Simba S.C. Explained
Clubname: | Simba S.C |
Fullname: | Simba Sports Club |
Nickname: | Wekundu wa Msimbazi (Reds of Msimbazi) Lunyasi |
Short Name: | SSC |
Owner: | Member of SSC 51% Mohamed Dewji 49% |
Chairman: | Murtaza Mangungu |
Manager: | Fadlu Davids |
Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
Website: | http://www.simbasc.co.tz/ |
Ground: | Benjamin Mkapa Stadium |
Capacity: | 60,000 |
League: | Tanzanian Premier League |
Season: | 2023–24 |
Position: | 3rd |
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Simba Sports Club is a professional football club based in Kariakoo ward in Ilala Districtof Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania.
It was founded in 1936 as Queen before being renamed to Sunderland and, in 1971, was finally renamed Simba (Swahili for "Lion"). The team's nickname, Wekundu wa Msimbazi (The Reds of Msimbazi), is a reference to their all-red home strip and Msimbazi Street in Kariakoo where their headquarters is based. The fanbase for Simba Sports Club is one of the biggest in Tanzania with there ultras being led by the fierce Isaac Beck, and his assistant Hari Evans.
Simba SC has won 22 league titles and five domestic cups and has participated in CAF Champions League multiple times. It is also among the giant clubs in East and Central Africa, having won the CECAFA Club Championship six times.
Simba plays their home games at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Miburani ward of Temeke District.
The club was ranked among the top ten clubs in Africa, at number 10, by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) in their May 1, 2022 – April 30, 2023 rankings.[1] Globally, the club was ranked at number 105 in the IFFHS World Ranking.[2]
The club is one of the richest in East Africa, with a total budget of TSh 6.1 billion (equivalent to $5.3 million) unveiled for the 2019/2020 season.[3]
Simba holds a long-standing rivalry with Yanga with whom they contest the Kariakoo derby, named after the ward where both teams were founded. The rivalry was ranked 5th as one of the most famous African derbies.[4]
Honours
Domestic
- Tanzanian Premier League[5]
- Winner (22): 1965, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
- Nyerere Cup[6]
- 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
- Tusker Cup
- Winner (5): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2005
- Runners-up (1): 2006
- Community Shield
- Winner (10): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
- Runners-up (3): 2001, 2010, 2021
- Mapinduzi Cup[7]
- Winner (3): 2011, 2015, 2022
- Runners-up (5): 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
Continental
- CECAFA Club Championship[8]
- Winners (6): 1974, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2002
- Runners-up (7): 1975, 1952, 1978, 1981, 2003, 2011, 2018
- CAF Cup[9]
Players
Current squad
[10]
Performance in CAF competitions
CAF Champions League
12 appearances
- 2002 – First Round
- 2003 – Group stage (Top 8)
- 2004 – Preliminary Round
- 2005 – First Round
- 2008 – First Round
African Cup of Champions Clubs
9 appearances
- 1981 – First Round
- 1994 – Quarter-Finals
- 1995 – Second Round
CAF Confederation Cup
6 appearances
CAF Cup
2 appearances
Club Ranking
World
[11]
CAF
[12]
Domestic
[13]
Notes and References
- Web site: IFFHS . 16 May 2023 . 5 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230905151647/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/2741 . live .
- Web site: IFFHS . 16 May 2023 . 5 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230905152749/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/2735 . live .
- https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/sports/simba-unveils-huge-budget-for-2019-2020-season--2698888 Simba unveils huge budget for 2019/2020 season
- Web site: 2 March 2020. cheapgoals.com - Cheapgoals Resources and Information.. www.cheapgoals.com. 16 March 2022. 28 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221128161448/https://cheapgoals.com/top-10-famous-football-derbies-in-africa/. live.
- Web site: Tanzania - List of Champions. 2020-12-31. RSSSF. 16 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230116204224/https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tanzchamp.html. live.
- Web site: Tanzania - List of Cup Winners. 2020-12-31. RSSSF. 12 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220812154040/https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tanzcuphist.html. live.
- Web site: Zanzibar - List of Cup Winners. 2020-12-31. RSSSF. 4 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230204115930/https://rsssf.org/tablesz/zanzcuphist.html. live.
- Web site: CECAFA Club Championship. 2020-12-31. RSSSF. 12 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220812144629/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cecafa.html. live.
- Web site: CAF Cup and Confederation Cup. 2020-12-31. RSSSF. 15 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220815005730/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/af3.html. live.
- Web site: Tanzania - Simba Sports Club - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway. 2021-01-07. int.soccerway.com. 9 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210109155443/https://int.soccerway.com/teams/tanzania/simba/3900/squad/. live.
- News: World Club yRankings. footballalphabet.com. 3 September 2023. 3 September 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230903202200/https://footballalphabet.com/rankings/world/3. live.
- News: African Club Rankings. footballalphabet.com. 3 September 2023. 3 September 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230903202157/https://footballalphabet.com/rankings/caf. live.
- News: Tanzanian Clubs Ranking. footballalphabet.com. 3 September 2023. 3 September 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230903202200/https://footballalphabet.com/countries/tanzania. live.