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Football league season

Linafoot (Vodacom Ligue 1)
Season	2018–19
Champions	TP Mazembe 17th Title
Relegated	FC Mont Bleu AS Dragons/Bilima OC Muungano
Champions League	TP Mazembe AS Vita Club
Confederation Cup	DC Motema Pembe
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Linafoot was the 58th season of the Linafoot, the top-tier football league in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, since its establishment in 1958. The season started on 23 September 2018.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	TP Mazembe (Q)	30	27	2	1	82	11	+71	83	Qualification for Champions League
2	AS Vita Club (Q)	30	23	5	2	60	15	+45	74	Qualification for Champions League
3	DC Motema Pembe (Q)	30	19	6	5	47	25	+22	63	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	AS Maniema Union (Q)	30	17	6	7	40	23	+17	57	Qualification for Confederation Cup
5	SM Sanga Balende	30	11	9	10	36	29	+7	42
6	FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo	30	10	11	9	25	25	0	41
7	AS Dauphins Noirs	30	11	7	12	29	41	−12	40
8	AS Nyuki	30	10	8	12	28	32	−4	38
9	FC Renaissance du Congo	30	10	8	12	28	40	−12	38
10	AC Rangers	30	10	7	13	30	30	0	37
11	CS Don Bosco	30	9	9	12	34	36	−2	36
12	JS Groupe Bazano	30	9	7	14	25	30	−5	34
13	FC Lubumbashi Sport	30	8	8	14	35	42	−7	32
14	FC Mont Bleu (R)	30	7	9	14	25	43	−18	30	Relegation
15	AS Dragons (R)	30	3	5	22	12	53	−41	14	Relegation
16	OC Muungano (D, R)	30	2	1	27	10	71	−61	7	Excluded for forfeiting three matches

Source: Linafoot
(D) Disqualified; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

AS Maniema Union are Coupe du Congo DR winners.

Attendances

#	Football club	Average attendance
1	TP Mazembe	5,784
2	FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo	4,369
3	AS Vita Club	2,666
4	FC Renaissance	1,788
5	DC Motema Pembe	1,201
6	AS Dauphins Noirs	868
7	SM Sanga Balende	804
8	AS Dragons	722
9	OC Muungano	632
10	FC Mont Bleu	588
11	CS Don Bosco	453
12	AS Nyuki	444
13	AS Maniema Union	418
14	Lubumbashi Sport	252
15	JS Groupe Bazano	168
16	AC Rangers	124

References

Congo-Kinshasa (DR Congo) 2018/19, RSSSF.com

v t e Linafoot (DR Congo Championship)
Seasons	2011 2012 2013 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
2021–22 teams	AC Rangers AS Dauphins Noirs AS Maniema Union AS Kuya Sport AS Vita Club CS Don Bosco DC Motema Pembe Etoile de Kivu FC Blessing Kolwezi FC Renaissance du Congo FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo FC Simba Kolwezi JS Kinshasa SM Sanga Balende TP Mazembe US Panda B52 US Tshinkunku
Former teams	AC Capaco Beni AC Sodigraf AS Bantous AS Dragons AS Kabasha AS New Soger AS Nika AS Veti Club Matadi AS Saint-Luc CS Makiso DC Virunga FC Lubumbashi Sport FC MK Etanchéité FC Mwangaza FC Lumière JS Groupe Bazano RC Kinshasa SC Cilu SCOM Mikishi SC Rojolu Sharks XI FC OC Bukavu Dawa OC Mbongo Sport OC Muungano TC Elima TP Molunge TS Malekesa AS Nyuki US Socozaki US Tshinkunku

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