Simba S.C.

Not to be confused with Simba FC or AS Simba.

Simba S.C

Full name	Simba Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Reds of Msimbazi, Wekundu wa Msimbazi (The Red Lions)
Short name	SSC
Founded	1936; 89 years ago (1936)
Ground	Benjamin Mkapa Stadium
Capacity	60,000
Owner	Member of SSC 51% Mohammed Dewji 49%
Chairman	Murtaza Mangungu
League	Tanzanian Premier League
2024–25	Tanzanian Premier League, 2nd of 16
Website	www.simbasc.co.tz
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

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] It remains one of the best derbies on the African continent.

Honours

Domestic

• Tanzanian Premier League^[4]
  • Winner (22): 1965,^[a] 1966,^[a] 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
• Nyerere Cup^[5]
  • Winner (3): 1984, 1995, 2000
• FAT Cup^[5]
  • Winner (4): 1995, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2020–2021
  • Runners-up (3): 1974, 1998, 2000
• Dar es Salaam League
  • Winner (2): 1944, 1946
• Tusker Cup^[5]
  • Winner (5): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2005
  • Runners-up (1): 2006
• Community Shield^[5]
  • Winner (10): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
  • Runners-up (3): 2001, 2010, 2021
• Mapinduzi Cup^[6]
  • Winner (3): 2011, 2015, 2022
  • Runners-up (5): 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021

Continental

• CECAFA Club Championship^[7]
  • Winners (6): 1974, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2002
  • Runners-up (7): 1975, 1952, 1978, 1981, 2003, 2011, 2018
• CAF Cup^[8]
  • Runners-up (1): 1993

CAF Confederation Cup

• Runners-up (1): 2024–25^[9]

Colours and badge

• 
  The present crest

Players

Current squad

As of 12 September 2024^[10][11]

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. Nation Player 22 GK  TAN Yakoub Suleiman 2 DF  CIV Chamou Karaboue 15 DF  TAN David Kameta 23 DF  RSA Rushine De Reuck 4 MF  TAN Vedastus Masinde 7 FW  ZAM Joshua Mutale 10 MF  CIV Jean Charles Ahoua 11 FW  UGA Steven Mukwala 12 DF  TAN Shomari Kapombe (Captain) 30 DF  GUI Naby Camara 14 DF  TAN Abdulrazack Hamza 5 DF  TAN Antony Mligo 34 FW  COD Elie Mpanzu

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  TAN Mzamiru Yassin 3 FW  CMR Jonathan Sowah 21 MF  TAN Yusuph Kagoma 23 MF  TAN Awesu Ally Awesu 24 MF  SEN Alassane Kanté 31 DF  TAN Wilson Nangu 36 FW  TAN Ladaki Chasambi 18 MF  TAN Morice Abraham 38 FW  TAN Denis Kibu 40 GK  GUI Moussa Camara 35 MF  RSA Neo Maema 36 MF  TAN Hussein Semfuko 17 FW  KEN Mohammed Bajaber 28 GK  TAN Hussein Abeil 40 FW  TAN Selemani Mwalimu

Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Champions League: 12 appearances

2002 – First Round 2003 – Group stage (Top 8) 2004 – Preliminary Round 2005 – First Round 2008 – First Round

2011 – Special play-off for Group stage 2013 – Preliminary Round 2018–19 – Quarter-finals 2019–20 – Preliminary Round 2020–21 – Quarter-finals

2021–22 – Second Round 2022–23 – Quarter-finals 2023–24 – Quarter-finals

African Cup of Champions Clubs: 9 appearances

1974 – Semi-finals 1976 – Second Round 1977 – Second Round 1978 – Second Round 1979 – Second Round 1980 – Second Round

1981 – First Round 1994 – Quarter-Finals 1995 – Second Round

CAF Confederation Cup: 6 appearances

2007 – Preliminary Round 2010 – Second Round 2011 – Play-off 2012 – Second Round 2018 – First Round 2021–22 – Quarter-finals

2024–25 – Runners-up CAF Cup: 2 appearances 1993 – Finalist 1997 – First Round

Club Ranking

World As of 3 September 2023[12] Ranking Team Points 113 AS Monaco 623 114 Leicester City FC 622 115 Simba SC 622 116 ACF Fiorentina 621 117 Sporting Cristal 620

CAF As of 3 September 2023[13] Ranking Team Points 8 CR Belouizdad 724 9 RS Berkane 631 10 Simba SC 622 11 TP Mazembe 603 12 ES Sahel 585

Domestic As of 3 September 2023[14] Ranking Team Points 1 Simba SC 621 2 Young Africans SC 521 3 Azam FC 278 4 Namungo FC 166 5 KMC FC 150

Kit Sponsorship

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)	Shirt sponsor (back)
2025–	Diadora SA	Betway Tanzania	Jay Rutty	Mo Dewji

Notes

1. As Sunderland

References

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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. "Players number" (in Swahili). simba.co.tz.
12. "World Club yRankings". footballalphabet.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
13. "African Club Rankings". footballalphabet.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
14. "Tanzanian Clubs Ranking". footballalphabet.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

External links

• Simba S.C. on Facebook
• Simba S.C. on Twitter
• Simba S.C. on Instagram