2022–23 Tanzanian Premier League Explained

Competition:Tanzanian Premier League
Season:2022–23
Winners:Young Africans
Relegated:Mbeya City (via Tanzanian Premier League play-off)
Polisi Morogoro
Ruvu Shooting
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Young Africans
Simba
Continentalcup2:Confederation Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Azam
Singida Big Stars
Matches:240
League Topscorer: Fiston Kalala Mayele
Saidi Ntibazonkiza
(17 goals)
Prevseason:2021–22
Nextseason:2023–24
Updated:10 June 2022

The 2022–23 Tanzanian Premier League (known as the NBC Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 58th season of the Tanzanian Premier League, the top-tier football league in Tanzania (mainland only), since its establishment in 1965. The season started on 27 September 2021. The season ended with Young Africans S.C. clinching their 29th premier league title, losing only two games in the entire season. This was the team's second consecutive championship win.[1] [2] Congolese striker Fiston Kalala Mayele (Yanga S.C.) along with Burundian striker Saidi Ntibazonkiza (Simba S.C.) were the top scorers of the season.[3]

League table

Results

Each team plays each other twice (30 matches each), once at home and once away.

Tanzanian Premier League play-off

The 13th and 14th-placed teams (Kinondoni MC and Mbeya City) qualified for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off, alongside the 3rd and 4th-placed teams from the 2022–23 Tanzanian Championship League (Pamba and Mashujaa). The Championship teams faced each other over two legs; the Premier League teams then also faced each other over two legs, with the winners remaining in the Tanzanian Premier League and the losers competing against the Championship play-off winners for the final place in the following season's Tanzanian Premier League.

Quarter-finals

Second leg

Semi-finals

Second leg

Final

Second leg

Statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoal
1 Fiston Mayele Yanga17
Saidi NtibazonkizaSimba
3 Prince DubeAzam12
4 John BoccoSimba10
Bruno GomesSingida
Moses PhiriSimba
7 Stephane Aziz KiYanga9
Jeremiah JumaTanzania Prisons
Collins OpareDodoma Jiji
Sixtus SabiloMbeya City
Pape SakhoSimba

Top clean sheets

RankGoalkeeperTeamClean sheets
1 Djigui DiarraYanga14
2 Aishi ManulaSimba12
3 Ali AhamadaAzam 8
4 Metacha MnataYanga7
5 Selemani BakariIhefu6
Said KipaoKagera Sugar
Mahamoud MroiviliCoastal Union

Multiple hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstScoreDate
John BoccoSimbaRuvu Shooting0-412 November 2022
Fiston MayeleYangaSingida4-117 November 2022
John BoccoSimbaTanzania Prisons7-130 December 2022
Saidi Ntibazonkiza
Ibrahim AliNamungo KMC1-324 January 2023
Jean BalekeSimbaMtibwa0-311 March 2023
Stephane Aziz KiYangaKagera Sugar5-011 April 2023
Saidi Ntibazonkiza 5SimbaPolisi6-16 June 2023
Prince Dube4AzamPolisi8-09 June 2023

Notes and References

  1. News: Yanga SC beat Dodoma Jiji FC to win 29th Premiership title . 10 June 2023 . The Citizen . The Citizen . 13 May 2023 . en.
  2. Web site: 2023-06-09 . YANGA YAONGEZA NAMBA KATIKA HISTORIA – TPLB . 2023-06-10 . en-US.
  3. News: Michael . john . Top Scorer NBC Premier League 2022/2023 . 10 June 2023 . Ligi Kuu Tanzania . 10 June 2023.