2019–20 Elite One

{{Infobox football league season

| competition= Elite One

| season= 2019–20

| image=

| dates= 18 October 2019 – 16 March 2020

| winners= PWD Bamenda (first Elite One title)

| relegated= Dragon Club de Yaoundé

| continentalcup1= Champions League

| continentalcup1 qualifiers= PWD Bamenda

| continentalcup2= Confederation Cup

| continentalcup2 qualifiers= Coton Sport

| matches= 306

| total goals= 522

| biggest home win= Coton Sport 6–1 Yong Sports Academy (24 October 2019)

Coton Sport 5–0 PWD Bamenda (11 November 2019)

| biggest away win= Eding Sport 1–5 Feutcheu FC (5 February 2020)

Dragon Club 0–4 AS Fortuna (12 March 2020)

| highest scoring= Colombe Sportive 2–5 Bamboutos (18 October 2019)

Coton Sport 6–1 Yong Sports Academy (24 October 2019)

| longest wins=Colombe Sportive (5 matches)

| longest unbeaten= Bamboutos & Tonnerre Yaoundé (11 matches)

| longest winless= AS Fortuna Mfou (12 matches)

| longest losses= Tonnerre Yaoundé (6 matches)

| prevseason= 2019

| nextseason= 2020–21

| updated= 16 March 2020

}}

The 2019–20 Elite One was the 60th season of the Elite One, the top-tier football league in Cameroon. This was the first season in the Elite One to use an October–May schedule since the 2011–12 season, it was changed so as to conform with the new CAF calendar.{{cite news |title=Local clubs to be affected by CAF calendar changes |url=https://www.soccer24.co.zw/2018/07/24/local-clubs-affected-caf-calendar-changes/ |work=Soccer24

|access-date=29 June 2020}}

The season started on 18 October 2019 and was scheduled to end on 26 April 2020, but due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was cancelled on 12 May 2020 by FECAFOOT.{{cite news | title= PWD Bamenda crowned champions as FECAFOOT cancels season |url=https://www.goal.com/en-ug/news/coronavirus-pwd-bamenda-crowned-cameroonian-champions-after/1uz329qmqptax11xzokvuf20wg |work= Goal.com |access-date= 18 June 2020}}

PWD Bamenda won their first Elite One silverware as they were crowned champions, alongside Coton Sport, they will represent Cameroon at the 2020–21 CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup respectively as the Cameroonian Cup won't hold this year. Only Dragon Club were relegated to the Elite Two as the teams would be increased to twenty teams during the next season.

There were no Championship and Relegation group this season.

Teams

Eighteen teams competed in the league, the top 15 teams from the previous season and the three promoted teams from the Elite Two (Bamboutos FC, Canon Sportif and Panthère du Ndé) while (PWD Bamenda, New Star de Douala and Unisport FC de Bafang) relegated from the previous season after finishing last at the playoffs.{{cite news |title= What future relegated for New Stars of Douala,PWD Bamenda and Unisport of Bafang |url=https://www.kick442.com/what-future-relegated-for-new-stars-of-douala-pwd-of-bamenda-and-unisport-of-bafang/ |work=Kick442.com |access-date=18 June 2019}} PWD Bamenda later replaced Les Astres FC.

Coton Sport FC were the defending champions.

:Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

class="wikitable sortable"
Team

! Location

! Stadium

! Capacity

APEJES Academy

|Yaounde

|Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo

|42,500

AS Fortuna

|Yaoundé

|Stade Militaire

|5,000

Avion du Nkam FC

|Douala

|Stade Annexe de la Reunification

|4,000

Bamboutos FC

|Mbouda

|Stade de Mbouda

|12,000

Canon Sportif

|Yaoundé

|Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo

|42,500

{{ill|Colombe Sportive|es}}

|Yaoundé

|Stade Annexe 1 Omnisport

|2,000

Coton Sport

|Garoua

|Roumdé Adjia Stadium

|30,000

Dragon

|Yaoundé

|Stade Municipal de Mbalmayo

|1,000

Eding Sport FC

|Lekié

|Lekié Stadium

|1,000

{{ill|Feutcheu FC|es}}

|Diko-Bandjoun

|Arena de Mbouda

|2,500

Fovu Club

|Baham

|Stade de Baham

|7,000

Panthère du Ndé

|Bangangte

|Stade Municipal de Bangangté

|2,000

PWD Bamenda

|Bamenda

|Bamenda Municipal Stadium

|5,000

{{ill|Stade Renard de Melong|es}}

|Melong

|Stade Melong

|1,500

Tonnerre Yaoundé

|Yaoundé

|Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo

|42,500

UMS de Loum

|Loum

|Stade de Njombé

|1,000

Union Douala

|Douala

|Stade de la Réunification

|39,000

Yong Sports Academy

|Bamenda

|Bamenda Municipal Stadium

|5,000

Locations of teams

{{location map+ |Cameroon |width=500 |float=right |caption= Locations of the 2019–20 Elite One teams |places=

