Simba S.C.

Simba Sports Club also known as Wekundu wa Msimbazi is a professional football club based in Kariakoo, Dar es Salaam Tanzania.

Not to be confused with Simba FC or AS Simba.
Simba SC
Full nameSimba Sports Club
Nickname(s)Wekundu wa Msimbazi (Reds of Msimbazi)
Short nameSIMB,SSC
Founded1936 (1936)
GroundBenjamin Mkapa Stadium
Capacity60,000
OwnerSimba club members own 51 % and Investor, Mohammed Dewji (MO) owns 49% of the club shares.
ChairmanSalim Abdallah
Head CoachRobertinho
LeagueTanzanian Premier League
2021-222nd
WebsiteClub website

Founded in 1936, It started as a broke away club from another giant football team in Tanzania, Dar Young Africans and was first named Queens, in honor of her Majesty, the Queen of England. The Club had several name changes from Queens to Eagles, then Sunderland and in 1971 it was finally renamed Simba (Swahili for "Lion").

Simba SC has won 22 league titles and five domestic cups and has participated in 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 plays their home games at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium. In 2022, Simba was 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 was ranked among the top ten clubs in Africa, at number 10, by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) in their May 1, 2022 – April 30, 2023 rankings.[2] Globally, the club was ranked at number 105 in the IFFHS World Ranking.[3]

The club is one of the richest in East Africa, with a total budget of TSh 6.1 billion (equivalent to $5.3 million) unveiled for the 2019/2020 season.[4]

Honours

Domestic

Tanzanian Premier League[5]

Nyerere Cup[6]

  • Winner (3): 1984, 1995, 2000

FAT Cup[6]

  • 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[6]

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

Community Shield[6]

  • Winner (9): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
  • Runners-up (3): 2001, 2010, 2021

Mapinduzi Cup[7]

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

Continental

CECAFA Club Championship[8]

  • Winners (7): 1974, 2020, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2002
  • Runners-up (7): 1975, 1952, 1978, 1981, 2003, 2011, 2018

CAF Cup[9]

  • Runners-up (1): 1993

Colours and badge
  • Logo from 2010 to 2020
    Logo from 2010 to 2020
  • Logo from 2020
    Logo from 2020

Players

Current squad
As of 16 January 2023[10]

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 Tanzania TAN Ally Salim
2 DF Tanzania TAN Gadiel Michael
3 MF Burkina Faso BFA Ismaël Sawadogo
4 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Jean Othos Beleke
5 DF Tanzania TAN Israel Patrick Mwenda
10 MF Senegal SEN Pape Ousmane Sakho
11 MF Malawi MWI Peter Banda
12 DF Tanzania TAN Shomari Kapombe
13 MF Mali MLI Sadio Kanouté
14 MF Tanzania TAN Mohamed Mussa
15 DF Tanzania TAN Mohammed Husseini
16 DF Kenya KEN Joash Onyango
17 MF Zambia ZAM Clatous Chama
18 DF Tanzania TAN Erasto Nyoni
19 MF Tanzania TAN Mzamiru Yassin
20 MF Tanzania TAN Jonas Mkude
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Tanzania TAN Jimson Stephen Mwanuke
22 FW Tanzania TAN John Bocco
25 MF Zambia ZAM Moses Phiri
26 DF Tanzania TAN Kennedy Juma
27 FW Nigeria NGA Augustine Okrah
28 GK Tanzania TAN Aishi Manula
29 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Henock Inonga Baka
30 GK Tanzania TAN Beno Kakolanya
31 GK Tanzania TAN Ahmed Feruzi
32 FW Tanzania TAN Habib Kyombo
33 DF Ivory Coast CIV Mohamed Ouattara
35 MF Tanzania TAN Nassoro Kapama
38 FW Tanzania TAN Kibu Denis
39 FW Burundi BDI Saidi Ntibazonkiza

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Head coach Brazil Robertinho Oliveira Gonçalves do Carmo
1st Assistant coach Tanzania Juma Mgunda
2nd Assistant coach and Fitness Coach Tunisia Sbai Karim
Goalkeeping coach Egypt Mohamed Rachid
Team doctor Tanzania Edwin Kagabo
Team coordinator Tanzania Abbas Suleiman Ally
Team manager Tanzania Patrick Rweyemamu
Kit manager Tanzania Hamis Mtambo

Last updated: 20 February 2023
Source:

Management
Position Staff
Chief Executive Officer Tanzania Imani Kajula
Head of Operations Tanzania Ms Belinda Paul
Senior Accountant Tanzania Suleiman Kahumbu
Media officer Tanzania Ahmed Ally
Competition manager Tanzania Hamiss Kissiwa
Football logistics manager Tanzania Abbas Ally
Content & social media coordinator Tanzania Rabi Hume
Content manager Tanzania Ally Mohamed
Facilities manager Tanzania Juma Matari
Office assistant Tanzania Said Hassan Ahmad

Last updated: 31 December 2020
Source:

Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Champions League: 12 appearances

African Cup of Champions Clubs: 9 appearances

CAF Confederation Cup: 6 appearances

CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances

Notes
  1. As Sunderland

References
  1. "Fastest growing Insta accounts | Clubs in 2020 – Worldwide". Instagram. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. https://www.iffhs.com/posts/2741
  3. https://www.iffhs.com/posts/2735
  4. Simba unveils huge budget for 2019/2020 season The CitizenNewsSports
  5. "Tanzania - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  6. "Tanzania - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  7. "Zanzibar - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  8. "CECAFA Club Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  9. "CAF Cup and Confederation Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  10. "Tanzania - Simba Sports Club - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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