| Confed: | CAF (Africa) |
| Founded: | 1958 |
| Teams: | 20 |
| Relegation: | Linafoot Ligue 2 |
| Levels: | 1 |
| Domest Cup: | Coupe du Congo |
| Confed Cup: | CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup |
| Champions: | TP Mazembe (20 titles) |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Most Successful Club: | TP Mazembe (20 titles) |
| Top Goalscorer: | Tresor Mputu (144 goals) |
| Current: | 2024–25 Linafoot |
The Vodacom Ligue 1 is the top division of the Congolese Association Football Federation, the governing body of football in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1958. In 2013, the highest attendance was set in the match DC Motema Pembe – AS Vita Club, which saw an attendance of 80,000 football fans at Stade des Martyrs. TP Mazembe is the most successful club with 20 titles.
In 2010 the competition was renamed the Vodacom Super League following the signing of a five-year sponsorship deal with communications company Vodacom.[1]
Association ranking for 2020–21 CAF Champions League and 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup) from 2016 to 2019–20.
| Rank | Association | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2019 | Mvt | CC | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 2 | 3 | +1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 3 | 1 | –2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 4 | 5 | +1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 5 | 4 | –1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 6 | 6 | — | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4.5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 | |||
| 7 | 7 | — | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 8 | 9 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 9 | 10 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 10 | 11 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 | |||
Champions so far were:[2]
| Club | City | Titles | Years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TP Mazembe (Includes TP Engelbert) | Lubumbashi | 20 | 1966, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1987, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024 |
| 2 | Kinshasa | 15 | 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2003, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2021 | |
| 3 | DC Motema Pembe (Includes CS Imana) | Kinshasa | 12 | 1963, 1964, 1974, 1978, 1989, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2008 |
| 4 | Lubumbashi | 6 | 1958, 1968, 1981, 1986, 1990, 2002 | |
| 5 | AS Dragons (Includes AS Bilima) | Kinshasa | 4 | 1965, 1979, 1982, 1984 |
| 6 | SM Sanga Balende | Mbuji-Mayi | 1 | 1983 |
| US Tshinkunku | Kananga | 1 | 1985 | |
| SCOM Mikishi | Lubumbashi | 1 | 1991 | |
| US Bilombe | Bukavu | 1 | 1992 | |
| AS Bantous | Mbuji-Mayi | 1 | 1995 |
| Season | Country | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 |  | 19 | |||
| 2003 | | 8 | |||
| 2004 | | 34 | |||
| 2005 | | 22 | |||
| 2006 | | 15 | |||
| 2007 | | 15 | |||
| 2008 | | 16 | |||
| 2009 | | 27 | |||
| 2012 | 23 | ||||
| 2013 | | Tady Agiti Etkiama | AS Vita Club | 13 | |
| 2013–14 | 15 | ||||
| 2014–15 |  | 14 | |||
| 2015–16 | Chavda Maïsha | Sharks XI | 12 | ||
| 2016–17 | | 18 | |||
| 2017–18 | | 24 | |||
| 2018–19 | | 24 | |||
| 2019–20 | | 12 | |||
| 2021–22 | | 9 | |||
| 2023–24 |  | Fily Traore | TP Mazembe | 19 |