Canon Yaoundé
Canon Sportif de Yaoundé , Canon Yaoundé for short , is a football club in Yaoundé , Cameroon .
history
The club, founded in 1930, is one of the most successful football clubs in the country with nine championships and eleven cup wins. It managed to win the CAF Champions League three times . Four times they were in the final of the African Cup Winners' Cup, but only once, in 1979, the victory.
The team, playing in the club colors red and green, shares the Omnisports Ahmadou-Ahidjo stadium , which has a seating capacity of 65,000, with local rivals Tonnerre Yaoundé .
successes
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Cameroonian Championship
- Masters: 1970, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1991, 2002
- Cameroonian Cup
- Winner: 1967, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999
- Finalist: 1980, 1985, 1998
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CAF Champions League
- Winner: 1971, 1978, 1980
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African Cup Winners' Cup
- Winner: 1979
- Finalist: 1976, 1984, 2000
Well-known former players
- Théophile Abega ( Africa's Footballer of the Year 1984; later coach and president of the club)
- Marc-Vivien Foé
- Thomas N'Kono (Africa's footballer of 1979 and 1982)
- Jean Manga-Onguéné (Africa's Footballer of the Year 1980)
- Ephrem M'Bom
- Pierre Womé
- François Oman-Biyik
- Alphonse Yombi
- Raymond Kalla
Women's soccer
The women's football department has been Cameroonian champion six times since 1991 in the Championnat de Division 1. In addition, they could win the Cameroonian FA Cup nine times.
Well-known players
- Françoise Bella
- Adrienne Iven
- Henriette Akaba
- Christine mania
- Michèle Mani
- Gabrielle Onguéné
- Isis Amareillle Sonkeng
- Adrienne Ndongo Fouda
- Isis Amareillle Sonkeng
Web links
Commons : Canon Yaoundé - collection of images, videos and audio files
