| Full name | Simba Sports Club | |||
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| Nicknames | Reds of Msimbazi, Wekundu wa Msimbazi (The Red Lions) | |||
| Short name | SSC | |||
| Founded | 1936; 89 years ago (1936) | |||
| Ground | Benjamin Mkapa Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 60,000 | |||
| Owner(s) | Member of SSC 51% Mohammed Dewji 49% | |||
| Chairman | Murtaza Mangungu | |||
| Chief Manager | Dimitar Pantev | |||
| League | Tanzanian Premier League | |||
| 2024–25 | Tanzanian Premier League, 2nd of 16 | |||
| Website | www | |||
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.
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CAF Champions League: 12 appearances
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African Cup of Champions Clubs: 9 appearances
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CAF Confederation Cup: 6 appearances
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| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (chest) | Shirt sponsor (sleeve) | Shirt sponsor (back) |
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| 2025– | Diadora SA | Betway Tanzania | Jay Rutty | Mo Dewji |