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Union de Douala

Full name	Union Sportive de Douala
Nickname(s)	Kpa kum
Founded	1958; 67 years ago (1958)
Ground	Stade de la Réunification Douala, Cameroon
Ground Capacity	39,000
Chairman	Franck Happi
Manager	Oumarou Sokba
League	MTN Elite one
2023–24	9th
Home colours Away colours

Union Sportive de Douala is a Cameroonian professional football club based in Douala, that competes in the Elite One.

History

It was founded in 1958 and played its home matches in the Stade de la Réunification.

Achievements

National

• Cameroon Premiere Division: (5)
  • 1969, 1976, 1978, 1990, 2012
• Cameroon Cup: (7)

(Before independence)

1954 (as Jeunesse Bamiléké)

(After independence)

1961, 1969, 1980, 1985, 1997, 2006

Africa

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: (1)

1979

• African Cup Winners' Cup: (1)

1981

• African Super Cup: (finalist)

1982

Performance in CAF competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1970	African Cup of Champions Clubs	R1		Secteur 6	2–0	1–2	3–2
		R2		Modèle Lomé	0–0	1–1	1–1
1977	African Cup of Champions Clubs	R1		Silures	2–0	1–0	3–0
		R2		Lomé I	1–1	1–1	2–2(p)
1979	African Cup of Champions Clubs	R2		MP Alger	0–2	2–0	(p)2–2
		QF		Matlama FC	3–1	2–0	5–1
		SF		CS Imana	2–1	1–0	3–1
		Final		Hearts of Oak	0–1	1–0	(p)1–1
1980	African Cup of Champions Clubs	R2		Simba	4–2	1–0	5–2
		QF		ASF Police	3–0	2–3	5–3
		SF		AS Bilima	1–0	1–5	2–5
1981	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	R1		Nacional Benguela	7–1	6–0	13–1
		R2		FC 105 Libreville	3–1	1–0	4–1
		QF		EP Sétif	5–0	1–1	6–1
		SF		Sekondi Hasaacas	2–1	2–3	4–4
		Final		Stationery Stores	0–0	2–1	2–1
1982	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	R1		CD Elá Nguema	2–0	6–1	8–1
		R2		Djoliba AC	0–1	0–3	0–4
1986	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	R1		Mighty Barrolle	0–0	1–2	1–2
1998	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Bye
		R2		Wydad Casablanca	1–0	0–4	1–4
1991	African Cup of Champions Clubs	R2		Vital'O	2–0	0–0	2–0
		QF		Nkana Red Devils	2–1	0–1	2–2
2005	CAF Confederation Cup	R1		SC Cilu	1–2	1–0	2–2
		1R16		Enugu Rangers	1–3	1–0	2–3
2007	CAF Confederation Cup	R1		Têxtil do Punguè	3–0	3–0	6–0
		1R16		Kwara United	1–1	2–3	3–4
2008	CAF Champions League	PR		ASKO Kara	0–1	1–3	1–4
2009	CAF Confederation Cup	R1		Tourbillon FC	2–1	3–2	5–3
		1R16		Santos de Angola	1–1	0–4	1–5
2010	CAF Champions League	PR			w/o
		R1		ES Sétif	0–2	0–5	0–7
2012	CAF Confederation Cup	PR		FC Kallon	1–0	0–2	1–2
2013	CAF Champions League	PR		LISCR	2–1	1–0	3–1
		R1		FUS Rabat	1–0	0–3	1–3
2014	CAF Confederation Cup	PR		ASLAD de Moundou	3–0	1–2	4–2
		R1		Warri Wolves	2–3	1–1	3–4

Notes:
Union Douala were due to play the winner of the preliminary round tie between TP UCSA de Bangui and AS Vita Club, 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

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  Former logo

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  Present logo

Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Prince-Junior Samolah 2 DF Martin Patrick Loa 3 MF Joseph Eock II 6 DF Ngansop Mangaptche 7 MF Alain Nandjou 8 FW Zakari Awudu 9 FW Mbianda Mbatkam Rodrique 10 FW Jeannot Wang Bara 11 DF Clévis Ashu Tambe 12 DF Nankep Kouamedjo 15 DF Aaron Mbimbe II 16 GK Bleck Casimir Youmou

No. Position Player 18 MF François Enoumba 19 FW Didier Bassamagne 20 MF Marvin Etongo 21 FW Kabir Olufade 22 GK Anye Fru 24 MF Serge Alain Ané 25 MF Christian Djumo Tchani 26 MF Boris Atcham Emah 27 MF Samuel Nkoua 28 FW Jean Colbert Matike

Staff

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 (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)