NB: city name changes (mostly mid-1966):
Bakwanga to Mbuji-Mayi, Coquilhatville to Mbandaka,
Elisabethville to Lubumbashi, Jadotville to Likasi,
Léopoldville to Kinshasa, Luluabourg to Kananga,
Stanleyville to Kisangani, Thysville to Mbanza-Ngungu
Coupe du Congo
1964 CS Imana (Léopoldville) 3-1 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Elisabethville)
1965 AS Bilima (Léopoldville) [!] US Panda (Jadotville)
1966 TP Englebert (Elisabethville) [!] Union Saint-Gilloise (Luluabourg)
1967/68 TP Englebert (Lubumbashi) [!] Sporting (Kisangani)
1968 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi) [!] AS Victoria Club (Kinshasa)
1969 not awarded [*]
1970 not awarded [*]
1971 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 2-2 2-0 FC Renaissance (Kananga)
Coupe du Zaïre
1972/73 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 3-2 2-1 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
1973 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 8-1 2-1 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi)
1974 CS Imana (Kinshasa) 1-1 0-0 SM Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi) [Imana on away goal]
1975 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) bt US Tshinkunku (Kananga)
1976 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi) 4-1 0-1 SM Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi)
1977 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) bt AS Inga Sport (Inga)
1978 CS Imana (Kinshasa) 2-1 1-1 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
1979 AS Bilima (Kinshasa) 1-1 5-0 CS Mokanda (Mbandaka)
1980 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 1-0 FC Lubumbashi Sport
1981 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi) 1-1 1-1 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) [5-4 pen]
1982 AS Bilima (Kinshasa) 1-0 1-1 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
1983 SM Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi) 1-1 2-2 AS Bilima (Kinshasa) [Sanga Balende on away goal rule]
1984 AS Bilima (Kinshasa) 0-0 3-0 OC Muungano (Bukavu)
1985 US Tshinkunku (Kananga) 1-3 2-0 AS Bilima (Kinshasa) [Tshinkunku on away goal rule]
1986 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi) 0-1 2-0 Banque Commerciale Zaïroise
1987 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 1-0 4-0 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
1988 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 1-0 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa)
1989 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 0-0 2-2 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi) [Motema Pembe on away goal rule]
LINAFOOT (Ligue Nationale de Football)
1990 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi)
1991 SCOM Mikishi (Lubumbashi)
Coupe du Zaïre
1992 US Bilombe (Kinshasa) bt FC Scibe Zaïre
1993 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 1-1 3-0 AS Bantous (Mbuji-Mayi)
1994 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 1-2 4-2 SM Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi)
1995 AS Bantous (Mbuji-Mayi) 0-0 2-2 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) [Bantous on away goal rule]
1996 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 3-0 0-2 AS Bantous (Mbuji-Mayi)
Coupe du Congo
1997 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 0-0 0-0 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) [5-4 pen]
LINAFOOT (Ligue Nationale de Football)
1998 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa)
1999 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa)
2000 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2001 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2002 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi)
2003 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa)
2004 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa)
2005 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa)
2006 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2007 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2008 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa)
2009 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2010 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa)
2011 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2012 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2013 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2014 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2015 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa)
2016 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2017 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2018 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa)
2019 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2020 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2021 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa)
2022 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2023 abandoned
2024 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2025
[!] the four tournaments from 1965 to 1068 were decided in a mini-group stage
with three or four participants, no final was played.
[*] the tournaments for the sixth (1969) and seventh (1970) edition of the
Coupe du Congo were not finished and the title was not awarded in either
year, but TP Englebert (1969) and AS Vita Club (1970) were chosen to
represent the country in the African Champions Cup in the following year;
these "titles" are not included in the overview below.
NB: championships organised by the Ligue Nationale de Football (1990, 1991
and those since 1998) in bold face
Total number of titles (58; LINAFOOT titles (28) between brackets):
18 (15) TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi) [includes TP Englebert]
15 ( 5) AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) [includes AS Victoria Club]
11 ( 5) DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) [includes CS Imana]
5 ( 2) FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi)
4 AS Bilima (Kinshasa) [later renamed AS Dragons]
1 ( 1) SCOM Mikishi (Lubumbashi)
1 AS Bantous (Mbuji-Mayi)
1 US Bilombe (Kinshasa)
1 SM Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi)
1 US Tshinkunku (Kananga) [includes Union Saint-Gilloise]
Sources included: [Oli 95], [Ric 99], Histoire du sport congolais, Léopards Foot
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