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
Full nameSimba Sports Club
Nickname(s)Wekundu wa Msimbazi (The Reds of Msimbazi)
Founded1936 (1936), as Sunderland
GroundBenjamin Mkapa Stadium
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Capacity60,000
OwnerSimba club members have 51 % and Investor Mohammed Dewji have 49% of club share
ManagerPablo Franco
LeagueLigi Kuu Bara
2020–21Ligi Kuu Bara, 1st of 18 (champions)
WebsiteClub website

Founded in 1936, the club was named Eagles, then to Sunderland. In 1971 they were renamed Simba (Swahili for "Lion").

Simba SC is one of the two biggest clubs in Tanzania, alongside cross-city rivals Young Africans. 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.

Nicknamed "Wekundu wa Msimbazi" (The Reds of Msimbazi), Simba play their home games at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium. In 2022, Simba were the fastest growing Instagram account among football clubs, with 3 million followers and a growth of 89% from the previous year.[1]

Simba SC is amongst the most followed African clubs on social media platforms with more than 5 million followers across all social media. In March 2022, the club announced to join TikTok and earned more than 10,000 followers in just 3 days. The club is also considered as one of the richest club in East Africa, with a total budget of Sh 5 Billion (equivalent to $2.1 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, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2002
  • Runners-up (6): 1975, 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 17 January 2022[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 FW  GHA Bernard Morrison
4 MF  UGA Taddeo Lwanga
5 DF  TAN Israel Patrick Mwenda
6 DF  CIV Serge Wawa
7 FW  COD Chris Mutshimba Mugalu
8 MF  ZAM Larry Bwalya
10 MF  SEN Pape Ousmane Sakho
11 MF  MWI Peter Banda
12 DF  TAN Shomari Kapombe
13 MF  MLI Sadio Kanouté
14 FW  RWA Meddie Kagere
15 DF  TAN Mohammed Husseini
16 DF  KEN Joash Onyango
17 MF  ZAM Clatous Chama
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  TAN Erasto Nyoni
19 MF  TAN Mzamiru Yassin
20 MF  TAN Jonas Mkude
21 MF  TAN Jimson Stephen Mwanuke
22 FW  TAN John Bocco
23 MF  MWI Duncan Nyoni
24 MF  TAN Hassan Dilunga
25 MF  TAN Abdulswamad Kassim Ally
26 DF  TAN Kennedy Juma
27 MF  TAN Yussufu Mhilu
28 GK  TAN Aishi Manula
29 DF  COD Henock Inonga Baka
30 GK  TAN Beno Kakolanya
31 GK  TAN Ahmed Feruzi
32 GK  TAN Jeremiah Kisubi
38 FW  TAN Kibu Denis
39 FW  TAN Adnaan Hussein
— DF  TAN Ibrahim Ame (Loan to Mtibwa Sugar F.C.)
— MF  TAN Saidi Juma (Loan to Mtibwa Sugar F.C.)
— DF  TAN David Frank Kameta (Loan to Biashara United)

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Head coach Pablo Franco
1st Assistant coach Thierry Hitimana
2nd Assistant coach Seleman Matola
Goalkeeping coach Juma R. Zayumba
Fitness coach Adel Zrane
Team doctor Yassin Gembe
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 Barbara Gonzalez[9]
Executive Assistant to C.E.O Rispa Hatibu
Head of Operations Dr Arnold Kashembe
Senior Accountant Suleiman Kahumbu
Project Manager Belinda Paul
Director of membership & fans Hashim Mbaga
Media officer Ahmed Ally
Competition manager Hamiss Kissiwa
Football logistics manager Abbas Ally
Market analyst George Abdulrahman
Content & social media coordinator Rabi Hume
Content manager Ally Mohamed
Marketing & media assistant Jacob Gamaly
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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Simba unveils huge budget for 2019/2020 season The CitizenNewsSports
  3. "Tanzania - List of Champions". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. "Tanzania - List of Cup Winners". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  5. "Zanzibar - List of Cup Winners". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  6. "CECAFA Club Championship". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  7. "CAF Cup and Confederation Cup". www.rsssf.com. 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.
  9. "Barbara Gonzalez: The CEO changing perceptions in Tanzanian football". BBC Sport. 17 September 2020.
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