# 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 20 titles.
In 2010 the competition was renamed the Vodacom Super League following the signing of a five-year sponsorship deal with communications company Vodacom.

## 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 | Rank | Rank | Association | 2016 (× 1) | 2016 (× 1) | 2017 (× 2) | 2017 (× 2) | 2018 (× 3) | 2018 (× 3) | 2018–19 (× 4) | 2018–19 (× 4) | 2019–20 (× 5) | 2019–20 (× 5) | Total |
| 2020 | 2019 | Mvt | Association | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | Total |
| 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 |

## 2021−22 clubs

* AC Rangers (Kinshasa)
* AS Dauphins Noirs (Goma)
* AS Maniema Union (Kindu)
* AS Kuya Sport (Kinshasa)
* AS Vita Club (Kinshasa)
* CS Don Bosco (Lubumbashi)
* DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa)
* Etoile de Kivu (Bukavu)
* FC Blessing Kolwezi (Kolwezi)
* FC Renaissance du Congo (Kinshasa)
* FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi)
* FC Simba Kolwezi (Kolwezi)
* JS Kinshasa (Kinshasa)
* SM Sanga Balende (Mbuji-Mayi)
* TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
* US Panda B52 (Likasi)
* US Tshinkunku (Kananga)

## Champions

Champions so far were:
| Years | Champions |
| 1958 | FC Saint Eloi Lupopo (1) |
| 1959 | Not finished |
| 1960 | Not held |
| 1961 | Not held |
| 1962 | Not held |
| 1963 | DC Motema Pembe (1) |
| 1964 | DC Motema Pembe (2) |
| 1965 | AS Dragons (1) |
| 1966 | TP Mazembe (1) |
| 1967 | TP Mazembe (2) |
| 1968 | FC Saint Eloi Lupopo (2) |
| 1969 | TP Mazembe (3) |
| 1970 | AS Vita Club (1) |
| 1971 | AS Vita Club (2) |
| 1973 | AS Vita Club (3) |
| 1973 | AS Vita Club (4) |
| 1974 | DC Motema Pembe (3) |
| 1975 | AS Vita Club (5) |
| 1976 | TP Mazembe (4) |
| 1977 | AS Vita Club (6) |
| 1978 | DC Motema Pembe (4) |
| 1979 | AS Dragons (2) |
| 1980 | AS Vita Club (7) |
| 1981 | FC Saint Eloi Lupopo (3) |
| 1982 | AS Dragons (3) |
| 1983 | SM Sanga Balende (1) |
| 1984 | AS Dragons (4) |
| 1985 | US Tshinkunku (1) |
| 1986 | FC Saint Eloi Lupopo (4) |
| 1987 | TP Mazembe (5) |
| 1988 | AS Vita Club (8) |
| 1989 | DC Motema Pembe (5) |
| 1990 | FC Saint Eloi Lupopo (5) |
| 1991 | SCOM Mikishi (1) |
| 1992 | US Bilombe (1) |
| 1993 | AS Vita Club (9) |
| 1994 | DC Motema Pembe (6) |
| 1995 | AS Bantous (1) |
| 1996 | DC Motema Pembe (7) |
| 1997 | AS Vita Club (10) |
| 1998 | DC Motema Pembe (8) |
| 1999 | DC Motema Pembe (9) |
| 2000 | TP Mazembe (6) |
| 2001 | TP Mazembe (7) |
| 2002 | FC Saint Eloi Lupopo (6) |
| 2003 | AS Vita Club (11) |
| 2004 | DC Motema Pembe (10) |
| 2005 | DC Motema Pembe (11) |
| 2006 | TP Mazembe (8) |
| 2007 | TP Mazembe (9) |
| 2008 | DC Motema Pembe (12) |
| 2009 | TP Mazembe (10) |
| 2010 | AS Vita Club (12) |
| 2011 | TP Mazembe (11) |
| 2012 | TP Mazembe (12) |
| 2013 | TP Mazembe (13) |
| 2013–14 | TP Mazembe (14) |
| 2014–15 | AS Vita Club (13) |
| 2015–16 | TP Mazembe (15) |
| 2016–17 | TP Mazembe (16) |
| 2017–18 | AS Vita Club (14) |
| 2018–19 | TP Mazembe (17) |
| 2019–20 | TP Mazembe (18) |
| 2020–21 | AS Vita Club (15) |
| 2021–22 | TP Mazembe (19) |
| 2022–23 | Championship canceled |
| 2023–24 | TP Mazembe (20) |

## Performance by club

| | Club | City | Titles | Years |
| 1 | TP Mazembe (Includes TP Engelbert) | Lubumbashi | 20 | 1966, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1987, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024 |
| 2 | AS Vita Club | Kinshasa | 15 | 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2003, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2021 |
| 3 | DC Motema Pembe (Includes CS Imana) | Kinshasa | 12 | 1963, 1964, 1974, 1978, 1989, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2008 |
| 4 | FC Saint Eloi Lupopo | Lubumbashi | 6 | 1958, 1968, 1981, 1986, 1990, 2002 |
| 5 | AS Dragons (Includes AS Bilima) | Kinshasa | 4 | 1965, 1979, 1982, 1984 |
| 6 | SM Sanga Balende | Mbuji-Mayi | 1 | 1983 |
| 6 | US Tshinkunku | Kananga | 1 | 1985 |
| 6 | SCOM Mikishi | Lubumbashi | 1 | 1991 |
| 6 | US Bilombe | Bukavu | 1 | 1992 |
| 6 | AS Bantous | Mbuji-Mayi | 1 | 1995 |

## Top goalscorers

| Season | Player | Club | Goals |
| 2000 | Papy Bazilepo | Kinshasa City FC | 19 |
| 2003 | Belingo Brazzo | 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 |
| 2015–16 | Chavda Maïsha | Sharks XI | 12 |
| 2016–17 | Ben Malango | TP Mazembe | 18 |
| 2017–18 | Jean Marc Makusu | AS Vita Club | 24 |
| 2018–19 | Jackson Muleka | TP Mazembe | 24 |
| 2019–20 | Jackson Muleka | TP Mazembe | 12 |
| 2021–22 | Makabi Lilepo | AS Vita Club | 9 |
| 2023–24 | Fily Traore | TP Mazembe | 19 |