Kinshasa (EPFKIN)
NB: town called Léopoldville until 30 June 1966;
see Léopoldville Champions for additional details 1919-1950.
Ed. Year Champions
1 1917/18 FC Castermans
2 1918/19 FC Léopoldville I
3 1919/20 FC Léopoldville I
4 1920/21 FC Léopoldville II
5 1921/22 CS Léopoldville I
6 1922/23 CS Léopoldville I
7 1923/24 FC Union
8 1924/25 FC Union
9 1925/26 FC Union
10 1926/27 FC Mutuelle
11 1927/28 Congo Club
12 1928/29 FC Union
13 1929/30 FC Union
14 1930/31 FC Standaert
15 1931/32 FC Union
16 1932/33 FC Union
17 1933/34 FC Etoile
18 1934/35 FC Union
19 1935/36 FC Union
20 1936/37 FC Renaissance
21 1937/38 FC Renaissance
22 1938/39 FC Standaert
23 1939/40 AS Diables Rouges
24 1940/41 Cercle Sport
25 1941/42 AS Victoria Club
26 1942/43 CS Daring Faucon
27 1943/44 FC Nomades
28 1944/45 CS Daring Faucon
29 1945/46 AS Victoria Club
30 1946/47 AS Victoria Club
31 1947/48 AS Dragons
32 1948/49 CS Daring Faucon
33 1949/50 AS Victoria Club
34 1951 AS Dragons
35 1952 AS Dragons
36 1953 AS Victoria Club
37 1954 AS Victoria Club
38 1955 CS Daring Faucon
39 1956 CS Daring Faucon
40 1957 AS Victoria Club (beat FC Royal Léo Sport in the final)
41 1958 AS Victoria Club
- 1959 cancelled
42 1960 AS Dragons
43 1960/61 FC Union Infanterie
44 1961/62 FC Union Infanterie
45 1963 CS Daring Faucon
46 1964 AS Dragons
47 1965 AS Victoria Club
48 1966/67 AS Dragons
49 1967/68 AS Victoria Club
50 1968 CS Daring Faucon
52 1968/69 AS Victoria Club
52 1970 AS Victoria Club
53 1971 AS Victoria Club
54 1972/73 CS Imana
55 1973 CS Imana
56 1974/75 AS Vita Club
57 1975 US Bilombe
58 1976 AS Vita Club
59 1977 CS Imana
60 1978 AS Bilima
61 1979 AS Vita Club
62 1980 CS Imana
63 1981 AS Bilima
64 1982 AS Nomades (Matonge)
65 1983 AS Bilima
66 1984 AS Vita Club
67 1985 DC Motema Pembe
68 1986 DC Motema Pembe
69 1987 AS Vita Club
70 1988 DC Motema Pembe
71 1988/89 US Tsimo Sport
72 1989/90 US Tsimo Sport
73 1990/91 TP Bingo
74 1991/92 AS Vita Club
75 1992/93 AS Vita Club
76 1993/94 DC Motema Pembe
77 1995 DC Motema Pembe
78 1996 AS Vita Club
79 1997 AS Vita Club
80 1998 AS Vita Club
81 1998/99 AS Paulino
82 1999/00 DC Motema Pembe
83 2000/01 AS Vita Club
84 2001/02 AS Vita Club
85 2002/03 DC Motema Pembe
86 2003/04 AS Vita Club
87 2004/05 AS Vita Club
88 2005/06 DC Motema Pembe
89 2006/07 DC Motema Pembe
90 2007/08 AS Canon Buromeca
91 2008/09 AS Vita Club
92 2009/10 AS Vita Club
93 2010/11 AS Vita Club
94 2011/12 SC Rojolu
95 2012/13 Shark XI FC
96 2013/14 Racing Club de Kinshasa
97 2014/15 Arc-en-ciel
98 2015/16 FC Renaissance du Congo
99 2016/17 AC Rangers
100 2017/18 JS Kinshasa
101 2018/19 AC Kuya
102 2019/20 FC Dijack
103 2020/21 New Jak FC
104 2021/22 FC Aigle Royal
105 2022/23 AF Anges Verts
106 2023/24 FC Robi
Until 2011 it was played in parallel with the national championship;
since the 2011/12 it functions as a lower level league.
