Elite One

For the French rugby league competition, see Elite 1 (rugby league).

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

MTN Elite One

Founded	1961
Country	Cameroon
Confederation	CAF
Number of clubs	16 (from 2024-25 Season)
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Elite Two
Domestic cup(s)	Cameroon Cup Trophee Des Champions
International cup(s)	Champions League Confederation Cup
Current champions	Colombe Sportive (2024–25)
Most championships	Coton Sport (18)
Current: 2025–26 Elite One

Elite One match on 24 February 2013; in Douala

Prize money

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

Members 2024–25

Canon

Coton Sport

Fovu

NQSA

Panthère

Renaissance

Sable

Unisport

YOSA

Douala

Douala teams
Les Astres
US Douala
Avion Academy

NQSA

Aigle du Moungo

Locations of the 2024–25 Elite One Teams

Club	City
Aigle Royale du Moungo	Nkongsamba
AS Fortuna	Mfou
Astres du Douala	Douala
Bamboutos	Mbouda
Canon Yaoundé	Yaounde
Colombe Sportive	Sangmélima
Coton Sport	Garoua
Dynamo Douala	Douala
Fauve Azur
Gazelle FA	Garoua
Panthere Sportive	Bangangté
PWD Bamenda	Bamenda
Stade Renard	Melong
Union du Douala	Douala
Victoria United	Limbe
YOSA	Bamenda

Champions

As of 2023–24 season^[1]

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

Season	Champions
1961	Oryx Douala
1962	Caïman Douala
1963	Oryx Douala2
1964	Oryx Douala3
1965	Oryx Douala4
1966	Diamant Yaoundé
1967	Oryx Douala4
1968	Caïman Douala2
1969	Union Douala
1970	Canon Yaoundé
1971	Aigle Nkongsamba
1972	Leopards Douala
1973	Leopards Douala2
1974	Canon Yaoundé2
1975	Caïman Douala3
1976	Union Douala2
1977	Canon Yaoundé3
1978	Union Douala3
1979	Canon Yaoundé4
1980	Canon Yaoundé5
1981	Tonnere Yaoundé
1982	Canon Yaoundé6
1983	Tonnere Yaoundé2
1984	Tonnere Yaoundé3
1985	Canon Yaoundé7
1986	Canon Yaoundé8
1987	Tonnere Yaoundé4
1988	Tonnere Yaoundé5
1989	Racing Club
1990	Union Douala4

Season	Champions
1991	Canon Yaoundé9
1992	Racing Club2
1993	Racing Club3
1994	Aigle Nkongsamba
1995	Racing Club4
1996	Unisport
1997	Coton Sport
1998	Coton Sport2
1999	Sable FC
2000	Fovu Club
2001	Coton Sport3
2002	Canon Yaounde10
2003	Coton Sport4
2004	Coton Sport5
2005	Coton Sport6
2006	Coton Sport7
2007	Coton Sport8
2007–08	Coton Sport9
2008–09	Tiko United
2009–10	Coton Sport10
2010–11	Coton Sport11
2011–12	Union Douala5
2013	Coton Sport12
2014	Coton Sport13
2015	Cotton Sport14
2016	UMS de Loum
2017	Eding Sport
2018	Coton Sport15
2019	UMS de Loum2
2019–20	PWD Bamenda
2020–21	Coton Sport16
2021–22	Coton Sport17
2022–23	Coton Sport18
2023–24	Victoria United
2024–25	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

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		CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC
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
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
Colombe Sportive	Sangmélima	1

Top goalscorers

Season	Country	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