Mapinduzi Cup

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Mapinduzi Cup
Organising body Zanzibar Football Federation
Founded2004
Number of teams4 (2025)
Current championsFlag of Zanzibar.svg  Zanzibar
(1st title)
Most successful team(s) Azam FC
(5 titles)
Soccerball current event.svg 2025 Mapinduzi Cup

The Mapinduzi Cup is a top knockout football tournament in Zanzibar. Mapinduzi means Revolution in swahili, in recognition of the Zanzibar Revolution. The Mapinduzi Cup is a tournament created by the Zanzibar Football Federation to commemorate Zanzibar's Revolution day which is marked annually on 12 January. [1]

Contents

The defending champions are the Zanzibar national football team. [2]

History

The first edition of the cup was in 2004. [3] However, the cup was played between Zanzibari clubs together with clubs from Tanzania mainland until 2024. [4] [5] [6] Since 2013 clubs from Kenya and Uganda have been invited to take part occasionally.

Along with the Zanzibari Cup and Nyerere Cup, the three tournaments are the three main knockout tournaments in Zanzibar. The maiden edition was won by Jamhuri F.C. [3]

The 2025 edition of the tournament became the first to involve national teams instead of clubs. [7]

Champions

Reference: [3]

YearWinnersResultsRunner-upsRef.
2004
 Young Africans SC
2 – 1
 Mtibwa Sugar
2005
 Mafunzo FC
2 – 0
 JKU SC
2006
not held
2007
 Malindi SC
2 – 0
 Miembeni SC
2008
 Miembeni SC
2 – 1
 Polisi SC
2009
not held
2010
 Mtibwa Sugar
1 – 0
 Ocean View FC
2011
 Simba SC
2 – 0
 Young Africans SC
2012
 Azam FC
3 – 1
 Jamhuri
2013
 Azam FC
2 – 1
 Tusker FC
2014
 Kampala City Council
1 – 0
 Simba SC
2015
 Simba SC
0 – 0 (4–3 pen.)
 Mtibwa Sugar
2016
 Uganda Revenue Authority
3 – 1
 Mtibwa Sugar
2017
 Azam FC
1 – 0
 Simba SC
2018
 Azam FC
0 – 0 (4–3 pen.)
 Uganda Revenue Authority
2019
 Azam FC
2– 1
 Simba SC
2020
 Mtibwa Sugar
1–0
 Simba SC
2021
 Young Africans
0–0 (4–3 pen.)
 Simba SC
2022
 Simba SC
1 – 0
 Azam FC
2023
 Mlandege FC
2 – 1
 Singida Big Stars
2024
 Mlandege FC
1 - 0
 Simba SC [8]
Flag of Zanzibar.svg  Zanzibar
2 - 1
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso [2]

Winner by team

ClubNumberYears
Azam FC
5
2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019
Simba SC
3
2011, 2015, 2022
Mtibwa Sugar
2
2010, 2020
Young Africans SC
2
2004, 2021
Mafunzo FC
1
2005
Malindi SC
1
2007
Miembeni SC
1
2008
Kampala City Council
1
2014
Uganda Revenue Authority
1
2016
Mlandege FC
2
2023, 2024
Flag of Zanzibar.svg  Zanzibar
1
 2025

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References

  1. ↑ "Simba face Tusker in Mapinduzi Cup". supersport.com. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  2. 1 2 "Zanzibar stop Burkina Faso to win Mapinduzi Cup". CECAFA. 13 January 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Zanzibar - List of Cup Winners Archived March 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , RSSSF.com
  4. ↑ "Mapinduzi Cup 2018 - Results, fixtures, tables and stats - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  5. ↑ "Mapinduzi Cup: Simba SC and Yanga SC to miss key players in derby final | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  6. ↑ "Simba SC explain Morrison's absence at Mapinduzi Cup in Arusha | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  7. ↑ "Mapinduzi Cup Format Overhaul After Burundi's Exit". Azscore. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "Mlandege rewarded after Mapinduzi Cup triumph". The Citizen. 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
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