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Simba
File:Simba S.C. logo.png
Full name Simba Sports Club
Nickname(s) Taifa Kubwa
Msimbazi Street Boys Wekundu wa Msimbazi
Founded 1936
Ground National Stadium
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Ground Capacity 60,000
Chairman Tanzania Evans Elieza Aveva
Manager United Kingdom Dylan Kerr
League Tanzanian Premier League
2014-15 3rd
Website Club home page

Simba Sports Club is a Tanzanian football club based in Dar es Salaam. Their home games are played at two stadiums, Uhuru Stadium and National Stadium. Simba SC is one of the two biggest football clubs in Tanzania, their arch-rivals being the Young Africans. The club had several names during its history. When it was founded in 1936, it was called Queens, later Eagles and Dar Sunderland, and in 1971 changed to its current name, Simba (which means lion in Swahili).

Achievements

The highest level of success that Simba SC achieved was getting to the final of the CAF Cup in 1993, when they lost to Stella Abidjan of Côte d'Ivoire. It was the highest achievement on continental competitions reached by any Tanzanian team. One of the most memorable years for the club was 2003 when it knocked off the then-reigning CAF champions Zamalek of Egypt on their way to qualify for the group stages of the CAF Champions League. In the first round of that year's competition, Simba SC eliminated Santos of South Africa.

Tanzanian Premier League: 18

  • 1965, 1966 (as Sunderland)
  • 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12

Tanzanian Cup: 3

  • 1984, 1995, 2000

Tanzanian Tusker Cup: 5

  • 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
  • 2005 (in Kenya)

CAF Cup: 0

  • Finalist: 1993

CECAFA Clubs Cup: 6

  • 1974, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2002

Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Champions League: 6 appearances

  • 2002 – First Round
  • 2003 – Group Stage
  • 2004 – First Round
  • 2005 – First Round
  • 2008 – First Round
  • 2011 – Special play-off for Group Stage

African Cup of Champions Clubs: 8 appearances

  • 1974 – Semi-Finals

The furthest any Tanzanian team has ever reached in African premier competition, eliminated in the semi-finals by Egyptian club Mehala El Kubra, in this period, the chairman was late Abubakar Mwilima, himself a renowned trade unionist, educationist and politician who served in Julius Nyerere's government in different capacities.

  • 1976 – Second Round
  • 1977 – Second Round
  • 1978 – Second Round
  • 1979 – Second Round
  • 1980 – Second Round
  • 1981 – First Round
  • 1995 – Second Round

CAF Confederation Cup: 4 appearances

  • 2007 – Preliminary Round
  • 2010 – First Round of 16
  • 2011 – Second Round of 16
  • 2012

CAF Cup: 2 appearances

  • 1993 – Finalist
  • 1997 – First Round

CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances

  • 1985 – Second Round
  • 1996 – Second Round
  • 2001 – Second Round

Current squad 2014/15

File:Simba Sports Club branch.jpg
A branch office of the club

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

No. Position Player
1 Ivory Coast GK Vincent Angban
2 Tanzania DF Nassoro Masoud "Cholo"
3 Zimbabwe MF Justice Majabvi
4 Uganda DF Juuko Murshid
6 Uganda MF Simon Sserunkuma
10 Tanzania MF Peter Mwalyanzi
13 Tanzania MF Saidi Juma "Ndemla"
14 Tanzania DF Mohamed Hussein
16 Tanzania MF Awadh Juma Issa
18 Tanzania DF Sami Hajji Nuhu
19 Tanzania DF Mohammed Fakhi
20 Tanzania MF Jonas Mkude
21 Burundi DF Emiry Nimubona
22 Tanzania GK Manyika Peter
No. Position Player
23 Tanzania MF Ibrahim Ajibu
24 Tanzania FW Mussa Hassan Mgosi
25 Senegal FW Pape N'daw
27 Tanzania MF Mwinyi Kazimoto
28 Tanzania FW Daniel Lyanga
29 Tanzania DF Hassan Isihaka
50 Tanzania FW Joseph Kimwaga
Tanzania FW Boniface Maganga
Tanzania DF Abdi Banda
Tanzania FW Issa Abdallah
Tanzania FW Said Issa
Tanzania DF Hassan Ramadhani "Kessy"
Tanzania FW Emmanuel Mtumbuka
5 Uganda FW Hamis Kiiza

Technical Bench

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