Tanzanian Premier League

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Tanzanian Premier League
Countries Tanzania
Confederation CAF
Founded 1965
Number of teams 14
Levels on pyramid 1
Domestic cup(s) Nyerere Cup
International cup(s) Champions League
Confederation Cup
Current champions Young Africans FC
(2011)
Most championships Young Africans FC (18)

Tanzanian Premier League is the top division of the Football Association of Tanzania, it was created in 1965. The competition was simply known as national league and later First Division Soccer League until the name Premier league was adopted in 1997.

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[edit] Format

Today the league consists of 12 teams playing a double round-robin. The champion qualifies for the CAF Champions League, the runner-up for the CAF Confederations Cup. The bottom three clubs are relegated to the first division.[1]

[edit] Premier League (Ligi kuu Bara) 2011-12

[edit] Relegated in 2010/11

Maji Maji also use the 60,000 capacity Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium.

[edit] Relegated in 2009/10

[edit] Previous winners

Previous champions are:[2]

[edit] Performance by club

Club Winners
Young Africans FC 18
Simba SC (includes Sunderland) 16
Maji Maji FC 3
Malindi FC 2
Pan African FC 2
Cosmopolitans 1
KMKM 1
Mseto Sports 1
Prisons FC 1
Pamba 1

[edit] Topscorers

Year Best scorers Team Goals
2004 Tanzania Abubakar Ally Mkangwa Mtibwa Sugar FC
2005 Somalia Cisse Aadan Abshir Simba SC 19
2006 n/a n/a
2007 United States Mashiku SC United FC 17
2007/08 Tanzania Michael Katende Kagera Sugar
2008/09 Kenya Boniface Ambani Young Africans FC 18
2009/10 Tanzania Musa Hassan Mgosi Simba SC 18
2010/11 Tanzania Mrisho Ngasa Azam FC 18

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