Elite 1 football season rounds up: 5 teams down, 14 maintained and 2 up – Complete statistics

By Stephen TADAHA

Bamboutos FC of Mbouda will be part of the 16-team Elite 1 next season following their 2-1 win over AS Fortuna this Thursday during day 11 and final matches of the Relegation Playoffs of the Elite 1.

Two goals from Sampson Kwasi and Boris Kache were enough to equalize and take all three points, thus maintaining the team at the top tier.

Other day 11 results were as follows

▪️Astres 4-0 Avion

▪️Fauve Azur 0-2 APEJES

▪️UMS 1-1 Aigle

▪️Union 2-1 FOVU

5 teams, Fovu, Aigle, APEJES, UMS and Avion have been relegated to the second division while the 6 teams that secured their Elite one spots are Union of Douala, AS Fortuna, Astres of Douala, PWD of Bamenda, Bamboutos of Mbouda and Fauve Azur.

Interesting statistics

Top scorer: Jules Armand Kooh of Astres of Douala with 22 goals

Most offensive teams – 41 goals scored

Most defensive team – Coton Sports of Garoua, 14 goals conceded

Total goals scored – 520

Average goals per match – 2.12

Elite 1 Championship winners – Victoria United

Runners up – Coton Sports of Garoua

The Elite 1 will be made up of 16 teams next season with the inclusion of Panthere of Nde and Aigle of Moungo who won the top two spots of the Elite 2, thus qualifying for the playoffs.

Here is the list of all 16 Elite 1 teams for the next season.

1-Victoria United of Limbe

2-Coton Sports of Garoua

3- Stade Renard of Melong

4-Colombe

5-Dynamo of Douala

6-Canon of Yaounde

7-Gazelle FA of Garoua .

8-Yong Sport Academy of Bamenda

9- PWD of Bamenda

10-Union of Douala

11- AS FORTUNA

12- Bamboutos of Mbouda

13- Fauves Azur of Yaoundé

14- Panthère of NDE

15-Aigle of Moungo.

16-Les Astres of Douala