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Simba S.C.

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Association football club in Tanzania
Not to be confused withSimba FC orAS Simba.

Football club
Simba S.C
Full nameSimba Sports Club
NicknamesReds of Msimbazi, Wekundu wa Msimbazi (The Red Lions)
Short nameSSC
Founded1936; 89 years ago (1936)
GroundBenjamin Mkapa Stadium
Capacity60,000
Owner(s)Member of SSC 51%
Mohammed Dewji 49%
ChairmanMurtaza Mangungu
Chief ManagerDimitar Pantev
LeagueTanzanian Premier League
2024–25Tanzanian Premier League, 2nd of 16
Websitewww.simbasc.co.tz
Current season

Simba Sports Club is a professionalfootball club based inKariakoo ward inIlala District ofDar es Salaam inTanzania.

It was founded in 1936 as "The Queens" before being renamed to Sunderland and, in 1971, was finally renamed Simba (Swahili for "Lion"). The team's nickname,wekundu wa msimbazi ("the Red Lions"), is a reference to their all-red home strip and Msimbazi Street in Kariakoo where their headquarters is based.

Simba SC has won 22Tanzanian Premier League titles, 5Tanzania FA Cup and has participated inCAF Champions League multiple times. Simba are two times finalists of CAF Confederation Cup, In the year2025 and previousCAF cup in1993 making the club the most successful Tanzanian football club in international competitions.

The club was ranked among the top 20 clubs in Africa, at number 04, by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) in their May 1, 2024 – April 30, 2025 rankings.[1] Globally, the club was ranked at number 105 in the IFFHS World Ranking.[2]

Simba holds a long-standing rivalry withYoung Africans S.C. (known as Yanga) with which they contest theKariakoo derby, named after the ward, where both teams were founded. In 1977 Simba beat Yanga 6-0 a record that stands to date as the biggest loss margin between the sides. The rivalry was ranked 5th as one of the most famous African derbies.[3] It remains one of the best derbies on the African continent.

Honours

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Domestic

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Continental

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CAF Confederation Cup

Colours and badge

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  • The present crest
    The present crest

Players

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Current squad

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As of 12 September 2024[10][11]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
22GK TANYakoub Suleiman
2DF CIVChamou Karaboue(vice-captain)
15DF TANDavid Kameta
23DF RSARushine De Reuck(vice-captain)
4MF TANVedastus Masinde
7FW ZAMJoshua Mutale
10MF CIVJean Charles Ahoua
11FW UGASteven Mukwala
12DF TANShomari Kapombe(Captain)
30DF GUINaby Camara
14DF TANAbdulrazack Hamza
5DF TANAntony Mligo
34FW CODElie Mpanzu
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19MF TANMzamiru Yassin
3FW CMRJonathan Sowah
21MF TANYusuph Kagoma
23MF TANAwesu Ally Awesu
24MF SENAlassane Kanté
31DF TANWilson Nangu
36FW TANLadaki Chasambi
18MF TANMorice Abraham
38FW TANDenis Kibu
40GK GUIMoussa Camara
35MF RSANeo Maema
36MF TANHussein Semfuko
17FW KENMohammed Bajaber
28GK TANHussein Abeil
40FW TANSelemani Mwalimu

Performance in CAF competitions

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CAF Champions League: 12 appearances

  • 2002 – First Round
  • 2003 – Group stage (Top 8)
  • 2004 – Preliminary Round
  • 2005 – First Round
  • 2008 – First Round

African Cup of Champions Clubs: 9 appearances

  • 1974 – Semi-finals
  • 1976 – Second Round
  • 1977 – Second Round
  • 1978 – Second Round
  • 1979 – Second Round
  • 1980 – Second Round
  • 1981 – First Round
  • 1994 – Quarter-Finals
  • 1995 – Second Round

CAF Confederation Cup: 6 appearances

CAF Cup: 2 appearances

Club Ranking

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World

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As of 3 September 2023[12]
RankingTeamPoints
113FranceAS Monaco623
114EnglandLeicester City FC622
1TanzaniaSimba SC6220
116ItalyACF Fiorentina621
117PeruSporting Cristal620

CAF

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As of 3 September 2023[13]
RankingTeamPoints
8AlgeriaCR Belouizdad724
9MoroccoRS Berkane631
10TanzaniaSimba SC622
11Democratic Republic of the CongoTP Mazembe603
12TunisiaES Sahel585

Domestic

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As of 3 September 2023[14]
RankingTeamPoints
1TanzaniaSimba SC621
2TanzaniaYoung Africans SC521
3TanzaniaAzam FC278
4TanzaniaNamungo FC166
5TanzaniaKMC FC150

Kit Sponsorship

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PeriodKit manufacturerShirt sponsor (chest)Shirt sponsor (sleeve)Shirt sponsor (back)
2025–Diadora SABetway TanzaniaJay RuttyMo Dewji

Notes

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  1. ^abAs Sunderland

References

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  1. ^"IFFHS".Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved16 May 2023.
  2. ^"IFFHS".Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved16 May 2023.
  3. ^"cheapgoals.com - Cheapgoals Resources and Information".www.cheapgoals.com. 2 March 2020.Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved16 March 2022.
  4. ^"Tanzania - List of Champions".RSSSF.Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved31 December 2020.
  5. ^abcd"Tanzania - List of Cup Winners".RSSSF.Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved31 December 2020.
  6. ^"Zanzibar - List of Cup Winners".RSSSF.Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved31 December 2020.
  7. ^"CECAFA Club Championship".RSSSF.Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved31 December 2020.
  8. ^"CAF Cup and Confederation Cup".RSSSF.Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved31 December 2020.
  9. ^"Confederation Cup Final". beinsports.com.
  10. ^"Tanzania - Simba Sports Club - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway".int.soccerway.com.Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved7 January 2021.
  11. ^"Players number" (in Swahili). simba.co.tz.
  12. ^"World Club yRankings".footballalphabet.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved3 September 2023.
  13. ^"African Club Rankings".footballalphabet.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved3 September 2023.
  14. ^"Tanzanian Clubs Ranking".footballalphabet.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved3 September 2023.

External links

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Seasons
2025–26Tanzanian Premier League clubs
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