Simba S.C.

Simba

Full name	Simba Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Taifa Kubwa Msimbazi Street Boys
Founded	1936
Ground	National Stadium Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Capacity: 60,000)
Chairman	Ismail Aden Rage
Manager	Milovan Cirkovic
League	Tanzanian Premier League
2010-2011 league	2nd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Simba Sports Club is a Tanzanian football club based in Dar es Salaam. Their home games are played at two stadiums Uhuru Stadium and National Stadium. Simba SC is one of two biggest football clubs in Tanzania, their archrivals being the Young Africans. The club had several names during its history, when it was founded in 1936 it was called Queens, then changed to Eagles, Dar Sunderland and later, in 1971 changed to its actual name, Simba (that means Lion in Swahili).

Simba is the biggest also the most titled club in Tanzania.

Achievements

The highest level of success that Simba SC achieved was getting to the final of the CAF Cup in 1993 where they lost to Stella Abidjan of Ivory Coast. It was the highest achievement on continental competitions reached by any Tanzanian team. One of the most memorable years for the club was 2003 when it knocked off the then reigning champions Egyptian giants Zamalek on its way to qualify for the group stages of the CAF Champions League. In the first round of that year's competition, Simba SC eliminated Santos of South Africa.

• Tanzanian Premier League: 17

1965, 1966 (as Sunderland)

1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2007/08, 2009/10

• Tanzanian Cup: 3

1984, 1995, 2000

• Tanzanian Tusker Cup: 5

2001, 2002, 2003, 2005

2005 (in Kenya)

• CAF Cup: 0

Finalist: 1993

• CECAFA Clubs Cup: 6

1974, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2002

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 6 appearances

2002 – First Round

2003 – Group Stage

2004 – First Round

2005 – First Round

2008 – First Round

2011 – Special play-off for Group Stage

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 8 appearances

1974 – Semi-Finals

the furthest any Tanzanian team has ever reached in African premier competition , eliminated in the semi finals by Egyptian club mehala el kubra ,in this period, the chairman was late Abubakar Mwilima , himself a renowned trade unionist ,educationist and politician who served in Julius Nyerere"s government in different capacities.

1976 – Second Round

1977 – Second Round

1978 – Second Round

1979 – Second Round

1980 – Second Round

1981 – First Round

1995 – Second Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 4 appearances

2007 – Preliminary Round

2010 – First Round of 16

2011 - Second Round of 16

2012 -

• CAF Cup: 2 appearances

1993 – Finalist

1997 – First Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances

1985 – Second Round

1996 – Second Round

2001 – Second Round

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Juma Kaseja (Captain) 2 DF Haruna Shamte 3 MF Haruna Moshi 4 FW Salum Machaku 5 DF Kelvin Yondani 6 FW Salim Aziz 10 FW Uhuru Seleman 12 MF Hillary Echesa 13 MF Jerry Santos

No. Position Player 15 DF Antony Matangalu 18 GK Ally Mustapha 21 MF Jabir Aziz 23 DF Juma Jabu 24 DF Juma Nyoso 25 FW Emmanuel Okwi 28 MF Amir Kiemba MF Mutesa Mafisango Joseph Nyamonge

Club Leadership

Sponsor: Kilimanjaro Premieum Lager

Vice Chairman: Geofrey Iric Nyange

General Secretary:

Treasurer: Juma Jab

Club Media Officer:

External links

• Official Website
• Profile of Simba SC