Kinshasa, September 28th, 2025 (CPA). – The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) sports infrastructure construction projects for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been discussed between the Congolese President and the President of the organisation in New York, United States of America, according to information released on Saturday by the Congolese Presidency.
‘We have discussed FIFA’s various projects for DRC, including stadiums, infrastructure, arenas, pitches, schools and training,’ has declared Gianni Infantino after meeting with Felix Tshisekedi.
‘I am honoured to meet President Tshisekedi, who is passionate about football,’ he has added. Concerned about the current situation at the Congolese Football Association (Fecofa), where FIFA has appointed a Normalisation Committee (Conor), Mr Gianni Infantino has expressed to the President of the Republic FIFA’s desire to organise elections quickly and under the best possible conditions. Several stadiums are under construction in Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, as well as in the interior of the country, as part of the government’s programme focused on the construction and renovation of sports infrastructure, with a view to promoting the Congolese sports sector and its practitioners. This is the case for the Arena under construction next to the Martyrs of the Pentecost stadium and the Lumumba stadiums, currently undergoing renovation, in the cities of Matadi and Kisangani, chiefs towns of the provinces of Kongo-Central and Tshopo, not to mention the municipal stadiums in various cities across the country.