Olympic Mvolyé
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Olympic Mvolyé, also known as Olympique Mvolyé, is a Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...

ian football club based in Mvolyé
Mvolyé
Mvolyé or Mvolye is a neighbourhood of Yaoundé, Cameroon. Around 1900, during Cameroon's colonial period, the site was part of the lands ruled by Karl Atangana. He then donated part of the area to the German Pallottine Fathers, a Roman Catholic missionary group. The Ewondo people had previously...

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Olympic enjoyed some success in the mid-to-late 1990s as they won the Cameroonian Cup twice in 1992 and 1994 and then went on to compete in Elite One
Elite One
The Championnat du Cameroun de football is the top division of association football in Cameroon, governed by the Fédération Camerounaise de Football since its establishment in 1961....

, the country's top level, from 1997 to 2001.

They also reached the second round of the African Cup Winners' Cup
African Cup Winners' Cup
The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederations Cup...

 on two occasions in 1993
1993 African Cup Winners' Cup
The 1993 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Al Ahly in two-legged final victory against Africa Sports. This was the nineteenth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup...

  and 1995
1995 African Cup Winners' Cup
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, where they were knocked out by El-Kanemi Warriors
El-Kanemi Warriors
El-Kanemi Warriors is a soccer team based in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. They play at El-Kanemi Stadium. They ended their 2005 season in the lower half of the Nigeria Premier League.They were relegated to the Nigeria Division 1 in 2007.-Achievements:...

 in 1993 and Hearts of Oak in 1995.

In the 1990s a number of Cameroon national football team
Cameroon national football team
The Cameroon national football team, nicknamed Les Lions Indomptables , is controlled by the Fédération Camerounaise de Football and is Africa's most successful side in FIFA world cup; having qualified for the FIFA World Cup six times – in 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2010– more than any...

 regulars played for the club, including Hans Agbo
Hans Agbo
Hans Agbo-Hans is a retired Cameroonian football player who played for Olympic Mvolyé. He participated at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, as well as the 1992 African Cup of Nations and the 1996 African Cup of Nations.-References:...

, Bertin Ebwellé
Bertin Ebwellé
Bertin Ebwellé Ndingué is a retired professional footballer who represented Cameroon at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He also took part in 1992 African Nations Cup. He played club football with Tonnerre Yaoundé, Persisam Putra Samarinda and Olympic Mvolyé.He coached Tonnerre Yaoundé.-External links:*...

, Benjamin Massing
Benjamin Massing
Benjamin Massing is a retired Cameroonian footballer who played as a central defender.Massing, who played professionally for, among others, France's US Créteil , was picked up for Cameroon's squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, where he was famously sent off in the opening match, for a spectacular...

, Tobie Mimboe
Tobie Mimboe
Tobie Bayard Mimboe , is a Cameroonian footballer, who actually is retired. He played for several teams, mostly in South America. He started in Cameroonian team Olympic Mvolyé...

, Victor Ndip
Victor Ndip
Victor Ndip Akem is a retired Cameroonian football player. Among the clubs he played for included Canon Yaoundé and Olympic Mvolyé. He also participated at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and 1994 FIFA World Cup.-References:...

 and Alphonse Yombi
Alphonse Yombi
Ayakan Alphonse Yombi is a former Cameroonian footballer.He was a member of the Cameroon squad at the 1990 World Cup in Italy....

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