Elite One

MTN Elite One
Founded	1961
Country	Cameroon
Confederation	CAF
Number of clubs	14 (from 2025-26 Season)
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Elite Two
Domestic cup(s)	Cameroonian Cup ; Super Coupe Roger Milla
International cup(s)	Champions League ; Confederation Cup
Current champions	Colombe Sportive ; (2025–26)
Most championships	Coton Sport (18)
	Current: 2026 Elite One

The Championnat du Cameroun de football (also known as MTN Elite One since 2007, as it is sponsored by MTN Group) is the highest division of professional association football league system in Cameroon, governed by the Cameroonian Football Federation since its establishment in 1961.

Prize money

Champions	100,000,000 XAF
Runners-up
3rd Place

Current Teams - 2025–26

Yaoundé teams:
Canon Yaoundé
Colombe Sportive
Fauve Azur Elite

Garoua teams:
Coton Sport
Gazelle FA

Locations of the 2025–26 MTN Elite One clubs


Team	Location	2024–25 season	First season in Elite One	No. of Elite One seasons	Stadium	Stadium Capacity	Elite One titles	Manager
Aigle Royal de la Menoua	Dschang	Promoted	1932	18	Stade de Dschang	5,000	0	Gaston Temfack
Aigle Royal du Moungo	Nkongsamba	12th	1933	22	Stade de Melong	5,000	1	Emmanuel Ndoumbe Bosso
AS Fortuna Mfou	Mfou	11th	1998	8	Stade Militaire	2,000	0	Prosper Nkou
Canon Yaoundé	Yaoundé	7th	1930	52	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo	40,122	10	Joseph Atangana
Colombe Sportive	Yaoundé	1st	1953	15	Stade Annexe 1 Omnisport	2,000	0	Richard Towa
Coton Sport	Garoua	4th	1986	34	Stade Roumdé Adjia	30,000	18	Daniel Breard
Dynamo Douala	Douala	10th	1948	28	Stade de la Réunification	30,000	0	Clément Arroga
Fauve Azur Elite	Yaoundé	9th	2016	5	Stade de Ngoa Ekélé	5,000	0	Anicet Mbarga Foe
Gazelle FA	Garoua	3rd	2014	4	Stade Roumdé Adjia	30,000	0	Alioum Kadji
Panthère du Ndé	Bangangté	2nd	1951	36	Stade Municipal de Bangangté	5,000	0	Souleymanou Aboubakar
PWD Bamenda	Bamenda	8th	1962	24	Bamenda Proximity Stadium	2,500	1	David Pagou
Stade Renard	Melong	5th	2009	10	Stade de Melong	5,000	0	Jules Abah Onana
Unisport du Haut Nkam	Bafang	Promoted	1959	31	Stade Municipal de Bafang	5,000	1	Jovanovic Sinisa
Victoria United	Limbe	6th	2002	3	Limbe Omnisport Stadium	20,000	1	Dimitar Pantev

Champions

As of 2025–26 season

Superscript numbers indicate the cumulative number of championships for that team to that year.

Season	Champions
1961	Oryx Douala
1962	Caïman Douala
1963	Oryx Douala⁴
1964
1965
1966	Diamant Yaoundé
1967	Oryx Douala⁵
1968	Caïman Douala²
1969	Union Douala
1970	Canon Yaoundé
1971	Aigle Nkongsamba
1972	Léopards Douala²
1973	Léopards Douala²
1974	Canon Yaoundé²
1975	Caïman Douala³
1976	Union Douala²
1977	Canon Yaoundé³
1978	Union Douala³
1979	Canon Yaoundé⁵
1980	Canon Yaoundé⁵
1981	Tonnerre Yaoundé
1982	Canon Yaoundé⁶
1983	Tonnerre Yaoundé³
1984	Tonnerre Yaoundé³
1985	Canon Yaoundé⁸
1986	Canon Yaoundé⁸
1987	Tonnerre Yaoundé⁵
1988	Tonnerre Yaoundé⁵
1989	Racing Club
1990	Union Douala⁴
1991	Canon Yaoundé⁹
1992	Racing Club³
1993	Racing Club³
1994	Aigle Nkongsamba²
1995	Racing Club⁴
1996	Unisport
1997	Coton Sport²
1998	Coton Sport²
1999	Sable FC
2000	Fovu Club
2001	Coton Sport³
2002	Canon Yaoundé¹⁰
2003	Coton Sport⁹
2004
2005
2006
2007
2007–08
2008–09	Tiko United
2009–10	Coton Sport¹¹
2010–11	Coton Sport¹¹
2011–12	Union Douala⁵
2013	Coton Sport¹⁴
2014
2015
2016	UMS de Loum
2017	Eding Sport
2018	Coton Sport¹⁵
2019	UMS de Loum²
2019–20	PWD Bamenda^{^}
2020–21	Coton Sport¹⁸
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24	Victoria United
2024–25	Colombe Sportive
2025–26	Colombe Sportive

