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| Lomana LuaLua to return for DR Congo says coach Le Roy | |
BBC Sport - February 23, 2012 | |
 | DR Congo coach Claude Le Roy says he expects striker Lomana LuaLua to return to the national team. The Blackpool star had stopped playing for the Leopards, but changed his mind after a personal request from the coach. He expects him to be part of the squad for their Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers with Seychelles next week. |
| TP Mazembe Players Play Key Roles as Zambia Wins Africa Cup of Nations | |
Congo News Agency - February 12, 2012 | |
 | Zambia has won the Africa Cup of Nations by beating favorites Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties to bring the trophy back to Southern Africa sixteen years after South Africa won the premier continental football championship. After TP Mazembe's Rainford Kalaba missed his penalty kick, another TP Mazembe player, Stopilla Sunzu, scored to win it all for the Chipolopolo. |
| TP Mazembe back in Champions League | |
BBC Sport - October 17, 2011 | |
 | Holders TP Mazembe will return to the African Champions League next season after winning the DR Congo league. Mazembe beat Motema Pembe 2-0 on Sunday to open up a four-point lead at the top of the table with just one match left. |
| Youssouf Mulumbu retires from international football | |
Patrice Citera | BBC Sport - September 22, 2011 | |
 | Youssouf Mulumbu has announced his retirement from international football to concentrate on his career with his English club West Bromwich Albion. Fecofa confirmed it had received a letter from Mulumbu about his future. "It is with regret that I write to let you know about my decision to withdraw definitively from international football with immediate effect," he wrote. |
| Reigning Champions TP Mazembe purchase a second plane | |
Patrice Citera | BBC Sport - September 19, 2011 | |
 | Reigning African Champions TP Mazembe have started preparing for a come-back to continental football by purchasing a second plane. The MD-83 model with 140 seats landed in Lubumbashi on Sunday. Club chairman Moise Katumbi told the media that purchasing a second one was in line with their ambition to become the continent's greatest club. |
| Mbokani to rejoin DR Congo squad after coach lifts ban | |
Patrice Citera | BBC Sport - September 9, 2011 | |
 | DR Congo coach Claude LeRoy has said that he will recall Anderlecht striker Dieumerci Mbokani to the national team. LeRoy's predecessor Robert Nouzaret, who resigned last week, had vowed that Mbokani would never play for the national team as long as he was coach. |
| Leopards to Miss 2012 Africa Cup of Nations | |
Congo News Agency - September 4, 2011 | |
 | The Leopards will miss next year’s Africa Cup of Nations finals following a 2-0 loss to Senegal on Saturday in Dakar. The loss leaves the Leopards in third place in Group E with 7 points. With only one game left to play, they can no hope to qualify as one of the two best runner-ups who will join the winners of each group. |
| Claude LeRoy signs a contract to coach DR Congo again | |
BBC Sport - September 2, 2011 | |
 | Claude LeRoy has signed a three-year contract to coach the DR Congo for a second time. He is aiming to be in the dugout for Saturday's 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Senegal although only to help Santos Mutubile, who will be in overall charge. |
| Robert Nouzaret quits as DR Congo coach | |
BBC Sport - August 31, 2011 | |
 | Robert Nouzaret has quit as coach of DR Congo just days before their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Senegal. The move comes after he fell out with the DR Congo football federation (Fecofa) over team selection. |
| DC Motema Pembe beat JS Kabylie 2-0 in Confed Cup | |
BBC Sport - August 27, 2011 | |
 | Former African champions JS Kabylie of Algeria are out of contention in the Confederation Cup following a 2-0 loss in DR Congo to DC Motema Pembe. Motema Pembe are still in with a chance of claiming a semi-final spot with seven points from their four games. |
