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      Football is the most popular sport played in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The national football team has won the African Cup of Nations twice: in 1968 and 1974 under the nations' former name Zaire. The national team qualified for the World Cup in 1974, their only appearance in that tournament.


      Domestic football


      At club level, in the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup, TP Mazembe made history as the first ever African club to reach a FIFA tournament final, beating the 2010 Copa Libertadores champions SC Internacional in the semifinals and losing to European Champions Internazionale in the final.


      International football


      Although DR Congo has had limited international success since the late 1970s, numerous players of Congolese descent have played professionally in Europe, including Romelu Lukaku, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Jonathan Ikoné, Michy Batshuayi, Youri Tielemans, Steve Mandanda, Tanguy Ndombele, Christian Benteke, Elio Capradossi, Sara Gama, Axel Tuanzebe, Isaac Kiese Thelin, José Bosingwa and Denis Zakaria.
      In international competitions, DR Congo has only qualified for three FIFA tournaments, the 1974 FIFA World Cup for the senior men's side, and the 2006 and 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cups, achieved by the U-20 women's side.


      The largest football stadiums




      See also


      DR Congo national football team
      DR Congo women's national football team
      Congolese Association Football Federation
      List of football stadiums in the Democratic Republic of the Congo


      References




      Further reading


      Van Peel, Bénédict (2001). "Aux débuts du football congolais". In Vellut, Jean-Luc (ed.). Itinéraires croisés de la modernité : Congo belge, 1920-1950. Tervuren: Cahiers Africains. pp. 141–188. ISBN 2747505766.

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