Football in Tanzania

Football in Tanzania
Football in Tanzania
Country	Tanzania
Governing body	Tanzania Football Federation
National team(s)	National Teams
Club competitions
	Tanzanian Premier League ; Azam Sports Federation Cup ; Mapinduzi 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 (soccer) is the most popular sport in Tanzania.

League System

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
1	Tanzanian Premier League Ligi Kuu Tanzania 18 clubs ↓relegates 2 teams automatically, 1 goes to relegation playoffs
2	Championship Ligi Daraja la Kwanza 2 groups of 10 teams ↑↓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

References

^ "BBC SPORT | Football | African | Trautmann honour echoed in Tanzania". BBC News. 2004-11-02. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
^ Muga, Emmanuel (2013-07-20). "BBC Sport - Trautmann mourned in Tanzania too". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
^ Muga, Emmanuel. "BBC Sport - Tanzanian FA to "focus on football development"". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-11-15.

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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.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-11-15.

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