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Wikipedia / TP Mazembe

Tout Puissant Mazembe, commonly referred to as TP Mazembe, is a Congolese professional football club based in Lubumbashi. They were the first African and the first outside of Europe and South America to play in a Club World Cup final, losing 3-0 against Inter Milan in the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup edition, finishing runners-up.

History

Tout Puissant Mazembe, the first sports club from the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a value of at least $10 million, was originally founded by the Benedictine monks who directed the Institut Saint-Boniface school in Élisabethville (modern-day Lubumbashi) in Katanga Province. The missionaries originally decided in 1939 to established a football team for the students' Boy Scout troop, named Saint Georges FC, after the patron saint of the Scouting movement. This team affiliated itself directly in the first division of the Royal Federation of the Native Athletic Associations (Fédération Royale des Associations Sportives Indigènes, FRASI) founded by the Belgian King. At the end of the season, Holy Georges placed 3rd.

In 1944 the young scouts went on the road and FC St. Georges was rechristened Saint Paul F.C. Some years later, the incorporation of certain foreign elements in the Institute would make the missionaries abandon the team management. The team took the name of F.C. Englebert after its sponsor, a tire brand. The qualifier "Tout Puissant" (Almighty) was added to the club's name after it went undefeated in winning its first league title in 1966.

After the country's independence on 30 June 1960, Englebert restructured itself. In 1966, the team won a treble (national Championship, Coupe du Congo and Katanga Cup).

In 1967 and 1968, they won the African Cup of Champions. The team would be finalist four consecutive times from 1967 to 1970. Mazembe was the first team to successfully defend the African Champions Cup. This feat was finally repeated in 2003 and 2004 by Enyimba.

After 18 years of absence, it returned to the African scene thanks to 38-year-old governor Moïse Katumbi Chapwe, who owned the club.

In November 2009, the team won the CAF Champions League, the African championship for football clubs. Mazembe won against Heartland 2–2 on aggregate, winning on the away goals rule.

By winning the CAF Champions League, Mazembe qualified for the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup. In their first world championship match in the quarter-finals, they lost 2–1 to the Pohang Steelers from South Korea, despite taking the lead in the first half. Following a 3–2 defeat to Auckland City in the fifth place match, they finished the tournament in 6th place.

In 2010 they retained the 2010 CAF Champions League, and in December they became the first African side (and the first outside Europe and South America) to contest the final of the FIFA Club World Cup after defeating both Pachuca of Mexico 1–0 in the quarter-finals and Internacional of Brazil 2–0 in the semi-finals. In the final on 18 December, they were defeated 3–0 by Internazionale.

In 2015, TP Mazembe secured their fifth title in the competition after defeating USM Alger of Algeria 4–1 aggregate in the 2015 CAF Champions League final.

Women's football

In 2020, a women's section of TP Mazembe was formed.

Crest and colours

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Honours

With 28 titles at national level and 11 at international level since 1966, TP Mazembe is currently the most successful club of the DRC with 39 titles.

Domestic

Linafoot

Congo Cup

  • Champions (5): 1966, 1967, 1976, 1979, 2000

DR Congo Super Cup

  • Champions (3): 2013, 2014, 2016 (Record)

Continental

African Cup of Champions Clubs / CAF Champions League

African Cup Winners' Cup

CAF Confederation Cup

CAF Super Cup

Global

FIFA Club World Cup

  • Runners-up (1): 2010

Regional

LIFKAT (Katanga Province)

  • Champions (6): 1966, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011

EUFLU (Lubumbashi)

  • Champions (19): 1947, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2011

Performance in CAF competitions

The club have 7 appearances in African Cup of Champions Clubs from 1967 to 1988 and 18 appearances in CAF Champions League from 2001 till now, having appeared in every edition since 2007.

  1. 1967– Champion

  2. 1968– Champion

  3. 1969– Finalist

  4. 1970– Finalist

  5. 1972– Semi-finals

  6. 1977– First Round

  7. 1988– First Round

  8. 2001– Group Stage

  9. 2002– Semi-finals

  10. 2005– Preliminary Round

  11. 2007– Second Round

  12. 2008– Group Stage

  13. 2009– Champion

  14. 2010– Champion

  15. 2011– Disqualified in Second Round

  16. 2012– Semi-finals

  17. 2013– Second Round

  18. 2014– Semi-finals

  19. 2015– Champions

  20. 2016– Second Round

  21. 2017– First Round

  22. 2018– Quarter-finals

  23. 2018–19– Semi-finals

  24. 2019–20– Quarter-finals

  25. 2020–21– Group Stage

  26. CAF Cup / CAF Confederation Cup: 7 appearances

The club have 1 appearance in CAF Cup in 2000 and 6 appearances in CAF Confederation Cup from 2004 till now.

  1. 2000– Second Round

  2. 2004– First Round

  3. 2006– disqualified in First Round

  4. 2007– Group Stage

  5. 2013– Finalist

  6. 2016– Champion

  7. 2017– Champion

  8. CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances

  9. 1980– Champion

  10. 1981– Second Round

  11. CAF Super Cup: 5 appearances

  12. 2010– Champion

  13. 2011– Champion

  14. 2016– Champion

  15. 2017– Finalist

  16. 2018– Finalist

Current squad

Notable former players

For details on former players see :Category:TP Mazembe players.

See also

References

  • (archived 23 November 2009)