Tanzanian Premier League

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Tanzanian Premier League
Country	Tanzania
Confederation	CAF
Founded	1965
Number of teams	14
Levels on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Nyerere Cup
International cup(s)	Champions League Confederation Cup
Current champions	Young Africans FC (2012/13)
Most championships	Young Africans FC (19)

Tanzanian Premier League is the top division of the Football Association of Tanzania, it was created in 1965. The competition was simply known as national league and later First Division Soccer League until the name Premier league was adopted in 1997.

Format

Today the league consists of 14 teams playing a double round-robin. The champion qualifies for the CAF Champions League, the runner-up for the CAF Confederations Cup. The bottom three clubs are relegated to the first division.^[1]

Premier League (Ligi kuu Bara) 2013-14

Ashanti United S.C. (Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam Region)
Azam F.C. (Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam Region)
Maji Maji (Songea, Ruvuma Region)
JKT Mgambo (Tanga, Tanga Region)
JKT Oljoro F.C. (Arusha, Arusha Region)
Ruvu Shooting (Mlandizi, Pwani Region)
JKT Ruvu Stars (Mlandizi, Pwani Region)
Kagera Sugar (Bukoba, Kagera Region)
Mbeya City (Mbeya, Mbeya Region)
Mtibwa Sugar F.C. (Morogoro, Morogoro Region)
Prisons F.C. (Mbeya, Mbeya Region)
Rhino Rangers (Tabora, Tabora Region)
Simba S.C. (Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam Region)
Young Africans S.C. (also known as Yanga) (Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam Region)

Previous winners

Previous champions are:^[2]

1965 : Sunderland (Dar es Salaam)
1966 : Sunderland (Dar es Salaam)
1967 : Cosmopolitans (Dar es Salaam)
1968 : Young Africans S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
1969 : Young Africans S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
1970 : Young Africans S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
1971 : Young Africans S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
1972 : Young Africans S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
1973 : Simba S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
1974 : Young Africans S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
1975 : Mseto Sports (Dar es Salaam)
1976 : Simba S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
1977 : Simba S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
1978 : Simba S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
1979 : Simba S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
1980 : Simba S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
1981 : Young Africans S.C. (Dar es Salaam)

1982 : Pan African FC (Dar es Salaam)
1983 : Young Africans S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
1984 : KMKM (Zanzibar)
1985 : Maji Maji FC (Songea)
1986 : Maji Maji FC (Songea)
1987 : Young Africans S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
1988 : Pan African FC (Dar es Salaam)
1989 : Malindi F.C. (Zanzibar)
1990 : Pamba (Mwanza)
1991 : Young Africans S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
1992 : Malindi F.C. (Zanzibar)
1993 : Simba S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
1994 : Simba S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
1995 : Simba S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
1996 : Young Africans S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
1997 : Young Africans S.C. (Dar es Salaam)

1998 : Maji Maji FC (Songea)
1999 : Prisons FC (Mbeya)
2000 : Young Africans S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
2001 : Simba S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
2002 : Simba S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
2003 : not awarded
2004 : Simba S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
2005 : Young Africans S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
2006 : Young Africans S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
2007 : Simba S.C. (Dar es Salaam) [mini-league]
2007-08 : Young Africans S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
2008-09 : Young Africans S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
2009-10 : Simba S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
2010-11 : Young Africans S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
2011-12 : Simba S.C. (Dar es Salaam)
2012-13 : Young Africans S.C. (Dar es Salaam)

Performance by club

Club	Winners
Young Africans FC	19
Simba SC(includes Sunderland)	18
Maji Maji FC	3
Malindi FC	2
Pan African FC	2
Cosmopolitans	1
KMKM	1
Mseto Sports	1
Prisons FC	1
Pamba	1

Topscorers

Year	Best scorers	Team	Goals
2004	Abubakar Ally Mkangwa	Mtibwa Sugar FC
2005	Cisse Aadan Abshir	Simba SC	19
2006	n/a	n/a
2007	Mashiku	SC United FC	17
2007/08	Michael Katende	Kagera Sugar
2008/09	Boniface Ambani	Young Africans FC	18
2009/10	Musa Hassan Mgosi	Simba SC	18
2010/11	Mrisho Ngasa	Azam FC	18
2011/12	John Bocco	Azam FC	19

References

↑ "About the Premier League". Football Association of Tanzania. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
↑ "Tanzania - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

External links

tff.or.tz; League website at association's website
Page at fifa.com; League standings & results
RSSSF competition history

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Football in Tanzania

Tanzania Football Federation

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17

Women	National team U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Tanzanian Premier League

Domestic cups

Men	Nyerere Cup

Awards

Footballer of the Year
Top scorers

Lists

All-time Table
Champions
Clubs
International footballers
Foreign players
Venues

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons
Records

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