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Tanzanian Premier League
Founded	1921; 103 years ago; (as "Dar es Salaam Football League"); 1965; 59 years ago (as "National League");
Country	Tanzania
Confederation	Confederation of African Football
Number of clubs	16
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Championship
Domestic cup(s)	Azam Sports Federation Cup;
International cup(s)	CAF Champions League; CAF Confederation Cup;
Current champions	Young Africans ; (2022–23)
Most championships	Young Africans (29 titles)
TV partners	Azam TV ; (live matches and highlights)
Website	ligikuu.co.tz
	Current: 2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League

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The Tanzania Mainland Premier League (Template:Lang-swh) is a top-level Tanzanian professional football league, governed by the Tanzania Football Federation.

History

The league was first organized in 1921 at Dar es Salaam.^[2] By 1929, it had six participants. In the 1930s, the league included street teams such as Arab Sports (Kariakoo) and New Strong Team (Kisutu), which were mostly composed of Arabs and Africans. The Sudanese community also had a team that joined the league in 1941. Other teams in its early history included the Khalsas, an exclusively Sikh team, and the Ilala Staff, a team of Ilalan residents. The Sudanese team broke up in the mid-1940s.

In 1942, clubs from public institutions such as the Government School, Post Office, Railways SC, King's African Rifles SC, Police SC, and Medical Department started to dominate the league. However, most teams disbanded in the aftermath of World War II, with many European players ceasing their participation in the league, and their clubs, which included Gymkhana Club, Police Club, King's African Rifles, and Railways, eventually withdrawing. Starting from the 1940s, they were replaced by African street teams such as Young Africans (Yanga) and Sunderland (known as Old Boys in 1942 and later to become Simba), as well as the Goan's Club manned by Goans, and the Agha Khan Club by Ismaili Khojas.

From this period onwards, Yanga and Sunderland gradually became the most popular and strongest clubs in Dar es Salaam. Yanga, founded in 1938, entered the first division of the league soon afterward and won four major cups in 1942. Sunderland joined the first division soon after Yanga and won four important trophies in 1946.

By 1955, the Dar es Salaam League had 38 registered clubs. It became the "National League" by 1965, incorporating most of the major teams in Tanzania. The name was later changed to the "First Division Soccer League" and to the "Premier League" in 1997. Tanzania Breweries became the sponsor of the championship, after which the League was called the Tanzania Breweries League (TBL). The contract with Breweries was terminated in 2001 after a conflict with the Tanzania Football Association. In 2002, a contract was signed with the telecommunication company Vodacom, which lasted until 2009, after which they were re-signed the same year.

Competition format

Competition

The Tanzanian Premier League (TPL) follows a typical double round-robin format: with each team playing the other twice, home and away. Each win earns three points, a draw earns a point for both teams, and a loss earns zero points.

Promotion & Relegation

The bottom two placed teams are automatically demoted to the Championship and are replaced by the winners and runners-up from the Championship. The third and fourth worst-ranked teams enter a play-off with the 3rd and 4th placed teams from the First Division.^[3]

International Competitions

Confederation of African Football (CAF) teams based in Tanzania compete in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup.

Recent positive performances by TPL clubs in continental competitions have seen Tanzania rise in the CAF 5-year ranking. As a result, more teams from the league have had the opportunity to compete on the continental stage.

CAF Champions League

The league champion qualifies for the CAF Champions League for the following season.

Starting in the 2021-22 season, the second-placed team from the previous season also qualifies for the CAF CL.

CAF Confederation Cup

Since the 2015–16 season, the winner of the Tanzania FA Cup has qualified for the CAF Confederations Cup. This qualification place had previously been awarded only to the runner-up in the Premier League.

From the 2021-22 season onwards, the champions of the FA Cup and the third-placed team in the Premier League have also qualified for the tournament.

Clubs

Starting from the 2018–19 season, the league was composed of 20 teams, which was further lowered to 18 in 2020 and then 16 in 2021.