Number of Wins (106):
33 AS Vita Club [includes FC Renaissance (1935-1939), AS Diables Rouges (1939-1942),
AS Victoria Club (1942-1971)]
20 DC Motema Pembe [includes CS Daring Faucon (1936-1949), CS Imana (1949-1985)]
9 AS Dragons [includes AS Bilima (1935-1996)]
FC Union
2 CS Léopoldville I
FC Léopoldville I
FC Standaert
US Tsimo Sport
FC Union Infanterie [may have been renamed US Bilombe]
1 FC Aigle Royal
AF Anges Verts
SC Arc-en-Ciel
US Bilombe [may be new name for FC Union Infanterie]
TP Bingo
AS Canon Buromeca
FC Castermans
Cercle Sport
Congo Club
FC Dijack
FC Etoile
JS Kinshasa
AC Kuya Sport
FC Léopoldville II
AC Matonge
FC Mutuelle
New Jak FC
FC Nomades
AS Paulino
RC Kinshasa
AC Rangers
FC Renaissance du Congo
FC Robi
SC Rojolu
Shark XI FC
Bandundu
NB: comprises (among others) Bandundu, Bulungu, Idiofa, Inongo, Kenge,
Kikwit, Mushie
2001 AS Anges Noirs (Kikwit)
2002 CS Matiti Mabe (Bandundu)
2003 AS Vutuka (Kikwit)
2004 AS Anges Noirs (Kikwit)
2005 FC Makila Mabe (Kikwit)
2006 FC Makila Mabe (Kikwit)
2007 AS Momekano (Bandundu)
2008 AS Ndombe (Bandundu)
2010 AS Vutuka (Kikwit)
2014 AS Saint-Hyppolite
NB: the 2014 edition was the 20th
Bas-Congo (LIFBACO) - renamed Province Central (LIFCOCE) 2015
NB: comprises (among others) Boma, Kimpese, Kisantu, Kwilu-Ngongo,
Lukala, Matadi, Mbanza-Ngungu, Muanda, Songololo, Tshela
1935 not known
1965-81 not played
1982 AS Sucrière (Kwilu-Ngongo)
1983 SC Cilu (Lukala)
1984 SC Cilu (Lukala)
1985 AC CMDC [aka CMZ] (Matadi)
1986 AC CMDC (Matadi)
1987 SC Motema Pembe (Boma)
1988 AC CMDC (Matadi)
1989 SC Amicale (Matadi)
1990 AS Sucrière (Kwilu-Ngongo)
1991 Tout Grand Raci (Moanda)
1992 FC OCC (Matadi)
1993 FC OCC (Matadi)
1994 AS Veti Club (Matadi)
1995 Tout Capable Elima (Matadi)
1996 AS Sucrière (Kwilu-Ngongo)
1997 AS Sucrière (Kwilu-Ngongo)
1998 AS Sucrière (Kwilu-Ngongo)
1999 AS Sucrière (Kwilu-Ngongo)
2000 Inter Club Onatra (Matadi)
2001 SC Cilu (Lukala)
2002 SC Cilu (Lukala)
2003 SC Cilu (Lukala)
2004 SC Cilu (Lukala)
2005 SC Cilu (Lukala)
2006 SC Cilu (Lukala)
2007 SC Cilu (Lukala)
2008 SC Cilu (Lukala)
2009 Tout Capable Elima (Matadi)
2010 Tout Capable Elima (Matadi)
2011 AS Veti Club (Matadi)
2012 Tout Capable Elima (Matadi)
2013 FC Tonnerre (Matadi)
2014 FC Tonnerre (Matadi)
2015-19 not known
2019/20 TP Mazembe Kasangulu (Kasangulu)
2021 JS 4 Etoiles (Kisantu)
2022 Heaven FC (Matadi)
2023 AS Inga Sport (Inga)
NB: TC Elima's title in 2009 reportedly was their 7th overall
Bas-Congo 1935
Coupe du Bas Congo 1935 [aka Championnat Matadi-Boma-San Salvador]
Organised by the Association Sportive de Matadi, which comprised eight clubs
divided into two division:
Seniores
Coqs
Union Royale
Amicale
Baudouin
Juniores
Léopold
Esportes Salvador [*]
Matadi
Anvers
[*] from São Salvador do Congo, now called M'banza Kongo (in Angola)
Equateur
NB: comprises (among others) Basankusu, Boende, Bumba, Gbadolite, Gemena,
Ikela, Mbandaka, Zongo
2000 Ban'Ekanga (Mbandaka)
2001 FC Lumière (Mbandaka)
2002 Tout Puissant Molunge (Mbandaka) [formerly SC Scibe]
2003 not organised
2005 Tout Puissant Molunge (Mbandaka)
2006 Tout Puissant Molunge (Mbandaka)
2007 AS Lokole (Bumba)
2008 Tout Puissant Molunge (Mbandaka)
2010 Tout Puissant Molunge (Mbandaka)
2012 suspended
2014 Véa Sport (Mbandaka)
2019 FC Salongo (Bumba)
2021 DCMP Bumba
Kasaï-Occidental (LIFKOC)
NB: comprises (among others) Ilebo, Kananga, Luebo, Tshikapa 2000 AS Saint-Luc (Kananga) 2001 AS Saint-Luc (Kananga) 2002 AS Saint-Luc (Kananga) 2003 Tout Violent Tshipepele (Kananga) 2004 Bakolo Mboka (Tshikapa) 2006 US Tshinkunku (Kananga) 2007 US Tshinkunku (Kananga) 2008 US Tshinkunku (Kananga) 2010 US Tshinkunku (Kananga) 2014 AS Saint-Luc (Kananga) 2020/21 AS Bakolo Mboka (Tshikapa)Kasaï-Oriental (LIFKOR)
NB: comprises (among others) Gandajika, Kabinda, Lodja, Mbuji-Mayi,
