For regional or city selection during colonial time. Played at least once, in a week-long competition with the final on May 1, 1950, at the Stade Leopold II in Elisabethville (now Lubumbashi), with an attendance of over 40,000. 1950 Katanga 2-1 Léopoldville Two months after this win, Katanga played in a 'sub-Saharan championship'.
1958 FC Saint-Eloi (Elisabethville) 5-1 AS Victoria Club (Léopoldville) 1959 not finished 1960-63 not held
NB: also served as the national championship from 1964 to 1989 and from 1992 to 1997;
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]
1990 not held
1991 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 1-0 US Bilombe (Kinshasa)
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]
1998 AS Dragons (Kinshasa) 1-0 AS Sucrière (Kwilu Ngongo)
1999 AS Dragons (Kinshasa) 3-2 AS Paulino (Kinshasa) [aet]
2000 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi) 2-0 AS Saint-Luc (Kananga)
2001 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 3-0 AS Veti Club (Matadi)
2002 US Kenya (Lubumbashi) 2-1 SM Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi)
2003 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 2-0 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2004 CS Cilu (Lukala) 1-0 AS Saint-Luc (Kananga)
2005 AS Vita Kabasha (Goma) 1-1 CS Cilu (Lukala) [4-2 pen]
2006 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 4-1 AS Dragons (Kinshasa)
2007 AS Maniema Union (Kindu) 2–1 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi)
2008 OC Bukavu Dawa (Bukavu) 2-0 DC Virunga (Goma)
2009 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 0-0 AS Dragons (Kinshasa) [5-4 pen]
2010 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 3-0 AS Ndoki a Ndombe (Boma)
2011 US Tshinkunku (Kananga) 1-1 AS Veti Club (Matadi) [4-3 pen]
2012 CS Don Bosco (Lubumbashi) 4-0 AS Veti Club (Matadi)
2013 FC MK Etanchéité (Kinshasa) 1-0 AS Vutuka (Kikwit)
2014 FC MK Etanchéité (Kinshasa) 1-0 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi)
2015 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi) 1-0 Katumbi Football Académie (Lubumbashi)
2016 FC Renaissance (Kinshasa) 2-0 CS Don Bosco (Lubumbashi)
2017 AS Maniema Union (Kindu) 1-1 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi) [4-1 pen]
2018 AS Nyuki (Butembo) 2-1 Jeunesse Sportive (Kinshasa)
2019 AS Maniema Union (Kindu) 1-1 FC Renaissance (Kinshasa) [5-3 pen]
2020 abandoned
2021 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 1-0 SM Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi)
2022 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 1-0 AC Rangers (Kinshasa)
2023 cancelled
2024 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 1-0 Céleste FC (Mbandaka)
[!] 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.
Total number of wins (56)
13 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) [includes CS Imana]
12 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) [includes AS Victoria Club]
6 AS Dragons (Kinshasa) [includes AS Bilima]
4 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi) [includes TP Englebert]
FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi)
3 AS Maniema Union (Kindu)
2 FC MK Etanchéité (Kinshasa)
US Tshinkunku (Kananga) [includes Union Saint-Gilloise]
1 AS Bantous (Mbuji-Mayi)
US Bilombe (Kinshasa)
OC Bukavu Dawa (Bukavu)
CS Cilu (Lukala)
CS Don Bosco (Lubumbashi)
US Kenya (Lubumbashi)
AS Nyuki (Butembo)
FC Renaissance (Kinshasa)
SM Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi)
AS Vita Kabasha (Goma)
NB: qualified winners for the CAF Cup Winners Cup; held on 8 occasions in the 80s. 1982 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 1983 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 2-1 FC St-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi) 1984 CS Imana (Kinshasa) 1-2 1-0 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) [Imana on away goals] 1985 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 2-0 FC Kalamu (Kinshasa) 1986 FC Kalamu (Kinshasa) 1987 FC Kalamu (Kinshasa) 1988 FC Kalamu (Kinshasa) 1-0 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 1989 FC Kalamu (Kinshasa) Number of Wins (8) 4 FC Kalamu (Kinshasa) 2 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) [includes CS Imana] AS Vita Club (Kinshasa)
