Full name | JKT Tanzania Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | Wajenga Nchi, Wazalendo |
Founded | 1994 |
Ground | Mej.Gen. isamuhyo Stadium Mbweni,Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
Capacity | 30,000 |
Owner | Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa (JKT) |
Head Coach | Ahmad Ally |
League | Tanzanian Premier League |
2024–25 | Tanzanian Premier League,6th of 16 |
JKT Tanzania Football Club is a Tanzanian football club based in Mbweni, Dar es Salaam. The club competes in the Premier league. The club plays home games at Mej.Gen. Isamuhyo Stadium. [1]
JKT Tanzania known as National Building Force (Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa), is a football club based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, founded in 1994, the team is affiliated with the National Service of Tanzania, which is a branch of the Tanzanian military’s involvement in sports development during the post-independence era of Tanzania.
This team was founded under the name JKT Kabambe at the JKT Mgulani camp in Dar es Salaam,before being transferred to the JKT Ruvu Camp in the Coast region and its name was changed to JKT Ruvu Stars.
In 1999, the team was transferred to the headquarters of the National Building Force (Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa), Mlalakuwa in Dar es Salaam, although it continued to be known as JKT Ruvu Stars until 12 December 2017. [2]
In 2018 Article no.11 of TFF Constitution on Rules and Regulations, urging the owners of the teams not to have two teams participating in the Tanzania Mainland Premier League. There were many military teams, Lt. Col Hassan Mabena who was Chairman of the JKT Ruvu team make a statement he said "we have received a letter from TFF and have already worked on it, and have called all the leaders of the military clubs to discuss the issue and agree that one team will remain owned by the JKT Army, while the others will return to the citizens".The team renamed JKT Tanzania.