Union Sportive de Douala is a Cameroonian professional
football
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club based in
Douala
Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region (Cameroon), Littoral Region. It was home to Central Africa's largest port, now being replaced by Kribi port. It has the country ...
, that competes in the
Elite One
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 sin ...
.
History
It was founded in 1958 and played its home matches in the
Stade de la Réunification
Reunification Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Douala, Cameroon. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as a home ground of Union Douala. The stadium holds 39,000 people and was built in 1972. On Sunday 14 May 2023, 27,634 ...
.
Achievements
National
*
Cameroon Premiere Division
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: (5)
** 1969, 1976, 1978, 1990, 2012
*
Cameroon Cup The Cameroon Cup or ''Coupe Du Cameroon'' in French is the national football competition in Cameroon, on a knock-out-basis.
Cup finals
Before independence
* 1941 : Caïman de Douala 6-0 Mikado ASTP
* 1942 : Caïman de Douala 3-1 Léopards ...
: (7)
::(Before independence)
::: 1954 (as Jeunesse Bamiléké)
::(After independence)
::: 1961, 1969, 1980, 1985, 1997, 2006
Africa
*
African Cup of Champions Clubs
The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) a ...
: (1)
:: 1979
*
African Cup Winners' Cup
The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and w ...
: (1)
:: 1981
*African Super Cup: (finalist)
:: 1982
Performance in CAF competitions
Notes:
Union Douala were due to play the winner of the preliminary round tie between
TP UCSA de Bangui and
AS Vita Club
Association Sportive Vita Club, more commonly known as AS Vita Club, AS V. Club or simply Vita Club, is a Congolese professional football club based in Kinshasa.
History
AS Vita Club was founded in 1935 by Honoré Essabe under the name of ''Rena ...
, but following the disqualification of ''TP UCSA de Bangui'' due to their federation's debt with CAF and ''AS Vita Club's'' withdrawal, they received a bye into the second round.
Crest
Image:Union Douala.png, Former logo
Image:US Douala (logo).png, Present logo
Current squad
Staff
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Management
;Chairman:
* Franck Happi
Sports
;Head coach:
* Oumarou Sokba
;Assistant coach:
*
;Goalkeeper coach:
*
Medical
;Team doctor:
* Dr. Nébil
;Physio:
* Dr. Armand Nebo
;Masseur:
* Dr. Ngamen Tondja
;Physical therapist:
* Épée Moume
Former coaches
* Maurice Mpondo (2007–09)
* Jules Nyongha (2011)
* Bonaventure Djonkep
Bonaventure Djonkep (born 20 August 1961) is a Cameroonian football coach and former player.
Career
Djonkep spent his entire playing career between the 1982 and 1995 at Union Douala, winning one Cameroonian League title in 1990 and one Cameroo ...
(2011–13)
* Théophile Feunku (2013)
* Vladan Tomić (2013–14)
* Sébastien Roques (2014)
* Joseph Diallo Siewé (2014–17)
* Ernest Agbor (2017–18)
* Daniel Walinjom (2018–19)
* Richard Towa (2019–21)
* Oumarou Sokba (2021–present)
Notes
Football clubs in Cameroon
Association football clubs established in 1958
Sport in Douala
1958 establishments in French Cameroon
CAF Champions League–winning clubs
African Cup Winners Cup winning clubs
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