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Simba Sports Club is a football club based in Kariakoo, Dar es Salaam Tanzania,

Simba SC

Simba Sports Club's team logo
Full name	Simba Sports Club
Founded	1936; 86 years ago (1936)
Ground	Benjamin Mkapa Stadium Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Capacity	60,000
Owner	Simba club members have 51 % and Investor Mohammed Dewji (MO) have 49% of club share.
Chairman	Salim Abdallah
League	Tanzanian Premier League
2021-22	Tanzanian Premier League, 2nd of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Founded in 1936, the club, which broke away from another Tanzania Giants, Dar Young Africans was named Queens, in honor of her Majesty, the Queen of England. The Club had several name changes from Queens to Eagles, then, Sunderland. In 1971 they were renamed Simba (Swahili for "Lion").

Simba SC have won 21 league titles and five domestic cups, and have participated in the CAF Champions League multiple times. They are also one of the biggest clubs in East Africa, having won the CECAFA Club Championship six times.

Simba play their home games at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium. In 2022, Simba were the fastest growing Instagram account among football clubs, with 1.9 million followers and a growth of 89% from the previous year.[1]

The club is one of the richest in East Africa, with a total budget of Sh 6.1 Billion (equivalent to $5.3 million) unveiled for the 2019/2020 season.[2]

Honours

Domestic

Tanzanian Premier League[3]

• Winner (22): 1965,[lower-alpha 1] 1966,[lower-alpha 1] 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[4]

• Winner (3): 1984, 1995, 2000

FAT Cup[4]

• 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[4]

• Winner (5): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2005
• Runners-up (1): 2006

Community Shield[4]

• Winner (9): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
• Runners-up (2): 2001, 2010, 2021

Mapinduzi Cup[5]

• Winner (3): 2011, 2015, 2022
• Runners-up (5): 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021

Continental

CECAFA Club Championship[6]

• Winners (6): 1974, 2020, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2002
• Runners-up (6): 1975, 1952, 1978, 1981, 2003, 2011, 2018

CAF Cup[7]

• Runners-up (1): 1993

Colours and badge

• 
  Logo from 2010 to 2020
• 
  Logo from 2020

Players

Current squad

As of 13 August 2022[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  TAN Ally Salim 2 DF  TAN Gadiel Michael 5 DF  TAN Israel Patrick Mwenda 6 MF  NGA Victor Akpan 7 FW  SRB Dejan Georgijević 8 MF  NGA Nelson Okwa 10 MF  SEN Pape Ousmane Sakho 11 MF  MWI Peter Banda 12 DF  TAN Shomari Kapombe 13 MF  MLI Sadio Kanouté 15 DF  TAN Mohammed Husseini 16 DF  KEN Joash Onyango 17 MF  ZAM Clatous Chama

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  TAN Erasto Nyoni 19 MF  TAN Mzamiru Yassin 20 MF  TAN Jonas Mkude 21 MF  TAN Jimson Stephen Mwanuke 22 FW  TAN John Bocco 25 MF  GHA Augustine Okrah 26 DF  TAN Kennedy Juma 27 FW  ZAM Moses Phiri 28 GK  TAN Aishi Manula 29 DF  COD Henock Inonga Baka 30 GK  TAN Beno Kakolanya 31 GK  TAN Ahmed Feruzi 32 FW  TAN Habib Kyombo 33 DF  CIV Mohamed Ouattara 35 MF  TAN Nassoro Kapama 38 FW  TAN Kibu Denis

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach (interim)	Juma Mgunda[9]
1st Assistant coach	Seleman Matola
2nd Assistant coach and Fitness Coach	Sbai Karim
Goalkeeping coach	Mohamed Rachid
Team doctor	Yassin Gembe
Team coordinator	Abbas Suleiman Ally
Team manager	Patrick Rweyemamu
Kit manager	Hamis Mtambo

Management

Position	Staff
Chief Executive Officer	Barbara Gonzalez[10]
Executive Assistant to C.E.O	Rispa Hatibu
Head of Operations	Dr Arnold Kashembe
Senior Accountant	Suleiman Kahumbu
Project Manager	Belinda Paul
Director of membership & fans	Hashim Mbaga
Media officer	Ahmed Ally
Competition manager	Hamiss Kissiwa
Football logistics manager	Abbas Ally
Market analyst	George Abdulrahman
Content & social media coordinator	Rabi Hume
Content manager	Ally Mohamed
Marketing & media assistant	Jacob Gamaly
Facilities manager	Juma Matari
Office assistant	Said Hassan Ahmad

Performance in CAF competitions

The highest continental success that Simba achieved reaching the final of the CAF Cup in 1993, when they lost to Stella Club of Côte d'Ivoire. It was the highest continental achievement by a Tanzanian team to date. In 2003 Simba beat the then-reigning champions Zamalek of Egypt in the CAF Champions League second round of qualifiers to qualify to the group stages, after having beat Santos of South Africa in the first round.

CAF Champions League: 11 appearances

African Cup of Champions Clubs: 9 appearances

CAF Confederation Cup: 6 appearances

CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances

Notes

References

External links

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

На других языках

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[de] Simba SC

Simba SC ist ein tansanischer Fußballverein aus Dar es Salaam. Neben den Young Africans FC ist der Club der erfolgreichste des Landes. Der Begriff Simba ist Swahili und bedeutet Löwen.

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- [en] Simba S.C.

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[es] Simba Sports Club

El Simba Sports Club es un club de fútbol de Tanzania que juega en la Liga tanzana de fútbol, la máxima división del país. Fue fundado en el año 1936 en la por entonces capital del país Dar es Salaam, en el barrio de Kariakoo. Es uno de los dos equipos más laureados de Tanzania junto al Young Africans SC.

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[ru] Симба (футбольный клуб, Дар-эс-Салам)

«Симба» (англ. Simba Sports Club) — танзанийский футбольный клуб из города Дар-эс-Салам. Выступает в Премьер-лиге Танзании, домашние матчи проводит на стадионе «Убура», вмещающем 30 тысяч человек, или же на Национальном стадионе, вмещающем 60 тысяч человек. «Симба» — один из двух сильнейших клубов Танзании наряду с «Янг Африканс», в Дар-эс-Саламе, помимо них, есть и другие клубы — «Азам», «Африкан Лион», «Ашанти Юнайтед», «Вилла Сквад».

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