Colombe wins back-to-back Elite One title.

Colombe achieved the feat after humiliating Elite Two-bound Fauve Azur of Yaounde 7-0 last Sunday. 

This was on the final matchday of the first division football championship.

Following the victory at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde, the team increased its tally to 55 points.

The club was tied on the point count by second-ranked Dynamo Football Club of Douala, which disgraced third-placed Unisport of Upper Nkam 7-2 at the Bafang Municipal Stadium on Sunday.

The Colombe selection however claimed the league title ahead of the Littoral Region outfit, due to its superiority in goal difference.

Head coach, Richard Towa and the Colombe side finished the race with a goal difference of plus 34, after scoring 47 times and conceding on just 13 occasions. 

Dynamo distinguished itself as the team with the finest attack, after finding the back of the net 54 times. 

But it conceded 25 times to finish the campaign, with a goal difference of plus 29, five goals fewer than rivals, Colombe.

Colombe won an impressive total of 16 of the overall 26 matches that it played, including the last eight. It settled for seven draws and three losses. Dynamo won 17 matches, registered four draws and suffered five defeats.

The two teams recorded the mind-blowing performances after taking the championship by storm during the second phase.

The performances led to both teams overtaking leaders, Uniport, in the final stretch of the race.

The West Region outfit, which notably enjoyed a nine-point lead to the end of the season, finally finished the race with 49 points, six points fewer than the pair. 

Colombe becomes the first team to successfully defend its winners’ crown in the championship, since Coton Sport of Garoua fully announced its notoriety in the competition, by winning the league title in 1998, a year after claiming its first ever title in the showpiece in 1997.

As champions of the Elite One, Colombe will represent Cameroon in the 2026/2027 edition of the CAF Champions League, the biggest club football competition on the African continent. 

The team made its debut in the continental competition last season, after beating Panthere Sportive of Nde, to the 2024/2025 Elite One race. 

The side was knocked out of the campaign in the second round of the qualifying stages. 

AS Fortuna to battle Apejes

Meanwhile, AS Fortuna will face Apejes of Mfou, in the promotion/relegation playoff match, with the winner of the game securing a ticket to compete in Elite One next season. 

Fortuna was demoted to compete in the strange Mefou Afamba Divisional derby, after it concluded the season sitting 13th on the standing of the 14-club Elite One competition.

Apejes qualified for the ultimate match after ending the season as the runner-up in the Elite Two; behind Union Sportive Abong Mbang, which claimed the lone automatic promotion ticket that was up for grabs.  

Fauve Azur is relegated to Elite Two, following a nightmarish run that concluded with the outfit sitting rock-bottom 14th on the Elite One standing with 17points.

Kooh bags second golden boot 

Dynamo’s Jules Armand Kooh secured the golden boot in Elite One; after scoring two goals on Sunday to end the season with 20 goals.

He powered in three goals more than his principal rival, Ndiforchu Blaise Fuh, of Aigle Royal of Menoua. 

It marks the second time the forward is claiming the prestigious prize in the Elite One championship. 

The 27-year-old secured the distinction in 2023, after scoring 22 goals during the 2023/2024 campaign. 

This article was first published in The Guardian Post Edition No:3833 of Tuesday June 30, 2026