Coton Sport FC de Garoua

Coton Sport Football Club de Garoua, or simply Coton Sport, is a Cameroonian football club based in Garoua. They play their home games at the Stade Omnisport de Garoua.

Full nameCoton Sport Football Club de Garoua
Nickname(s)Les Cotonniers (The Cottoners)
Founded1986
GroundStade Omnisports Roumde-Adjia, Garoua
Capacity22,000
ChairmanPierre Kapténé
ManagerBertin Ebwelle
2019–20Elite One, 2nd

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 CAF Champions League, losing to Al Ahly SC of Egypt in the final.[1][2]

Honours

National titles
  • Cameroon Premiere Division:
Champions (15): 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018
Runners-up (6): 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2019
Winners (6): 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014
Runners-up: 1999

International titles
Runners-up: 2008
Runners-up: 2003


Notable former coaches[3]
gollark: As I said, it is now working.
gollark: On the plus side, the actual software is good.
gollark: It works now but WHOEVER THOUGHT THIS WAS AN ACCEPTABLE WAY TO DESIGN A BUILD SYSTEM SHOULD BE BANNED FROM EVER USING A COMPUTER.
gollark: Apparently it undocumentedly requires `autotools-archive`?
gollark: Someone help, autotools is horrible and æÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

References
  1. "Coton Sport 2–2 Al Ahly". BBC Sport. 2008-11-16. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  2. "From social club to African finalists". BBC Sport. 2008-11-14. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  3. "Boivin and Cotonsport part ways". SuperSport official website. Retrieved 2017-09-17.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.