Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mukupera kwema1960 nekutanga kwema1970, mutongi weZaierian Mobutu Sese Seko akaisa mari yakawanda muchikwata chenyika chenhabvu. Yakatungamirira kukubudirira kwenyika yose, neZaire ichikunda African Cup of Nations muna 1968
uye muna March 1974, mwedzi mitatu bedzi pamberi pokuoneka kwavo paWorld Cup. Pashure pokukwanirisa nokuda kwe 1974 FIFA World Cup muna December 1973, vatambi vakapiwa mumwe nomumwe motokari neimba naMobutu.