Linafoot Ligue 2
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Founded | 2012 |
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Country | ![]() |
Confederation | CAF |
Number of teams | 48 |
Level on pyramid | 2 |
Promotion to | Linafoot Ligue 1 |
Relegation to | Provincial Leagues |
Domestic cup(s) | Coupe du Congo |
Current champions | AS Kiya Sport (Zone-East) US Panda B52 (Zone-West) Etoile de Kivu (Zone-South Central) |
Most championships | RC Kinshasa (2 titles) |
Current: 2023-24 |
Linafoot Ligue 2 also called Vodacom Ligue 2 (for sponsorship reasons), is an annual football competition played by Congolese amateur football clubs and organized by Congolese Association Football Federation. This national competition, created in 2012, is still struggling to win in such a vast country, where the local and provincial championships remain extremely popular.
In order to best respond to the problem of distance and to reduce travel costs for the teams, the single pool solution has been ruled out in favor of a classic phase consisting of 3 groups divided into zones.[1][2]
Previous winners
[edit]Season | Zone East | Zone West | Zone South Central |
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2018–19 | OC Bukavu Dawa | RC Kinshasa | FC Simba Kolwezi |
2019–20 | TS Malekesa | JS Kinshasa | Blessing Kolwezi |
2020–21 | Etoile de Kivu[3] | AS Kuya Sport | US Panda B5 Likasi |
References
[edit]- ^ "Le calendrier de la première édition de la division 2 du championnat national de football". stade.cd. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.(in French)
- ^ "Linafoot : Les 30 équipes engagées en division 2 réparties dans 3 zones". stade.cd. August 29, 2018. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.(in French)
- ^ "Étoile du Kivu célèbre sa montée en Ligue 1 au détriment de Kabasha" [Etoile du Kivu celebrates its rise in Ligue 1 at the expense of Kabasha]. laplumeinfos.net. 21 July 2017. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.(in French)