Amicale Sportive Dragons is a

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based in

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. As of the 2007–08 season they play in the

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league, the top level of professional football in DR Congo. Their home games are played at Stade 24 Novembre. In the past, the club was also called ''Amicale Sportive Bilima''.

History

The club was founded in 1938 under the name AS Bilima. After the independence of the country from Belgium in June 1960, the team developed into a leading Club, which was proved when it won its first championship in 1965. Subsequently, a domination between the trio AS Vita Club, Imana Kinshasa and Tout Puissant Mazembe developed which was hard to break. 1969 the congolese businessman Edouard Mwe di Malila Apenela started managing As Dragons as their president and donator. By his arrival he brought players like Pembele Ngunze, Magie Mafwala and Romain Bamuleke. Thanks to his financial and moral engagement the team could reach the finals of the

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, after its second championship title 1979 and 1980. The Cameroonian opponent

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could win the finals. After a further title 1982 the team gild its fourth championship title by reaching again the finals 1984 in the

. But the opponent

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t was too strong. In the 1990s the club was named Amicale Sportive Bilima, simply AS Bilima and won for several times the Coupe du Congo. But the team couldn't tie on the former achievements. Later the businessman Edouard Mwe di Malila Apenela left the title of president to pass on the control to others. He remains in the club as donator and as the president of the supreme committee. Currently Lili Lumande is the president of the club.

Honours

::Finalist : 1980, 1985 *

: 4 ::1965, 1979, 1982, 1984 * Coupe du Congo: 5 ::1965, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

Performance in CAF competitions

: 4 appearances ::

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

: First Round ::

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

: ''Finalist'' ::

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

: Quarter-Finals ::

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

: ''Finalist'' *

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: 4 appearances ::1997 – withdrew in Second Round ::1998 – Second Round ::1999 – Quarter-Finals ::2000 – First Round

External links

Team profile
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References

Football clubs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Football clubs in Kinshasa Association football clubs established in 1938 1938 establishments in the Belgian Congo {{DRCongo-footyclub-stub