TP Mazembe Football: The Ravens of Lubumbashi, Their Titles and African Stars

TP Mazembe are five times champions of Africa, the Lubumbashi club from the Democratic Republic of Congo that won the African Cup of Champions Clubs and its successor, the CAF Champions League, in 1967, 1968, 2009, 2010 and 2015. Founded on 28 November 1939 and nicknamed Les Corbeaux (the Ravens), Mazembe became the first African club to reach a FIFA Club World Cup final, on 18 December 2010. That record is why the name travels so far, and why it carries as much weight with soccer followers in Johannesburg and Pretoria as it does with fans in Lagos, Accra, Nairobi and Kampala.

Mazembe's history connects their school origins in 1939 with their African titles and their 2010 Club World Cup final. The live numbers sit in the modules above, and the Tp Mazembe fixtures list every scheduled match with its kick off time.

Who Are TP Mazembe, the Ravens of Lubumbashi?

TP Mazembe are the club of Lubumbashi, the big city in the south east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and their full name carries a boast. The letters TP stand for Tout Puissant, French for All Powerful, a prefix the club added after going through the 1966 league season unbeaten to win the title. Supporters answer to three nicknames for the side: Les Corbeaux (the Ravens), Les Badiangwena and The Baba Boys.

Mazembe's African championship wins in 1967, 1968, 2009, 2010 and 2015 give readers in Nigeria a historical reference when following CAF club competition.

What Have TP Mazembe Won?

TP Mazembe have won Africa's premier club competition five times, and those titles fall into two clear eras: the back to back wins of 1967 and 1968, then the modern run of 2009, 2010 and 2015. The 2015 title came against USM Alger, beaten 4 to 1 on aggregate in the final. Around those crowns sit the African Cup Winners' Cup in 1980, the CAF Confederation Cup in 2016 and 2017, and the CAF Super Cup in 2010, 2011 and 2016. At home, Mazembe won the Congo Cup in 1966, 1967, 1976, 1979 and 2000, and the DR Congo Super Cup in 2013, 2014 and 2016. The table below sets the honours out by competition, so both eras read at a glance.

How Did Mazembe Reach the 2010 Club World Cup Final?

Mazembe reached the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup final by beating Pachuca of Mexico 1 to 0 and Internacional of Brazil 2 to 0, the first time an African club had gone that far. The year before, at the 2009 tournament, they lost 2 to 1 to Pohang Steelers in the quarter final and 3 to 2 to Auckland City in the match for fifth place, finishing sixth. But, the leap from sixth place to the final inside twelve months is the part of the story I would underline.

The win over Internacional is the defining match in the club's history, in my opinion. The final itself, on 18 December 2010, went to Inter Milan by 3 to 0. The 2010 semi final victory over Internacional secured Mazembe's place in the final, the evening a club from an African league stood one game away from the world title.

From Saint-Georges to Tout Puissant: The History in Brief

TP Mazembe began on 28 November 1939 as FC Saint-Georges, a side founded by Benedictine monks at the Institut Saint-Boniface in Élisabethville, the city now called Lubumbashi. The club became Saint Paul FC in 1944 and later took the name FC Englebert, after a tyre manufacturer that sponsored the team. The 1960s turned a local club into a continental one. The unbeaten league title of 1966 brought the Tout Puissant prefix, the Congo Cup arrived the same year, and the African titles of 1967 and 1968 followed.

Moïse Katumbi Chapwe brought Mazembe back to African competition following an absence of 18 years. The Congo Cup of 2000 was an early sign, and the Champions League titles of 2009 and 2010 confirmed the return. Then came the Club World Cup final, the Super Cups of 2010 and 2011, the 2015 continental crown and the Confederation Cup double of 2016 and 2017. Four decades separate the second African title from the third.

Where Do Mazembe Play, and Who Owns the Club?

In 2026, Stade TP Mazembe in Lubumbashi was listed with a capacity of 18,500, and Moïse Katumbi Chapwe was listed as owner and chairman. The stadium is known for packed home matches, and in my opinion its size works in the club's favour, because a full ground of that scale feels close and loud for visiting sides. Katumbi's ownership is the thread that runs through the modern era, from the return to African football to the titles that followed. For planning, it helps to know that Lubumbashi keeps the same clock as South Africa, so a home kick off reads the same in SAST.

Which Famous Players Have Worn the Mazembe Shirt?

Trésor Mputu's recorded club total stood at 206 goals in 2026. A tally like that, built at one club, is the kind of record that settles arguments, and I think it explains why Mputu is the first player Congolese supporters reach for when the club's greats come up. To identify Mazembe players by role or jersey number, consult the squad module above; later scoring totals belong in the updating records module.

For Kenyan and Ugandan readers, the pull is East African. Mbwana Samatta and Thomas Ulimwengu, both from Tanzania, wore the Mazembe shirt, and their spells in Lubumbashi gave the region a reason to follow a Congolese club week after week. So, Samatta remains the reason many searches for Mazembe begin in Nairobi and Kampala. For Ghanaian and Nigerian players, the lesson is the same one I keep returning to: a big African club with a continental schedule can be a shop window, and a player who shines against Mazembe in a CAF tie has a performance worth showing anyone.

How Do You Follow TP Mazembe Fixtures and Results From Africa?

Mazembe play in two worlds: the Linafoot, the top flight of DR Congo football, and the CAF club competitions, mainly the Champions League and, in some seasons, the Confederation Cup. The fixtures module lists scheduled games with the competition and venue, and the results module shows completed scores, so read the competition column first to know which campaign a match belongs to. Times are shown in all four zones; a 15:00 kick off in Lubumbashi is 13:00 GMT, 14:00 WAT, 15:00 SAST and 16:00 EAT. Most fans across the five countries watch on mobile streams and CAF broadcasts, and the viewing options per country appear as data beside each fixture.

Who Are Mazembe's Biggest Rivals?

The biggest rivalry in Mazembe's world is with AS Vita Club of Kinshasa, a meeting of the capital in the west and Lubumbashi in the south east. It is a contest over who speaks for Congolese football, a little like Lagos and Abuja arguing over which city really represents Nigeria, with both sides proud and neither willing to give ground. In my opinion, it is the fixture that shows the depth of the Linafoot best, because both clubs have carried the country's name into African competition. When the two meet, the results module shows the score, and the history explains why the stands are full.

Why Do South African, Ghanaian and East African Clubs Keep Meeting Mazembe?

South Africans meet Mazembe most often through the late stages of the CAF Champions League, where Mamelodi Sundowns and other Pretoria and Johannesburg clubs regularly cross paths with the Ravens. That is why TP Mazembe vs Sundowns draws more searches in South Africa than any other Mazembe fixture, and the large Congolese community in South Africa adds a second audience to every meeting. North Africa supplies the other big tests, and the 2015 final against USM Alger, won 4 to 1 on aggregate, remains the clearest example of Mazembe beating one of the region's giants over two legs.

Ghanaian readers form the second largest audience, and Ghanaian clubs and players have met Mazembe in continental competition, which keeps interest high in Accra and Kumasi. For Nigerian, Kenyan and Ugandan sides, the Confederation Cup and the early Champions League rounds are the usual meeting ground, so a draw against Lubumbashi is one of the biggest away trips a club from those leagues can be handed. Before any CAF draw, check the fixtures module for the confirmed opponent and date, then set the kick off in your own zone, because a match that suits SAST can land an hour earlier in Lagos and an hour later in Nairobi.