2023-2024 season clubs

Geita Gold

Simba
Yanga
KMC
Azam

Mashujaa

JKT Tanzania

Ihefu

Dodoma

Singida FG

Tanzania Prisons

Coastal Union

Namungo

Mtibwa Sugar

Kagera Sugar

Tabora United

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Location of clubs in Tanzania for the 2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League season

Champions

Wins by year

Previous champions are:^[4]

Years	Champions
1965	Simba SC (1)
1966	Simba SC (2)
1967	Cosmopolitans (1)
1968	Young Africans SC (1)
1969	Young Africans SC (2)
1970	Young Africans SC (3)
1971	Young Africans SC (4)
1972	Young Africans SC (5)
1973	Simba SC (3)
1974	Young Africans SC (6)
1975	Mseto Sports (1)
1976	Simba SC (4)
1977	Simba SC (5)
1978	Simba SC (6)
1979	Simba SC (7)
1980	Simba SC (8)
1981	Young Africans SC (7)
1982	Pan African (1)
1983	Young Africans SC (8)
1984	KMKM FC (1)
1985	Maji Maji FC (1)
1986	Maji Maji FC (2)
1987	Young Africans SC (9)
1988	Coastal Union (1)
1989	Young Africans SC (1)
1990	Pamba SC (1)
1991	Young Africans SC (10)
1992	Young Africans SC
1993	Simba SC (9)
1994	Simba SC (10)
1995	Simba SC (11)
1996	Young Africans SC (11)
1997	Young Africans SC (12)
1998	Maji Maji FC (3)
1999	Prisons SC (1)
2000	Young Africans SC (13)
2001	Simba SC (12)
2002	Simba SC (13)
2003	Simba SC (14)
2004	Simba SC (15)
2005	Young Africans SC (14)
2006	Young Africans SC (15)
2007	Simba SC (16)
2008	Young Africans SC (16)
2009	Young Africans SC (17)
2010	Simba SC (17)
2011	Young Africans SC (18)
2012	Simba SC (18)
2013	Young Africans SC (19)
2014	Azam FC (1)
2015	Young Africans SC (20)
2016	Young Africans SC (21)
2017	Young Africans SC (22)
2018	Simba SC (19)
2019	Simba SC (20)
2020	Simba SC (21)
2021	Simba SC (22)
2022	Young Africans SC (23)
2023	Young Africans SC (24)
2024

Club	Wins^[5]
Young Africans	24
Simba (includes Sunderland)	22
Maji Maji	3
Malindi	2
Prisons	1
Pan African	1
Azam	1
Cosmopolitans	1
Mseto Sports	1
Coastal Union	1
Pamba	1
KMKM	1

Top goalscorers

Year	Best scorers	Team	Goals
1997	Mohamed Hussein "Mmachinga"	Young Africans	26
2004	Abubakar Ally Mkangwa	Mtibwa Sugar
2005	Abdallah Juma	Mtibwa Sugar	25
2006	n/a	n/a
2007	Mashiku	SC United	17
2007–08	Michael Katende	Kagera Sugar
2008–09	Boniface Ambani	Young Africans	18
2009–10	Musa Hassan Mgosi	Simba	18
2010–11	Mrisho Ngasa	Azam	18
2011–12	John Raphael Bocco	Azam	19
2012–13	Kipre Tchetche	Azam	17
2013–14	Amissi Tambwe	Simba	19
2014–15	Simon Msuva	Young Africans	17
2014–15	Abdulrahman Mussa	Ruvu shooting	17
2015–16	Amissi Tambwe	Young Africans	21
2016–17	Simon Msuva	Young Africans	14
2017–18	Emmanuel Okwi	Simba	20
2018–19	Meddie Kagere	Simba	23
2019–20	Meddie Kagere	Simba	22
2020–21	John Bocco	Simba	16^[6]
2021–22	George Mpole	Geita Gold	17^[7]
2021–22	Fiston Kalala Mayele	Young Africans	17^[7]
2022–23	Fiston Kalala Mayele	Young Africans	17^[8]
2022–23	Saidi Ntibazonkiza	Simba	17^[8]
2023-24	Stephane Aziz Ki	Young Africans	10

