Cameroon - List of Champions (original) (raw)

before independence Championnat Territorial NB: the first football teams were created in Douala, after World War I, by Charles Lalanne; soon clubs in Yaound� and southern Cameroon followed; the first championship held in 1933; the 1936/37 championship was the third edition; the territorial championship was usually decided by a knock-out tournament between the representatives of the various regional and city leagues (in 1955/56 a mini-tournament was held, in contrast to previous seasons).

1936/37 Ca�man (Douala) 1-0 Scorpion (Bonab�ri) 1940/41 Ca�man (Douala) 3-2 Canon (Yaound�) 1942/43 Ca�man (Douala) 1947/48 Ca�man (Douala) 2-1 L�opard (Douala) 1948/49 Ca�man (Douala) 3-1 AS Garde et Police 1950/51 Ca�man (Douala) 1951 Ca�man (Douala) [ahead of Lion and Oryx] 1954/55 Ca�man (Douala) 1955/56 Diamant (Yaound�) [runners-up: Aigle Royal de la Menoua (Dschang)] 1956-60 not known

Available information on the Douala championship: 1937/38 Oryx (Douala) bt Ca�man (Douala) 1940/41 Ca�man (Douala) 5-1 Oryx (Douala) 1942/43 Ca�man (Douala) 2-1 Vent Sportif Available information on the Wouri championship: 1953/54 Ca�man (Douala) [ahead of L�opard] Available information on the Littoral championship: 1955/56 Ca�man (Douala) [ahead of L�opard]

since independence

NB: until May 1972, there were separate leagues for francophone East Cameroon (whose winners were considered national champions and are thus listed below) and anglophone East Cameroon (on which few data are available; the main towns in the area include Bamenda, Buea, Kumba, Mamfe, Mutengene and Tiko); teams from both parts of the country only met in the national cup tournament; between 1960 and 1973 a nationwide second division (obviously apart from East Cameroon) existed before it was split into regional sections

1960 Oryx (Douala) 1961 Oryx (Douala) 1962 Ca�man (Douala) 1963 Oryx (Douala) 1964 Oryx (Douala) 1965 Oryx (Douala) 1966 Diamant (Yaound�) 1967 Oryx (Douala) [runners-up: Ca�man (Douala)] 1968 Ca�man (Douala) 1969 Union Sportive (Douala) 1969/70 Canon (Yaound�) 1970/71 Aigle Royal (Nkongsamba) 1971/72 L�opard (Douala) 1972/73 L�opard (Douala) 1973/74 Canon (Yaound�) 1974/75 Ca�man (Douala) 1975/76 Union Sportive (Douala) [runners-up: Racing Club (Bafoussam)] 1976/77 Canon (Yaound�) [runners-up: Ca�man (Douala)] 1977/78 Union Sportive (Douala) 1978/79 Canon (Yaound�) 1979/80 Canon (Yaound�) 1981 Tonnerre (Yaound�) 1981/82 Canon (Yaound�) 1982/83 Tonnerre (Yaound�) 1983/84 Tonnerre (Yaound�) 1984/85 Canon (Yaound�) 1985/86 Canon (Yaound�) 1986/87 Tonnerre (Yaound�) 1988 Tonnerre (Yaound�) 1989 Racing Club (Bafoussam) 1990 Union Sportive (Douala) 1991 Canon (Yaound�) 1992 Racing Club (Bafoussam) 1993 Racing Club (Bafoussam) 1994 Aigle Royal (Nkongsamba) 1995 Racing Club (Bafoussam) 1996 Unisport (Bafang) 1997 Cotonsport (Garoua) 1998 Cotonsport (Garoua) 1999 Sable (Bati�) 2000 Fovu (Baham) 2001 Cotonsport (Garoua) 2002 Canon (Yaound�) 2003 Cotonsport (Garoua) 2004 Cotonsport (Garoua) 2005 Cotonsport (Garoua) 2006 Cotonsport (Garoua) 2007 Cotonsport (Garoua) 2007/08 Cotonsport (Garoua) 2008/09 Tiko United (Tiko) [*] 2009/10 Cotonsport (Garoua) 2010/11 Cotonsport (Garoua) 2011/12 Union Sportive (Douala) 2013 Cotonsport (Garoua) 2014 Cotonsport (Garoua) 2015 Cotonsport (Garoua) 2016 UMS de Loum 2017 Eding Sport de la L�ki� (Mfou) 2018 Cotonsport (Garoua) 2019 UMS de Loum 2019/20 PWD de Bamenda
2020/21 Cotonsport (Garoua) 2022 Cotonsport (Garoua) 2022/23 Cotonsport (Garoua) 2023/24 Victoria United (Limbe)

[*] Tiko's league title marked the first championship by an anglophone club

NB: it is not exactly clear when the season changed to the calendar year (after 1986/87 and prior to 1998)

Number of Titles (64):

18 Cotonsport (Garoua)

10 Canon (Yaound�)

5 Oryx (Douala) Tonnerre (Yaound�) Union Sportive (Douala)

4 Racing Club (Bafoussam)

3 Ca�man (Douala)

2 Aigle Royal (Nkongsamba) L�opard (Douala) UMS de Loum

1 Diamant (Yaound�) Eding Sport de la L�ki� (Mfou) Fovu (Baham) PWD de Bamenda
Sable (Bati�) Tiko United (Tiko)
Unisport (Bafang) Victoria United (Limbe)

About this document

Sources included:http://footafrikmag.over-blog.com/article-cameroun-historique-109281639.html,Peuple Sawa,A. Pannenborg

Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl for theRec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Hans Schöggl Last updated: 18 Apr 2024