{{location map~ |Cameroon |lat= 3.8480 |long=11.5021 |label=Yaoundé |mark=Blue pog.svg |position=right}}

{{location map~ |Cameroon |lat=3.5144 |long=11.5078 |label= Dragon |position=left}}

{{location map~ |Cameroon |lat=4.5724 |long=10.1703 |label= Avion |position=right}}

{{location map~ |Cameroon |lat=5.6235 |long=10.2544 |label= Bamboutos |position=right}}

{{location map~ |Cameroon |lat=2.9372 |long=11.9862 |label= Colombe |position=right}}

{{location map~ |Cameroon |lat=9.3226 |long=13.3934 |label= Coton Sport |position=left}}

{{location map~ |Cameroon |lat=4.0693 |long=11.4339 |label= Eding Sport |position=left}}

{{location map~ |Cameroon |lat=5.3500 |long=10.4000 |label= Feutcheu |position=right}}

{{location map~ |Cameroon |lat=5.3359 |long=10.2030 |label= Fovu Club |position=left}}

{{location map~ |Cameroon |lat=5.1444 |long=10.5240 |label= Panthère |position=right}}

{{location map~ |Cameroon |lat=5.9631 |long=10.1591 |label=Bamenda |mark=Blue pog.svg |position=left}}

{{location map~ |Cameroon |lat=5.1227|long=9.9521 |label= Stade Renard |position=left}}

{{location map~ |Cameroon |lat=4.7162 |long=9.7288 |label= UMS de Loum |position=bottom}}

{{location map~ |Cameroon |lat=4.0511 |long=9.7679 |label= Union Douala |position=bottom}}

{{location map~ |Cameroon |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |lat=6.5164 |long=14.2919 |label=

Yaoundé teams:

AS Fortuna

APEJES Academy

Canon Yaoundé

Tonnerre Yaoundé

|position=right}}

{{location map~ |Cameroon |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |lat=8.8929 |long=11.3771 |label=

Bamenda teams:

PWD Bamenda

Yong Sports Academy

|position=bottom}}

}}

League table

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|show_limit=5

|res_col_header=Q

|update=16 March 2020

|source= [http://fecafoot-officiel.com/elite-one-2/ FECAFOOT]

