- Congo DR at the FIFA World Cup
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Congo DR national football team (formerly the Zaire national football team) have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on one occasion in 1974 when they were known as Zaire. They were the first black African team to participate in a World Cup Finals.
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World Cup Record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 1930 to 1970 Did not enter 1974 Round 1 16 3 0 0 3 0 14 1978 to 1982 Did not qualify 1986 Did not enter 1990 to 2010 Did not qualify Total 1/9(19) 3 0 0 3 0 14 Zaire at West Germany 1974
Zaire
Head coach: Blagoja Vidinić
No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Mwamba Kazadi 6 March 1947 (aged 27) Mazembe Lubumbashi 2 DF Ilunga Mwepu 22 August 1949 (aged 24) Mazembe Lubumbashi 3 DF Mwanza Mukombo 17 December 1945 (aged 28) Mazembe Lubumbashi 4 DF Tshimen Bwanga 4 January 1949 (aged 25) Mazembe Lubumbashi 5 DF Boba Lobilo 10 April 1950 (aged 24) AS Vita Kinshasa 6 MF Massamba Kilasu 22 December 1950 (aged 23) FC Bilima 7 MF Kamunda Tshinabu 8 May 1946 (aged 28) Mazembe Lubumbashi 8 MF Mambwene Mana 10 October 1947 (aged 26) Imana Kinshasa 9 MF Uba Kembo Kembo 27 December 1947 (aged 26) AS Vita Kinshasa 10 MF Mantantu Kidumu 17 November 1946 (aged 27) Imana Kinshasa 11 DF Babo Kabasu 4 March 1950 (aged 24) FC Bilima 12 GK Dimbi Tubilandu 15 March 1948 (aged 26) AS Vita Kinshasa 13 MF Mulamba Ndaye 4 November 1948 (aged 25) AS Vita Kinshasa 14 FW Adelard Mayanga Maku 31 October 1948 (aged 25) AS Vita Kinshasa 15 MF Mafu Kibonge 12 February 1945 (aged 29) AS Vita Kinshasa 16 DF Mialo Mwape 30 December 1951 (aged 22) Nyiki Lubumbashi 17 MF Kafula Ngoie 11 November 1945 (aged 28) Mazembe Lubumbashi 18 FW Mafuila Mavuba 15 December 1949 (aged 24) AS Vita Kinshasa 19 FW Ekofa Mbungu 24 November 1948 (aged 25) Imana Kinshasa 20 FW Kalala Ntumba 7 January 1949 (aged 25) AS Vita Kinshasa 21 FW Etepe Kakoko 22 November 1950 (aged 23) Imana Kinshasa 22 GK Otepa Kalambay 12 November 1948 (aged 25) Mazembe Lubumbashi Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Yugoslavia 3 1 2 0 10 1 +9 4 Brazil 3 1 2 0 3 0 +3 4 Scotland 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 4 Zaire 3 0 0 3 0 14 −14 0 - Yugoslavia beat Brazil, who in turn beat Scotland, by better goal difference
14 June 1974
19:30 CETZaire 0 – 2 Scotland Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)Report Lorimer 26'
Jordan 34'
18 June 1974
19:30 CETYugoslavia 9 – 0 Zaire Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Omar Delgado Gómez (Colombia)Bajević 8', 30', 81'
Džajić 14'
Šurjak 18'
Katalinski 22'
Bogićević 35'
Oblak 61'
Petković 65'Report
22 June 1974
16:00 CETZaire 0 – 3 Brazil Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)Report Jairzinho 12'
Rivelino 66'
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