Amicale Sportive Dragons is a Congolese

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based in

Kinshasa Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one o ...

As of the 2007/2008 season they play in the

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league, the top level of professional football in DR Congo

Their home games are played at

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 hono ...

. 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

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, after its second championship title 1979 and 1980. The Cameroonian opponent

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could win the finals. After a further title 1982 the team gild its fourth championship title by reaching again the finals 1984 in the

. But the opponent

FAR Rabat Association sportive des Forces armées royales (, ar, الجمعية الرياضية للقوات المسلحة الملكية), commonly known as AS FAR ( ar, نادي الجيش الملكي), is a professional sport club based in Morocco's ...

t was too strong. In the 1990s the club was named Amicale Sportive Bilima, simply AS Bilima and won for several times the Coupe du Congo. But however the team couldn't tie on the former achievements. Later the businessman Edouard Mwe di Malila Apenela left the title of president to pass on the control to others. He remain in the club as donator and as the president of the supreme committee. Currently Lili Lumande is the president of the club.

Achievements

: 0 ::Finalist : 1980, 1985 *

: 4 ::1965, 1979, 1982, 1984 * Coupe du Congo: 5 ::1965, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

Performance in CAF competitions

: 4 appearances ::

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

: First Round ::

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

: ''Finalist'' ::

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...

: Quarter-Finals ::

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

: ''Finalist'' *

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: 4 appearances ::1997 – withdrew in Second Round ::1998 – Second Round ::1999 – Quarter-Finals ::2000 – First Round

External links

Team profile
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References

Football clubs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Football clubs in Kinshasa Association football clubs established in 1938 1938 establishments in the Belgian Congo {{DRCongo-footyclub-stub