Coton Sport FC de Garoua explained

Clubname:Coton Sport
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Fullname:Coton Sport Football Club de Garoua
Nickname:Les Cotonniers (The Cottoners)[1]
Ground:Stade Roumdé Adjia
Capacity:30,000
Chairman:Michel Tchouakeu
Manager:Gauthier Ndoumbe
Head Coach:Daniel Breard
League:Elite One
Season:2023–24
Position:Elite One, 2nd of 25 (runners up)
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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).

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 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

International titles

Current squad

As of 16 March 2023.

Notable Players

Notable former coaches

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Notes and References

  1. Web site:
    1. 402 – Coton Sport de Garoua : les Cotonniers
    . footnickname. fr. 9 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Coton Sport 2–2 Al Ahly . 2008-11-16. BBC Sport. 2009-10-30.
  3. Web site: From social club to African finalists . 2008-11-14. BBC Sport. 2009-10-30.
  4. News: Boivin and Cotonsport part ways. SuperSport official website. 2017-09-17.