2001 Utexafrica (Kinshasa) 0-0 Inter (Kinshasa) [aet, 4-1 pen] 2002 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 1-0 Inter (Kinshasa) 2003 abandoned NB: tournament not held since Number of Wins (2) 1 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) Utexafrica (Kinshasa)
1992 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 0-0 1-0 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 1993 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 2-1 AS Bilima (Kinshasa) 1994 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 2-0 AS Bantous (Mbuji-Mayi) 1995 AC Sodigraf (Kinshasa) 4-0 OC Mbongo Sport (Mbuji-Mayi) 1996 AS Bilima (Kinshasa) 3-2 AC Sodigraf (Kinshasa) 1997 AS Dragons (Kinshasa) 2-1 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) Number of Wins (6; lost finals between square brackets) 3 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 2 [ 1] AS Dragons (Kinshasa) [includes AS Bilima] 1 [ 1] AC Sodigraf (Kinshasa) [ 2] AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) [ 1] AS Bantous (Mbuji-Mayi) [ 1] OC Mbongo Sport (Mbuji-Mayi)
Super Coupe du Zaïre
1984 CS Imana (Kinshasa) bt AS Bilima (Kinshasa)
1987 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 1-0 FC Kalamu (Kinshasa)
1994 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 3-0 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa)
1995 AS Bantous (Mbuji-Mayi) bt AC Sodigraf (Kinshasa)
NB: other years unknown; 1984 was the first win for CS Imana (now renamed DC Motema Pembe)
Super Coupe du Congo
1997 AS Dragons (Kinshasa) 0-0 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) [4-2 pen]
2002 FC Lupopo (Lubumbashi) bt US Kenya (Lubumbashi) [Dec 15, 2002]
2003 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) w/o AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) [Feb 29, 2004; Vita withdrew]
2004 CS Cilu (Lukala) 1-1 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) [6-5 pen] [Jan 23, 2005]
2005 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 2-1 AS Vita Kabasha (Goma) [Feb 12, 2006]
2006-12 not held
2013 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2014 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2015 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa)
2016 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi) 3-1 FC Renaissance du Congo (Kinshasa) [Aug 28, 2016]
NB: not held since 2017
Number of League-and-Cup Doubles (1)
NB: only for seasons in which the LINAFOOT (Ligue Nationale de Football) was
played (i.e. 1990, 1991, and since 1998); note that in many seasons since,
the cup tournament involved clubs already eliminated from the championship,
while in many seasons before, the cup winners were automatically champions.
1 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi) [2000]
1967 Katanga 3-2 Kinshasa
1972 CS Imana (Kinshasa)
1974 CS Imana (Kinshasa) 3-2 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
NB: multisports events held on three occasions; the first two were staged in
Kinshasa, the third and last in Lubumbashi
Played between the EPFKIN champions and the newly promoted clubs at the start of a new season. (So the 2001 edition involved the 2000 EPFKIN champions and the 2000 winners of the feeder leagues.) 2001 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) bt AC Bandal (Kinshasa) 2002 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 2-0 FC Système (Kinshasa) 2003 Olympic Club Kinshasa bt AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 2004 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 1-0 AC Kintainers (Kinshasa) 2005 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 4-0 FC Nzakimuena (Kinshasa) 2006 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 2-0 ATT Sport (Kinshasa) 2007 AS Pharmagros (Kinshasa) 1-0 FC Tornado (Kinshasa) 2008 DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 3-0 US Amazone (Kinshasa) 2009 ATT Sport (Kinshasa) 1-1 Stade Kinois (Kinshasa) [4-1 pen] 2010 US Filas (Kinshasa) 3-2 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 2011-13 not known 2014 AC Bandal (Kinshasa) 3-1 New Jack (Kinshasa)
Sources included: [Oli 95], [Ric 99], Histoire du sport congolais, Léopards Foot
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