FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo

Saint-Éloi Lupopo

Full name	Football Club Saint-Éloi Lupopo
Nickname(s)	Les Cheminots (The Railmen)
Founded	1939 (1939)
Ground	Stade Frederic Kibassa Maliba
Capacity	20,000
Chairman	Jacques Kyabula Katwe
Manager	Christian Bracconi
League	Linafoot
2021–22	Linafoot, 3rd of 20
Home colours Away colours

FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo is a Congolese professional football club based in Lubumbashi. Their home games are played at Stade Kibassa Maliba.

Honours

• Linafoot
  • Winners (6): 1958, 1968, 1981, 1986, 1990, 2002
  • Runner-up (3): 2005, 2006, 2009
• Coupe du Congo
  • Winners (3): 1961, 1968, 2015
  • Runner-up (3): 2007, 2014, 2017
• SuperCoupe du Congo
  • Winners (1): 2002
  • Runner-up (1): 2015
• Katanga Provincial League (LIFKAT)
  • Winners (2): 2001, 2003

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 4 appearances

2003 – Second Round

2006 – Second Round

2007 – Preliminary Round

2010 – First Round

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 4 appearances

1969 – Quarter-Finals

1982 – Semi-Finals

1987 – Second Round

1991 – First Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 5 appearances

2005 – First Round of 16

2006 – Group Stage

2011 – First Round of 16

2012 – First Round

2016 – First Round

• CAF Super Cup: 0 appearances

Incidents at Matches

During a match with TP Mazembe in 2011, 14 people were killed during a stampede after spectators invaded the pitch as TP Mazembe equalized the score.

Most famous player: Pierre Mwana Kasongo who also played for Daring Faucons (Motema Pembe), was the first African player to become the top scorer in Belgium as he played for CS vervietois in 1962-63. He also played for ARA La Gantoise in Belgium. Mwana Kasongo successfully managed St Eloi Lupopo, TP Mazembe, Ruwenzori Natioanal, Makiso, Nika, Bilombe, and Sanga Balende, as well as the Leopards du Zaire. He was the first Congolese to be qualified as a Manager from the Academie Francaise de Football in France. He died on 13 January 1986 as he was managing St Eloi Lupopo.