Defending champions Coton Sport of Garoua are one of few clubs to have honoured their financial commitments to players. Cameroon's football federation (Fecafoot) launched an investigation following concerns that more than 70 percent of clubs in the country's top two domestic leagues have not paid their players for several months, with some footballers competing without contracts. Earlier this month, former Cameroon international Geremi Njitap, who now heads the country's player's union Synafoc, stated that 24 of the 33 professional clubs in the country had failed to meet their monetary obligations. "Some of these players don't even have contracts, and even when contracts exist, the terms aren't respected. There are those who've been with teams for two seasons and haven't had any wages.

Source: BBC February 21, 2019 12:29 UTC