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The Cameroon national football team ( French: Équipe du Cameroun de football ), also known as the Indomitable Lions (French: les lions indomptables ), [a] represents Cameroon in men's international football. It is controlled by the Fédération Camerounaise de Football, a member of FIFA and its African confederation CAF .
Cameroon at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930 ...
The Cameroonian Football Federation ( French: Fédération Camerounaise de Football) is the governing body of football in Cameroon. It is known as FECAFOOT. On 11 December 2021, the acting-president of FECAFOOT, former Cameroonian international striker Samuel Eto'o, was elected president of the organisation. [1]
National team. Cameroon national football team, dubbed "the Indomitable Lions", is one of the most successful in Africa, winning five times the African Cup of Nations (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017). in 1990, Cameroon became the first African country to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup. In 2000, it won the Olympic Games .
Nouhou Tolo ( / ˈnuːhuː ˈtoʊloʊ /; born 23 June 1997), sometimes known mononymically as Nouhou, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer and the Cameroon national team. [3] He represented Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations [4] and the 2022 FIFA World Cup .
Samuel Eto'o Fils ( French pronunciation: [samɥɛl eto fis]; born 10 March 1981) is a Cameroonian football administrator and former player who is the current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation. [1] He won the African Player of the Year a record four times: [6] in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2010. A precocious talent, Eto'o moved to ...
A total of 36 clubs compete in the top two tiers of the football pyramid, divided as follows: First Division – 18 clubs; Second Division – 18 clubs; Below the top two divisions are ten regional leagues contested by a varying number of clubs: Centre Division (Championnat Régional du Centre) – for clubs in the Centre Region
Non-fatal injuries. 38. On 24 January 2022, at least eight people were killed in a crowd crush at the south entrance of Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The incident occurred as fans were attempting to enter the arena to watch a football match between Cameroon and the Comoros at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. [1] [2]