2025–26 Tanzanian Championship League

Tanzanian Championship League

Season	2025–26
Dates	10 October 2025 – 23 May 2026
Matches	40
Goals	107 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Abdereheman Musa Hassan Mwaterema Raymond Lulendi (4 goals each)
Biggest home win	Mbuni 4–0 Mbeya Kwanza (10 October 2025) Polisi Tanzania 4–0 B19 (12 October 2025) Kagera Sugar 4–1 African Sports (10 November 2025) Kagera Sugar 4–1 Stand United (15 November 2025) Songea United 4–2 B19 (15 November 2025)
Biggest away win	Hausung 1–3 Mbuni (26 October 2025) Transit Camp 2–3 Mbeya Kwanza (8 November 2025)
Highest scoring	Songea United 4–2 B19 (15 November 2025)
Longest winning run	4 matches Kagera Sugar
Longest unbeaten run	6 matches Geita Gold Kagera Sugar KenGold
Longest winless run	6 matches B19 Barberian Stand United
Longest losing run	6 matches Barberian
← 2024–25 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 24 November 2025.

Tanzanian Championship League (known as the NBC Championship League for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest football league in Tanzania (mainland only). ^[1] The season will started on 10 October 2025 and will end on 23 May 2026. ^[2]

Mtibwa Sugar is the defending champion and was promoted to the Premier League along with Mbeya City, ^[3] replacing Ken Gold FC and Kagera Sugar which were relegated from Premier League.

Teams

The league consists of 16 teams – the top 11 teams from the previous season, two teams relegated from Premier League and three teams promoted from the First League. ^[4]

Gunners FC and Hausung FC were promoted as champions and runners-up of the 2024–25 First League, ^[5] replacing Biashara United and Cosmopolitan FC who relegated to First League.

Tanesco FC has been promoted by winning the play-off against Green Warriors FC who has been relegated to First League.

Name changes

• Before the start of the season, Kiluvya FC renamed their club the Barberian FC, and Tanesco FC renamed their club the B19 FC, both as part of rebrandin.

Changes from previous season

Promotion and relegation

Promoted to the 2025–26 Premier League	Relegated From the 2024 –25 Premier League	Promoted From 2024–25 First League	Relegated to 2025–26 First League
Mtibwa Sugar Mbeya City	Ken Gold FC Kagera Sugar [6]	Gunners FC Hausung FC B19 FC	Biashara United Cosmopolitan FC Green Warriors FC

Locations and stadiums

Kagera Sugar

KenGold

Songea United

Stand United

Geita Gold

Gunners FC

Mbeya Kwanza

African Sports
Bigman

Hausung FC

Transit Camp

Barberian FC

B19 FC

Polisi Tanzania

Mbuni FC
TMA Stars

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Location of clubs in Tanzania for the 2025–26 Tanzanian Championship League season

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
African Sports	Tanga	Mkwakwani Stadium	15,000
Barberian [7]	Pwani (Mlandizi)	Mabatini Stadium	10,000
B19 FC	Morogoro	Jamhuri Stadium Morogoro	20,000
Bigman	Tanga (Korogwe)	Mkwakwani Stadium	15,000
Geita Gold	Geita	Nyankumbu Stadium	20,000
Gunners FC	Dodoma	Jamhuri Dodoma	30,000
Hausung FC	Njombe		10,000
Kagera Sugar	Kagera (Bukoba)	Kaitaba Stadium	7,000
KenGold	Mbeya	Sokoine Stadium	20,000
Mbeya Kwanza	Mbeya (Iyunga)	Nangwanda Sijaona Stadium	10,000
Mbuni	Arusha	Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium	20,000
Polisi Tanzania	Moshi (Kilimanjaro)	Ushirika Stadium	20,000
Songea United	Ruvuma (Songea)	Majimaji Stadium	20,000
Stand United	Shinyanga	Kambarage Stadium	10,000
TMA Stars	Arusha	Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium	20,000
Transit Camp	Pwani (Mlandizi)	Mabatini Stadium	10,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Geita Gold	7	6	1	0	15	2	+13	19	Qualification for the NBC Premier League
2	Kager Sugar	7	6	1	0	14	2	+12	19	Qualification for the NBC Premier League
3	Mbuni FC	7	5	1	1	14	3	+11	16	Qualification for the NBC Premier League play-off
4	Transit Camp	7	3	3	1	9	6	+3	12
5	KenGold FC	7	3	3	1	8	5	+3	12
6	Mbeya kwanza FC	7	4	0	3	12	11	+1	12
7	Polisi Tanzania	7	3	2	2	10	7	+3	11
8	TMA Stars	7	3	2	2	4	3	+1	11
9	Songea United	7	3	2	2	10	10	0	11
10	Gunners FC	7	3	2	2	7	8	−1	11
11	Bigman	7	2	1	4	4	6	−2	7	Relegation to the Championship League Play-off
12	African Sports	7	2	0	5	7	11	−4	6
13	Hausung FC	7	1	0	6	5	13	−8	3
14	Barberian FC	7	1	0	6	3	16	−13	3
15	B19 FC	7	0	1	6	3	13	−10	1	Relegation to the First League
16	Stand United	7	1	1	5	3	12	−9	1 [a]

