Coton Sport Football Club de Garoua, or simply Coton Sport, is a

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

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club based in

Garoua Garoua or Garua (Fula: Garwa 𞤺𞤢𞤪𞤱𞤢) is a port city and the capital of the North Region of Cameroon, lying on the Benue River. A thriving centre of the textiles and cotton industries, the city has approximately 1,285,000 inhabit ...

. They play their home games at the

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, 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). 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.

History

The club was founded in 1986 and campaigning 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

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, losing to

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of Egypt in the final.

Honours

National titles

* Elite 1: **Champions (17): 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015,

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, 2021, 2022 **Runners-up (6): 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002,

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Cameroonian Cup The Cameroon Cup is the national football competition in Cameroon, on a knock-out-basis. Cup Finals Before independence * 1941 : Caïman de Douala 6-0 Mikado ASTP * 1942 : Caïman de Douala 3-1 Léopards Douala * 1943 : Caïman de Douala * 194 ...

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

International titles

: **Runners-up:

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: **Runners-up:

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Notable former coaches

Jules Nyongha Jules-Fredric Nyongha (born 3 October 1945) is a Cameroonian association football manager who most recently coached Unisport FC de Bafang. Career Nyongha has had three spells in charge of the Cameroon national team, including at the 1996 Africa ...

Bonaventure Djonkep Bonaventure Djonkep (born 20 August 1961) is a former Cameroonian association football player and coach. Djonkep spent his entire playing career between the 1982 and 1995 at Union Douala, winning one Cameroonian League title in 1990 and one Cam ...

(2002–03) *

Lamine Ndiaye Lamine N'Diaye (born 18 October 1956) is a Senegalese football coach and former player who is the manager of Guinean club Horoya AC. Playing career Born in Thiès, N'Diaye played as a midfielder for US Rail, SC Orange, Cannes and Mulhouse, an ...

(2003–06) *

Denis Lavagne Denis Lavagne (born 9 July 1964) is a French association football, football coach and former player who manages Saudi Arabian club Al-Jabalain FC, Al-Jabalain. Playing career Born in Béziers, Lavagne played for Le Havre AC, Le Havre B, FC Roue ...

(2007–08) * Alain Ouombleon (2008–09) *

(2009–11) * Robert Boivin (2012) *

Sébastien Desabre Sébastien Serge Louis Desabre (born 2 August 1976) is a French professional football manager, who is the current manager of DR Congo. Nicknamed ''The Florist'' he served as manager of the Uganda national team from 28 December 2017 until 7 July ...

(2012–13) *

Didier Gomes Da Rosa Didier Gomes Da Rosa (born 10 October 1969) is a French football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Ain FC. He is famous for making an impressive impact in all the clubs he has managed in his early year ...

(2014–15) *

Ali Hanteh Masoud Ali Hanteh (born November 10, 1966) is a retired Iranian football player. He is currently free agent. His latest job was to be the manager of Esteghlal Ahvaz in Iran Pro League. Playing career He played for Aboomoslem back in 1980s, th ...

(2022–)

References

External links

Football clubs in Cameroon 1986 establishments in Cameroon Association football clubs established in 1986 Garoua {{Cameroon-footyclub-stub