|team1=PWD|name_PWD= PWD Bamenda

|team2=COT|name_COT= Coton Sport

|team3=COL|name_COL= Colombe Sportive

|team4=BAM|name_BAM= Bamboutos

|team5=FEU|name_FEU= Feutcheu

|team6=YSA|name_YSA= Yong Sports Academy

|team7=FOV|name_FOV= Fovu Club

|team8=DOU|name_DOU= Union Douala

|team9=UMS|name_UMS= UMS de Loum

|team10=EDS|name_EDS= Eding Sport FC

|team11=APE|name_APE= APEJES Academy

|team12=CAN|name_CAN= Canon Yaoundé

|team13=STR|name_STR= Stade Renard de Melong

|team14=FOR|name_FOR= AS Fortuna Mfou

|team15=PAN|name_PAN= Panthère du Ndé

|team16=AVI|name_AVI= Avion du Nkam

|team17= TON|name_TON= Tonnerre Yaoundé

|team18=DRA|name_DRA= Dragon

|win_PWD=13|draw_PWD=8|loss_PWD=7|gf_PWD=36|ga_PWD=28|status_PWD=C,Q

|win_COT=12|draw_COT=10|loss_COT=7|gf_COT=39|ga_COT=29|status_COT=Q

|win_COL=12 |draw_COL=9|loss_COL=7|gf_COL=33|ga_COL=27

|win_BAM=9|draw_BAM=14|loss_BAM=5 |gf_BAM=30 |ga_BAM=22

|win_FEU=11|draw_FEU=8|loss_FEU=9|gf_FEU=31|ga_FEU=27

|win_YSA=11|draw_YSA=7|loss_YSA=10|gf_YSA=39|ga_YSA=37

|win_FOV=11|draw_FOV=7|loss_FOV=10|gf_FOV=29|ga_FOV=28

|win_DOU=11|draw_DOU=6|loss_DOU=11|gf_DOU=29|ga_DOU=27

|win_UMS=10|draw_UMS=8|loss_UMS=10|gf_UMS=23|ga_UMS=19

|win_EDS=11|draw_EDS=5 |loss_EDS=13|gf_EDS=30|ga_EDS=43

|win_APE=8|draw_APE=13 |loss_APE=7 |gf_APE=30|ga_APE=33

|win_CAN=10 |draw_CAN=6 |loss_CAN=12 |gf_CAN=30 |ga_CAN=30

|win_STR=9|draw_STR=8 |loss_STR=11|gf_STR=28|ga_STR=24

|win_FOR=8|draw_FOR=10 |loss_FOR=10 |gf_FOR=29 |ga_FOR=25

|win_PAN=7|draw_PAN=12 |loss_PAN=9|gf_PAN=18|ga_PAN=24

|win_AVI=9|draw_AVI=6 |loss_AVI=13 |gf_AVI=24|ga_AVI=34

|win_TON=8 |draw_TON=8|loss_TON=12 |gf_TON=19 |ga_TON=22

|win_DRA=7 |draw_DRA=7 |loss_DRA=14 |gf_DRA=25 |ga_DRA=43

|col_CCL=#D0F0C0|text_CCL=Qualification to the 2020–21 CAF Champions League |result1=CCL |col_CCC=#CCF4FF|text_CCC=Qualification to the 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup |result2=CCC |col_R=#FFCCCC|text_R=Relegation to the Elite Two |result18=R|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

}}

Results

{{#invoke:sports results|main

| source= [http://fecafoot-officiel.com/elite-one-2/ FECAFOOT]

| update= 16 March 2020

|matches_style=FBR

|team1=APE |team2=FOR |team3=AVI |team4=BAM |team5=CAN |team6=COL |team7=COT |team8=DRA |team9=EDS |team10=FEU |team11=FOV |team12=PAN |team13=PWD |team14=STR |team15=TON |team16=UMS |team17=DOU |team18=YSA

