The Vodacom Ligue 1 is the top division of the Congolese Association Football Federation, the governing body of

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in the

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. 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 Tout Puissant Mazembe, commonly referred to as TP Mazembe, is a Congolese professional association football, football club based in Lubumbashi. History Tout Puissant Mazembe, the first sports club from the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a ...

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

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* CC:

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2021−22 clubs

* AC Rangers (

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) * AS Dauphins Noirs (

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) * AS Maniema Union ( Kindu) * AS Kuya Sport (Kinshasa) * AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) * CS Don Bosco (

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) * DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) * Etoile de Kivu ( Bukavu) * FC Blessing Kolwezi ( Kolwezi) *

FC Renaissance du Congo Football Club Renaissance du Congo or simply FC Renaissance is a Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese Association football, football club based in Kinshasa. In the 2018-19 Linafoot season, FC Renaissance du Congo was the football club from ...

(Kinshasa) *

FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo is a Congolese professional Association football, 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 ...

(Lubumbashi) * FC Simba Kolwezi (Kolwezi) * JS Kinshasa (Kinshasa) * SM Sanga Balende ( Mbuji-Mayi) *

(Lubumbashi) * US Panda B52 (

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) * US Tshinkunku (

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)

Champions

Champions so far were:

Performance by club

Top goalscorers

References

External links

League standings, results and fixtures
at Soccerway

at FIFA.com (archived 18 August 2007) {{CAF Leagues 1 Congo Sports leagues established in 1958