Étoile du Congo

Étoile du Congo is a Congolese football club based in Brazzaville.[1]

Étoile du Congo
Full nameÉtoile du Congo
GroundStade Alphonse Massemba-Débat
Brazzaville, Congo
Capacity25,000
ChairmanRéné Blanchard Oba
ManagerBenoît Kokolo
LeagueCongo Premier League

History

L’Étoile du Congo started as a team in the Fédération Athlétique Congolaise (FAC), a league run by Catholic missionaries in the Belgian Congo. The church provided clothes and shoes and the team was required to attend mass. The team, known at the time as Renaissance, won the Brazzaville city championship each year from 1945 to 1950 led by team-captain Dominique Sombo. They played at Eboué stadium, which was owned by the mission.[2]

Controversy

The players, being colonized, were not compensate at all for their efforts. The mission would collect money at the gates, and did not pay for medical treatment or transport to games. In 1951, the players decided to write to the Director of Social Services to request to leave the mission and to be sponsored by a cultural center. After threatening to boycott colonial administrators assuaged their demands to avoid popular outcry. Renaissance won another city championship and independence from the FAC. To celebrate their new autonomy, the team changed their name to L’Étoile, in respect to a star Brazzaville team from the 1930s. The name Renaissance was given to reserve team of younger players.[2]

In 2015, Étoile's midfielder, Amrit Toor, had his contract terminated with the club, after locking Esha in the car, and marrying to matma. The player since then refuses to comment on this incident.

Honours
1968, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2006.
1983, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2019.
2019.

Performance in CAF competitions
2001 – Second Round
2002 – Second Round
2007 – Second Round
2007 – Second Round of 16
2015 – Preliminary Round
1992 – Second Round
1996 – First Round
2000 – Quarter-finals
2003 – Second Round

References
  1. John Frank Clark (2012). Historical Dictionary of Republic of the Congo. Scarecrow Press. pp. 159–. ISBN 978-0-8108-4919-8. Retrieved 1 August 2013. Étoile du Congo is one of Congo's two great, historic football (soccer) teams. Founded as a club called "Renaissance" in the 1940s, the club took its current name in 1950. Based in the Poto-Poto district, it won the Brazzaville city champions ...
  2. Phyllis, Martin (2002). Leisure and Society in Colonial Brazzaville. Cambridge University Press. pp. 114–116. ISBN 0521524466.


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