Simba S.C.

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

Simba S.C
Full nameSimba Sports Club
Nickname(s)Wekundu wa Msimbazi (Reds of Msimbazi) or Lunyasi
Short nameSSC
Founded1936 (1936)
GroundBenjamin Mkapa Stadium
Capacity60,000
ChairmanMurtaza Mangungu
Head CoachAbdelhak Benchikha
LeagueTanzanian Premier League
2022-232nd of 16
WebsiteClub website

It was founded in 1936 as Queen before being renamed to Sunderland and, in 1971, was finally renamed Simba (Swahili for "Lion"). The team's nickname, Wekundu wa Msimbazi (The Reds of Msimbazi), is a reference to their all-red home strip and Msimbazi Street in Kariakoo where their headquarters is based. The fanbase for Simba Sports Club is one of the biggest in Tanzania with there ultras being led by the fierce Isaac Beck.

Simba SC has won 22 league titles and five domestic cups and has participated in CAF Champions League multiple times. It is also among the giant clubs in East and Central Africa, having won the CECAFA Club Championship six times.

Simba plays their home games at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Miburani ward of Temeke District.

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.[1] Globally, the club was ranked at number 105 in the IFFHS World Ranking.[2]

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.[3]

Simba holds a long-standing rivalry with Yanga with whom they contest the Kariakoo derby, named after the ward where both teams were founded. The rivalry was ranked 5th as one of the most famous African derbies.[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 (10): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
  • 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 (6): 1974, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2002
  • Runners-up (7): 1975, 1952, 1978, 1981, 2003, 2011, 2018

CAF Cup[9]

  • Runners-up (1): 1993

CAF Club Champions

•Semi Final 1974

• Group Stage 2003,2018,2020,2021,2022,2023


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

Players

Current squad
As of 20 January 2024[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 David Frank Kameta
3 DF Tanzania TAN Hussein Kazi
4 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Jean Othos Beleke
5 DF Tanzania TAN Israel Patrick Mwenda
6 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Fabrice Ngoma
7 MF Ivory Coast CIV Onana Essomba
8 MF Tanzania TAN Abdallah Hamis
10 FW Burundi BDI Saidi Ntibazonkiza
12 DF Tanzania TAN Shomari Kapombe
13 MF Mali MLI Sadio Kanouté
15 DF Tanzania TAN Mohammed Husseini
16 MF Ivory Coast CIV Aubin Kramo
17 MF Zambia ZAM Clatous Chama
19 MF Tanzania TAN Mzamiru Yassin
20 DF Cameroon CMR Che Malone Jr
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW Tanzania TAN John Bocco
23 GK Tanzania TAN Husseni Abeli
26 DF Tanzania TAN Kennedy Juma
27 FW Mozambique MOZ Luís Miquissone
28 GK Tanzania TAN Aishi Manula
29 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Henock Inonga Baka
31 GK Tanzania TAN Ahmed Feruzi
38 FW Tanzania TAN Kibu Denis

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Head coach Algeria Abdelhak Benchikha
1st Assistant coach Tanzania Juma Mgunda
2nd Assistant coach and Fitness Coach Tanzania Idriss Job
Goalkeeping coach Tanzania Nestor Onyango
Team doctor Tanzania Edwin Kagabo
Team coordinator Tanzania Abbas Suleiman Ally
Team manager Tanzania Jumaa Khamis Hassan
Kit manager Tanzania Hamis Mtambo

Last updated: 20 February 2023
Source:

Management
Position Staff
Chief Executive Officer Tanzania Imani Kajula
Chief Scouting Netherlands Mels Daalder
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

African Football League:Q.Final

Simba Sc Vs Al Ahly : 2-2 first match

: 1-1 Second match

Simba being Disqualified by the away Goal.

Club Ranking

Notes
  1. As Sunderland

References
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  6. "Tanzania - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  7. "Zanzibar - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  8. "CECAFA Club Championship". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  9. "CAF Cup and Confederation Cup". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  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. "World Club yRankings". footballalphabet.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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