The whites-only Ligue de Football du Katanga was founded in Elisabethville (now Lubumbashi) 1911; the 1925 edition of the local championship comprised 4 clubs who competed for the B. Smith Cup.
For the (known) champions of the 'black' Elisabethville Football Association (FASI, Fédérations et Associations Sportives Indigènes), see Congo-Kinshasa - Regional Champions.
A Katanga representation organised by the FASI played in a 'sub-Saharan championship 1950'.
In the 1950s several cup competitions involving both African and European teams from the mining towns of Katanga (Elisabethville, Jadotville, Kolwezi and Shinkolobwe) were organised by the "white" Ligue Royale de Football du Katanga; of these, the Gillet Cup became the biggest football competition in the region, while the Buttgenbach Cup was first held in 1957; its first edition was won by Panda, a "white" mining team which also won the Gillet Cup and the 50th Challenge Cup that year.
1914 not known 1915-17 not known 1918 not known 1919-24 not known 1925 Union Minière 1926 Léopold FC 1927 Léopold FC 1928 Ramblers 1929 CFK and Wanderers (shared) 1930 Léopold FC and Ramblers (shared) 1931 apparently not played 1932 apparently not played 1934 apparently not played 1934 not known 1935 not known 1936 Ramblers 1937 Ramblers 1938 Ramblers 1939 Ramblers 1940 Jadotville FC 1941 Ramblers 1942 not played 1943 not played 1944 Collège FC 1945 Léopold FC 1946 Ramblers 1947 Jadotville FC 1948 Collège FC 1949 Jadotville FC 1950 Jadotville FC 1951-54 not known (not Jadotville FC) 1955 Jadotville FC 1956 Jadotville FC 1957 Jadotville FC 1958 Jadotville FC 1959 Jadotville FC 1960 Jadotville FC Number of Wins (25, of which 1 shared; 9 missing) 10 Jadotville FC 8 Ramblers [1 shared] 4 Léopold FC [1 shared] 2 Collège FC 1 Union Minière CFK Wanderers NB: Jadotville is now called Likasi; also Union Minière and CFK Wanderers apparently were from Likasi while the other teams probably all were from Elizabethville, now called Lubumbashi. Katanga - Coupe Pieters 1914 Final Léopold FC - Lubumbashi FC Katanga - Ligue de Football du Katanga 1918 Participants (4): Elisabethville FC Etoile du Congo Employés UMHK Ouvriers UMHK Coupe du Chemin de Fer du Katanga 1918 Final Lubumbashi FC - Elisabethville FC Katanga - Coupe B. Smith 1925 NB: Championnat du Katanga Participants (4): Léopold FC Union Minière Chemin du Fer du Katanga Union Sportive Italienne Champions: Union Minière Katanga - Coupe B. Smith 1926 NB: Championnat du Katanga Participants (4): Léopold FC [champions] Union Minière I Union Minière II Cosmopolite Champions: Léopold FC Katanga - Coupe B. Smith 1928 Participants (9): secteur Nord Ramblers I (Panda) Ramblers II Kambove Luishia secteur Sud Léo FC (Elisabethville) Lubumbashi Sports CFK (Elisabethville) Wanderers FC (Elisabethville) Kipushu FC Champions: Ramblers Katanga - Coupe B. Smith 1929 NB: an unnamed club for Likasi joined the league. Champions: CFK and Wanderers (shared) Katanga - Coupe de la Croix Bleu 1931 Final [Jul 26, 1931] US Jadotville - Sogechim Ramblers Katanga - Coupe des Brasseries du Katanga 1933 Final Pince Charles - Prince Léopold Katanga - Ligue de Jadotville 1934 Participating teams (7): Xaveriana [pupils of the Ecole Saint François Xavier] Union Minière Astrida Belgica Alliance CFK Victoria Katanga - Coupe des Brasseries du Katanga 1935 Participating teams (8): Club Prince Charles Club Prince Léopold Bruxelles Victoria Tshanga-Tshanga Saint-Jean Belgica Elisabethville Final Club Prince Charles - Club Prince Léopold
Sources: [FIF 31], [FIF 52], [Vel 01], [Lar 21], http://www.likasi.be/Stavros/Stavros_02b.htm
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