TP Mazembe (women)

TP Mazembe
Full nameTout Puissant Mazembe
Nickname(s)Les Corbeaux (The Ravens)
Les Badiangwena (The Badiangwena)
The Baba Boys
Founded2020 (2020)
GroundStade TP Mazembe
Capacity18,500
presidentJeff Kapondo
coachLamia Boumehdi
LeagueDR Congo women's football championship
Websitehttp://www.tpmazembe.com

Tout Puissant Mazembe, commonly referred to as TP Mazembe is a Congolese Women's association football club competing in the Congolese Women's Championship. The club is based in the city of Lubumbashi and plays its matches at the Stade TP Mazembe in the Kamalondo neighborhood.

They won the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League to lift their first continental title.[1]

History

The women's section of TP Mazembe was established on September 28, 2020. The team quickly achieved success by winning the Lubumbashi championship and the Haut-Katanga championship in 2021, just a few months after its creation.[2]

On March 2, 2022, the club achieved a record-breaking 43–0 victory against FC Œcuménique in the EUFLU (local championship of Lubumbashi). The Corbeaux then won the Haut-Katanga championship for the second consecutive time, securing qualification for the Coupe du Congo. On June 28, 2022, the club claimed its first national title by defeating CFS Bikira in the Coupe du Congo final.[3]

This triumph enabled TP Mazembe to represent the Democratic Republic of Congo in the UNIFFAC zone tournament, a qualifying event for the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League. The Congolese team dominated the Cameroonian team, AS Awa, in the final (2-1) and qualified for the final phase in Morocco.[4]

On 29 March 2023, the club appointed Lamia Boumehdi,[5] the former coach of the Morocco women's national under-20 football team, to lead the team.[6] In her inaugural season, Lamia guided the team to victory in the 2022-23 Congolese Women's Championship. This accomplishment marked their second consecutive qualification for the prestigious CAF Women's Champions League.[7] They won their first continental title at the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League defeating ASFAR from Morocco 1-0 in the final.[8]

Current squad

As of 10 November 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  COD Fideline Ngoy
2 DF  COD Bélange Vukulu
3 FW  COD Wivine Makasi
4 DF  MWI Chimwemwe Madise [9]
5 DF  COD Benie Kubiena
6 FW  COD Béatrice Apenjonga
7 MF  EQG Elena Obono
8 FW  ANG Marta Lacho
9 FW  CIV Lagoali Kreto
10 FW  COD Merveille Kanjinga
11 FW  COD Émeraude Mawanda
12 FW  RSA Kgalebane Mohlakoana
13 MF  COD Deborah Boleki
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF  COD Alphonsine Kapinga
15 FW  COD Esther Dikisha
16 DF  CGO Minchelle Ondze
17 MF  ANG Sara Luvunga
18 MF  COD Sarrive Badiambila
19 DF  NGA Glory Edet
20 GK  EQG Dolores Hernández
21 GK  COD Brigitte Ngamita
22 DF  COD Natacha Boyengwa
23 MF  COD Marlène Kasaj
24 DF  CMR Ladifatou Ngambe
25 MF  GHA Thelma Baffour
26 DF  CMR Brigitte Moumazim

Honours

Domestic

Winners (3): 2022, 2023, 2024
  • DR Congo women's Cup:
Winners (1): 2022

Continental

Winners (1): 2024
  • UNIFFAC Women's Tournament:
Winners (2): 2022, 2024

References

  1. ^ Shelat, Neel. "TP Mazembe Shock Hosts To Win The 2024 CAF Women's Champions League". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  2. ^ "Foot-Féminin : TP Mazembe au top de la Ligue du Katanga". AFRICASPORT.ORG. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Coupe du Congo féminine : TP Mazembe sacrée championne". Lemag. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Ligue des Champions féminine: AS AWA FC éliminée par le Tout Puissant Mazembe - Allez Les Lions". 16 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Foot féminin: Lamia Boumehdi aux commandes des congolaises du TP Mazembe". 31 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Foot féminin : Une Marocaine sur le banc du TP Mazembé". 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Foot féminin: Lamia Boumehdi remporte son premier titre avec le TP Mazembe". 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  8. ^ "TP Mazembe reign as Queens of African women's club football". TP Mazembe reign as Queens of African women’s club football. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  9. ^ Kambuwe, Mabvuto (2024-11-25). "Chimwemwe Madise basks in Caf Women's Champions League glory". The Times Group. Retrieved 2025-02-27.