National Championship (Coupe du Zaïre)
NB: ninth edition; officially for the year 1972 but finished in 1973
Final
First Leg [Mar 4, 1973]
AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 3-2 TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
Second Leg [Mar 18, 1973]
TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi) 1-2 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa)
Kinshasa League
NB: tables refer to the 1972 season, which apparently finished early 1973;
they were published in April 1973
Division 1 Autonome
Final Table:
1.CS Imana 30 25 2 3 104-27 52 Champions
2.Ruwenzori 30 16 8 6 66-30 40
3.FC Bilima 30 14 9 7 54-32 37
4.AS Vita 30 16 4 10 68-48 36
5.Mosantu 30 11 12 7 38-33 34
6.Matete 30 11 10 9 34-41 32
7.Opika 30 13 5 12 52-56 31
8.AC Vijana 30 9 12 9 40-42 30
9.Bokatola 30 12 6 12 40-54 30
10.Motema 30 10 7 13 49-60 27
11.Monano 30 8 8 14 35-47 24
12.Bilombe 30 9 6 15 46-53 24
13.FC Nzazi 30 10 4 16 30-55 24
14.Mangengenge 30 7 8 15 28-50 22
15.Elikya 30 8 5 17 44-70 21 Relegated
16.Barumbu 30 3 10 17 28-58 16 Relegated
NB: the above title apparently qualified Imana to enter the 1974 Coupe du Zaïre
Division 2 Autonome
Final Table:
1.FC Mambenga 30 20 5 5 72-26 45 Promoted
2.FC Longo 30 19 6 5 69-24 44 Promoted
3.Bana Vea 30 16 10 4 62-32 42
4.Kalamu 30 17 5 8 56-39 39
5.Trimobe 30 18 3 9 59-37 39
6.Etoile du Zaïre 30 16 6 8 62-36 38
7.Mopari 30 16 5 9 67-38 37
8.Atoko 30 14 8 8 61-50 36
9.Engondo 30 12 3 15 56-52 27
10.Mbonge 30 10 6 14 39-46 26
11.Simba 30 10 5 15 38-37 25
12.Yolo 30 8 8 14 35-55 24
13.Tambo 30 9 5 16 46-63 23
14.Ndjili Sports 30 10 2 18 41-76 22
15.CS Kinois 30 3 4 23 29-83 10 Relegated
16.Stade Lisano 30 0 3 27 14-112 3 Relegated
Division 3 Autonome
Final Table:
1.Mboko 30 23 5 2 89-21 51 Promoted
2.Mosolo 30 23 4 3 100-27 50 Promoted
3.Manaya 30 22 3 5 76-24 47
4.Monama 30 18 5 7 76-30 41
5.Malebo 30 19 3 8 76-33 41
6.Mosaka 30 16 7 7 73-45 39
7.Tangu 30 14 7 9 70-38 35
8.FC Zaïre 30 13 4 13 50-63 30
9.Boboto 30 12 3 15 67-56 27
10.Mbotama 30 10 6 14 50-48 26
11.Molunge 30 10 6 14 57-57 26
12.Ushindi 30 6 7 17 45-70 19
13.Bantou 30 7 4 19 36-73 18
14.Standard 30 7 3 20 38-91 17
15.Virunga 30 3 3 24 17-114 9 Relegated
16.FC Tangba 30 0 0 30 0-150 0 Relegated
NB: 4 more losses than wins; total goal difference -20;
apparently 4 matches awarded 0-5 losses against both;
Tangba apparently had all their matches so awarded
Division 4 Autonome
Final Table:
1.DP Sport 30 21 6 3 82-30 48 Promoted
2.Yambayamba 30 19 5 6 75-34 43 Promoted
3.Lipopo 30 16 9 5 68-27 41
4.Ndjoku 30 18 4 8 71-30 40
5.Ngaliema 30 14 9 7 61-27 37
6.Boloni 30 15 6 9 57-52 36
7.Matebo 30 16 4 10 48-52 36
8.Lisanga 30 13 6 11 52-42 32
9.Londende 30 11 7 12 54-47 29
10.Bilenge 30 9 9 12 46-35 27
11.Kinsaka 30 7 12 11 48-53 26
12.Okapi 30 10 6 14 54-51 26
13.Nkuma Lipate 30 11 2 17 42-62 24
14.Banganga 30 8 2 20 45-79 18
15.Sinza 30 3 2 25 21-100 8
16.Sakumuna 30 1 3 26 6-129 5
NB: 4 more losses than wins; total goal difference -20;
apparently 4 matches awarded 0-5 losses against both
NB: apparently there was no relegation from the 4th level above; the
"Division Autonome" was separated from the lower level leagues of
which the Promotion A was the highest.
Promotion A
Final Table:
1.Embenga 30 20 7 3 70-28 47
2.Kake 30 19 6 5 69-16 44
3.Tunga 30 18 5 7 75-34 41
4.Tembe 30 16 8 6 71-40 40
5.Kikulu 30 17 6 7 78-42 40
6.Lokumu 30 16 6 8 70-34 38
7.Ngele 30 17 4 9 75-46 38
8.Lingwala 30 13 9 8 70-42 35
9.Nguba 30 13 5 12 59-43 31
10.Nkisi 30 11 4 15 45-57 26
11.Molende 30 10 6 14 34-77 26
12.Gayipanga 30 8 9 13 45-57 25
13.Mokako 30 10 4 16 40-73 24
14.Ngozulu 30 3 7 20 44-79 13
15.Nsele Sport 30 3 1 26 36-104 7 Relegated
16.Zakama 30 2 1 27 16-125 5 Relegated
Promotion B winners: Kimbo
Promotion C winners: Mosalisi
Promotion D winners: Tcheza
Source: "Elima" (Kinshasa), 22-23 Apr 1973
Prepared and maintained by Neil Morrison for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Neil Morrison
Last updated: 10 Jan 2020
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