Championnat National du Bénin ============================= Participants (20): Teams: City: Département: Stadium: Dynamo Unacob FC (1) Parakou Borgou Municipal de Parakou 8.000 Buffles du Borgou FC Parakou Borgou Municipal de Parakou 8.000 Espoir FC Savalou Collines Municipal de Savalou 5.000 Panthères FC Djougou Donga Municipal de Djougou 10.000 Soleil FC Cotonou Littoral (10) Energie de la Sbee FC (2) Cotonou Littoral (10) UNB FC (3) Cotonou Littoral (10) Cheminots de l'Ocbn FC (4) Cotonou Littoral (10) Mambas Noirs FC Cotonou Littoral (10) ASPAC FC (5) Cotonou Littoral (10) Requins de l'Atlantique FC Kouhounou Littoral (10) Mogas 90 de la Sonacop FC (6) Porto-Novo Ouémé (11) AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé Porto-Novo Ouémé (11) ASOS FC (7) Porto-Novo Ouémé (11) US Kraké Kraké Ouémé (11) Avrankou Omnisport FC Avrankou Ouémé Municipal de Avrankou 5.000 JAM FC (8) Akpo-Missérété Ouémé Municipal de Missérété 5.000 JSP FC (9) Pobè Plateau Jean Pierre Gascon 5.000 Tonnerre d'Abomey FC Bohicon Zou Municipal de Bohicon 5.000 Dynamo FC Abomey Zou Goho 7.500 NB: (1) Unacob means Union Nationale des Conducteurs du Bénin. (2) Sbee means Société dEau et dElectricite. (3) UNB means Université Nationale du Bénin. (4) Ocbn means Organisation Commune Benin-Niger des chemins de fer et des transports. (5) ASPAC means Association Sportive du Port Autonome de Cotonou. (6) Sonacop means Société Nationale de Commercialisation des Produits pétroliers. (7) ASOS means Association Sportive Oussou Saka. (8) JAM means Jeunesse Athlétique d'Akpo-Missérété. (9) JSP means Jeunesse Sportive de Pobè. (10) Each team can play at Amitié (35.000) or René Pleven d'Akpakpa (25.000) or Gbegamey Collège (5.000). (11) Each team can play at Sémé-Kpodji (5.000) or Charles de Gaulle (35.000). NB: FC means Football Club. AS means Association Sportive. US means Union Sportive. Group Stage Poule A Mogas 90 de la Sonacop FC AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé Energie de la Sbee FC Université d'Abomey Calavi (UAC) Dynamo Unacob FC de Parakou (Malanville) USC (formerly Cheminots de l'Ocbn FC) (Cotonou) Mambas Noirs FC (Cotonou) Dynamo FC (Abomey) Association Sportive Oussou Saka FC (Porto-Novo) USS Kraké (Union sportive de Sèmè-Kraké) Poule B Buffles du Borgou FC (Parakou) Panthères FC (Djougou) Jeunesse Sportive de Pobè FC Soleil FC (Cotonou) Requins de l'Atlantique FC (Kouhounou) Avrankou Omnisport FC Tonnerre d'Abomey FC Espoir FC (Savalou) Jeunesse Athlétique dAkpo Missérété FC (JAM) ASPAC FC (Association Sportive du Port Autonome de Cotonou FC) NB: start scheduled for Jul 5 and 6 - postponed to Aug 6, purportedly due to strike of strike in legal branch making it impossible to validate players' licenses; bottom-3 of both groups to be relegated Final Tables: Poule A 1.USS Kraké (Sèmè-Kraké) 18 10 4 4 19- 7 34 2.AS Oussou Saka FC (Porto-Novo) 18 7 8 3 14- 9 29 [ASOS] 3.AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé 18 6 10 2 14- 8 28 [*1] 4.Université Nationale du Bénin FC 18 7 6 5 18-16 27 [UNB] 5.Mambas Noirs FC (Cotonou) 18 6 5 7 17-16 23 6.USC (Cotonou) 18 6 4 8 15-16 22 [*2] 7.Energie de la Sbee