2016–17 Linafoot

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Linafoot
Season	2016–17
Champions	TP Mazembe
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Linafoot season is the 56th since its establishment as the top-flight association football league of the DR Congo. A total of 28 clubs participated in the First Round, divided in three regional groups, with 8 teams advancing to the nationwide Championship Round. TP Mazembe won the domestic league.

First round

There were three regional divisions with 8 to 10 teams. Advancing to the Championship Round were 2 teams from East, 3 from West and 3 from Center-South.

Zone de développement Est

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	OC Bukavu Dawa	10	5	5	0	12	7	+5	20	Qualification to final round
2	OC Muungano	10	6	2	2	12	3	+9	20	Qualification to final round
3	AS Dauphins Noirs	10	6	2	2	12	6	+6	20
4	DC Virunga	10	2	4	4	7	13	−6	10
5	AC Nkoy Bilombe	10	2	1	7	9	14	−5	7
6	CS Makiso	10	2	0	8	8	17	−9	6
7	AC Capaco Beni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified; all results annulled
8	AS Nika	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified; all results annulled

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Zone de développement Ouest

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AS Vita Club	18	13	4	1	37	9	+28	43	Qualification to final round
2	DC Motema Pembe	18	12	5	1	37	9	+28	41
3	FC Renaissance du Congo	18	9	5	4	30	14	+16	32
4	RC Kinshasa	18	9	2	7	29	25	+4	29
5	AS Dragons/Bilima	18	8	2	8	18	20	−2	26
6	Shark XI FC	18	7	4	7	21	17	+4	25
7	FC MK Etanchéité	18	6	5	7	19	23	−4	23
8	AS Veti Club	18	4	7	7	11	23	−12	19
9	SC Rojolu	18	2	3	13	12	28	−16	9	Relegated
10	AS Ndombe	18	1	1	16	12	58	−46	4	Relegated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Zone de développement Centre-Sud

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	TP Mazembe	18	14	3	1	38	3	+35	45	Qualification to final round
2	SM Sanga Balende	18	13	3	2	31	8	+23	42
3	CS Don Bosco	18	11	4	3	27	13	+14	37
4	FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo	18	7	4	7	18	18	0	25
5	Lubumbashi Sport	18	5	6	7	13	19	−6	21
6	AC Dibumba	18	5	5	8	14	25	−11	20
7	JS Groupe Bazano	18	6	2	10	10	21	−11	20
8	FC Océan Pacifique	18	5	4	9	17	28	−11	19
9	FC Simba Kamikaze	18	4	5	9	17	24	−7	17	Relegated
10	AS New Soger	18	1	2	15	8	34	−26	5	Relegated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	TP Mazembe	14	10	3	1	27	8	+19	33	Qualification to the 2018 CAF Champions League
2	AS Vita Club	14	9	3	2	20	7	+13	30	Qualification to the 2018 CAF Champions League
3	DC Motema Pembe	14	8	3	3	27	12	+15	27	Qualification to the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup
4	CS Don Bosco	14	5	3	6	23	19	+4	18
5	SM Sanga Balende	14	5	3	6	13	17	−4	18
6	FC Renaissance du Congo	14	4	3	7	13	24	−11	15	Excluded from the championship; relegated
7	OC Muungano	14	1	5	8	3	21	−18	8
8	OC Bukavu Dawa	14	0	5	9	5	23	−18	5

Source: ^[1]^[2]^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

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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