Benin 2001/02


Championnat National du Bénin
=============================

Start October 6

18 clubs are divided into 2 poules (previous editions usually had 1 poule with
12 clubs).

First 4 of each poule qualify for 'Super-Division'.

First championship after more than 2 years of interruption due to disagreements
within football authorities.

Group A
Buffles (nord)
Panthères (nord)
Cavaliers (nord)
Mogas 90 (sud)
Etoile (sud) 
Energie (sud)
ASACO (sud) 
Postel (sud)
Variétés (centre).

Group B
Dragons (sud) 
Requins (sud)
Soleil (sud)
ASJA (sud)
UNB (sud)
Tatapouranou (nord)
Lions (nord)
Tonnerre (centre) 
Vautour (centre)

Group A
-------

Round 1
[Oct 13]
Etoile  	1-4 Postel 
[Oct 14]
Buffles 	2-0 Energie
ASACO        	3-1 Panthères
Variétés 	0-0 Mogas 90
Cavaliers	bye

Round 2 [Oct 21]
Cavaliers       0-0 Postel 
Mogas 90        1-0 Panthères
Etoile		0-3 Energie
Variétés        1-0 ASACO
Buffles bye

Round 3
[Oct 28]
Mogas 90	2-0 Cavaliers
Energie		1-1 Panthères
[Oct 31]
ASACO		0-2 Buffles
[Dec 16]
Postel		3-0 Variétés	
Etoile		bye

Round 4
[Nov 1]
Postel		2-2 Mogas 90
[Nov 4]
Buffles		3-1 Etoile
Panthères	2-1 Cavaliers
[Nov 7]
Variétés	0-0 Energie
ASACO		bye

Round 5 [Nov 11]
Mogas 90	1-0 ASACO
Postel		2-0 Buffles
Variétés	1-0 Etoile
Energie FC	2-0 Cavalier
Panthères	bye

Round 6 [Nov 18]
Mogas 90	3-0 Energie
Buffles		0-0 Panthères
Cavaliers	0-0 Variétés
Etoile		1-1 ASACO
Postel		bye

Round 7 [Nov 25]
Mogas 90	3-0 Etoile
Buffles		3-2 Cavaliers
Variétés	0-1 Panthères
ASACO		2-2 Postel
Energie		bye

Round 8 [Dec 2]
Variétés	2-0 Buffles	
Panthères	1-0 Etoile	
Cavaliers	2-2 ASACO	
Postel		0-0 Energie	
Mogas 90	bye

Round 9 [Dec 9]
Postel		0-1 Panthères
Buffles		1-1 Mogas
Etoile		0-0 Cavaliers
ASACO		1-3 Energie
Variétés	bye

Round 10 [Feb 17]
Postel  	1-0 Etoile
Energie		0-1 Buffles
Panthères	1-0 ASACO
Mogas 90	0-0 Variétés
Cavaliers	bye

Round 11 [Feb 24]
Postel 		awd Cavaliers	[awarded 3-0 to Postel, Cavaliers dns]
Panthères	0-2 Mogas 90
Energie		2-1 Etoile
ASACO		2-0 Variétés
Buffles bye

Round 12 [Mar 3]
Cavaliers	0-4 Mogas 90
Panthères	1-0 Energie
Buffles		awd ASACO	[awarded 3-0 to Buffles, ASACO dns]
Variétés	1-0 Postel
Etoile		bye

Round 13 [Mar 10]
Mogas 90	0-1 Postel
Etoile		1-5 Buffles
Cavaliers	2-0 Panthères
Energie		0-0 Variétés
ASACO		bye

Round 14 [Mar 17]
ASACO		1-3 Mogas 90
Buffles		3-0 Postel
Etoile		0-3 Variétés
Cavalier	1-1 Energie FC
Panthères	bye

Round 15 [Mar 24]
Energie		2-2 Mogas 90
Panthères	0-1 Buffles
Variétés	0-2 Cavaliers
ASACO		3-1 Etoile
Postel		bye

Round 16 [Mar 31]
Etoile		0-3 Mogas 90
Cavaliers	0-3 Buffles
Panthères	0-1 Variétés
Postel		2-1 ASACO
Energie		bye

Round 17 [Apr 7]
Buffles		1-0 Variétés
Etoile		1-1 Panthères
ASACO		1-3 Cavaliers
Energie		1-0 Postel
Mogas 90	bye

