2022–23 Elite One

Elite One

Season	2022–23
Champions	Coton Sport
Relegated	Eding Sport Yafoot Dragon de Yaoundé Djiko Renaissance
Champions League	Coton Sport
Matches played	226
Goals scored	482 (2.13 per match)
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The 2022–23 Elite One was a season of the Elite One, the top-tier football league in Cameroon.

Coton Sport FC won their third consecutive title and 18th overall after winning all three games in the championship stage, including a 2–0 win over Canon Yaoundé on the final match day to clinch the title.^[1][2]

Avion Academy escaped relegation after a ruling saw them awarded three points in their match against UMS de Loum after UMS fielded an ineligible player, relegating Djiko in Group A.^[3]

YOSA de Bamenda defeated Eding Sport 2–0 in the relegation playoff to remain in Elite One.^[4]

League Table

The league was divided into two groups of 11 teams. The top two teams in each group qualified for the championship stage.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canon Yaoundé	20	10	8	2	31	14	+17	38	Qualification to the Championship Round
2	Coton Sport FC	20	10	6	4	21	13	+8	36
3	UMS de Loum	20	10	4	6	21	21	0	34
4	PWD Bamenda	20	7	4	9	18	18	0	25
5	Avion Academy	20	7	4	9	23	28	−5	25
6	Aigle Royal	20	6	6	8	16	22	−6	24
7	Stade Renard	20	6	6	8	15	17	−2	24
8	Colombe	20	5	8	7	17	19	−2	23
9	Eding Sport (Q, R)	20	5	8	7	12	15	−3	23	Qualification to the Relegation Playoff
10	Djiko (R)	20	5	8	7	20	21	−1	23	Relegation
11	Renaissance (R)	20	6	4	10	18	24	−6	22

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gazelle	20	10	5	5	27	18	+9	35	Qualification to the Championship Round
2	Bamboutos	20	9	7	4	21	12	+9	34
3	APEJES Academy	20	10	4	6	32	24	+8	34
4	Fovu Club	20	9	4	7	24	19	+5	31
5	Les Astres	20	7	6	7	23	29	−6	27
6	Union Douala	20	6	9	5	18	17	+1	27
7	Fauve Azur Elite	20	7	6	7	23	23	0	27
8	Fortuna Mfou	20	6	8	6	25	29	−4	26
9	YOSA (Q, O)	20	6	6	8	20	21	−1	24	Qualification to the Relegation Playoff
10	Yafoot (R)	20	6	4	10	24	30	−6	22	Relegation
11	Dragon de Yaoundé (R)	20	1	7	12	19	34	−15	10

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Championship Round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Coton Sport FC (C)	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9	Champions, Qualification to the 2023–24 CAF Champions League
2	Bamboutos FC	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Canon Yaoundé	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Gazelle	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Relegation Play-off

19 May 2023 (2023-05-19)

Eding Sport	0–2	YOSA
		Franck Eric Embe '72, Ako Calistus '90

Stade de Bonamoussadi, Douala

References

1. "MTN Elite One playoffs: Coton are 2023 Champions of Cameroon – As it happened". 21 May 2023.
2. "Football - Cameroon: Coton Sport crowned champion 2023". Sport News Africa. 22 May 2023.
3. "Djiko relegated as Avion recovers three points that changes everything". Kick 442. 13 May 2023.
4. "Relegation Playoff🇨🇲: YOSA ends Eding's 7-year stay at the top". Kick 442. 19 May 2023.