The Coupe du Congo is the top knockout tournament of the Congolese (DR Congo) football. It officially started in 1958 and it has served as the country's main competition to determine the national champion (1958-1989, and 1992-1997)) or the cup winner (1990-1991 and 1998-present).
In 1950 a cup tournament was played 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. Selctions of regional provincies participated instead of clubs.
The first official competition of the Coupe de l'A.R.S.C.U. was played in 1958. FC Saint-ÃÂloi Lupopo (Elizabethville) was the first winner. The 1959 was not concluded and it was not held until 1963. In 1964 the Cup was renamed to Coupe du Congo and also served as the national championship from 1964 to 1989 and from 1992 to 1997.
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. Those "titles" are not included in the list below.
While the Coupe du Congo served as the national championship before Linafoot was created, they were other competitions considered as cup tournaments: the Papa Kalala Challenge (1982-1989) and the Independence Cup (1992-1997). Since 1998, the Coupe du Congo is the country's primer Cup competition (likewise in 1991).
The four tournaments from 1965 to 1968 were decided in a mini-group stage with three or four participants, and no final was played.
As national championship
This list is incomplete.
It was played between regional or city selections during colonial time.
The winners qualified for the CAF Cup Winners Cup.
Multisports events held on three occasions; the first two were staged in Kinshasa, the third in Lubumbashi.