Multiple hat-tricks

Rank	Player	Hat-tricks
1	John Bocco	3
2	Stephane Aziz Ki	2
	Jean Baleke
	Aubrey Chirwa
	Meddie Kagere
	Saidi Ntibazonkiza
	Emmanuel Okwi
8	Salim Aiyee	1
	Ibrahim Alu
	Shante Ali
	Boniface Ambani
	Green Atupele
	Omar Changa
	Saliboko Daluwesh
	Prince Dube
	Emmanuel Gabriel
	Ibrahim Hilika
	Aziz Hunter
	Jeremiah Juma
	Shiza Kichuya
	Alexis Kitenge
	Juma Luizio
	Omari Matu
	Fiston Mayele
	Idris Mbombo
	Haruna Moshi
	Ditram Nchimbi
	Mrisho Ngassa
	Adam Omar
	Abuu Ramadhani
	David Richard
	Kevin Sabato
	Modathir Said
	Kipre Tiagori

References

^ "Tanzania – List of champions". RSSSF.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
^ Football, in Tanzania (18 November 2008). "POPULAR MUSIC, SPORTS, AND POLITICS: A DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN CULTURAL MOVEMENTS IN DAR ES SALAAM, the 1930s-1960s" (PDF). TSURUTA, Tadasu. POPULAR MUSIC, SPORTS, AND POLITICS: A DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN CULTURAL MOVEMENTS IN DAR ES SALAAM, the 1930s–1960s. African Study Monographs 2003, 24(3): 195–222. 24 (3): 206. doi:10.14989/68221. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
^ "About the Premier League". Tanzania Football Federation. 26 February 2010. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
^ "Tanzania – List of Champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
^ "Tanzania - List of Champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
^ "Table of top scorers Tanzania Premier League 2021". www.besoccer.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "Table of top scorers Tanzania Premier League 2022". www.besoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2023-06-10. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
^ "Wafungaji bora NBC Premier League 2022/2023 Top Scorers". https://wasomiajira.com/. 9 June 2023. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023. {{cite news}}: External link in |work= (help)

External links

tff.or.tz; League website at association's website
Page at fifa.com; League standings & results
RSSSF competition history

[1] "Tanzania – List of champions". RSSSF.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

[2] Football, in Tanzania (18 November 2008). "POPULAR MUSIC, SPORTS, AND POLITICS: A DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN CULTURAL MOVEMENTS IN DAR ES SALAAM, the 1930s-1960s" (PDF). TSURUTA, Tadasu. POPULAR MUSIC, SPORTS, AND POLITICS: A DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN CULTURAL MOVEMENTS IN DAR ES SALAAM, the 1930s–1960s. African Study Monographs 2003, 24(3): 195–222. 24 (3): 206. doi:10.14989/68221. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2008.

[3] "About the Premier League". Tanzania Football Federation. 26 February 2010. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

[4] "Tanzania – List of Champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

[5] "Tanzania - List of Champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2022-02-11.

[6] "Table of top scorers Tanzania Premier League 2021". www.besoccer.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

[7] "Table of top scorers Tanzania Premier League 2022". www.besoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2023-06-10. Retrieved 2023-06-10.

[8] "Wafungaji bora NBC Premier League 2022/2023 Top Scorers". https://wasomiajira.com/. 9 June 2023. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023. {{cite news}}: External link in |work= (help)

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 ==International Competitions==
-CAF teams based in Tanzania compete in the [[CAF Champions League]] and [[CAF Confederation Cup]].
+Confederation of African Football (CAF) teams based in Tanzania compete in the [[CAF Champions League]] and [[CAF Confederation Cup]].
 Recent positive performances by TPL clubs in continental competitions have seen Tanzania rise in the [[CAF 5-year ranking]]. As a result, more teams from the league have had the opportunity to compete on the continental stage.