Mwene-Ditu
2001 Sa Majesté Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi)
2003 Sa Majesté Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi)
2006 AS Mabela a Bana
2008 Sa Majesté Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi)
2010 AS Bantous (Mbuji-Mayi)
2014 AS Bantous (Mbuji-Mayi)
2021 RC Canon Winner's (Mbuji-Mayi)
Katanga (LIFKAT) [aka Shaba]
NB: comprises (among others) Kalemie, Kamina, Kolwezi, Likasi, Lubumbashi
See Katanga Champions 1925-1950 for Ligue de Football du Katanga, founded
in Elisabethville (since 1966 called Lubumbashi) in 1911.
In 1950, the 'black' Elisabethville Football Association (FASI, Fédérations
et Associations Sportives Indigènes), founded in 1925, had over 30 affiliated
clubs, competing in four leagues divided over 3 divisions and including
Englebert FC (later TP Mazembe), Kipushi, Lubumbashi Sports, Saint-Eloi,
Vaticano FC, Union Sportive Militaire Saio and Empire Lunda, among others.
A Katanga representation organised by the FASI played in a
'sub-Saharan championship 1950'.
1937 not known
1939 Club Léopold (Elisabethville)
1946 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Elisabethville)
1950 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Elisabethville)
1954 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Elisabethville)
1955 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Elisabethville)
1956 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Elisabethville)
1957 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Elisabethville)
1958 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Elisabethville)
1959 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Elisabethville)
1960 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Elisabethville)
1961 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Elisabethville)
1962 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Elisabethville)
1963 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Elisabethville)
1964 Lubumbashi Sports (Elisabethville)
2001 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi)
2003 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi)
2005 JS Likasi (Likasi)
2006 Tout Puissant Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2007 Tout Puissant Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2008 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi)
2009 Tout Puissant Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2010 Tout Puissant Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2011 Tout Puissant Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2012 CS Don Bosco (Lubumbashi)
2015 AS New Soger (Lubumbashi)
2016 not known
2017 Ecofoot Katumbi (Lubumbashi)
2018 FC Simba (Kolwezi)
2019 Eagle Joli (Lubumbashi)
2020 annulled
NB: SCOM Mikishi entered 2003 LINAFOOT as 2002 Katanga representative;
missing years not known
1937
1e Division (3 clubs)
Prince Charles
Prince Léopold
Elisabéthville FC
2e Division (3 clubs)
Bruxelles
Prince Albert
Saint-Jean
3e Division (5 clubs)
Victoria
Belgica
Lubumbashi
Bangwelo
Diables Rouges
1939
Top of Final Table:
1.Club Léopold [now FC Vijana Katuba]
2.Club Prince Charles [now Lubumbashi Sports]
3.FC St-Georges [now TP Mazembe]
Kivu
NB: the eastern province of Kivu was split into Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu and Maniema in 1988.
Its capital was Bukavu (called Costermansville until 1947). During the colonial
era (until 1960), football competitions organised there included the Championnat
de l'Est (known winners listed below) and various cup tournaments: the coupe Mombaerts,
the challenge du CNKI, the coupe De Bève, the coupe Heus, the coupe Lanson, the coupe
Sabena and the coupe "parrainage"; clubs from Usumbura (now Bujumbura, capital of
Burundi) entered most of these competitions.
