FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo

Football Club Saint-Éloi Lupopo is a Congolese professional football club based in Lubumbashi. Their home games are played at Stade Kibassa Maliba. FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo drew an average home attendance of 4,369 in the 2018-19 Linafoot season.

Honours

• Linafoot
• Winners (6): 1958, 1968, 1981, 1986, 1990, 2002
• Runner-up (3): 2005, 2006, 2009, 2025
• Coupe du Congo
• Winners (3): 1961, 1968, 2015
• Runner-up (3): 2007, 2014, 2017
• SuperCoupe du Congo
• Winners (1): 2002
• Runner-up (1): 2015
• (LIFKAT)
• Winners (5): 1946, 1950, 2001, 2003, 2008
• (Lubumbashi)
• Winners (6): 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 2002, 2009

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 4 appearances

:2003 – Second Round

:2006 – Second Round

:2007 – Preliminary Round

:2010 – First Round

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 4 appearances

:1969 – Quarter-Finals

:1982 – Semi-Finals

:1987 – Second Round

:1991 – First Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 5 appearances

:2005 – First Round of 16

:2006 – Group Stage

:2011 – First Round of 16

:2012 – First Round

:2016 – First Round

• CAF Super Cup: 0 appearances

Incidents at Matches

During a match with TP Mazembe in 2011, 14 people were killed during a stampede after spectators invaded the pitch as TP Mazembe equalized the score.

Most famous player: Pierre Mwana Kasongo who also played for Daring Faucons (Motema Pembe), was the first African player to become the top scorer in Belgium as he played for CS vervietois in 1962–63. He also played for ARA La Gantoise in Belgium. Mwana Kasongo successfully managed St Eloi Lupopo, TP Mazembe, Ruwenzori Natioanal, Makiso, Nika, Bilombe, and Sanga Balende, as well as the Leopards du Zaire. He was the first Congolese to be qualified as a Manager from the Académie Française de Football in France. He died on 13 January 1986 as he was managing St Eloi Lupopo.

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