CMR Jean Eric Moursou
33 MF Cameroon CMR Djawal Kaiba
34 FW Cameroon CMR Daman Bouba Abdouraman
35 DF Cameroon CMR Siddick Aboubakar
36 DF Cameroon CMR Marie Mekong
37 MF Cameroon CMR Brice Eboudjé
38 MF Cameroon CMR Félix Oukiné
39 FW Cameroon CMR Moubarak Abdoulaziz
40 FW Cameroon CMR Jean-Paul Atangana

Notable players

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Notable former coaches

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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. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  3. ^ "From social club to African finalists". BBC Sport. 2008-11-14. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  4. ^ "Boivin and Cotonsport part ways". SuperSport official website. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
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