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AS Bilima Kinshasa
Amicale Sportive Dragons is a Congolese football club based in Kinshasa. As of the 2007–08 season they play in the Linafoot 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 1938 under the name AS Bilima. After the independence of the country from Belgium in June 1960 the team developed to a leading Club which was proved by the first championship 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 African Cup of Champions Clubs, after its second ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stade 24 Novembre
Stade Cardinal Malula, formerly known as Stade 24 Novembre and before Stade Reine Astrid, is a stadium located in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It opened in 1937 and serves as the home of AS Dragons. It is currently named in honor of Joseph Malula, Archbishop of Kinshasa from 1964 to his death in 1989. It was before named of the date Mobutu Sese Seko seized power in the country in 1965 and previously named after Astrid of Sweden Astrid of Sweden (17 November 1905 – 29 August 1935) was the Queen of the Belgians and the first wife of King Leopold III. Originally a princess of Sweden of the House of Bernadotte, Astrid became the Duchess of Brabant after her marriage to ..., Queen consort of the Belgians, when Congo was a Belgian colony. External linksStadium information Buildings and structures in Kinshasa Sport in Kinshasa Football venues in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Sports venues completed in 1937 1937 establishments in the Belgian Congo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
