Cash-Trapped UMS Surrender Elite One Position

Union Mouvement sportif of Loum (UMS) have abruptly quit the MTN Elite One championship, with the premier division set to resume over the weekend.

In a press release made public this Friday, the club from the department of Moungo declared itself forfeit and withdrew from the championship.

The club’s General Sectary, Joseph Tchungno indicated in a press release which reached our staff that the club was relinquishing its position in the top-tier.

The 2019 Cameroon champions point fingers on the fact that the Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) has increased the salaries of players rising to 200 thousands unilaterally, without any roadmap for club’s to generate monies.

UMS de Loum also claims that her balance of state subsidy from last season and the non-payment of support from FECAFOOT for the current season, does not permit them to go on with the championship.

President Pierre Kwemo’s club specifies that it only received 11 million FCFA from FECAFOOT, instead of an initial
48 million FCFA per season to the clubs, which was agreed.

Faced with cash flow difficulties, UMS of Loum preferred to forfeit.

The Loum-based outfit had a scintillating first round in the Elite One, where they finished in 3rd place in Group A with 17 points behind Cotonsport and Colombe.

UMS are two-time Cameroon champions having won the championship in 2016 and 2019. They emerged 2015 Cameroon cup winners and have since then been a force to reckon with.