Linafoot

Founded	1958
Country	RD Congo
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Number of teams	20
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Linafoot Ligue 2
Domestic cup(s)	Coupe du Congo
International cup(s)	CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup
Current champions	TP Mazembe (19 titles) (2021-22)
Most championships	TP Mazembe (19 titles)
Top goalscorer	Tresor Mputu (165 goals)
Website	linafoot.com
Current: 2023–24 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 19 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

2021−22 clubs

Kinshasa

Goma

Kindu

Lubumbashi

Bukavu

Kolwezi

Mbuji-Mayi

Likasi

Kananga

Locations of the 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:^[2]

Performance by club

Topscorers per season

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