Simba S.C.
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| Full name | Simba Sports Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) |
Taifa Kubwa Msimbazi Street Boys | ||
| Founded | 1936 | ||
| Ground |
National Stadium Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | ||
| Capacity | 60,000 | ||
| Chairman |
 Ismail Aden Rage | ||
| Manager |
 Zdravko Logarusic | ||
| League | Tanzanian Premier League | ||
| 2012/13 league | 3rd | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Simba Sports Club is a Tanzanian football club based in Dar es Salaam. Their home games are played at two stadiums, Uhuru Stadium and National Stadium. Simba SC is one of the two biggest football clubs in Tanzania, their archrivals being the Young Africans. The club had several names during its history. When it was founded in 1936, it was called Queens, later Eagles and Dar Sunderland, and in 1971 changed to its current name, Simba (which means lion in Swahili).
Achievements
The highest level of success that Simba SC achieved was getting to the final of the CAF Cup in 1993, when they lost to Stella Abidjan of Côte d'Ivoire. It was the highest achievement on continental competitions reached by any Tanzanian team. One of the most memorable years for the club was 2003 when it knocked off the then-reigning CAF champions Zamalek of Egypt on their way to qualify for the group stages of the CAF Champions League. In the first round of that year's competition, Simba SC eliminated Santos of South Africa.
- 1965, 1966 (as Sunderland)
- 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2007/08, 2009/10, 2011/12
- 1984, 1995, 2000
- Tanzanian Tusker Cup: 5
- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
- 2005 (in Kenya)
- CAF Cup: 0
- Finalist: 1993
- CECAFA Clubs Cup: 6
- 1974, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2002
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Champions League: 6 appearances
- 2002 – First Round
- 2003 – Group Stage
- 2004 – First Round
- 2005 – First Round
- 2008 – First Round
- 2011 – Special play-off for Group Stage
- African Cup of Champions Clubs: 8 appearances
the furthest any Tanzanian team has ever reached in African premier competition, eliminated in the semi finals by Egyptian club mehala el kubra, in this period, the chairman was late Abubakar Mwilima, himself a renowned trade unionist, educationist and politician who served in Julius Nyerere"s government in different capacities.
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- CAF Confederation Cup: 4 appearances
- CAF Cup: 2 appearances
- 1993 – Finalist
- 1997 – First Round
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances
- 1985 – Second Round
- 1996 – Second Round
- 2001 – Second Round
Current squad 2013/2014
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club Leadership
Sponsor: Kilimanjaro Premium Lager
Chairman: Ismail Aden Rage
Acting Vice Chairman: Joseph Itang'are (Mzee Kinesi)
General Secretary: Ezekiel Kamwaga
Treasurer: Erick Sekite
Club Media Officer: Asha Muhaji
External links
- Official Website (Swahili)
- Profile of Simba SC
- Simba SC Facebook Page (Swahili)
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