Información Histórica
Championnat National du Bénin
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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
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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
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9.Etoile de Porto Novo 16 0 3 13 7-37 3 Relegated
Group B
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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
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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
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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']
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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]
Author: José Batalha
(jose.batalha@netvisao.pt)
Last updated: 14 May 2003
(C) Copyright José Batalha and RSSSF 2001/03