^ PWD Bamenda were crowned champions after the 2019–20 season couldn't be completed due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Titles by team

Club	Wins
Coton Sport	18
Canon Yaoundé	10
Oryx Douala	5
Union Douala	5
Tonnerre Yaoundé	5
Racing Club	4
Caïman Douala	3
Aigle Nkongsamba	2
Colombe Sportive	2
Léopards Douala	2
UMS de Loum	2
Diamant Yaoundé	1
Unisport	1
Sable FC	1
Fovu Club	1
Tiko United	1
Eding Sport	1
PWD Bamenda	1
Victoria United	1

Qualification for CAF competitions

Association ranking for the 2025–26 CAF club season

The association ranking for the 2025–26 CAF Champions League and the 2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF club competition from 2020–21 to the 2024–25 season.

Legend

CL: CAF Champions League
CC: CAF Confederation Cup
≥: Associations points might increase on basis of its clubs performance in 2024–25 CAF club competitions
Associations ranked 1–12 are eligible to enter two teams in each CAF club competition.

Rank			Association	2020–21 (× 1)		2021–22 (× 2)		2022–23 (× 3)		2023–24 (× 4)		2024–25 (× 5)		Total
2025	2024	Mvt	Association	CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC	Total
1	1	—	Egypt	8	3	7	4	8	2.5	7	7	10	4	190.5
2	2	—	Morocco	4	6	9	5	8	2	2	4	5	5	142
3	4	+1	South Africa	8	2	5	4	4	3	4	1.5	9	3	131
4	3	-1	Algeria	6	5	7	1	6	5	2	3	5	5	130
5	6	+1	Tanzania	3	0.5	0	2	3	4	6	0	2	4	82.5
6	5	-1	Tunisia	4	3	5	1	4	2	6	1	3	0.5	82.5
7	8	+1	Angola	1	0	5	0	2	0	3	1.5	2	2	55
8	7	-1	DR Congo	4	0	0	3	1	2	4	0	2	0	45
9	9	—	Sudan	3	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	3	0	41
10	11	+1	Ivory Coast	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	2	38
11	10	-1	Libya	0	0.5	0	5	0	0.5	0	3	0	0	24
12	12	—	Nigeria	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	21
13	15	+2	Mali	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0.5	18.5
14	14	—	Ghana	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	16
15	13	-2	Guinea	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0.5	0	0	12
16	19	+3	Botswana	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	8.5
17	21	+4	Senegal	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8
18	17	-1	Mauritania	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8
19	18	-1	Congo	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.5	0	0	7
20	16	-4	Cameroon	0	3	0	0.5	1	0	0	0	0	0	7
21	22	+1	Togo	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
22	22	—	Uganda	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
23	-	new	Mozambique	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	2.5
24	20	-4	Zambia	0	1.5	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5
25	24	-1	Eswatini	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
25	24	-1	Niger	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
27	26	-1	Burkina Faso	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5

Performance by club

Club	City	Titles
Coton Sport	Garoua	18
Canon Yaoundé	Yaoundé	10
TKC Yaoundé	Yaoundé	5
Oryx Douala	Douala	5
US Douala	Douala	5
RC Bafoussam	Bafoussam	4
Caïman Douala	Douala	3
Aigle Nkongsamba	Nkongsamba	2
Colombe Sportive	Sangmélima	2
Léopards	Douala	2
UMS de Loum	Loum	2
Diamant Yaoundé	Yaoundé	1
Unisport FC	Bafang	1
Sable FC	Batié	1
Fovu Baham	Baham	1
Tiko United	Tiko	1
Eding Sport	Mfou	1
PWD Bamenda	Bamenda	1
Victoria United	Limbe	1

Top goalscorers

Season	Best scorers	Team	Goals
2002	Hans Eric Ekounga	Coton Sport FC
2003	Etélé Ambassa Jean	Bamboutos FC	14
2005	Bakari Inoi	Kadji Sport Academy	20
2006	Francis Litsingi	Coton Sport FC	15
2007–08	Ayuk Roland Agbor	Tiko United FC	36
2008–09	Daouda Kamilou	Coton Sport FC
2017	Daouda Kamilou	Coton Sport	20
2021–22	Enow Nkembe Adolf	AS Fortuna	20
2022–23	Emmanuel Mahop	Canon Yaoundé	13
2023–24	Jules Armand Kooh	Les Astres	22

References

↑ "Cameroon – List of Champions". RSSSF.
↑ "Cameroon – List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
↑ "Eurosport is not available in your region".

External links

Elite One at FIFA.com
Official site (in French)
League at MTNfootball.com
Elite One at Cameroonian Football Federation
Cameroon Elite One, standings, results & fixtures at Donnael.com

[1] "Cameroon – List of Champions". RSSSF.

[2] "Cameroon – List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 May 2026.

[3] "Eurosport is not available in your region".