Round 18 [Apr 14]
Panthères	1-0 Postel
Mogas		0-2 Buffles
Cavaliers	awd Etoile		[awarded 3-0 to Cavaliers, Etoile dns]
Energie		1-0 ASACO
Variétés	bye

Final Table:

 1.Buffles de Borgou	          16 12  2  2  30- 9  38  Qualified
 2.Mogas 90 de la Sonacop         16  9  5  2  27- 9  32  Qualified
 3.Postel de Cotonou              16  7  4  5  20-13  25  Qualified  
 4.Energie                        16  6  6  4  16-13  24  Qualified 
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 5.Panthères de Djougou           16  7  3  6  11-13  24
 6.Variétés de Bohicon            16  6  5  5   9- 9  23  
 7.Cavaliers	                  16  4  5  7  16-23  17  
 8.ASACO de Cotonou	          16  3  3 10  17-27  12  
--------------------------------------------------------
 9.Etoile de Porto Novo           16  0  3 13   7-37   3  Relegated

Group B
-------

Round 1
[Oct 7]
Requins       	2-1 Dragons 
[Oct 14]
Lions   	1-0 Tonnerre 
Vautour  	awd Tatapouranou [awarded 3-0 win to Vautour, originally 1-0] 
ASJA  		1-3 UNB
Soleil		bye

Round 2 [Oct 21]
Vautour         1-0 Tonnerre
Lions           drw Tatapouranou [awarded 3-0 win to Lions, originally draw]
Soleil          1-0 UNB 
Dragons         1-0 ASJA
Requins bye

Round 3
[Oct 28]
Vautour		1-1 UNB
[Oct 31]
Dragons		3-1 Lions
Tonnerre	0-3 Requins
[Dec 13]
Tatapouranou	0-1 Soleil
ASJA		bye

Round 4
[Nov 4]
Dragons		3-1 Vautour
UNB		awd Tatapouranou [awarded 3-0 win to UNB; originally 1-0]
[Dec 16]
Lions		0-0 Soleil
Requins 	awd ASJA         [awarded 3-0 win to Requins; ASJA dns]
Tonnerre	bye

Round 5 [Nov 11]
Requins		2-1 UNB
Dragons		4-1 Soleil
Tatapouranou	awd Tonnerre     [awarded 3-0 win to Tonnerre; originally 2-1]
ASJA		2-0 Vautour
Lions		bye

Round 6 [Nov 18]
ASJA		2-2 Tonnerre
Requins		0-1 Lions
Soleil		1-2 Vautours
Tatapouranou	awd Dragons      [awarded 0-3 win to Dragons; originally 0-2]
UNB		bye 

Round 7 [Nov 25]
Lions		1-0 Vautours
Tonnerre	1-0 UNB
Requins		2-2 Soleil
ASJA		0-0 Tatapouranou
Dragons		bye

Round 8 
[Dec 2]
Soleil		1-0 Tonnerre
Vautours	1-0 Requins
ASJA		2-0 Lions
[Dec 16]
Dragons		3-2 UNB
Tatapouranou	bye

Round 9 [Dec 9]
Requins		2-0 Tatapouranou
Soleil		4-1 ASJA
Lions		1-0 UNB
Tonnerre	0-2 Dragons
Vautours	bye

Round 10 
[Feb 17]
Dragons 	0-2 Requins
Tonnerre 	0-0 Lions
Tatapouranou	0-1 Vautour
[Apr 28]
UNB		1-0 ASJA
Soleil		bye

Round 11
[Feb 24]
Tonnerre	0-1 Vautour
Tatapouranou	awd Lions	 [awarded 0-0 to Lions, Tatapouranou dns]
ASJA		0-1 Dragons
[May 1]
UNB		1-0 Soleil
Requins         bye

Round 12 [Mar 3]
UNB		0-0 Vautour
Lions		2-0 Dragons
Requins		1-1 Tonnerre
Soleil		4-2 Tatapouranou
ASJA		bye

Round 13 [Mar 10]
Vautour		0-0 Dragons
Tatapouranou	2-3 UNB
Soleil		2-1 Lions
ASJA		0-1 Requins	 [abandoned at 0-1 in 63'; stones thrown 
Tonnerre	bye               by ASJA fans; score allowed to stand]

