Sports team
Canon Yaoundé
From Wikipedia
Canon Sportif de Yaoundé, commonly known as Canon Yaoundé, is a Cameroonian professional football club based in the capital city of Yaoundé. The club was formed in 1930 and play their games at Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo. Their most successful period was in the 1970s and 1980s when they were a dominant force in Cameroonian and African football, winning eight national championships, eight Cameroonian Cups, three African Champions' Cups and one African Cup Winners' Cup.
Their main rivals are Tonnerre Kalara Club (TKC) of Yaoundé and Union Sportive de Douala. All three clubs were early participants in Cameroonian football and competed in African club competitions during the 1970s– 1980s. Canon and Tonnerre contest the Yaoundé derby. TKC was formed as a breakway faction of Canon. The team was host to top players like captain Theophile Abega, Jean-Paul Akono future coach of gold medal-winning indomitable lions team at the Sydney 2000 Olympic games. The team did not compete in top-flight national or international football for several years due to administrative instability. After changes to its administration and finance, it competed for the MTN Elite One title in the 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons.
Recent seasons
Key
League: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points won; Pos = Final position;
Cup / International: PR = Preliminary round; QR = Qualifying round; IR = Intermediate round; R1 = First round; R2 = Second round; GS = Group stage; QF = Quarter-final; SF = Semi-final; RU = Runner-up; W = Competition won;
Honours
Domestic
Elite One: 10
1970, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1991, 2002
Cameroonian Cup: 12
Winners: 1957, 1967, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999
Runners-up (5): 1960, 1974, 1980, 1985, 1998
Super Coupe Roger Milla: 0
Runners-up (2): 1999, 2002
Continental
CAF Champions League: 3
1971, 1978, 1980
African Cup Winners' Cup: 1
Winners: 1979
Runners-up (3): 1977, 1984, 2000
Notable coaches
Oscar Eyoum (1992–95)
Bienvenu Lessomo (2009–10)
Patrice Noukeu (2025–present)
This record is provisional: it was compiled from the cited sources but has not yet been checked by an InsideKamer editor.
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