TP Mazembe withdraw from Congolese football clubs’ body

Former CAF Champions League winners TP Mazembe have withdrawn from their country’s Association of Managers of Congolese Football Clubs (ADFCO).

ADFCO comprises clubs and their leaders, a body different from the Central African country’s mother football governing authority, the Congolese Association Football Federation.

1 octobre 2025
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Dans une correspondance officielle, le #TPM a signifié au président de l’Association des Dirigeants des Clubs du Football Congolais (#ADFCO en sigle) son retrait immédiat de cette structure.

> Voici les raisons 🔗⤵️https://t.co/frO4cL2oME

— TP Mazembe (@TPMazembe) October 1, 2025

In a letter addressed to ADFCO, Mazembe general secretary, Frederic Kitenge, said the Lubumbashi-based team was unhappy with what it feels is a violation of statutes.

TP Mazembe withdraws in a written statement

“TP Mazembe is writing to notify you of its withdrawal from the ADFCO, a structure whose existence remains de facto and whose recent actions compromise the higher interest of Congolese football,” the letter reads.

“Indeed, despite the commitments made collectively, in particular the refusal of any resumption of the championship without prior elections, you have condoned, by your silence, manifest violations of the CONOR roadmap, which aims exclusively to continue the elections, and not to exercise prerogatives beyond its roadmap.

“The appointment of the members of the COGES LINAFOOT outside of any elective framework is a flagrant illustration of this.”

It is unclear as to how the decision of Lamine Ndiaye-coached side would affect them and the domestic league in the DRC.