Cameroon

Cameroon. Arriving at very respectable position at world stage hardly meant big improvement in the domestic scene – African football as a whole was full of problems which proved only to be stubbornly persisting. No need even to try listing them: the Cameroonian season statistics would suffice – the exact result of the Cup final this year is still unknown. The numbers in the final league table are odd: the draws, there is one more loss than wins, 8 more goals scored than conceived. Apart from that… no problems. In general, the basic rivalry remained between the cities of Yaounde and Douala, each having 4 teams in the First Division. The Cup was won by Prevoyance (Yaounde), which prevailed over better known Tonnerre Kalara (Yaounde) in penalty shoot-out. The game ended 1-1, but for the shoot-out two scores exist: 6-5 and 5-1. Whatever it was, Prevoyance was the winner – their first Cup victory.
They also played very strong regular season, finishing 2nd in the championship – but a distant second: 12 points behind the champions. 3 points were given for a win this season, but even if ‘traditional’ point system was used Prevoyance was still far behind. As a whole, Yaounde performed better than Douala, but lost the championship. Anyhow… Union Sportif (Abong-Mbang), Maiscam (Ngaoundéré), and Vautour (Dschang) won promotion from Second Division. Elecsport (Limbe) finished last in the top league, Aigle Royal (Dschang) was 15th, and Dynamo (Douala) – 14th – those teams were relegated. Two more Douala clubs finished near relegation zone: Unite was 12th and Caiman 11th. Yaounde teams did much better: Diamant – 6th, Canon – 5th, Tonnerre Kalara – 4th, Prevoyance – 2nd. Panthere (Bangangte) finished 3rd and that only because of worse goal-difference than Prevoyance’s.
Union (Douala) reigned supreme: 17 wins, 8 ties, 5 losses, 43-24 goal-difference and 59 points. Nobody was able to challenge them – Prevoyance and Panthere were left 12 points behind. Excellent season and 4th title for Union, but they had to wait 12 years for it, so one can imagine the joy of a victory waited so long. Considering the great success of Cameroon at the World Cup, it is interesting the see who played for the top teams in the country: Panthere had no players in the World Cup squad. Prevoyance – only 33-years old Emmanuel Kunde. Union (Douala) had 2 players: Bonaventure Djonkep and Roger Feutmba. Only Djonkep played at the World Cup – 20 minutes at all, coming as a substitute against Colombia.