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Oryx Douala is a football club from Douala, Cameroon, that achieved most of its success in the 1960s.It won the inaugural African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1964 beating Stade Malien on a score of 2-1 in the final, and so becoming the first club outfit from Cameroon to win the title. The have also won five league titles and the Cameroon Cup three times, most of which came in the 1960s. Douala were founded in April 1907 and play in black and yellow striped shirts. The club's 5 title wins make them the Cameroon Elite One league's fourth most successful club of all time.
Achievements
- Cameroon Premiere Division: 5[1]
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- 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967
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- 1956 (before independence), 1963, 1968, 1970
- Finalist : 1969
- African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1
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- 1964 [3]
Performance in CAF competitions
- African Cup of Champions Clubs: 3 appearances
1964 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Oryx Douala qualified for the inaugural Cup of Champions Clubs after winning the domestic league the previous season. Douala were then placed in the "Central Africa" group and after topping this group, progressed to the semi-finals, where they played Real Republicans (Ghanaian football club) of Ghana. A 2-1 victory put Douala in the final, and a 2-1 win in front of a crowd of 30,000 at Accra Stadium saw Oryx Douala crowned champions of Africa. However, the club have been unable to emulate this success since, with a semi-finals appearance two years being the closest they have come.
References
- ^ Schöggl, Hans (July 20, 2010). "Cameroon - List of Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesk/kamcuphist.html. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
- ^ Schöggl, Hans (March 25, 2011). "Cameroon - List of Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesk/kamchamp.html. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
- ^ Goldblatt, David (2008). The ball is round: a global history of soccer. Penguin. ISBN 1594482969. http://books.google.com/books?id=_ODMn27ZKG8C&pg=PT593&dq=%22Oryx+Douala%22&hl=en&ei=hm2HTeq_BYPAtgfilYSECg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22Oryx%20Douala%22&f=false.
Categories:- Cameroonian football clubs
- Sport in Douala
- Cameroonian sport stubs
- Central Africa football club stubs
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