Mapinduzi Cup

Association football tournament

Football tournament

Mapinduzi CupOrganising body| Zanzibar Football Federation

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Founded| 2004
Number of teams| 4 (2025)
Current champions|  Zanzibar
(1st title)
Most successful team(s)| Azam FC
(5 titles)
2025 Mapinduzi Cup

The Mapinduzi Cup is a top knockout football tournament in Zanzibar. Mapinduzi means Revolution in swahili, in recognition of the Zanzibar Revolution. The Mapinduzi Cup is a tournament created by the Zanzibar Football Federation to commemorate Zanzibar's Revolution day which is marked annually on 12 January.[1]

The defending champions are the Zanzibar national football team.[2]

## History

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The first edition of the cup was in 2004.[3] However, the cup was played between Zanzibari clubs together with clubs from Tanzania mainland until 2024.[4][5][6] Since 2013 clubs from Kenya and Uganda have been invited to take part occasionally.

Along with the Zanzibari Cup and Nyerere Cup, the three tournaments are the three main knockout tournaments in Zanzibar. The maiden edition was won by Jamhuri F.C.[3]

The 2025 edition of the tournament became the first to involve national teams instead of clubs.[7]

## Champions

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Reference:[3]

Year  | Winners  | Results  | Runner-ups  | Ref.

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2004

| Young Africans SC |

2 – 1

| Mtibwa Sugar |

2005

| Mafunzo FC |

2 – 0

| JKU SC |

2006

| not held |

2007

| Malindi SC |

2 – 0

| Miembeni SC |

2008

| Miembeni SC |

2 – 1

| Polisi SC |

2009

| not held |

2010

| Mtibwa Sugar |

1 – 0

| Ocean View FC |

2011

| Simba SC |

2 – 0

| Young Africans SC |

2012

| Azam FC |

3 – 1

| Jamhuri |

2013

| Azam FC |

2 – 1

| Tusker FC |

2014

| Kampala City Council |

1 – 0

| Simba SC |

2015

| Simba SC |

0 – 0 (4–3 pen.)

| Mtibwa Sugar |

2016

| Uganda Revenue Authority |

3 – 1

| Mtibwa Sugar |

2017

| Azam FC |

1 – 0

| Simba SC |

2018

| Azam FC |

0 – 0 (4–3 pen.)

| Uganda Revenue Authority |

2019

| Azam FC |

2– 1

| Simba SC |

2020

| Mtibwa Sugar |

1–0

| Simba SC |

2021

| Young Africans |

0–0 (4–3 pen.)

| Simba SC |

2022

| Simba SC |

1 – 0

| Azam FC |

2023

| Mlandege FC |

2 – 1

| Singida Big Stars |

2024

| Mlandege FC |

1 - 0

| Simba SC | [8]

2025

|  Zanzibar |

2 - 1

|  Burkina Faso | [2]

## Winner by team

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Club  | Number  | Years

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Azam FC |

| 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019
Simba SC |

| 2011, 2015, 2022
Mtibwa Sugar |

| 2010, 2020
Young Africans SC |

| 2004, 2021
Mafunzo FC |

| 2005
Malindi SC |

| 2007
Miembeni SC |

| 2008
Kampala City Council |

| 2014
Uganda Revenue Authority |

| 2016
Mlandege FC |

| 2023, 2024
Zanzibar |

| 2025

## References

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1. ^ "Simba face Tusker in Mapinduzi Cup". supersport.com. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
2. ^ a b "Zanzibar stop Burkina Faso to win Mapinduzi Cup". CECAFA. 13 January 2025.
3. ^ a b c Zanzibar - List of Cup Winners Archived March 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, RSSSF.com
4. ^ "Mapinduzi Cup 2018 - Results, fixtures, tables and stats - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
5. ^ "Mapinduzi Cup: Simba SC and Yanga SC to miss key players in derby final | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
6. ^ "Simba SC explain Morrison's absence at Mapinduzi Cup in Arusha | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
7. ^ "Mapinduzi Cup Format Overhaul After Burundi's Exit". Azscore. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
8. ^ "Mlandege rewarded after Mapinduzi Cup triumph". The Citizen. 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2023-01-16.

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