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Linafoot

The Illicocash Ligue 1 is the top division of the Congolese Association Football Federation (FECOFA), the governing body of football in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1958.

In 2010 the competition was renamed the Vodacom Super League following the signing of a five-year sponsorship deal with communications company Vodacom. The 2012 championship was the first in the country's history played in a long-season championship of 14 teams who were removed from their regional leagues for the first time. Prior to that, all regional champions were qualified to the national stage for the winner to be determined.

In 2013, the highest Linafoot attendance was set in a match between AS Vita Club and DC Motema Pembe, which saw an attendance of 80,000 at the Stade des Martyrs. In 2025, the derby took place at the Stade Tata Raphaël in front of a crowd of 40,000.

As of 2025, TP Mazembe is the most successful Linafoot club with 20 titles, followed by AS Vita Club with 15 titles and DC Motema Pembe with 12 titles.

Name history

DR Congo's top division has been played either as knockout competition via the Coupe du Congo (DR Congo) or as in groups and a league. It was first named as LINAFOOT (Ligue Nationale de Football) in 1990.

Qualification for African competitions

Association ranking for the 2025–26 CAF club season

The association ranking for the 2025–26 CAF Champions League and the 2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF club competition from 2020–21 to the 2024–25 season.

Legend

2021−22 clubs

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Champions

Coupe du Congo <br>

Linafoot

Coupe du Zaïre

Linafoot

Performance by club

Linafoot (1990-91 and 1998-present)

Coupe du Congo/Zaire and Linafoot

Players

Top goalscorers

All-time appearances

Records and statistics

  • Trésor Mputu holds the record for most goals scored in history of Linafoot with 165 goals.
  • Trésor Mputu has won the top scorer award five times. He is the only player to have won it four times in a row.
  • Junior Kabananga hold the record for most goals scored in a season with 27 goals.
  • Cameroonian Nelson Lukong, with 487 matches, is the foreign player who has played the most matches in the history of Ligue 1 as of June 02, 2022.
  • Jackson Muleka, in the 2019-2020 season, scored the fastest goal in the history of the Championship after only 15 seconds with TP Mazembe.

See also

References

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