| Full name | Amicale Sportive Dragons |
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| Founded | 1938; 88 years ago (1938) |
| Ground | Stade Cardinal Malula Kinshasa,DR Congo |
| Capacity | 24,000 |
| Chairman | Édouard Mwe di Malila Apenela |
| Manager | Lili Lumande |
| League | Linafoot Ligue 2 |
| 2018–19 | Linafoot, 15th, Relegated |
Amicale Sportive Dragons is aCongolesefootball club based inKinshasa.[1] As of the 2007–08 season they play in theLinafoot league, the top level of professional football in DR Congo.[1] Their home games are played atStade 24 Novembre. In the past, the club was also calledAmicale Sportive Bilima.
The club was founded in 1938 under the name AS Bilima. After the independence of the country from Belgium in June 1960, the team developed into a leading Club, which was proved when it won its first championship in 1965. Subsequently, a domination between the trio AS Vita Club, Imana Kinshasa and Tout Puissant Mazembe developed which was hard to break. 1969 the congolese businessmanEdouard Mwe di Malila Apenela started managing As Dragons as their president and donator. By his arrival he brought players like Pembele Ngunze, Magie Mafwala and Romain Bamuleke. Thanks to his financial and moral engagement the team could reach the finals of theAfrican Cup of Champions Clubs, after its second championship title 1979 and 1980. The Cameroonian opponentCanon Yaoundé could win the finals. After a further title 1982 the team gild its fourth championship title by reaching again the finals 1984 in theAfrican Cup of Champions Clubs. But the opponentFAR Rabatt was too strong. In the 1990s the club was namedAmicale Sportive Bilima, simplyAS Bilima and won for several times theCoupe du Congo. But the team couldn't tie on the former achievements. Later the businessmanEdouard Mwe di Malila Apenela left the title of president to pass on the control to others. He remains in the club as donator and as the president of the supreme committee. Currently Lili Lumande is the president of the club.[2][3]
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