AS Vita Club

AS Vita Club

Full name	Association Sportive Vita Club
Nickname(s)	Les Dauphins Noirs (The Black Dolphins)
Founded	1935
Ground	Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa
Capacity	50,000
President	Gabriel Amisi Kumba
Manager	Florent Ibenge
League	Linafoot
2014–15	Champions
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Association Sportive Vita Club, more commonly known as AS Vita Club, AS V. Club or simply Vita Club, is a Congolese football club based in Kinshasa.

History

AS Vita Club was founded in 1935 by Honoré Essabe under the name of Renaissance in rue Usoke n° 73 in Kinshasa.

The name changed in 1939 into Diables Rouges, in 1942 into Victoria Club and finally in 1971 to Vita Club. On 17 December 1976 it took the official statue of the omnisports club with many sections:^[1]

• football
• basketball
• nantei
• volleyball

Honours

AS Vita Club is one of the great teams of RD Congo and of Africa, it wins many national and international titles.^[2]

Regional titles

• Kinshasa Provincial League (EPFKIN)

Champion (6): 1957, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009

• Super Coupe de Kinshasa

Winner (3): 2002, 2005, 2006

National titles

• Linafoot

Champion (13): 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2003, 2010, 2015.

Runner-up (3): 2011, 2012, 2013.

• Coupe du Congo

Winner (9): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 2001.

Runner-up (2): 1984, 1997.

• Super Coupe du Congo

Winner (1): 2015.

Runner-up ():

• Challenge Papa Kalala

Winner (2): 1982, 1983

Runner-up ():

International titles

• African Cup of Champions Clubs

Winner (1): 1973

Runner-up (1): 1981, 2014

• Kagame Interclub Cup

Third place (1): 2012

• Vodacom Challenge

Winner (1): 2004

Performance in CAF competitions

• African Cup of Champions Clubs / CAF Champions League: 14 appearances

The club have 8 appearances in African Cup of Champions Clubs from 1971 to 1995 and 6 appearances in CAF Champions League from 1998 till now.

1971 – Second Round 1973 – Champion 1974 – Second Round 1975 – Second Round 1978 – Semi-Finals

1981 – Finalist 1989 – Second Round 1995 – First Round 1998 – First Round 2004 – Second Round

2011 – First Round 2012 – First Round 2013 – First Round 2014 – Runners-up

• CAF Confederation Cup: 3 appearances

2008 – First Round of 16

2009 – Group Stage

2010 – First Round of 16

• CAF Cup: 2 appearances

1996 – Semi-Finals

1999 – Second Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 6 appearances

1976 – Semi-Finals 1979 – Quarter-Finals

1982 – Quarter-Finals 1983 – Quarter-Finals

1984 – Second Round 2002 – Quarter-Finals

Current squad

As of March 2015. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Landu Makiese 2 DF Bawaka Mabele 3 DF Patou Simbi Ebunga 4 DF Kiaku Kianduanina 5 DF Nlandu Phuati 6 MF Nelson Munganga 7 FW Basilua Jeremie 8 DF Issoufou Dayo 9 FW Abdoul Aziz Djilbeogo 10 MF Guy Lusadisu 11 FW Héritier Luvumbu Nzinga 12 MF Yves Magola 13 DF Lomalisa Mutambala

No. Position Player 15 DF Patrick Lema Mampuya 16 GK Nelson Lukong 17 DF Thierry Kasereka 18 FW Mbala Ndombe 20 DF Dido Bafola 23 FW Emmanuel Ngudikama 24 FW Kasengu Kazadi 25 FW Tady Etekiama[3] 26 MF Kupa Makwekwe 28 MF Jerry Ekole Ndemiye 29 MF Paolo Mondo 30 GK Lomboto Nguemba

References

1. "AS Vita Club history". AS Vita Club official website. 4 April 2012.
2. "AS Vita Club titles". vclub-cd.com. AS Vita Club official website. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
3. Note: Etekiama is known as Daddy Birori while is representing Rwanda.

External links

• (French) Official website