FC 18 5 7 6 10-15 22 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.Mogas 90 de la Sonacop FC 18 5 6 7 12-11 21 Relegated 9.Dynamo Unacob FC de Parakou (Malanville) 18 4 6 8 11-15 18 Relegated 10.Dynamo FC (Abomey) 18 4 2 12 9-26 14 Relegated [*1] aka Université d'Abomey Calavi (UAC) [*2] Cheminots de l'Ocbn FC were renamed USC NB: 2 more losses than wins due to double forfait round 1 Poule B 1.Tonnerre d'Abomey FC 18 10 5 3 21- 9 35 2.Soleil FC (Cotonou) 18 6 8 4 19- 8 26 3.Panthères FC (Djougou) 18 7 5 6 15-10 26 4.Jeunesse Sportive de Pobè FC 18 7 5 6 20-16 26 5.Avrankou Omnisport FC 18 8 2 8 8-18 26 6.ASPAC FC (Cotonou) 18 5 9 4 15-12 24 7.Buffles du Borgou FC (Parakou) 18 6 6 6 12-10 24 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.Requins de l'Atlantique FC (Kouhounou) 18 7 2 9 15-25 23 Relegated 9.Espoir FC (Savalou) 18 5 4 9 9- 9 19 Relegated 10.Jeunesse Athlétique d'Akpo Missérété FC 18 5 2 11 11-28 17 Relegated [JAM] Round 1 Poule A [Aug 6] Dynamo Parakou 0-1 UNB Dynamo Abomey awd USC [awarded 0-0 loss against both] US Kraké 3-1 Mambas Noirs [Aug 7] Mogas 90 1-0 ASOS Dragons 0-0 Energie Poule B [Aug 6] Panthères 1-0 ASPAC Tonnerre 1-0 Espoir Soleil 3-0 JS Pobè Avrankou 1-0 JA Missérété [Aug 7] Buffles 1-0 Requins Round 2 Poule A [Aug 9] USC 01 UNB [Aug 10] Dynamo Abomey 10 Mogas 90 Mambas Noirs 12 Dragons Energie 00 US Kraké ASOS 11 Dynamo Parakou Poule B [Aug 10] Panthères 11 Buffles Espoir 3-0 JA Missérété Tonnerre 00 Soleil Requins 32 ASPAC JS Pobè 1-0 Avrankou Round 3 Poule A [Aug 16] UNB 1-0 ASOS Mambas Noirs 0-0 Dynamo Abomey [Aug 17] Dynamo Parakou 1-0 Mogas 90 USC 0-1 Energie US Kraké 0-1 Dragons Poule B [Aug 17] Soleil 1-0 Espoir ASPAC 0-0 Buffles Avrankou 0-0 Panthères JA Missérété 0-1 Requins JS Pobè 1-1 Tonnerre Round 4 Poule A [Aug 20] Dynamo Abomey 0-1 US Kraké USC 3-1 Dynamo Parakou UNB 2-0 Energie ASOS 1-0 Mambas Noirs [Aug 21] Dragons 0-0 Mogas 90 Poule B [Aug 20] Buffles 1-0 JS Pobè Espoir 1-0 Requins Tonnerre 4-0 JA Missérété Panthères 1-0 Soleil [Aug 21] ASPAC 3-1 Avrankou Round 5 Poule A [Aug 23] Energie 0-1 Mambas Noirs US Kraké 1-0 ASOS [Aug 24] Dynamo Parakou 3-0 Dynamo Abomey Mogas 90 1-1 UNB Dragons 0-0 USC Poule B [Aug 23] Buffles 2-0 JA Missérété Requins 1-0 Panthères [Aug 24] ASPAC 0-0 Soleil Avrankou 0-3 Tonnerre JS Pobè 1-0 Espoir Round 6 Poule A [Aug 30] Dynamo Parakou 1-1 Dragons USC 13 Mambas Noirs UNB 30 Dynamo Abomey [Aug 31] Mogas 90 01 US Kraké ASOS 20 Energie Poule B [Aug 31] Buffles 20 Tonnerre Espoir 20 Avrankou Soleil 21 Requins JA Missérété 02 Panthères JS Pobè 0-0 ASPAC Round 7 Poule A [Sep 3] Dynamo Parakou 0-2 Energie Dynamo Abomey 0-1 Dragons Mambas Noirs 1-0 Mogas 90 US Kraké 1-2 UNB [Sep 5] ASOS 2-1 USC Poule B [Sep 3] Panthères 1-1 JS Pobè Tonnerre 1-0 Requins ASPAC 3-1 Espoir Soleil 6-1 JA Missérété [Sep 4] Buffles awd Avrankou [awarded 0-0 win to Avrankou, originally 1-1] Round 8 [postponed in its entirety] Poule A [Sep 10] Mambas Noirs 0-0 Dynamo Parakou [Sep 11] Dynamo Abomey 0-0 ASOS UNB 0-0 Dragons Mogas 90 0-1 Energie US Kraké 3-0 USC Poule B [Sep 10] ASPAC awd JA Missérété [awarded 0-0 win to ASPAC, [Sep 11] JAM showed