Round 14 [Mar 17]
UNB		1-2 Requins
Soleil		0-2 Dragons
Tonnerre	1-0 Tatapouranou
Vautour		0-0 ASJA
Lions		bye

Round 15 [Mar 24]
Tonnerre	0-1 ASJA
Lions		1-1 Requins
Vautours	0-1 Soleil
Dragons		3-0 Tatapouranou
UNB		bye

Round 16
[Mar 31]
UNB		2-1 Tonnerre
Soleil		0-3 Requins
Tatapouranou	1-2 ASJA
[Apr 1]
Vautours	0-1 Lions
Dragons		bye

Round 17
[Apr 7] 
Tonnerre	0-1 Soleil
Lions		0-0 ASJA
[Apr 28]
Requins		awd Vautours		[awarded 3-0 win to Requins; Vautours dns]
[May 5]
UNB		0-1 Dragons
Tatapouranou	bye

Round 18
[Apr 14]
Tatapouranou	awd Requins		[awarded 3-0 win to Tatapouranou; Requins dns]
ASJA		0-1 Soleil
Dragons		0-0 Tonnerre
[Apr 21]
UNB		awd Lions		[awarded 3-0 win to UNB; Lions dns]
Vautours	bye

Final Table:

 1.Dragons de l'Ouémé             16 11  2  3  27-11  35  Qualified
 2.Requins de l'Atlantique        16 10  3  3  27-12  33  Qualified
 3.Soleil	                  16  9  2  5  19-16  29  Qualified
 4.Lions de Natitingou            16  8  4  4  13-11  28  Qualified 
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 5.UNB                            16  7  2  7  21-16  23
 6.Vautours d'Ilacondji           16  6  4  6  12-15  22
 7.ASJA d'Avrankou	 	  16  4  4  8  11-18  16
 8.Tonnerre de Bohicon            16  3  4  9   9-16  13
--------------------------------------------------------
 9.Tatapouranou de Ouassa Péhunco 16  1  1 14   8-32   4  Relegated

NB: Tatapouranou had their matches in rounds 1-2, 4-6 awarded 0-3 losses
    for using ineligible players


Final Stage [aka 'Super-Ligue']
===========

Final Table:
           
 1.Dragons de l'Ouémé              8  4  3  1  10- 4  15  Champions
 2.Requins de l'Atlantique         8  4  3  1   6- 3  15
 3.Postel de Cotonou               8  4  1  3   9- 6  13    
 4.Buffles de Borgou	           8  4  1  3   8- 8  13     
 5.Lions de Natitingou             8  3  2  3   8- 6  11
 6.Mogas 90 de la Sonacop          8  2  3  3   6- 8   9
 7.Energie FC                      8  1  5  2   5- 5   8  
 8.Soleil	                   8  0  2  6   3-15   2

NB: teams only played teams from other preliminary group.

Round 1 [Jul 6]
Buffles		0-0 Dragons
Lions		3-1 Mogas 90
Postel		2-1 Soleil
Requins		0-0 Energie FC

Round 2
[Jul 13]
Soleil		1-1 Energie
[Jul 14]
Dragons		1-1 Mogas 90
Lions		0-1 Postel
Requins		2-1 Buffles

Round 3 [Jul 28]
Postel		2-0 Dragons
Mogas		0-1 Requins
Buffles		2-0 Soleil
Energie		0-0 Lions

Round 4
[Aug 4]
Soleil		0-1 Mogas
Requins		1-0 Postel
Lions		0-2 Buffles
[Aug 5]
Dragons		0-0 Energie

Round 5
[Aug 18]
Energie		0-1 Requins
Soleil		0-3 Postel
Mogas		2-1 Lions
[Aug 21]
Dragons		2-0 Buffles

Round 6
[Aug 24]
Postel		0-1 Lions
[Aug 25]
Buffles		2-1 Requins	
Energie		4-0 Soleil
Mogas		0-1 Dragons

Round 7 [Sep 15]
Requins		0-0 Mogas
Dragons		3-1 Postel
Soleil		0-1 Buffles
Lions		0-0 Energie

Round 8 [Sep 21]
Postel		0-0 Requins
Buffles		0-3 Lions
Energie		0-3 Dragons
Mogas		1-1 Soleil

Final Table:
           
