NB: during the colonial era, Kinshasa was known as Léopoldville and Lubumbashi as Elizabethville
1911 Cercle Sportive d'Elisabethville
1914 Star Balubas (Lubumbashi)
Lubumbashi FC
Léopold FC (Lubumbashi)
1918 Union (Lubumbashi)
Elisabethville FC
Chemin de Fer du Katanga (Lubumbashi) [CFK]
1919 Association Sportive Congolaise (Kinshasa) [*]
1920 Union Sportive de Léopoldville
1922 Aug Luso Sporting Club (Kinshasa)
CO Les Nomades (Kinshasa)
Cercle Olympique Belge de Léopoldville [merged 1928 with Etoile Sportive to Léo Sport]
1923 Union Sportive Italienne (Lubumbashi)
1926 Amicale Sportive de Kinshasa [founded as Amicale Sportive Portuguaise]
AS Portuguesa (Kinshasa)
1927 Etoile Sportive (Kinshasa) [merged 1928 with Cercle Olympique Belge to Léo Sport]
1928 Léo Sport (Kinshasa) [merger of Cercle Olympique Belge de Léopoldville and Etoile Sportive]
1929 FC Lubumbashi Sport (Lubumbashi)
1935 Association Sportive Vita Club (Kinshasa) [founded as Renaissance FC]
AS Dragons Bilima (Kinshasa) [founded as Amicale Sportive Bilima]
1936 Feb 22 Daring Club Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) [founded as Daring Faucon]
US Panda B 52 (Likasi)
1939 Tout Puissant Mazembe (Lubumbashi) [founded as FC St-Georges]
FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi) [founded as Standard]
SC Cilu (Lukala) [Cilu = Ciment Lukala]
AS Simba (Kolwezi)
1945 CS Manika (Kolwezi)
1948 Cercle Sportif Don Bosco (Lubumbashi)
OC Muungano (Bukavu)
1951 OC Bukavu Dawa (Bukavu) [founded as Bushi FC]
1952 AS Lokole (Bumba)
1954 Union Sportive Tshinkunku (Kananga) [founded as Union St.-Gilloise Luluabourg]
1955 AS Nika (Kisangani)
1958 TS Malekesa (Kisangani)
1959 AS Kabasha (Goma)
1961 Dec 13 AS Bantous (Mbuji-Mayi)
SM Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi) [founded as Union Sud-Kasaienne]
1962 FC Mont Bleu (Bunia)
1964 DC Virunga (Bulungu)
1968 Mar Amicale Sportive Kinoise (Kinshasa)
1969 AC N'koy (Bilombe)
1974 AC CAPACO (Beni)
1977 AS Nyuki (Butembo)
1982 FC Likonga (Lubera)
1989 Athletic Club Sodigraf (Kinshasa)
1995 FC Max Mokey (Kinshasa) [founded as FC Les Anges, 2004 called FC MK Etanchéité; current name since 2007]
1997 AC Bel Or (Kinshasa) [founded as Club Elisa]
AS Lomami (Boma)
AS Vita Club (Mbuji-Mayi)
2000 FC Saint-Pierre (Lubumbashi)
2002 AS Dauphins Noirs (Goma)
Racing Club (Kinshasa) [founded as FC Cana]
2003 AS Babeti ya Sika (Mbandaka)
FC Kasindi Sport (Lubiriha)
2005 AS Flèche d'Or (Barumbu)
AS Maniema Union (Kindu)
2006 JS Kinshasa
2010 AC Rangers FC (Kinshasa)
2011 Aug 14 FC Dijack du Congo (Kinshasa)
2012 Katumbi FA (Lubumbashi)
FC Mutoshi (Kolwezi)
2013 FC Océan Pacifique (Mbuji-Mayi)
JS Groupe Bazano (Lubumbashi)
2014 Jun 16 FC Renaissance du Congo (Kinshasa)
2015 Ituri FC (Ituri)
2016 Nov 27 FC Etoile du Kivu (Bukavu)
AS Ndombe (Bandundu)
2017 TP Mazembe (Kasangulu)
2019 Cercle Sportif Katasi du Congo (Kinshasa)
[*] ASC (Association Sportive Congolaise) were the first sports organisation
for natives; the club was affiliated to the Comité Sportif Européen de
Léopoldville in 1928 and to the Belgian FA in 1930; in 1939, Leopold III
granted it the title of "Société Royal". It was founded as Cercle Sportif
Congolais and later renamed Fédération Sportive Congolaise before taking
the name Association Sportive Congolaise (before 1936).
Sources included: [Vel 01]
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