late] Espoir 0-1 Buffles Tonnerre 1-1 Panthères Avrankou 0-0 Soleil JS Pobè 6-0 Requins Round 9 Poule A [Sep 17] Dynamo Parakou 0-2 US Kraké USC 0-0 Mogas 90 Energie 3-1 Dynamo Abomey [Sep 18] UNB 1-1 Mambas Noirs Dragons 1-2 ASOS Poule B [Sep 18] Panthères 0-1 Espoir Buffles 1-1 Soleil Tonnerre 1-1 ASPAC Requins 2-1 Avrankou JA Missérété 2-0 JS Pobè Round 10 Poule A [Sep 24] UNB 0-0 Dynamo Parakou USC 1-0 Dynamo Abomey [Sep 25] Mambas Noirs 0-0 US Kraké Energie 0-0 Dragons ASOS 0-0 Mogas 90 Poule B [Sep 24] ASPAC 2-1 Panthères [Sep 25] Espoir 1-0 Tonnerre JS Pobè 0-0 Soleil JA Missérété 2-0 Avrankou Requins 2-0 Buffles Round 11 Poule A [Oct 1] Dynamo Parakou awd ASOS [awarded 0-0 win to ASOS, Mogas 90 6-2 Dynamo Abomey originally 0-0] UNB 1-2 USC [Oct 2] Dragons 2-0 Mambas Noirs US Kraké 1-0 Energie Poule B [Oct 1] Avrankou 2-1 JS Pobè JA Missérété 0-0 Espoir [Oct 2] Buffles 2-0 Panthères Soleil 1-2 Tonnerre ASPAC 0-0 Requins Round 12 Poule A [Oct 4] Mogas 90 0-1 Dynamo Parakou ASOS 1-1 UNB [Oct 5] Dynamo Abomey 0-1 Mambas Noirs Energie 1-1 USC Dragons 0-0 US Kraké Poule B [Oct 5] Panthères 2-0 Avrankou Buffles 0-0 ASPAC Espoir 0-0 Soleil Tonnerre 1-0 JS Pobè Requins 1-3 JA Missérété Round 13 Poule A [Oct 11] Mambas Noirs 1-1 ASOS Mogas 90 0-0 Dragons [Oct 12] Dynamo Parakou 0-0 USC Energie 2-1 UNB US Kraké 2-0 Dynamo Abomey Poule B [Oct 11] Requins 1-0 Espoir [Oct 12] Soleil 0-0 Panthères Avrankou awd ASPAC [awarded 0-0 win to Avrankou, JA Missérété 0-1 Tonnerre originally 0-2] JS Pobè 2-0 Buffles Round 14 [Oct 15] Poule A Dynamo Abomey 2-1 Dynamo Parakou UNB 2-1 Mogas 90 Mambas Noirs 4-0 Energie USC 1-0 Dragons ASOS 0-0 US Kraké Poule B Panthères awd Requins [awarded 0-0 win to Requins, Tonnerre 2-0 Avrankou originally 1-0, Panthères JA Missérété 1-0 Buffles fielded ineligible player] Espoir awd JS Pobè [awarded 0-0 win to JS Pobè, Soleil 0-0 ASPAC originally 2-0, Espoir fielded two ineligible players] Round 15 Poule A [Oct 18] Energie 0-0 ASOS Mambas Noirs 1-3 USC Dragons 2-1 Dynamo Parakou [Oct 19] Dynamo Abomey 1-0 UNB US Kraké 0-1 Mogas 90 Poule B [Oct 19] Panthères 4-0 JA Missérété Tonnerre 0-0 Buffles Requins 0-3 Soleil ASPAC 2-1 JS Pobè Avrankou 1-0 Espoir Round 16 Poule A [Oct 25] Mogas 90 1-0 Mambas Noirs UNB 0-3 US Kraké [Oct 26] Energie 0-0 Dynamo Parakou Dragons 2-0 Dynamo Abomey [Oct 27] USC 0-1 ASOS Poule B [Oct 26] Espoir 0-0 ASPAC Avrankou 1-0 Buffles JS Pobè 1-0 Panthères [Oct 27] Requins 0-1 Tonnerre JA Missérété 1-0 Soleil Round 17 Poule A [Oct 29] Dynamo Parakou 1-0 Mambas Noirs USC 2-0 US Kraké ASOS 2-0 Dynamo Abomey [Oct 30] Energie 0-0 Mogas 90 Dragons 1-1 UNB Poule B [Oct 29] Requins 3-3 JS Pobè JA Missérété 1-1 ASPAC [Oct 30] Panthères 1-0 Tonnerre Buffles 0-0 Espoir Soleil awd Avrankou [awarded 0-0 win to Avrankou, originally 2-0] NB: the match Soleil vs Avrankou was awarded to the latter because Soleil had originally listed Fatolou Prosper on the match documents, but had removed his name prior to the start of the match; the player, who allegedly had not completed the transfer formalities after leaving his former club Espoir Plus before joining Soleil, neither played in the match nor