National Championship (LINAFOOT)
Final Regional Qualification Tournament
Poule Kinshasa
DC Motema Pembe 3-0 AS Sucrière
Table:
1.DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 6
2.AS Sucrière (Kwilu Ngongo) 1
3.AS Ndombe (Bandundu?) 0
NB: DC Motema Pembe qualified
Sous-Poule Kananga
Table:
1.US Tshinkunku (Kananga) 3 +2
2.FC Lupopo (Lubumbashi) 3 +1
3.FC Nkuba Sport 0
NB: US Tshinkunku qualified
Poule Bas-Congo (?)
AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 3-1 AS Makila (Kikwit)
FC Paulino (Kinshasa) 2-0 ONATRA (Matadi)
AS Makila (Kikwit) 1-2 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa)
Table:
1.AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 12
NB: AS Vita and Paulino qualified
Sous-Poule Matadi (?)
AS Veti Club (Matadi) 4-0 AS Dragons (Kinshasa)
NB: 3rd participants: AS Ndombe
NB: AS Veti Matadi qualified
Poule ?
AS Bantous (Mbuji-Mayi) 3-0 Bakolo Mboka
AS Bantous (Mbuji-Mayi) 4-0 St. Luc (Kananga)
NB: AS Bantous qualified
Poule Lubumbashi (?)
TP Mazembe 2-0 Gexkol
TP Mazembe 1-0 Bongo Sport
TP Mazembe 1-0 Sanga Balende
Table:
1.TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi) 9
2.SM Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi) 6
3.Bongo Sport (Bongo) 3 [aka M'bongo Sports]
4.Gexkol (Kolwezi) 0
NB: TP Mazembe and SM Sanga Balende qualified
Quarterfinal Stage
NB: presumably played in 2 groups of 4 clubs with top-2 of each qualifying
Qualified:
DC Motema Pembe, AS Vita Club, TP Mazembe, SM Sanga Balende
Eliminated:
US Tshinkunku, Paulino, AS Veti Matadi, AS Bantous
Final Stage
Round 1 [Nov 10]
AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 2-0 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa)
[played later; originally postponed due to riots by soldiers causing
several deaths]
TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi) 0-0 SM Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi)
Round 2 [Nov 14]
DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 4-2 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
SM Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi) 0-0 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa)
Round 3 [Nov 22]
AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 1-0 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 2-0 SM Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi)
Round 4
TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi) 0-0 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa)
AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 1-1 SM Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi)
Round 5
TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi) 3-0 Vita Club
SM Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi) 0-3 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa)
Round 6 [Nov 29]
DC Motema Pembe 2-0 Vita Club
SM Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi) 3-2 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
Table:
1.DC Motema Pembe 6 4 1 1 11- 4 13
2.AS Vita Club 6 2 2 2 4- 6 8
3.SM Sanga Balende 6 1 3 2 4- 8 6
4.TP Mazembe 6 1 2 3 7- 8 5
DC Motema Pembe champions 1998.
National Cup 1998
Final
AS Dragons (Kinshasa) 1-0 AS Sucrière (Kwilu Ngongo)
[75' Tandioyi]
Regional Leagues
EPF-KIN (Entente Provinciale de Football de Kinshasa)
Division d'honneur (First Level)
Table:
1.AS Vita Club 11 11 0 0 31- 4 33
2.SC Inter 13 6 5 2 18-13 23
3.FC Style 14 6 4 4 26-11 22
4.FC Paulino 11 6 1 4 15-11 19
5.SC Utexafrica 13 4 6 3 17-14 18
6.DC Motema Pembe 9 5 2 2 8- 5 17
7.Babeti Cosmos Club 12 5 2 5 13-15 17 [aka BCCK]
8.AC Sodigraf 10 4 4 2 17- 8 16
9.FC Kalamu 12 4 4 4 15-15 16
10.FC SEAC 14 4 4 6 14-17 16
11.IC Espérance 15 3 7 5 16-21 16
12.FC Union 14 3 5 6 16-20 14
13.FC Kinshasa 14 3 5 6 12-26 14
14.AS Dragons 10 3 3 4 9-10 12
15.US Lusia 13 1 7 5 10-16 10
16.FC Livulu 13 2 1 10 5-19 5
[After 16 rounds, Vita led with 42 points, Livulu was last with 8.]
Mbuji-Mayi
NB: AS Vita Club (Mbuji-Mayi; founded 1997) were 1998 champions
of Mbuji-Mayi, for the first time in their history.
Prepared and maintained by Barry Baker and Hans Schöggl for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Authors: Barry Baker and Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 30 Apr 2020
(C) Copyright Barry Baker, Hans Schöggl and RSSSF 1999/2020
You are free to copy this document in whole or part provided that proper
acknowledgement is given to the authors. All rights reserved.