Daring Club Motema Pembe, or simply DCMP for a short, is a Congolese

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based in

Kinshasa Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one of ...

History

Created in 1936 under the name Falcon Daring, by the Rev. Father Raphaël de la Kethulle de Ryhove who was a missionary of the Congregation of Scheutistes. He recruited most of its players among college students Sainte-Anne in Kinshasa (currently Elikya college). The DCMP was renamed CS Imana in 1949 before assuming the name of Daring Club Motema Pembe Imana (Imana DCMP) in 1985. With 27 titles at national level since 1963, the DCMP is currently the most successful national club of the DRC. TP Mazembe has more trophies if you include international titles won with 35. Notable former players include political figures

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and

Cyrille Adoula Cyrille Adoula (13 September 1921 – 24 May 1978) was a Congolese trade unionist and politician. He was the prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, from 2 August 1961 until 30 June 1964. Early life and career Cyrille Adoula was born t ...

Crest

File:DC Motema Pembe (logo).png, Present logo

Honours

National Titles

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: 12 :: 1963, 1964, 1974, 1978, 1989, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2008 * Congo Cup: 14 :: 1964, 1974, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2021 (''Record'') * DR Congo Super Cup: 2 :: 2003, 2005

African Titles

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: 1 ::Champion:

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Current squad

''As of March 2015.''

References

External links

Official website
Football clubs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Football clubs in Kinshasa Association football clubs established in 1936 1936 establishments in the Belgian Congo Sports clubs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo African Cup Winners Cup winning clubs {{DRCongo-footyclub-stub