 1.Dragons de l'Ouémé              8  4  3  1  10- 4  15  Champions
 2.Requins de l'Atlantique         8  4  3  1   6- 3  15
 3.Postel de Cotonou               8  4  1  3   9- 6  13    
 4.Buffles de Borgou	           8  4  1  3   8- 8  13     
 5.Lions de Natitingou             8  3  2  3   8- 6  11
 6.Mogas 90 de la Sonacop          8  2  3  3   6- 8   9
 7.Energie FC                      8  1  5  2   5- 5   8  
 8.Soleil	                   8  0  2  6   3-15   2

NB: teams only played teams from other preliminary group; matches against
    the teams from the same preliminary group did not count; had head-to-head
    results from the first stage counted, the table would have looked as follows:

(Unofficial) Table including head-to-head preliminary round:
           
 1.Requins de l'Atlantique        14  7  5  2  16- 8  26  [6 3 2 1 10- 5 11]
 2.Buffles de Borgou	          14  8  2  4  17-11  26  [6 4 1 1  9- 3 13] 
 3.Dragons de l'Ouémé             14  7  3  4  20-12  24  [6 3 0 3 10- 8  9]
 4.Postel de Cotonou              14  6  3  5  14-12  21  [6 2 2 2  5- 6  8]    
 5.Lions de Natitingou            14  5  4  5  14-12  19  [6 2 2 2  6- 6  8]
 6.Mogas 90 de la Sonacop         14  3  6  5  14-16  15  [6 1 3 2  8- 8  6]
 7.Energie FC                     14  2  7  5   8-13  13  [6 1 2 3  3- 8  5]
 8.Soleil	                  14  1  4  9   8-27   7  [6 1 2 3  5-12  5]


Cups 2001/02


Coupe de Bénin
==============

There are preliminary rounds in each department.


Departmental phase
------------------

Département de l'Atlantique-Littoral
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

1/4 final [May 12]
Donjo				0-0 Olympique Delta		[6-4, pen]
Entente				1-1 Jeunesse Sportive Cotonou	[5-4, pen]
Concorde FC			2-1 Aspa

Semifinals [May 15]
Donjo				--- Jeunesse Sportive Cotonou
Entente				--- Concorde FC

Final [May 19]
Entente won this final.

Ouémé-Plateau
- - - - - - -

Semifinals [May 12]
Jeunesse Sportive Pobè		4-0 Jeunesse Athlétique Missérété	[also reported, 1-0]

Final [May 19]
Djeffa	                    	lt  Jeunesse Sportive Pobè


National phase
--------------

Round 1 
[Jul 20]
Dragon                          1-0 Postel			[in Cotonou]
ASJA                            1-0 Entente de l'Atlantique	[in Lokossa]
Tatapouranou                    2-0 Dynamo d'Abomey            	[in Parakou]
Jeunesse Sportive Pobè		6-0 Etoiles             	[in Pobè] 
[Jul 21]             
Soleil                          0-1 Réquins             	[in Cotonou]         
Mogas                           2-0 Sitex de Lokossa           	[in Portp-Novo]               
Variétés                        0-2 UNB                 	[in Lokossa]
Energie                         1-0 Aslam               	[in Parakou]
[Jul 22]
Buffles                         1-0 Vautours [replay game; on Jul 20 abd due rain]	[in Abomey]

Round 2
[Aug 10]
ASJA				lt  Jeunesse Sportive Pobè
Mogas				bye
Vautours (lucky losers rd 1)    bye
[Aug 11]
Tatapouranou			lt  Buffles
Requins				bt  Dragons
UNB				lt  Energie

Round 3
[Oct 27]
Energie FC			0-1 Buffles
Mogas 90			3-1 Vautours
Réquins				abd Jeunesse Sportive Pobè
  [abandoned at 1-1 in 46'; Pobè supporters invaded the pitch to protest
   against the Réquins 'keeper praying before the start of the second half;
   the ensuing fights between both sets of supporters caused the match to
   be abandoned]

Round 3 replay [Nov 3]
Réquins FC	                1-1 Jeunesse Sportive Pobè	[7-6 pen]

Jeunesse Sportive Pobè progress as lucky losers

Semifinals
[Nov 2]
Mogas 90                    	1-0 Buffles FC
[Nov 10]
Réquins FC                  	0-0 Jeunesse Sportive Pobè      [3-4 pen]

