Football in Tanzania

Tanzanian football league system

Tanzanian football league system

Tanzanian football league system

Country| Tanzania
Governing body| Tanzania Football Federation
National team(s)| National Teams

Club competitions

NBC Premier League
NBC Championship League
First League
CRDB Bank Federation Cup
Mapinduzi Cup
Muungano Cup

International competitions

Champions League
CAF Confederation Cup
Super Cup
FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA World Cup(National Team)
African Cup of Nations(National Team)

The Tanzania Football Federation[1][2] is the governing body mandated to run The sport of football in Tanzania. It oversees the national football team, Premier League,the Championship, First League,Regional Champions League,Youth U20 League and the Youth U15 League.

It is also in charge of Serengeti Lite Women's Premier League.[3] Association football is the most popular sport in Tanzania.

## League system

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The Tanzanian league football pyramid uses a promotion and relegation system. The champions of the nation's top level of football, Tanzanian Premier League (Ligi Kuu Tanzania Bara) qualify to play in the following season's CAF Champions League. The bottom 3 teams are relegated to the Championship.

Level  | League

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1 | Tanzanian Premier League
Ligi Kuu Tanzania
16 clubs
↓relegates 2 teams automatically, 1 goes to relegation playoffs
2 | Championship
Ligi Daraja la Kwanza
16 Clubs
↑↓promotes 2 teams automatically, 4 go to promotion playoffs; relegates 2 team automatically, 4 go to relegation playoffs
3 | First League
Ligi Daraja la Pili
4 groups of 6 teams
↑↓promotes 3 teams automatically; relegates 3 teams automatically
4 | Regional Champions League
Ligi ya Mabingwa wa Mikoa
4 groups of 7 teams
↑promotes 3 teams automatically
5 | Youth U20 League
Ligi ya Vijana U20

6 | Youth U15 League
Ligi ya Vijana U15

## Football stadiums in Tanzania

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Stadiums with a capacity of 30,000 or higher are included.

# | Stadium | Location | Capacity | Home Team(s) | Notes

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1 | National Stadium Tanzania[citation needed] | Dar es Salaam | 60,000 | National team, Simba SC, Young Africans FC |
2 | CCM Kirumba Stadium | Mwanza | 35,000 | Mbao FC, Alliance Schools FC, Pamba F.C., Toto African |
3 | Kambarage Stadium | Shinyanga | 30,000 | Kahama United |
4 | Jamhuri Stadium Dodoma | Dodoma | 30,000 | JKT Ruvu Stars |
5 | Gombani Stadium | Chake-Chake | 30,000 |  |
6 | Maji-Maji Stadium | Songea | 30,000 |  |

## Support

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Twitter research from 2015 found that the most popular English Premier League club in Tanzania was Manchester United, with 25% of Tanzanian Premier League fans following the club, closely followed by Arsenal (22%) and Chelsea (17%).[4]

## References

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1. ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | African | Trautmann honour echoed in Tanzania". BBC News. 2004-11-02. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
2. ^ Muga, Emmanuel (2013-07-20). "BBC Sport - Trautmann mourned in Tanzania too". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
3. ^ Muga, Emmanuel. "BBC Sport – Tanzanian FA to "focus on football development"". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
4. ^ "Which is Africa's favourite Premier League team?". BBC News. 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2024-10-18.

## Further reading

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* Football, in Tanzania (18 November 2008). "POPULAR MUSIC, SPORTS, AND POLITICS: A DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN CULTURAL MOVEMENTS IN DAR ES SALAAM, 1930s-1960s" (PDF). TSURUTA, Tadasu. POPULAR MUSIC, SPORTS, AND POLITICS: A DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN CULTURAL MOVEMENTS IN DAR ES SALAAM, 1930s–1960s. African Study Monographs 2003, 24(3): 195–222. 24 (3): 206. doi:10.14989/68221. Retrieved 18 November 2008.

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Football in Tanzania

Tanzania Football Federation

National teams|

| Men|

* National team
* Olympic (U-23)
* U-20
* U-17

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Women|

* National team
* U-20
* U-17

League system|

| Men|

* Premier League
* First Division League
* Second Division League

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Women|

* W-Premier League

Domestic cups|

| Men|

* Tanzania FA Cup
* Tanzania Community Shield

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Awards|

* Footballer of the Year
* Top scorers

Lists|

* All-time Table
* Champions
* Clubs
* International footballers
* Foreign players
* Venues

Related articles|

* Maasai Football Federation

* Men's clubs
* Women's clubs
* Men's players
* Women's players
* Expatriate players
* Managers
* Referees
* Venues
* Seasons
* Records

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Football in Africa

Sovereign states|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

States with limited
recognition

* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* Somaliland

Dependencies and
other territories

* Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
* Madeira (Portugal)
* Mayotte / Réunion (France)
* Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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