Updated to match(es) played on 30 November 2025. Source: League Board, Sofascore, Sports Archives
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Play-off
Notes:

1. Stand United were deducted 3 points by TPLB as punishment for not play match with Hausung, under Championship league regulations article 32:1.

Results

Each team plays each other twice (30 matches each), once at home and once away.

Home \ Away	AFC	BAR	B19	BGM	GGF	GUN	HAU	KAG	KEN	MBK	MBN	PLS	SNG	STU	TMA	TRS
African Sports	—		1–0							1–2
Barberian		—		0–1					1–2
B19 FC			—												0–1
Bigman				—				0–1
Geita Gold		3–0			—							2–0				1–1
Gunners FC	3–2		2–1			—
Hausung FC							—				1–3
Kager Sugar	4–1	2–1						—						4–0		0–0
KenGold FC						0–0	3–1		—					1–0	1–1
Mbeya kwanza FC					1–2					—
Mbuni FC				2–0						4–0	—		1–2
Polisi Tanzania				1–1			2–0					—
Songea United			4–2			1–1							—	2–1
Stand United												1–2		—
TMA Stars										1–0					—
Transit Camp										2–3			3–1			—

Source: Championship League, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5
African Sports	W	W	L	L	L
Barberian FC	L	L	L	L	L
B19 FC	L	L	L	L	L
Bigman	L	L	L	W	D
Geita Gold	W	D	W	W	W
Gunners FC	D	D	W	W	L
Hausung FC	L	L	L	W	L
Kager Sugar	D	W	W	W	W
KenGold FC	D	W	W	D	W
Mbeya kwanza FC	L	L	L	W	W
Mbuni FC	W	W	W	L	W
Polisi Tanzania	W	W	W	L	D
Songea United	W	D	L	W	W
Stand United	L	L	L	L	L
TMA Stars	W	W	W	D	L
Transit Camp	D	D	W	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 17 October 2025. Source: Championship League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Tanzanian Championship League play-off

The 11th and 14th-placed teams qualified for the Championship League play-off, alongside the two teams from the 2025–26 First League play-off winners. The Championship teams faced each other over two legs; with the winners remaining in the Championship League and the losers competing against the First League play-off winners for the final place in the following season's Championship League.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 17 November 2025

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Abdereheman Musa	Gunners	4
2	Rishedy Kihedu	Mbuni	3
3	Naku James	Polisi Tanzania
4	Maulid Juma	Geita Gold
5	Raymond Lulendi	Songea United
6	Hassan Mwaterema	Kagera Sugar
7	Samson Alberty	KenGold	2
8	Omar Hamisi	Geita Gold
9	Kilaza Mazoea	Geita Gold
10	Laurent Faida	Geita Gold
11	Adam Uledi	Transit Camp
12	forty three players		1

Clean sheets

As of 17 November 2025

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Said Kulwa	TMA	3
2	Haroun Mandanda	Polisi Tanzania	2
3	Paul Kamtewe	Mbuni
4	Said Kipao	Kagera Sugar
5	Casto Juma	African Sports
6	Frank Faustine	Ken Gold
7	Deogratius Munish	Geita Gold
8	Aron Kalambo	Transit Camp
9	Alpackshard Daudi	Gunners	1

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Coach of the Month		Player of the Month
	Coach	Club	Player	Club
October	leonard Budeba	Mbuni	Rishedy Kihedu	Mbuni

TFF Awards

Main article: TFF Awards

References

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2. "Championship League 2025/26 season to kick of on October 20". 1 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
3. "Mtibwa and Mbeya City urged to prepare for NBC league". thecitizen.co.tz. 19 May 2025.
4. "Geita and Polisi prepared for Championship". dailynews.co.tz. 3 November 2024.
5. "Hausung To NBC Championship" (in Swahili). ligikuu.co.tz. 23 March 2025.
6. "Kagera sugar first relegation in 20 years". thecitizen.co.tz. 23 April 2025.
7. "Julio Head Coach of Kiluvya" (in Swahili). mwanaspoti.co.tz. 16 March 2025.