was he a substitute; nevertheless the match was awarded (a long time after the season had finished) to Avrankou, thereby saving them from relegation at the cost of Requins; the same Fatolou Prosper had actively played in both matches Soleil won against Requins (on Aug 31 and Oct 19), but these matches were not awarded to Requins (if these matches would also have been awarded against Soleil, Soleil would have finished on a relegation place). Avrankou Omnisports is the club of the treasurer general of the FBF while the president of the executive committee of the FBF is the main sponsor of Soleil. Round 18 Poule A [Nov 12] Mogas 90 1-0 USC ASOS 1-1 Dragons [Nov 13] Dynamo Abomey 2-0 Energie Mambas Noirs 2-0 UNB US Kraké 1-0 Dynamo Parakou Poule B [Nov 12] ASPAC 1-2 Tonnerre [Nov 13] Espoir awd Panthères [awarded 0-0 to Panthères; Soleil 2-1 Buffles abandoned at 1-0 in 39'] JS Pobè 2-0 JA Missérété Avrankou abd Requins [abandoned at 1-1 in 75' due [Nov 14] to light failure] Avrankou 1-0 Requins [replay] Final Tables: Poule A 1.USS Kraké (Sèmè-Kraké) 18 10 4 4 19- 7 34 2.AS Oussou Saka FC (Porto-Novo) 18 7 8 3 14- 9 29 [ASOS] 3.AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé 18 6 10 2 14- 8 28 [*1] 4.Université Nationale du Bénin FC 18 7 6 5 18-16 27 [UNB] 5.Mambas Noirs FC (Cotonou) 18 6 5 7 17-16 23 6.USC (Cotonou) 18 6 4 8 15-16 22 [*2] 7.Energie de la Sbee FC 18 5 7 6 10-15 22 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.Mogas 90 de la Sonacop FC 18 5 6 7 12-11 21 Relegated 9.Dynamo Unacob FC de Parakou (Malanville) 18 4 6 8 11-15 18 Relegated 10.Dynamo FC (Abomey) 18 4 2 12 9-26 14 Relegated [*1] aka Université d'Abomey Calavi (UAC) [*2] Cheminots de l'Ocbn FC were renamed USC NB: 2 more losses than wins due to double forfait round 1 Poule B 1.Tonnerre d'Abomey FC 18 10 5 3 21- 9 35 2.Soleil FC (Cotonou) 18 6 8 4 19- 8 26 3.Panthères FC (Djougou) 18 7 5 6 15-10 26 4.Jeunesse Sportive de Pobè FC 18 7 5 6 20-16 26 5.Avrankou Omnisport FC 18 8 2 8 8-18 26 6.ASPAC FC (Cotonou) 18 5 9 4 15-12 24 7.Buffles du Borgou FC (Parakou) 18 6 6 6 12-10 24 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.Requins de l'Atlantique FC (Kouhounou) 18 7 2 9 15-25 23 Relegated 9.Espoir FC (Savalou) 18 5 4 9 9- 9 19 Relegated 10.Jeunesse Athlétique d'Akpo Missérété FC 18 5 2 11 11-28 17 Relegated [JAM] NB: Requins, Espoir and Dynamo Parakou have protested their relegation; a commission was set up on May 5, 2009 on the order of FIFA to resolve these issues within a month; on July 2, 2009, the commission submitted its report in which the entire transitional championship was declared invalid because of a number of irregularities. NB: in 2009/10 the first level is reduced to 14 clubs and the second to 12; participants were announced in August as: Première Division 1.Dragons FC 2.Avrankou Omnisport 3.Soleil FC 4.Panthères de Djougou 5.Mamba Noir 6.Mogas 90 FC 7.Requins de l'Atlantique 8.Dynamo d'Abomey 9.Dynamo de Parakou 10.Espoir de Savalou 11.Buffles du Borgou 12.Tonnerre FC 13.ASPAC 14.US Kraké Author: José Batalha (jose.batalha@netvisao.pt) Last updated: 24 Sep 2009 (C) Copyright José Batalha and RSSSF 2008/09