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Simba S.C.

Association football club in Tanzania

Summary

Association football club in Tanzania

Field	Value
clubname	Simba
image	Simba Sports Club.png
image_size	180px
fullname	Simba Sports Club
nickname	Reds of Msimbazi, Wekundu wa Msimbazi (The Red Lions)
short name	SSC
owner	Member of SSC 51%
Mohammed Dewji 49%
chairman	Murtaza Mangungu
founded
manager	Steve Barker
mgrtitle	Chief Manager
website
ground	Benjamin Mkapa Stadium
capacity	60,000
league	Tanzanian Premier League
season	2024–25
position	Tanzanian Premier League, 2nd of 16
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current	2025–26 Simba SC season

Mohammed Dewji 49%

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. Globally, the club was ranked at number 105 in the IFFHS World Ranking.

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

Honours

Domestic

Tanzanian Premier League
- Winner (22): 1965, 1966, 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
- Winner (3): 1984, 1995, 2000
FAT Cup
- 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
- Winner (5): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2005
- Runners-up (1): 2006
Community Shield
- Winner (10): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
- Runners-up (3): 2001, 2010, 2021
Mapinduzi Cup
- Winner (3): 2011, 2015, 2022
- Runners-up (5): 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021

Continental

CECAFA Club Championship
- Winners (6): 1974, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2002
- Runners-up (7): 1975, 1952, 1978, 1981, 2003, 2011, 2018
CAF Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1993 CAF Confederation Cup
Runners-up (1): 2024–25

Colours and badge

File:Simba Sports Club.png|The present crest

Players

Current squad

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

CAF

Domestic

Kit Sponsorship

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

Notes

References

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"Tanzania - List of Champions".
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"CECAFA Club Championship".
"CAF Cup and Confederation Cup".
"Confederation Cup Final". beinsports.com.
"Tanzania - Simba Sports Club - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway".
"Players number". simba.co.tz.
"World Club yRankings". footballalphabet.com.
"African Club Rankings". footballalphabet.com.
"Tanzanian Clubs Ranking". footballalphabet.com.

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