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
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 ...
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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 championship title 1979 and 1980. The Cameroonian opponent Canon Yaoundé could win the finals. After a further title 1982 the team gild its fourth championship title by reaching again the finals 1984 in the African Cup of Champions Clubs. 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
* African Cup of Champions Clubs: 0
::Finalist : 1980, 1985
* Linafoot: 4
::1965, 1979, 1982, 1984
* Coupe du Congo: 5
::1965, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
Performance in CAF competitions
* African Cup of Champions Clubs: 4 appearances
:: 1966: First Round
:: 1980: ''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 TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...
: 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''
* CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 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
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