1946-49 not known (3-team competition between KFC (Kivu FC), BFC (Bukavu FC) and UFC (Usumbura FC))
1949/50 Victory (team of the Collège Notre Dame de la Victoire)
1950/51 Victory (runners-up: BFC)
1951/52 Sporting d'Usumbura (runners-up: Victory)
1952/53 not known
1953/54 BFC (runners-up: UFC)
1954/55 ARC (team of the Athénée)
1955/56 not known
1956/57 ARC
1957/58 Sporting d'Usumbura
1958/59 Victory
1959/60 competition abandoned (due to independence)
NB: missing years not known; source: Luc Van Gremberghe.
Maniema
NB: comprises (among others) Kindu 2002 OC Dynamique (Kindu) 2003 OC Dynamique (Kindu) (or not organised?) 2005 AC Mbilingos (Kindu) 2006 AS Maniema Union (Kindu) 2008 AS Maniema Union (Kindu) 2010 AS Njadi (Kindu) 2012 AS Maniema Union (Kindu) 2014 AS Kamisungu (Kalima)Nord-Kivu (LIFNOKI)
NB: comprises (among others) Beni, Bunia, Butembo, Goma 2003 US Ban-Kin (Goma) [*] 2006 DC Virunga (Goma) 2008 DC Virunga (Goma) 2010 DC Virunga (Goma) 2012 AS Dauphin Noir (Goma) 2015 US Sokozaki (Butembo) 2016 not known 2018 AS Capaco (Béni) 2019 not known 2021 US Socozaki (Butembo) [*] AC Capaco (Beni) entered LINAFOOT 2004Province Orientale
NB: comprises (among others) Kisangani 2003 Tout Solide Malekesa (Kisangani) 2006 AS Nika (Kisangani) 2007 Tout Solide Malekesa (Kisangani) 2008 Tout Solide Malekesa (Kisangani) 2010 AS Nika (Kisangani) 2013 CS Monama (Kisangani) 2014 Eldorado (Bunia) 2019 Dynamique FC de Kisangani 2022 AS Nouvelle Espérance de KisanganiSud-Kivu (LIFSKI)
NB: comprises (among others) Bukavu 2003 OC Muungano (Bukavu) 2006 OC Muungano (Bukavu) 2008 Ibanda Sport (Bukavu) 2010 FC Ajax (Bukavu) 2012 OC Bukavu Dawa (Bukavu) 2014 OC Bukavu Dawa (Bukavu) 2021 Ibanda Sport (Bukavu) 2022 OC Chaux Sport (Katana)
Boma (EUFBOMA) [Bas-Congo province]
2004 AS Vuvu
2018 Lako Namputu
2020 abandoned
NB: AS Bilima Kuata Bora Panga Panga (Boma) were reported not to have won
the league for 10 years in 2004
Bukavu [Sud-Kivu province]
NB: town called Costermansville in colonial time
1952 Alberta-Katanga
1953 Alberta-Katanga
1956 KEFC
1958 KEFC
1960 Olympique
1961 Olympique
1962 Espoir FC
1963 Olympique
1964 Olympique
1965 FC Bralima
1965/66 FC IRSAC Lwiro
1966 Espoir FC
1967 Espoir FC
1968 Aigle Sport Makasi
1970 Olympique
1971 Olympique
1972 FC Hydro Sport/AS Ruzizi
1973 FC Zaïre Banque
1975 Espoir FC
1976 Espoir FC
1977 Espoir FC
1978 Olympique
1979 Union Sport d'Or
1980 Union Sport d'Or
1981 Union Sport d'Or
1982 Olympique
1983 FC Rehisport Mayomoto
1984 Union Sport d'Or
1992/93 US Safari
1993/94 Union Sport d'Or
1994/95 Union Sport d'Or
1996 US Bilombe
1997/98 CS Bande Rouge
1998/99 Espoir FC
2000/01 OC Bukavu Dawa
2001/02 OC Bukavu Dawa
2002/03 OC Muungano
2003/04 CS Bande Rouge or OC Muungano (shared?)
