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The Illicocash Ligue 1 is the top division of the Congolese Association Football Federation (FECOFA), the governing body of football in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1958.

Key facts

Football league.confed
CAF (Africa)
Football league.founded
1958 (as Coupe du Congo) 1990 (as Linafoot)
Football league.teams
25
Football league.relegation
Linafoot Ligue 2
Football league.levels
1
Football league.domest_cup
Coupe du Congo
Football league.confed_cup
CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup
Football league.champions
Aigles du Congo (1st title)
Football league.season
2024–25
Football league.most successful club
TP Mazembe(20 titles)
Football league.top goalscorer
Tresor Mputu (165 goals)
Football league.current
2025–26 Linafoot

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • Name history
  • Qualification for African competitions
  • Association ranking for the 2025–26 CAF club season
  • 2021−22 clubs
  • Champions
  • Performance by club
  • Linafoot (1990-91 and 1998-present)
  • Coupe du Congo/Zaire and Linafoot
  • Players
  • Top goalscorers
  • All-time appearances
  • Records and statistics
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

The Illicocash Ligue 1 is the top division of the Congolese Association Football Federation (FECOFA), the governing body of football in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1958.

In 2010 the competition was renamed the Vodacom Super League following the signing of a five-year sponsorship deal with communications company Vodacom. The 2012 championship was the first in the country's history played in a long-season championship of 14 teams who were removed from their regional leagues for the first time. Prior to that, all regional champions were qualified to the national stage for the winner to be determined.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Linafoot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.