Simba S.C.

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Simba S.C
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Full nameSimba Sports Club
Nickname(s)Reds of Msimbazi, Wekundu wa Msimbazi (The Red Lions)
Short nameSSC
Founded1936;89 years ago (1936)
Ground Benjamin Mkapa Stadium
Capacity60,000
OwnerMember of SSC 51%
Mohammed Dewji 49%
ChairmanMurtaza Mangungu
Head Coach Fadlu Davids
League Tanzanian Premier League
2024–25 Tanzanian Premier League, 2nd of 16
Website www.simbasc.co.tz

Simba Sports Club is a professional football club based in Kariakoo ward in Ilala District of Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania.

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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 22 Tanzanian Premier League titles, 5 Tanzania FA Cup and has participated in CAF Champions League multiple times. Simba are two times finalists of CAF Confederation Cup, In the year 2025 and previous CAF cup in 1993 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 with Young Africans S.C. (known as Yanga) with which they contest the Kariakoo 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]

Honours

Domestic

Continental

CAF Confederation Cup

Colours and badge

Players

Fabrice Ngoma joined Simba SC in 2023 Fabrice Ngoma 2019.jpg
Fabrice Ngoma joined Simba SC in 2023

Current squad

As of 11 July 2024 [10]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Tanzania.svg  TAN Ally Salim
2 DF Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  CIV Chamou Karaboue
3 DF Flag of Tanzania.svg  TAN David Kameta
4 DF Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Rushine De Reuck
6 MF Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  COD Fabrice Ngoma (vice-captain)
7 FW Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Joshua Mutale
10 MF Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  CIV Jean Charles Ahoua
11 FW Flag of Uganda.svg  UGA Steven Mukwala
12 DF Flag of Tanzania.svg  TAN Shomari Kapombe (vice-captain)
13 FW Flag of Cameroon.svg  CMR Leonel Ateba
14 DF Flag of Tanzania.svg  TAN Abdulrazack Hamza
15 DF Flag of Tanzania.svg  TAN Mohammed Husseini (Captain)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19 MF Flag of Tanzania.svg  TAN Mzamiru Yassin
20 DF Flag of Cameroon.svg  CMR Che Malone Jr
21 MF Flag of Tanzania.svg  TAN Yusuph Kagoma
23 MF Flag of Tanzania.svg  TAN Awesu Ally Awesu
24 MF Flag of Senegal.svg  SEN Alassane Kanté
27 MF Flag of Tanzania.svg  TAN Valentino Mashaka
34 FW Flag of Tanzania.svg  TAN Ladaki Chasambi
37 FW Flag of Tanzania.svg  TAN Edwin Balua
38 FW Flag of Tanzania.svg  TAN Denis Kibu
40 GK Flag of Guinea.svg  GUI Moussa Camara

Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Champions League: 12 appearances

African Cup of Champions Clubs: 9 appearances

CAF Confederation Cup: 6 appearances

Club Ranking

Kit Sponsorship

PeriodKit manufacturerShirt sponsor (chest)Shirt sponsor (sleeve)Shirt sponsor (back)
2025– Diadora SA Betway Tanzania Jay RuttyMo Dewji

Notes

  1. 1 2 As Sunderland

References

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  2. "IFFHS". Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
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  5. 1 2 3 4 "Tanzania - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  6. "Zanzibar - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  7. "CECAFA Club Championship". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  8. "CAF Cup and Confederation Cup". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 31 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. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  11. "World Club yRankings". footballalphabet.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  12. "African Club Rankings". footballalphabet.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  13. "Tanzanian Clubs Ranking". footballalphabet.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.