|name_PWD= PWD Bamenda

|name_COT= Coton Sport

|name_COL= Colombe Sportive

|name_BAM= Bamboutos

|name_FEU= Feutcheu

|name_YSA= Yong Sports Academy

|name_FOV= Fovu Club

|name_DOU= Union Douala

|name_UMS= UMS de Loum

|name_EDS= Eding Sport FC

|name_APE= APEJES Academy

|name_CAN= Canon Yaoundé

|name_STR= Stade Renard de Melong

|name_FOR= AS Fortuna Mfou

|name_PAN= Panthère du Ndé

|name_AVI= Avion du Nkam

|name_TON= Tonnerre Yaoundé

|name_DRA= Dragon

| match_APE_AVI= 0–0

| match_APE_BAM= 1–1

| match_APE_CAN= 1–1

| match_APE_COL= 0–0

| match_APE_DRA= 3–3

| match_APE_EDS= 1–3

| match_APE_FEU= 1–1

| match_APE_FOR= 1–1

| match_APE_FOV= 2–0

| match_APE_PAN= 0–1

| match_APE_TON= 1–1

| match_APE_UMS= 2–1

| match_APE_DOU= 2–1

| match_APE_YSA= 1–0

| match_FOR_AVI= 1–0

| match_FOR_BAM= 2–2

| match_FOR_CAN= 1–0

| match_FOR_COT= 1–2

| match_FOR_DRA= 1–2

| match_FOR_EDS= 1–2

| match_FOR_FEU= 0–2

| match_FOR_FOV= 3–0

| match_FOR_PWD= 0–0

| match_FOR_STR= 2–0

| match_FOR_TON= 1–0

| match_FOR_UMS= 0–2

| match_FOR_DOU= 0–0

| match_FOR_YSA= 4–0

| match_AVI_APE= 4–2

| match_AVI_CAN= 1–3

| match_AVI_COL= 0–2

| match_AVI_EDS= 1–0

| match_AVI_FEU= 0–1

| match_AVI_FOR= 1–1

| match_AVI_FOV= 1–0

| match_AVI_PAN= 1–0

| match_AVI_STR= 2–2

| match_AVI_TON= 2–1

| match_AVI_UMS= 0–1

| match_AVI_DOU= 0–2

| match_AVI_YSA= 3–2

| match_BAM_APE= 1–1

| match_BAM_AVI= 1–0

| match_BAM_CAN= 1–1

| match_BAM_COL= 1–0

| match_BAM_COT= 2–2

| match_BAM_DRA=

| match_BAM_EDS= 0–1

| match_BAM_FEU= 0–0

| match_BAM_FOR= 0–0

| match_BAM_FOV= 2–0

| match_BAM_PAN= 1–1

| match_BAM_PWD= 1–0

| match_BAM_STR= 1–0

| match_BAM_TON= 1–2

| match_BAM_UMS= 3–2

| match_BAM_DOU= 2–0

| match_BAM_YSA=

| match_CAN_APE= 0–1

| match_CAN_AVI= 3–0

| match_CAN_BAM= 0–0

| match_CAN_COL=

| match_CAN_COT= 3–0

| match_CAN_DRA= 4–2

| match_CAN_EDS= 0–1

| match_CAN_FEU=

| match_CAN_FOR=

| match_CAN_FOV= 1–4

| match_CAN_PAN= 1–0

| match_CAN_PWD= 1–2

| match_CAN_STR= 0–2

| match_CAN_TON= 0–0

| match_CAN_UMS= 1–0

| match_CAN_DOU=

| match_CAN_YSA= 0–1

| match_COL_APE= 0–0

| match_COL_AVI= 2–1

| match_COL_BAM= 2–5

| match_COL_CAN= 3–2

| match_COL_COT= 2–0

| match_COL_DRA= 2–0

| match_COL_EDS=

| match_COL_FEU= 2–0

| match_COL_FOR= 2–1

| match_COL_FOV= 1–1

| match_COL_PAN=

| match_COL_PWD= 0–2

| match_COL_STR= 0–0

| match_COL_TON= 0–0

| match_COL_UMS= 0–1

| match_COL_DOU= 1–1

| match_COL_YSA= 3–1

| match_COT_APE= 1–1

| match_COT_AVI= 2–1

| match_COT_BAM= 2–1

| match_COT_CAN= 1–0

| match_COT_COL= 2–1

| match_COT_DRA= 0–1

| match_COT_EDS= 2–0

| match_COT_FEU= 1–1

| match_COT_FOR=

| match_COT_FOV= 1–2

| match_COT_PAN= 0–2

| match_COT_PWD= 5–0

| match_COT_STR= 1–1

| match_COT_TON=

| match_COT_UMS=

| match_COT_DOU= 0–2

| match_COT_YSA= 6–1

| match_DRA_APE= 1–2

| match_DRA_AVI= 1–1

| match_DRA_BAM= 0–0

| match_DRA_CAN= 1–1

| match_DRA_COL= 1–1

| match_DRA_COT= 0–1

| match_DRA_EDS=

| match_DRA_FEU= 1–1

| match_DRA_FOR= 0–4

| match_DRA_FOV= 2–0

| match_DRA_PAN= 0–1

| match_DRA_PWD= 2–3

| match_DRA_STR= 1–0

| match_DRA_TON=

| match_DRA_UMS= 1–0

| match_DRA_DOU= 0–2

| match_DRA_YSA=

| match_EDS_APE= 1–2

| match_EDS_AVI=

| match_EDS_BAM= 1–0

| match_EDS_CAN=

| match_EDS_COL= 1–3

| match_EDS_COT= 2–1

| match_EDS_DRA= 2–0

| match_EDS_FEU= 1–5

| match_EDS_FOR= 2–1

| match_EDS_FOV= 1–0

| match_EDS_PAN= 2–3

| match_EDS_PWD= 2–1

