DRC Football: Mazembe announces its withdrawal from the Association of Football Leaders

Kinshasa, October 1^st, 2025 (CPA). – TP Mazembe of Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, in the South-East of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has announced its withdrawal from the Association of Football Leaders of Congo (ADFCO), CPA has learned on Wednesday from an administrative source. ‘(…) Consequently, we hereby inform you of our immediate withdrawal from the ADFCO,’ it is read. According to a letter dated September 30^th and signed by Frederic Kitenge and Damien Simbi, respectively secretary general and member of TP Mazembe, a copy of which has been received by CPA on Wednesday, the Englebert club has denounced what it has described as recent actions that have compromised the best interests of Congolese football, in particular the failure to comply with the roadmap of the Normalisation Committee of the Congolese Football Association (Fecofa) and the appointment, outside any electoral framework, of the members of the Management Committee of the National Football League (Linafoot), as well as the refusal to organise the national championship.