Football Club Saint-Éloi Lupopo is a Congolese professional football club based in Lubumbashi. Their home games are played at Stade Kibassa Maliba. FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo drew an average home attendance of 4,369 in the 2018-19 Linafoot season.
Honours Linafoot Winners (6): 1958, 1968, 1981, 1986, 1990, 2002 Runner-up (3): 2005, 2006, 2009, 2025 Coupe du Congo Winners (3): 1961, 1968, 2015 Runner-up (3): 2007, 2014, 2017 SuperCoupe du Congo Winners (1): 2002 Runner-up (1): 2015 Katanga Provincial League (LIFKAT) Winners (5): 1946, 1950, 2001, 2003, 2008 EUFLU (Lubumbashi) Winners (6): 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 2002, 2009
Performance in CAF competitions CAF Champions League: 4 appearances 2003 – Second Round 2006 – Second Round 2007 – Preliminary Round 2010 – First Round
African Cup of Champions Clubs: 4 appearances 1969 – Quarter-Finals 1982 – Semi-Finals 1987 – Second Round 1991 – First Round
CAF Confederation Cup: 5 appearances 2005 – First Round of 16 2006 – Group Stage 2011 – First Round of 16 2012 – First Round 2016 – First Round
CAF Super Cup: 0 appearances
Incidents at Matches
During a match with TP Mazembe in 2011, 14 people were killed during a stampede after spectators invaded the pitch as TP Mazembe equalized the score.
Most famous player: Pierre Mwana Kasongo who also played for Daring Faucons (Motema Pembe), was the first African player to become the top scorer in Belgium as he played for CS vervietois in 1962–63. He also played for ARA La Gantoise in Belgium. Mwana Kasongo successfully managed St Eloi Lupopo, TP Mazembe, Ruwenzori Natioanal, Makiso, Nika, Bilombe, and Sanga Balende, as well as the Leopards du Zaire. He was the first Congolese to be qualified as a Manager from the Académie Française de Football in France. He died on 13 January 1986 as he was managing St Eloi Lupopo.
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