2015 Elite One

Elite One
Season 2015
Champions Cotonsport
Relegated Njala Quan
Tonnerre
Champions League Cotonsport
Union Douala
Confederation Cup New Star
UMS de Loum
Matches played 306
Goals scored 558 (1.82 per match)
Biggest home win
Biggest away win
Highest scoring Les Astres 5-2 Canon
(21 May 2015)
Longest winning run Botafogo FC (7)
Longest unbeaten run Cotonsport
Union Douala (16)
Longest winless run Tonnerre (16)
Longest losing run Tonnerre (7)
2014
2016

The 2015 Elite One is the 55th season of the Cameroon Top League. The season began on 8 February 2015. Cotonsport won their third consecutive title and 14th overall, all in the last 19 years.

Cotonsport clinched the title in the final round of the season, holding onto their 1-point lead over Union Douala when both teams closed the season with a draw. Union Douala picked up a road point with a 1-1 score at New Star, while Cotonsport played a scoreless home tie against Botafogo FC. With their respective top-two finishes, Cotonsport and Union Douala qualified for the 2016 CAF Champions League. New Star and Botafogo finished in a third-place tie and will play a play-off to determine the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifier.

Canon, Njala Quan and Tonnerre finished 16th, 17th and 18th, respectively and will be relegated to Elite Two for the 2016 season. While there was no doubt about the fates of Njala Quan and Tonnerre, Canon could have escaped relegation with a win in their final game, but played Cosmos de Bafia to a 1-1 draw on the road to seal their fate.

Teams locations

Lion Blessé
Unisport
Locations of the 2014 Elite One teams

Elite One was reduced from 19 to 18 teams for the 2015 season with four clubs relegated to Elite Two and only three promoted. Renaissance, Scorpion de Bé, Sable Batié and Douala AC were all relegated to Elite Two after finishing in the last four spot of the 2014 season. Dragon de Yaoundé, Botafogo FC and Lion Blessé were each promoted from Elite Two.[1]

Team Home city Stadium Capacity
APEJES Academy Yaoundé Stade Omnisport Ahmadou Ahidjo 38,509
Bamboutos FC Mbouda Stade Municipal de Mbouda 11,000
Botafogo FC Douala Stade de la Réunification 30,000
Canon Yaoundé Yaoundé Stade Omnisport Ahmadou Ahidjo 38,509
Cosmos de Bafia Bafia Stade Municipal de Bafia 1,000
Coton Sport FC de Garoua Garoua Stade Omnisport Roumdé Adjia 22,000
Dragon de Yaoundé Yaoundé Stade Omnisport Ahmadou Ahidjo 38,509
Fovu Club de Baham Baham Stade Municipal de Baham 15,000
Les Astres FC Douala Stade de la Réunification 30,000
Lion Blessé de Fotouni Bafang Stade Municipal de Bafang 5,000
New Star de Douala Douala Stade de la Réunification 30,000
Njala Quan Sports Academy Limbé Stade Municipal de Limbé 12,000
Panthère du Ndé Bangangté Stade Municipal de Bangangté 1,000
Tonnerre Yaoundé Yaoundé Stade Omnisport Ahmadou Ahidjo 38,509
UMS de Loum Njombé Stade de Njombé 1,000
Union Sportive de Douala Douala Stade de la Réunification 30,000
Unisport Bafang Bafang Stade Municipal de Bafang 5,000
Young Sports Academy Bamenda Stade Municipal Mankon 5,000

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Cotonsport (C) (Q) 34 18 11 5 43 25 +18 062* 2016 CAF Champions League
2 Union Douala (Q) 34 17 10 7 42 24 +18 61
3 New Star (Q) 34 16 10 8 41 23 +18 58 2016 CAF Confederation Cup BFC 1-0 NEW
NEW 1-0 BFC
Botafogo FC 34 16 10 8 34 24 +10 58
5 APEJES Academy 34 13 10 11 33 24 +9 49 APE 1-1 PAN
PAN 0-0 APE
Panthère 34 10 19 5 32 27 +5 49
7 Unisport Bafang 34 12 12 10 33 28 +5 48 YSA 0-1 UNB
UNB 2-0 YSA
8 Young Sports Academy 34 13 9 12 34 33 +1 48
9 Dragon de Yaoundé 34 13 7 14 30 33 3 46
10 Bamboutos 34 10 14 10 29 31 2 44
11 Lion Blessé 34 10 12 12 29 30 1 42 LIO 1-1 UMS
UMS 0-0 LIO
UMS de Loum (Q) 34 9 15 10 28 30 2 42 2016 CAF Confederation Cup
13 Les Astres 34 11 8 15 35 36 1 41 CDB 0-0 AST
AST 2-0 CDB
14 Cosmos de Bafia 34 11 8 15 21 28 7 41
15 Fovu Club 34 9 13 12 30 36 6 40
16 Canon (R) 34 8 14 12 33 41 8 38 Relegation to Elite Two
17 Njala Quan (R) 34 8 7 19 18 37 19 31
18 Tonnerre (R) 34 3 9 22 13 48 35 015*

Updated to games played on 7 September 2015.
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) head-to-head goals allowed; 6) playoff
*Cotonsport and Tonnerre were each deducted 3 points (Federation decision)
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

All teams play in a double round robin system (home and away).

Home \ Away[1] APE BAM BOTCANCOSCOTDRAFOVLESLIONEWNJAPANTONUMSUNDUNBYSA
APEJES Academy 20 01 22 20 01 20 11 01 00 20 20 11 10 11 12 21 30
Bamboutos 00 21 12 10 00 11 12 10 00 00 41 00 32 00 22 21 01
Botafogo FC 21 10 30 00 21 20 20 10 00 10 00 00 20 10 03 32 11
Canon 12 01 11 01 11 01 10 20 11 03 10 11 11 00 31 22 00
Cosmos de Bafia 10 21 01 11 01 12 00 00 20 01 10 12 10 00 02 20 20
Cotonsport 01 10 00 03 10 10 42 31 21 21 21 21 30 41 00 10 20
Dragon de Yaoundé 02 21 10 10 00 11 31 02 20 00 21 01 21 11 20 01 12
Fovu Club 32 01 00 11 31 22 10 11 00 11 11 11 01 00 21 01 01
Les Astres 10 12 02 52 20 12 01 23 10 10 20 11 40 10 00 23 32
Lion Blessé 10 01 32 11 21 11 21 11 11 00 12 01 30 11 10 01 21
New Star 20 31 10 20 20 21 00 10 21 10 40 41 22 01 11 00 32
Njalla Quan 10 00 01 12 01 00 10 10 02 12 00 11 10 23 01 00 01
Panthère 00 11 10 22 00 00 11 00 21 21 10 01 20 11 00 12 11
Tonnerre 01 11 00 01 01 02 02 00 00 02 01 01 23 00 10 21 01
UMS de Loum 11 00 23 20 12 00 12 20 00 00 21 10 02 00 13 20 31
Union Douala 00 30 10 10 10 20 21 32 10 20 01 20 21 00 01 33 31
Unisport Bafang 01 00 00 11 00 12 20 01 00 10 11 10 00 30 20 00 20
Young Sport Academy 00 11 41 11 10 00 20 01 30 01 21 10 00 30 10 00 01

Updated to games played on 7 September 2015.
Source: soccerway.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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