Kinshasa, December 7th, 2025 (CPA). –The Leopards U15 of the Democratic Republic of Congo are expected in Libreville, Gabon, from December 10th to 16th for a school tournament organized by the Union of Central African Football Federations (Uniffac), the CPA learned on Sunday from the Congolese Football Association (Fecofa). “Four nations, namely host country Gabon, the DRC, the Republic of Congo, and Sao Tome-Principe, will take part in the Central African Football Union’s under-15 school championship from December 10 to 16, 2025, in Libreville, Gabon,” the statement read. The tournament will be held in two versions: men’s and women’s. Three venues in Libreville have been selected to host the various training seminars, with a view to boosting the confidence of the next generation by training young people in refereeing and coaching, sports medicine, sports journalism (young reporters) and digital media, as well as road safety and child protection (safeguarding).
Consolidating the foundations for the future of Congolese soccer
As the representative of UNIFAC in the final phase of the CAF African School Championship in Accra in 2025, the DRC will be at the starting line of the Libreville campaign, with the ambition of securing another qualifying spot for the next edition. According to the Fecofa website, the latter continues to work on a major project to identify pure talent in order to strengthen the foundations of Congolese football by creating a national soccer center. Therefore, if the foundation is solid, the architecture of the house will fully meet sustainability standards, under the responsibility of Fecofa’s National Technical Directorate (DTN), in collaboration with the National Women’s Football League (Linaff) and the National Youth Football League (LINAFJ).