AS Vita Club

AS Vita
Full nameAssociation Sportive Vita Club
Nickname(s)Les Dauphins Noirs (The Black Dolphins)
V.Club[1]
Founded1 January 1935; 89 years ago (1935-01-01)
GroundStade Tata Raphaël
Capacity80,000
PresidentBestine Kazadi
ManagerRaoul Shungu
LeagueLinafoot
2023–24Linafoot, 5th of 20
Current season

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

History

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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:[2]

  • Football
  • Basketball
  • Handball
  • Nantei
  • Volleyball

Honours

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AS Vita Club is one of the most successful teams of the DR Congo, having won many national and international titles.[3]

National

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International

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Performance in CAF competitions

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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.

2008 – First Round of 16
2009 – Group Stage
2010 – First Round of 16
2018 – Finalist
1996 – Semi-Finals
1999 – Second Round

Current squad

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As of 7 november 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Burkina Faso BFA Farid Ouédraogo
3 DF Mali MLI Siaka Bagayoko
4 DF Mauritania MTN Sid'Ahmed Abbla
5 DF France FRA Glen Matondo
6 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Christopher Samangwa
8 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Héritier Luvumbu
9 FW Ivory Coast CIV Kevin Aiba Koffi
10 MF Mali MLI Aboubacar Diarra
11 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Héritier Imana
12 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Ayrton Mboko
13 DF Cameroon CMR Pascal Eboussi
15 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Exaucé Misuri
16 GK Gabon GAB Loic Owono
17 FW Comoros COM Affane Djambae
18 DF Ivory Coast CIV Aboubacar Kalhil Sylla
20 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Edouard Apataki
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Jonathan Ikangalombo
23 MF Senegal SEN Seck Mamadou
24 DF Cameroon CMR Patrick Etoga
25 FW Nigeria NGA Olorunshola Abayomi
26 MF France FRA Kevin Tapoko (captain)
28 MF Benin BEN Ibrahim Ogoulola
29 FW Burkina Faso BFA Lamine Ouattara
30 GK Cameroon CMR Junior Dande
31 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Emile Kalume
32 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Kevine Makoko
37 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Kevin Bakambo
- MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Dieu-Merci Lukombe
- FW Mali MLI Boubacar Traoré
- FW Burundi BDI Jules Ulimwengu
- DF Senegal SEN Dione Bassirou
- DF Burundi BDI Chancel Ndaye

References

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  1. ^ "#606 – AS Vita Club : V.Club" (in French). Footnickname. 6 November 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  2. ^ "AS Vita Club history". AS Vita Club official website. 4 April 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2014.
  3. ^ "AS Vita Club titles". vclub-cd.com. AS Vita Club official website. Archived from the original on January 10, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
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