{{short description|Association football club in DR Congo}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = AS Vita | nickname = ''Les Dauphins Noirs'' (The Black Dolphins)<br>''V.Club''<ref name="nickname">{{Cite web |url=https://footnickname.wordpress.com/2021/08/23/606-as-vita-club-v-club/|title=#606 – AS Vita Club : V.Club |date=6 November 2024 | language=fr | publisher=Footnickname |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> | ground = [[Stade Tata Raphaël]] | capacity = 60,000<ref>https://www.mbokamosika.com/article-28758430.html</ref> | pattern_la1 = | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_ra2 = | leftarm1 = 000000 | leftarm2 = ffff00 | body1 = 40C050 | body2 = ffff00 | rightarm1 = 000000 | rightarm2 = ffff00 | shorts1 = 40C050 | shorts2 = 000000 | socks1 = 40C050 | socks2 = 000000 | image = AS Vita Club (logo).png | image_size = 150px | fullname = Association Sportive Vita Club | founded = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|1935|1|1}} | chrtitle = President | chairman = [[Flory Mapamboli]] | manager = [[Pascal Grosbois]] | league = [[Linafoot]] | position = Linafoot, 8th of 20 | season = [[2024–25 Linafoot|2024–25]] | current = 2024–25 Linafoot | website = | pattern_b1 = }}
'''Association Sportive Vita Club''', more commonly known as '''AS Vita Club''', '''AS V. Club''' or simply '''Vita Club''', is a Congolese professional [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Kinshasa]].
==History== AS Vita Club was founded in 1935 by [[Honoré Essabe]] under the name of ''Renaissance'' in rue Usoke n° 73 in Kinshasa.
The name changed in 1939 into ''Diables Rouges'', in 1942 into ''Victoria Club'' and finally in 1971 to ''Vita Club''. On 17 December 1976 it took the official statue of the omnisports club with many sections:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vclub-cd.com/menu-icons/equipe/historique.html |title=AS Vita Club history |publisher=AS Vita Club official website |date=4 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213025853/http://www.vclub-cd.com/menu-icons/equipe/historique.html |archive-date=13 February 2014 }}</ref> * Football * Basketball * Handball * [[Soft tennis|Nantei]] * Volleyball
==Honours==
AS Vita Club is one of the most successful teams of the DR Congo, having won many national and international titles.<ref>{{cite web|title=AS Vita Club titles |url=http://www.vclub-cd.com/menu-icons/equipe/palmares.html |work=vclub-cd.com |publisher=AS Vita Club official website |access-date=October 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110054803/http://www.vclub-cd.com/menu-icons/equipe/palmares.html |archive-date=January 10, 2013 }}</ref>
=== National === *'''[[Linafoot]]''' ** '''Champions (15):''' 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2003, 2010, [[2014–15 Linafoot|2014–15]], [[2017–18 Linafoot|2017–18]], [[2020–21 Linafoot|2020–21]] *'''[[Coupe du Congo (DR Congo)|Coupe du Congo]]''' ** '''Champions (10): '''1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 2001, 2024 *'''[[DR Congo Super Cup|Super Coupe du Congo]]''' ** '''Champions: '''2015 *'''Challenge Papa Kalala Cup''' ** '''Champions (2): '''1982, 1983
=== International === *'''[[CAF Champions League|African Cup of Champions Clubs / CAF Champions League]]''' ** '''Champions:''' [[1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1973]]
=== Regional=== *'''[[:fr:Entente provinciale de football de Kinshasa|EPFKIN]]''' (Kinshasa) ** '''Champions (33):''' 1937, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1984, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011 *'''Super Coupe de Kinshasa''' ** '''Champions (3):''' 2002, 2005, 2006