| match_EDS_STR= 0–0

| match_EDS_TON= 0–1

| match_EDS_UMS= 0–0

| match_EDS_DOU= 0–2

| match_EDS_YSA= 1–4

| match_FEU_APE= 1–2

| match_FEU_AVI= 0–1

| match_FEU_BAM=

| match_FEU_CAN= 1–0

| match_FEU_COL= 0–1

| match_FEU_COT= 1–1

| match_FEU_DRA= 1–1

| match_FEU_EDS= 3–1

| match_FEU_FOR= 1–0

| match_FEU_FOV= 2–1

| match_FEU_PAN=

| match_FEU_PWD= 0–3

| match_FEU_STR= 2–1

| match_FEU_TON= 0–0

| match_FEU_UMS= 0–1

| match_FEU_DOU=

| match_FEU_YSA= 4–2

| match_FOV_APE= 1–0

| match_FOV_AVI= 1–1

| match_FOV_BAM= 0–0

| match_FOV_CAN= 1–2

| match_FOV_COL= 3–0

| match_FOV_COT= 0–2

| match_FOV_DRA= 1–0

| match_FOV_EDS= 2–0

| match_FOV_FEU= 2–0

| match_FOV_FOR= 1–1

| match_FOV_PAN= 1–0

| match_FOV_PWD= 2–1

| match_FOV_STR=

| match_FOV_TON= 2–1

| match_FOV_UMS= 1–0

| match_FOV_DOU=

| match_FOV_YSA= 0–0

| match_PAN_APE= 1–1

| match_PAN_AVI= 0–0

| match_PAN_BAM= 0–0

| match_PAN_CAN=

| match_PAN_COL= 0–2

| match_PAN_COT= 0–0

| match_PAN_DRA= 1–2

| match_PAN_EDS= 0–0

| match_PAN_FEU= 2–1

| match_PAN_FOR= 0–1

| match_PAN_FOV=

| match_PAN_PWD= 1–1

| match_PAN_STR= 0–0

| match_PAN_TON= 1–0

| match_PAN_UMS=

| match_PAN_DOU= 1–0

| match_PAN_YSA= 1–3

| match_PWD_APE= 5–1

| match_PWD_AVI= 3–0

| match_PWD_BAM= 0–0

| match_PWD_CAN= 0–2

| match_PWD_COL=

| match_PWD_COT= 1–1

| match_PWD_DRA= 1–0

| match_PWD_EDS= 3–3

| match_PWD_FEU=

| match_PWD_FOR= 1–0

| match_PWD_FOV=

| match_PWD_PAN= 0–0

| match_PWD_STR=

| match_PWD_TON= 1–1

| match_PWD_UMS= 0–1

| match_PWD_DOU= 1–0

| match_PWD_YSA= 1–0

| match_STR_APE= 1–0

| match_STR_AVI= 0–1

| match_STR_BAM=

| match_STR_CAN= 3–1

| match_STR_COL= 3–1

| match_STR_COT= 1–2

| match_STR_DRA=

| match_STR_EDS= 2–0

| match_STR_FEU=

| match_STR_FOR= 0–0

| match_STR_FOV= 1–1

| match_STR_PAN= 2–0

| match_STR_PWD= 1–1

| match_STR_TON= 1–2

| match_STR_UMS= 1–0

| match_STR_DOU= 1–0

| match_STR_YSA= 4–1

| match_TON_APE=

| match_TON_AVI=

| match_TON_BAM= 0–0

| match_TON_CAN= 1–2

| match_TON_COL= 0–1

| match_TON_COT= 0–1

| match_TON_DRA= 1–0

| match_TON_EDS= 1–2

| match_TON_FEU= 0–0

| match_TON_FOR= 2–0

| match_TON_FOV= 2–1

| match_TON_PAN= 0–0

| match_TON_PWD= 0–1

| match_TON_STR= 1–0

| match_TON_UMS=

| match_TON_DOU= 0–1

| match_TON_YSA= 1–0

| match_UMS_APE=

| match_UMS_AVI= 0–1

| match_UMS_BAM=

| match_UMS_CAN= 0–1

| match_UMS_COL= 0–0

| match_UMS_COT= 0–0

| match_UMS_DRA= 3–0

| match_UMS_EDS= 1–1

| match_UMS_FEU= 0–1

| match_UMS_FOR= 2–2

| match_UMS_FOV=

| match_UMS_PAN= 0–0

| match_UMS_PWD= 0–2

| match_UMS_STR= 1–0

| match_UMS_TON= 2–1

| match_UMS_DOU= 0–0

| match_UMS_YSA= 2–1

| match_DOU_APE= 2–1

| match_DOU_AVI= 2–1

| match_DOU_BAM= 1–3

| match_DOU_CAN= 0–0

| match_DOU_COL=

| match_DOU_COT= 2–2

| match_DOU_DRA= 1–2

| match_DOU_EDS= 3–0

| match_DOU_FEU= 0–2

| match_DOU_FOR=

| match_DOU_FOV= 1–1

| match_DOU_PAN= 3–0

| match_DOU_PWD= 1–2

| match_DOU_STR= 1–0

| match_DOU_TON= 1–0

| match_DOU_UMS= 0–3

| match_DOU_YSA=

| match_YSA_APE= 0–0

| match_YSA_AVI= 1–0

| match_YSA_BAM= 3–1

| match_YSA_CAN= 2–0

| match_YSA_COL= 1–1

| match_YSA_COT= 0–0

| match_YSA_DRA= 5–1

| match_YSA_EDS=

| match_YSA_FEU= 2–0

| match_YSA_FOR= 0–0

| match_YSA_FOV=

| match_YSA_PAN= 2–2

| match_YSA_PWD= 3–0

| match_YSA_STR= 2–1

| match_YSA_TON=

| match_YSA_UMS= 0–0

| match_YSA_DOU= 2–0

}}

See also

References

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