Simba S.C.

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

Not to be confused with Simba FC.
Simba SC
Simba Sports Club's team logo
Full nameSimba Sports Club
Founded1936 (1936)
GroundBenjamin Mkapa Stadium
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Capacity60,000
OwnerSimba club members own 51 % and Investor, Mohammed Dewji (MO) owns 49% of the club shares.
ChairmanSalim Abdallah
LeagueTanzanian Premier League
2021-222nd
WebsiteClub website

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

Simba SC has won 21 league titles and five domestic cups, and has 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 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 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]

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 16 January 2023[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
3 MF  BFA Ismaël Sawadogo
4 FW  COD Jean Othos Beleke
5 DF  TAN Israel Patrick Mwenda
10 MF  SEN Pape Ousmane Sakho
11 MF  MWI Peter Banda
12 DF  TAN Shomari Kapombe
13 MF  MLI Sadio Kanouté
14 MF  TAN Mohamed Mussa
15 DF  TAN Mohammed Husseini
16 DF  KEN Joash Onyango
17 MF  ZAM Clatous Chama
18 DF  TAN Erasto Nyoni
19 MF  TAN Mzamiru Yassin
20 MF  TAN Jonas Mkude
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF  TAN Jimson Stephen Mwanuke
22 FW  TAN John Bocco
25 MF  ZAM Moses Phiri
26 DF  TAN Kennedy Juma
27 FW  NGA Augustine Okrah
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
39 FW  BDI Saidi Ntibazonkiza

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

Last updated: 18 October 2021
Source:

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

Last updated: 31 December 2020
Source:

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
  1. As Sunderland

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