Final [Nov 17, Stade René Pleven d'Akpakpa, Cotonou]
Mogas 90			0-0 Jeunesse Sportive Pobè

Replay final [Nov 24, Stade René Pleven d'Akpakpa, Cotonou]
Mogas 90			1-1 Jeunesse Sportive Pobè      [2-3 pen]
  [Eric Houssinou 51pen; Razack Chitou 32]



Super Coupe
===========

Final [Dec 1, Stade René Pleven d'Akpakpa, Cotonou]
Dragons FC de l'Ouémé		2-2 Jeunesse Sportive Pobè
   [Ugi Edward 38, Rachad Chitou 70pen; Lana Oladikpupo 45pen, 58]


Final Replay [Feb 2, 2003, Stade René Pleven d'Akpakpa, Cotonou]
Jeunesse Sportive Pobè		2-0 Dragons FC de l'Ouémé
   [Abiola Amoussa 8, 80]



Coupe de l'Indépendance 
=======================

1/8 final [May 25]
UNB FC				awd Variétés FC		[awarded to UNB; Variétés dns]
Vautours FC			1-2 Mogas FC
Buffles FC			1-1 Postel FC		[3-5 pen]
Requins FC de l'Atlantique	0-0 ASJA Association Sportive de la Jeunesse d'Avrankou FC		[4-3 pen]
Dragons FC			1-1 Tatapouranou FC	[5-2 pen]
Energie FC			2-1 Etoile FC
Soleil FC (Cotonou)		bye

1/4 final [Jun 1]
Postels				--- Energie
Buffles (lucky loser)		--- Requins
Dragons				--- UNB
Mogas				--- Soleil

Final [Aug 1, Stade de l'Amitié, Porto Novo]
Dragons FC de l'Ouémé		2-0  Mogas 90
   [Jonas Akétola 35, Edouard Ogué 52]


Tournoi CSA (Centrale des Syndicats Autonomes)
==============================================

2nd edition

Semifinals
Mogas 90		1-0 Cheminots
Postel			3-1 AS Police

Final [May 1, 2002, Stade de l'Amitié, Kouhounou]
Mogas 90		3-1 Postel



Second Level 2001/02



Championnat Régional de 2ème division de l'Atlantique et du Littoral
====================================================================


Table after 13 rounds:

 1.Jeunesse Sportive de Cotonou 		33 pts 	(+30)
 2.Donjo					31 	(+20)
 3.Association Sportive Pythagore d'Akpakpa	23	(+6)
 4.AS Police					22	(+5)
 5.AS Concorde					22	(+4)
 6.Ententee					20	(+6)
 7.Delta 198 Don Bosco  			19	(-2)
 9.Aledjo					17	(-2)
10.Eternel					15	(-16)
11.Cheminots					13	(-3)
12.Godomey						(-7)
13.Etincelle					10	(-19)
14.Alliance		 		 	 1	(-20) 

NB: total goal difference +2

Round 14 [Apr 6, 7]


NB: Donjo FC won league.



Final stage
===========

Knock-out tournament with 6 participants.  The three winners of
the (two-legged) quarterfinals and the best losers progress to
the (one-legged) semifinals; both finalists obtain promotion.
 
Department Champions:

Atlantique-Littoral	Donjo FC 
Ouémé-Plateau		Jeunesse Sportive Pobè 
Borgou-Alibori		Azira FC 
Mono-Couffo		Sitex 
Donga-Atacora		Taneka FC 
Zou-Collines		Dynamo FC


Final [Stade René Pleven]
Donjo FC 		bt  Jeunesse Sportive Pobè



Third Level 2002/03


NB: apparently first ever edition.

Championnat Régional de 3ème division de l'Atlantique et du Littoral
====================================================================

Second stage
------------


Round ? [Jan 25]
Associés de la Ville (Ouidah)	--- Espérance
Dynamic (Ouidah)		--- Komodor (Gbégamey)
AS Colombes (Cotonou)		--- AS Leader
Barka (Gbégamey)		--- USA


Final [Feb 23, stade René Pléven, Cotonou]
AS Colombe (Cotonou)            2-0 JS Komondor




2000/01

2003

list of champions

list of cup winners


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Author: José Batalha (jose.batalha@netvisao.pt)
Last updated: 14 May 2003

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