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| Full name | Coton Sport Football Club de Garoua | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Les Cotonniers (The Cottoners) | ||
| Founded | 1986 | ||
| Ground | Stade Omnisports Roumde-Adjia, Garoua | ||
| Capacity | 22,000 | ||
| Chairman | Pierre Kapténé | ||
| Manager | Bertin Ebwelle | ||
| 2019–20 | Elite One, 2nd | ||
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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.
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
- Cameroonian Cup:
- Winners (6): 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014
- Runners-up: 1999
International titles
- Runners-up: 2008
- Runners-up: 2003
Notable former coaches[3]
Jules Nyongha- Bonaventure Djonkep (2002–03)
Lamine Ndiaye (2003–06)
Denis Lavagne (2007–08)
Alain Ouombleon (2008–09)- Denis Lavagne (2009–11)
- Robert Boivin (2012)
- Sébastien Desabre (2012–13)
- Didier Gomes Da Rosa (2014–15)
- Minkréo Birwé (2017–)
References
- ^ "Coton Sport 2–2 Al Ahly". BBC Sport. 2008-11-16. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- ^ "From social club to African finalists". BBC Sport. 2008-11-14. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- ^ "Boivin and Cotonsport part ways". SuperSport official website. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
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