Linafoot

Linafoot

Founded	1958
Country	RD Congo
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Number of teams	20
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Coupe du Congo
International cup(s)	CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup
Current champions	AS Vita Club (2020–21)
Most championships	TP Mazembe (18 titles)
Website	http://linafoot.com/
Current: 2021-22 Linafoot

The Vodacom Ligue 1 is the top division of the Congolese Association Football Federation, the governing body of football in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1958. In 2013, the highest attendance was set in the match DC Motema Pembe - AS Vita Club, which saw an attendance of 80,000 football fans at Stade des Martyrs. TP Mazembe is the most successful club with 18 titles.

In 2010 the competition was renamed the Vodacom Super League following the signing of a five-year sponsorship deal with communications company Vodacom.^[1]

Qualification for African competitions[]

Association ranking for 2020–21 CAF competitions[]

Association ranking for 2020–21 CAF Champions League and 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup) from 2016 to 2019–20.

Legend

• CL: CAF Champions League
• CC: CAF Confederation Cup
•   Associations ranked 1–12 and eligible to enter two teams in each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup)

Rank			Association	2016 (× 1)		2017 (× 2)		2018 (× 3)		2018–19 (× 4)		2019–20 (× 5)		Total
2020	2019	Mvt		CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC
1	2	+1	Morocco	4	4	6	3	5	7	5	7	8	8	190
2	3	+1	Egypt	7	0	7	0.5	5	3	4	5	11	6	167
3	1	–2	Tunisia	0	3	7	5	9	0	8	6	6	0	140
4	5	+1	DR Congo	0	5	1	5	3	4	5	0	4	1	83
5	4	–1	Algeria	0	4	4	2	5	2	5	1	3	1	81
6	6	—	South Africa	6	0	3	4.5	2	0	6	0	3	0.5	68.5
7	7	—	Zambia	4	0	2	2	2	0	0	2.5	1	2	43
8	9	+1	Nigeria	2	0	0	0.5	0	3	2	1	0	3	39
9	10	+1	Guinea	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	3	38
10	11	+1	Angola	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.5	4	0	36

Current clubs[]

Dauphins Noirs

Nyuki

Maniema Union

Bukavu Dawa

Sanga Balende

Vita Club

Motema Pembe

RC Kinshasa

Renaissance

Mazembe

Lupopo

Don Bosco

Groupe Bazano

Lubumbashi Sport

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Locations of the 2013–14 Linafoot

• AC Rangers (Kinshasa)
• AS Dauphins Noirs (Goma)
• AS Maniema Union (Kindu)
• AS Nyuki (Butembo)
• AS Vita Club (Kinshasa)
• CS Don Bosco (Lubumbashi)
• DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa)
• FC Renaissance du Congo (Kinshasa)
• FC Saint Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi)
• FC Simba Kolwezi (Kolwezi)
• JS Groupe Bazano (Lubumbashi)
• Lubumbashi Sport (Lubumbashi)
• OC Bukavu Dawa (Bukavu)
• RC Kinshasa (Kinshasa)
• SM Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi)
• TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)

Champions[]

Champions so far were:^[2]

Performance by club[]

Topscorers per season[]

Season		Player	Club	Goals
2000				19
2003			AS Vita Club	8
2004		Tresor Mputu	TP Mazembe	34
2005		Tresor Mputu	TP Mazembe	22
2006		Tresor Mputu	TP Mazembe	15
2007		Tresor Mputu	TP Mazembe	15
2008		Serge Lofo Bongeli	AS Vita Club	16
2009		Junior Kabananga	FC MK Etanchéité	27
2012		Mbwana Samatta	TP Mazembe	23
2013		Tady Agiti Etkiama	AS Vita Club	13
2013-14		Mbwana Samatta	TP Mazembe	15
2014-15		Roger Assale	TP Mazembe	14
2016-17		Ben Malango	TP Mazembe	18
2017-18		Jean-Marc Makusu Mundele	AS Vita Club	24
2018-19		Jackson Muleka	TP Mazembe	24
2019-2l20		Jackson Muleka	TP Mazembe	12

See also[]

• Linafoot Ligue 2

References[]

External links[]

• soccerway.com; Standings, results and fixtures
• League overview at fifa.com