2004/05 OC Bukavu Dawa
2005/06 OC Bukavu Dawa
2007/08 OC Bukavu Dawa
2008/09 OC Bukavu Dawa
NB: CS Bande Rouge were formerly named Olympique;
OC Muungano were formerly named Union Sport d'Or;
OC Bukavu Dawa were formerly named Espoir FC
Source: P. Kashema, "Contribution du football au cosmopolisme de la ville de Bukavu (1950-2010)",
as cited on Mbokamosika
Kamina
NB: town called Albertville in colonial time 1957/58 Racing Club CFLKikwit (EUF-Kikwit) [Bandundu province]
2005 FC Makila 2006 FC MakilaKisangani
2012 not knownKolwezi [Katanga province]
1999 US GEXKOL 2017 CS ManikaLubumbashi (EFLU) [Katanga province]
NB: town called Elisabethville in colonial time
1947 Tout Puissant Mazembe
1956 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo
1957 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo
1958 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo
1959 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo
1964 FC Lubumbashi Sports
1965 Tout Puissant Mazembe
1966 Tout Puissant Mazembe
1968 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo
1971 Tout Puissant Mazembe
1973 Tout Puissant Mazembe
1974 FC Lubumbashi Sports
1975 Tout Puissant Mazembe
1976 Tout Puissant Mazembe
1977 Tout Puissant Mazembe
1978 Tout Puissant Mazembe
1984 FC Lubumbashi Sports
1986 Tout Puissant Mazembe
1988 Tout Puissant Mazembe
1994 FC Lubumbashi Sports or Tout Puissant Mazembe
1995 Tout Puissant Mazembe
1997 Tout Puissant Mazembe
1999 Tout Puissant Mazembe
2000 Tout Puissant Mazembe
2002 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo
2003 Tout Puissant Mazembe
2004 Tout Puissant Mazembe
2009 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo
NB: FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo won the EFLU league 25 times in all up
to 2003 but other seasons are not known
Matadi (EUFMAT) [Bas-Congo province]
NB: in 1935, two divisions existed, both containing 4 clubs: the Division Seniores,
with Coqs, Union Royale, Amicale and Baudouin, and the Division Juniores, with
Club Léopold, Esportes Salvador, Matadi and Anvers; apparently all clubs were
"European" ones.
1950 Tout Capable Elima
1951 Tout Capable Elima
1952 Tout Capable Elima
1953 Tout Capable Elima
1954 Tout Capable Elima
1955 Tout Capable Elima
1956 AS Veti Club
1957 AS Veti Club
1958 SC Amicale
1959 Tout Capable Elima
1960 Tout Capable Elima
1961 AS Veti Club
1962 AS Veti Club
1963 not awarded (?)
1964 Tout Capable Elima
1965 AS Veti Club
1966 SC Amicale
1967 Tout Capable Elima
1968 Tout Capable Elima
1969 Vaticano
1970 Tout Capable Elima
1971 Tout Capable Elima
1972 AS Veti Club
1973 Tout Capable Elima
1974 AS Veti Club
1975 Tout Capable Elima
1976 AS Inga Sport (Inga)
1977 Tout Capable Elima
1978 AS Inga Sport (Inga)
1979 CS Mbenga
1980 FC Petro Sport
1981 AS Veti Club
1982 FC Nzanza Sport
1983 CS Imana
1984 FC Petro Sport
1985 AC CMDC
1986 AC CMDC
1987 AS Veti Club
1988 AC CMDC
1989 AC CMDC
1990 AC CMDC
1991 FC OCC
1992 FC OCC
1993 FC OCC
1994 AS Veti Club
1995 Tout Capable Elima
1996 Tout Capable Elima
1997 Inter Club Onatra
1998 Inter Club Onatra
1999 Inter Club Onatra
2000 Inter Club Onatra
2001 AS Veti Club
2002 AS Veti Club
2003 FC OCC
2004 AS Veti Club
2012 FC Tonnerre
2020/21
Mbanza-Ngungu [Bas-Congo province]
2004 SC Cilu (Lukala) 2007 SC Cilu (Lukala)Mbuji-Mayi (EUFMAYI) [Kasaï-Oriental province]
1966 Diables Rouges 1998 AS Vita Club 2002 Sa Majesté Sanga Balende 2003 Sa Majesté Sanga Balende 2004 AS Vita Club 2006 OC Mbongo Sport 2007 TP Yanan 2008 Sa Majesté Sanga Balende 2016/17 NB: AS Vita Club only won in 1998 and 2004Mwene-Ditu [Kasaï Oriental province]
2019 AS Makinku
Additional info is most welcome at karel.rsssf@gmail.com;
Sources included: [Vel 01], http://www.infobascongo.net/, Histoire du sport congolais, Léopards Foot
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