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| Full name | Football Club Saint-Éloi Lupopo | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Les Cheminots (The Railmen) | ||
| Founded | 1939[1] | ||
| Ground | Stade Frederic Kibassa Maliba | ||
| Capacity | 20,000 | ||
| Chairman | Jacques Kyabula Katwe | ||
| Manager | Christian Bracconi | ||
| League | Linafoot | ||
| 2021–22 | Linafoot, 3rd of 20 | ||
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FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo is a Congolese professional football club based in Lubumbashi. Their home games are played at Stade Kibassa Maliba.
Honours
Linafoot: 6
- Winners (6): 1958, 1968, 1981, 1986, 1990, 2002
- Runner-up (3): 2005, 2006, 2009
- Winners (3): 1961, 1968, 2015[2]
- Runner-up (3): 2007, 2014, 2017
- Winners (1): 2002
- Runner-up (1): 2015
Katanga Provincial League (LIFKAT)
- Winners (2): 2001, 2003
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Champions League: 4 appearances
- African Cup of Champions Clubs: 4 appearances
- CAF Confederation Cup: 5 appearances
- CAF Super Cup: 0 appearances
Incidents at Matches
During a match with TP Mazembe in 2011, 14 people were killed during a stampede after spectators invaded the pitch as TP Mazembe equalized the score.[3]
Most famous player: Pierre Mwana Kasongo who also played for Daring Faucons (Motema Pembe), was the first African player to become the top scorer in Belgium as he played for CS vervietois in 1962-63. He also played for ARA La Gantoise in Belgium. Mwana Kasongo successfully managed St Eloi Lupopo, TP Mazembe, Ruwenzori Natioanal, Makiso, Nika, Bilombe, and Sanga Balende, as well as the Leopards du Zaire. He was the first Congolese to be qualified as a Manager from the Academie Francaise de Football in France. He died on 13 January 1986 as he was managing St Eloi Lupopo.
References
- ↑ "Congo-Kinshasa (DR Congo, Zaire) - Foundation Dates of Clubs". RSSSF.
- ↑ "Coupe du Congo: Lupopo sacré champion". radiookapi.net. June 29, 2015.(in French)
- ↑ Saxena, Anurag (2011). The Sociology of Sport and Physical Education. Pinnacle Technology. ISBN 9781618204684.