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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