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| Full name | Association Sportive Vita Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Les Dauphins Noirs (The Black Dolphins) V.Club [1] | ||
| Founded | 1 January 1935 | ||
| Ground | Stade Tata Raphaël | ||
| Capacity | 80,000 | ||
| President | Bestine Kazadi | ||
| Manager | Raoul Shungu | ||
| League | Linafoot | ||
| 2021–22 | Linafoot, 2nd of 20 | ||
Association Sportive Vita Club, more commonly known as AS Vita Club, AS V. Club or simply Vita Club, is a Congolese professional football club based in Kinshasa.
AS Vita Club was founded in 1935 by Honoré Essabe under the name of Renaissance in rue Usoke n° 73 in Kinshasa.
The name changed in 1939 into Diables Rouges, in 1942 into Victoria Club and finally in 1971 to Vita Club. On 17 December 1976 it took the official statue of the omnisports club with many sections: [2]
AS Vita Club is one of the most successful teams of the DR Congo, having won many national and international titles. [3]
The club have 8 appearances in African Cup of Champions Clubs from 1971 to 1995 and 6 appearances in CAF Champions League from 1998 till now.
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