Simba Sports Club is a football club based in Kariakoo,

Dar es Salaam Tanzania Dar or DAR may refer to: Settlements * Dar es Salaam, the largest city of Tanzania and East Africa * Dar, Azerbaijan, a village * Dar, Iran, a village People * Dar (tribe), a Kashmiri tribe in India and Pakistan * Aleem Dar, Pakistani crickete ...

, 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. 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.

Honours

Domestic

Tanzanian Premier League * Winner (22): 1965, 1966,

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ...

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

, 1978,

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

, 1980,

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

, 1994,

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 Nyerere Cup * Winner (3): 1984, 1995, 2000 FAT Cup * 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 * Winner (5): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2005 *''Runners-up (1):'' 2006 Community Shield * Winner (9): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 *''Runners-up (2):'' 2001, 2010, 2021

Mapinduzi Cup The Mapinduzi Cup is a top knockout football tournament in Zanzibar. Mapinduzi meaning Revolution in recognition of the Zanzibar Revolution. The Mapinduzi Cup is a tournament created by the Zanzibar Football Federation to commemorate Zanzibar's R ...

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

Continental

CECAFA Club Championship * Winners (6): 1974,

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

, 1992,

, 1996, 2002 *Runners-up (6): 1975,

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

, 1978,

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

, 2003, 2011,

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the Unit ...

CAF Cup * ''Runners-up (1):''

Colours and badge

, Logo from 2000 to 2010 File:Logo simba.png, Logo from 2010 to 2020 File:Simba Sports Club.png, Logo from 2020

Players

Current squad

Coaching staff

Management

Performance in CAF competitions

The highest continental success that Simba achieved reaching the final of the CAF Cup in

, 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 * 2002 – First Round * 2003 – Group stage (Top 8) * 2004 – Preliminary Round * 2005 – First Round *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

– First Round * 2011 – Special play-off for Group stage *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

– Preliminary Round * 2018–19 – Quarter-finals * 2019–20 – Preliminary Round * 2020–21 – Quarter-finals * 2021–22 – Second Round African Cup of Champions Clubs: 9 appearances * 1974 – Semi-finals *

– Second Round *

– Second Round * 1978 – Second Round *

– Second Round * 1980 – Second Round *

– First Round * 1994 – Quarter-Finals *

– Second Round CAF Confederation Cup: 6 appearances * 2007 – Preliminary Round * 2010 – Second Round * 2011 – Play-off *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

– Second Round *

– First Round * 2021–22 – Quarter-finals CAF Cup: 2 appearances *

– Finalist *

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

– First Round CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances *

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

– Second Round * 1996 – Second Round * 2001 – Second Round

Notes

References

External links

* * * {{Tanzanian Premier League Simba S.C. Association football clubs established in 1936 Sport in Dar es Salaam 1936 establishments in Tanganyika Simba Sports Club