TP Mazembe

Tout Puissant Mazembe, the first sports club from the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a value of at least $10 million, was originally founded by the Benedictine monks who directed the Institut Saint-Boniface school in Élisabethville (modern-day Lubumbashi) in Katanga Province. The missionaries originally decided in 1939 to established a football team for the students' Boy Scout troop, named Saint Georges FC, after the patron saint of the Scouting movement. This team affiliated itself directly in the first division of the Royal Federation of the Native Athletic Associations (Fédération Royale des Associations Sportives Indigènes, FRASI) founded by the Belgian King. At the end of the season, Holy Georges placed 3rd. In 1944 the young scouts went on the road and FC St. Georges was rechristened Saint Paul F.C. Some years later, the incorporation of certain foreign elements in the Institute would make the missionaries abandon the team management. The team took the name of F.C. Englebert after its sponsor, a tire brand. The qualifier "Tout Puissant" (Almighty) was added to the club's name after it went undefeated in winning its first league title in 1966. After the country's independence on 30 June 1960, Englebert restructured itself. In 1966, the team won a treble (national Championship, Coupe du Congo and Katanga Cup). In 1967 and 1968, they won the African Cup of Champions. The team would be finalist four consecutive times from 1967 to 1970. Mazembe was the first team to…

With 28 titles at national level and 11 at international level since 1966, TP Mazembe is currently the most successful club of the DRC with 39 titles.

Domestic

Linafoot Champions (21): 1966, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1987, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2023–24, 2025–26, Congo Cup Champions (5): 1966, 1967, 1976, 1979, 2000 DR Congo Super Cup Champions (3): 2013, 2014, 2016 (Record)

Continental

African Cup of Champions Clubs / CAF Champions League Champions (5): 1967, 1968, 2009, 2010, 2015 African Cup Winners' Cup Champions (1): 1980 CAF Confederation Cup Champions (2): 2016, 2017 CAF Super Cup Champions (3): 2010, 2011, 2016

Global

FIFA Club World Cup Runners-up (1): 2010

Regional

LIFKAT (Katanga Province) Champions (6): 1966, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 EUFLU (Lubumbashi) Champions (19): 1947, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2011