==Performance in CAF competitions== *'''[[African Cup of Champions Clubs]] / [[CAF Champions League]]: 14 appearances''' The club have 8 appearances in [[African Cup of Champions Clubs]] from 1971 to 1995 and 6 appearances in [[CAF Champions League]] from 1998 till now. {{Col-begin}} {{Col-3}} ::[[African Cup of Champions Clubs 1971|1971]] – Second Round ::[[African Cup of Champions Clubs 1973|1973]] – '''Champion''' ::[[African Cup of Champions Clubs 1974|1974]] – Second Round ::[[African Cup of Champions Clubs 1975|1975]] – Second Round ::[[African Cup of Champions Clubs 1978|1978]] – Semi-Finals {{Col-3}} ::[[African Cup of Champions Clubs 1981|1981]] – ''Finalist'' ::[[African Cup of Champions Clubs 1989|1989]] – Second Round ::[[African Cup of Champions Clubs 1995|1995]] – First Round ::[[CAF Champions League 1998|1998]] – First Round ::[[CAF Champions League 2004|2004]] – Second Round {{Col-3}} ::[[2011 CAF Champions League|2011]] – First Round ::[[2012 CAF Champions League|2012]] – First Round ::[[2013 CAF Champions League|2013]] – First Round ::[[2014 CAF Champions League|2014]] – Runners-up {{Col-end}}
*'''[[CAF Confederation Cup]]: 3 appearances''' ::[[CAF Confederation Cup 2008|2008]] – First Round of 16 ::[[CAF Confederation Cup 2009|2009]] – Group Stage ::[[CAF Confederation Cup 2010|2010]] – First Round of 16 ::[[CAF Confederation Cup 2018|2018]] – ''Finalist''
*'''[[CAF Cup]]: 2 appearances''' ::1996 – Semi-Finals ::1999 – Second Round
*'''[[CAF Cup Winners' Cup]]: 6 appearances''' {{Col-begin}} {{Col-3}} ::1976 – Semi-Finals ::1979 – Quarter-Finals {{Col-3}} ::1982 – Quarter-Finals ::1983 – Quarter-Finals {{Col-3}} ::1984 – Second Round ::2002 – Quarter-Finals {{Col-end}}
==Current squad== {{Updated|7 november 2024}} {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|pos=GK|nat=BFA|name=[[Farid Ouédraogo]]}} {{Fs player|no=3|pos=DF|nat=MLI|name=[[Siaka Bagayoko]]}} {{Fs player|no=4|pos=DF|nat=COD|name=[[Yannick Bangala]] ([[captain (association football)|captain]])}} {{Fs player|no=5|pos=DF|nat=FRA|name=[[Glen Matondo]]}} {{Fs player|no=8|pos=FW|nat=COD|name=[[Héritier Luvumbu]]}} {{Fs player|no=9|pos=FW|nat=COD|name=[[Glody Beyuku Munsi]]}} {{Fs player|no=10|pos=MF|nat=MLI|name=[[Aboubacar Diarra]]}} {{Fs player|no=11|pos=MF|nat=ZAF|name=[[Mahlatsi Makudubela]]}} {{Fs player|no=12|pos=DF|nat=COD|name=[[Ayrton Mboko]]}} {{Fs player|no=13|pos=DF|nat=CMR|name=[[Pascal Eboussi]]}} {{Fs player|no=15|pos=FW|nat=GHA|name=[[Denis Modzaka]]}} {{Fs player|no=17|pos=FW|nat=COM|name=[[Affane Djambae]]}} {{Fs player|no=18|pos=GK|nat=UGA|name=[[Keni Saidi]]}} {{Fs player|no=20|pos=DF|nat=COD|name=[[Edouard Apataki]]}} {{Fs player|no=22|pos=DF|nat=COD|name=[[Henoc Lolendo Mansanga]]}} {{Fs player|no=23|pos=MF|nat=SEN|name=[[Seck Mamadou]]}} {{Fs player|no=24|pos=DF|nat=CMR|name=[[Patrick Etoga]]}} {{Fs player|no=25|pos=FW|nat=NGA|name=[[Olorunshola Abayomi]]}} {{Fs player|no=27|pos=MF|nat=COD|name=[[Exaucé Kabeya Kanyinda]]}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=28|pos=MF|nat=BEN|name=[[Ibrahim Ogoulola]]}} {{Fs player|no=29|pos=FW|nat=COD|name=[[William Likuta]]}} {{Fs player|no=30|pos=GK|nat=CMR|name=[[Junior Dande]]}} {{Fs player|no=31|pos=FW|nat=COD|name=[[Emile Kalume]]}} {{Fs player|no=32|pos=MF|nat=COD|name=[[Kevine Makoko]]}} {{Fs player|no=33|pos=MF|nat=COD|name=[[Merveille Kikasa]]}} {{Fs player|no=34|pos=DF|nat=COD|name=[[Jeancy Ngaliema Tampo]]}} {{Fs player|no=36|pos=DF|nat=COD|name=[[Patou Simbi Ebunga|Patou Ebunga]]}} {{Fs player|no=37|pos=MF|nat=COD|name=[[Mardochée Bofaya Mokanga]]}} {{Fs player|no=38|pos=MF|nat=COD|name=[[Amos Ngoy Kabangu]]}} {{Fs player|no=39|pos=MF|nat=COD|name=[[Sauveur Nzanga Malamu]]}} {{Fs player|no=-|pos=MF|nat=COD|name=[[Dieu-Merci Lukombe]]}} {{Fs player|no=-|pos=DF|nat=SEN|name=[[Dione Bassirou]]}} {{Fs player|no=-|pos=DF|nat=COD|name=[[Djuma Shabani]]}} {{Fs player|no=-|pos=DF|nat=CGO|name=[[Varel Rozan]]}} {{Fs player|no=-|pos=MF|nat=COD|name=[[Isaac Diendelay]]}} {{Fs player|no=-|pos=MF|nat=COD|name=[[Ephraïm Lombo]]}} {{Fs player|no=-|pos=FW|nat=COD|name=[[Chico Ushindi]]}} {{Fs end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Linafoot}} {{CAF Champions League winners}}
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