Club Athlétique Renaissance Aiglon Brazzaville, known simply as CARA Brazzaville, is a Congolese football club based in
Brazzaville
Brazzaville (, kg, Kintamo, Nkuna, Kintambo, Ntamo, Mavula, Tandala, Mfwa, Mfua; Teke: ''M'fa'', ''Mfaa'', ''Mfa'', ''Mfoa''Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, ''Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture'', ABC-CLI ...
,
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
, playing games out of the
Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat.
The club won the
1974 African Cup of Champions Clubs
The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1974 was the 10th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association footba ...
, the most prestigious continental club football tournament at the time, the only major continental championship won by any Congolese club until the victory of
AC Léopards
Athlétic Club Léopards de Dolisie is a football (soccer) club from the Republic of Congo based in Dolisie, Niari Department.
Honours
*Congo Premier League
:Winner (4): 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017.
:Runners-up (3): 2009, 2010, 2011.
* Coupe du C ...
in the
2012 CAF Confederation Cup.
Crest
File:CARA Brazzaville (logo).png, old crest
File:CARA Brazzaville (logo) 2.png, old crest
Honours
National
*
Congo Premier League
Congo Premier League is the top division of the Congolese Football Federation, in the Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1961.
The official name is Championnat National MTN for sponsorship reasons.
Between 1961 and 1977 the championship was ...
:Winner (6 titles): 1969, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1984, 2008
*
Coupe du Congo
:Winner (3 titles): 1981, 1986, 1992
International
*
African Cup of Champions Clubs
The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and cont ...
:Winner (1 title): 1974
Performance in CAF competitions
*
CAF Champions League
The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and co ...
: 1 appearance
::
2009
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– Preliminary Round
*
African Cup of Champions Clubs
The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and cont ...
: 7 appearances
::
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
: Second Round
::
1973: Second Round
::
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
: Champion
::
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
: Quarter-Finals
::
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
: Second Round
::
1983: Second Round
::
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 ...
: Second Round
*
CAF Confederation Cup
The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football club competition established in 2004 from a merger of the CAF Cup and the African Cup Winners' Cup and organi ...
: 2 appearances
::
2014
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– First Round
::
2015
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– Preliminary Round
::
2018
File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
– Quarter-Finals
*
CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances
::1982 – withdrew in First Round
::1993 – First Round
Notable former managers
*
Cicerone Manolache
Cicerone Manolache (born 16 May 1936) is a Romanian former footballer and manager who played as a forward and made four appearances for the Romania national team
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Cen ...
(1972–74)
References
External links
Team profilenbsp;– ''footballdatabase''
2015 squadnbsp;– ''cafonline''
Football clubs in the Republic of the Congo
Association football clubs established in 1935
Sports clubs in Brazzaville
1935 establishments in French Equatorial Africa
CAF Champions League winning clubs
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