2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League

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Tanzanian Premier League
Season2023–24
Dates15 August 2023 – 29 May 2024
Matches played139
Goals scored306 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorer Two players
(13 goals each)
All statistics correct as of 28 February 2024.

The 2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League (known as the NBC Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 59th season of the Tanzanian Premier League, the top-tier football league in Tanzania (mainland only), since its establishment in 1965.

The season started on 15 August 2023. Young Africans are the defending champions for the second consecutive season, clinching their 29th Premier League title during the previous season.[1][2]

The winners and runner-ups qualify for the Champions League. The third-placed team qualify for the Confederation Cup. The thirteenth and fourteenth-placed teams qualify for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off. The bottom two teams are relegated to the Tanzanian Championship League.

Teams[edit]

16 teams contest the league; the top 13 teams from the previous season, and three teams promoted from the Tanzanian Championship League. JKT Tanzania won the 2022–23 Tanzanian Championship League title to earn promotion, alongside runners-up Tabora United. They replaced the 2022–23 Tanzanian Premier League bottom two teams, Polisi Morogoro and Ruvu Shooting. Third-placed Championship side Mashujaa defeated fourteenth-placed Premier League side Mbeya City in a play-off to take their place in the league.

Locations[edit]

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Location of clubs in Tanzania for the 2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League season

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Young Africans 24 20 2 2 55 12 +43 62 Qualification for the Champions League
2 Azam 24 16 6 2 50 16 +34 54
3 Simba 21 14 4 3 41 21 +20 46 Qualification for the Confederation Cup
4 Coastal Union 24 9 6 9 18 18 0 33
5 Kinondoni MC 24 7 11 6 25 33 −8 32
6 Prisons 24 7 10 7 25 26 −1 31
7 Kagera Sugar 24 6 11 7 17 21 −4 29
8 Dodoma Jiji 23 7 7 9 17 22 −5 28
9 Namungo 23 6 8 9 18 21 −3 26
10 JKT Tanzania 24 5 11 8 18 25 −7 26
11 Singida Fountain Gate 23 6 7 10 21 30 −9 25
12 Geita Gold 24 5 9 10 16 26 −10 24
13 Ihefu 23 6 6 11 19 31 −12 24 Qualification for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off
14 Mashujaa 24 5 8 11 19 28 −9 23
15 Tabora United 24 4 11 9 16 29 −13 23 Relegation to the Tanzanian Championship League
16 Mtibwa Sugar 23 4 5 14 23 39 −16 17
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2024. Source: Flashscore, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Play-off

Results[edit]

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

Home \ Away AZA COA DOM GGF IHF JKT KAG KMC MAS MTI NAM PRI SIM SIN TAB YGA
Azam — 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 5–0 0–0 5–0 1–3 3–1 2–1 4–0 2–1
Coastal Union 0–1 — 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–1
Dodoma Jiji 0–0 2–1 — 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0
Geita Gold 2–2 — 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–3 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–3
Ihefu 1–3 0–0 0–1 — 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1
JKT Tanzania 0–1 0–1 1–1 — 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0
Kagera Sugar 0–4 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 — 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0
Kinondoni MC 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 — 3–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 4–2 0–3
Mashujaa 0–3 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 — 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–3 1–1
Mtibwa Sugar 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–3 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 — 2–1 2–4 0–1
Namungo 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 — 2–3 1–3
Prisons 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 — 1–3 3–1 2–1 1–2
Simba 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 — 3–1 1–5
Singida Fountain Gate 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 — 0–0 0–3
Tabora United 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–4 1–1 — 0–1
Young Africans 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 5–0 5–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2024. Source: Flashscore, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Tanzanian Premier League play-off[edit]

The 13th and 14th-placed teams enter the semi-finals and compete in a two-legged play-off, with the winners remaining in the Tanzanian Premier League and the losers competing in another play-off against the 3rd-placed team from the 2023–24 Tanzanian Championship League for the final place in the 2024–25 Tanzanian Premier League.

Statistics[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Burkina Faso Stephane Aziz Ki Yanga 15
2 Tanzania Feisal Salum Azam 13
3 Tanzania Wasiri Shentembo KMC 11
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo Maxi Mpia Nzengeli Yanga 9
5 Democratic Republic of the Congo Jean Baleke Othos Simba 8
Tanzania Samsoni Mbangula Tanzania Prisons
Togo Marouf Tchakei Ihefu
Tanzania Mudathir Yahya Yanga

Top clean sheets[edit]

Rank Goalkeepers Team Clean sheets
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo Ley Matampi Coastal Union 10
2 Mali Djigui Diarra Yanga 9
3 Tanzania Constantine Malimi Geita Gold 7
Nigeria John Noble Tabora United
5 Tanzania Yona Amosi Tanzania Prisons 6
Burundi Jonathan Nahimana Namungo
7 Tanzania Ramadhani Chalamanda Kagera Sugar 5
Morocco Ayoub Lakred Simba

Multiple hat-tricks[edit]

Player For Against Score Date
Tanzania Feisal Salum Azam Tabora United 4-0 16 August 2023
Democratic Republic of the Congo Jean Baleke Othos Simba Coastal Union 3-0 21 September 2023
Burkina Faso Stephane Aziz Ki Yanga Azam 3-2 23 October 2023
Ivory Coast Kipre Tiagori Azam Mtiwba Sugar 5-0 24 November 2023
Tanzania Wasiri Shentembo KMC Tabora United 4-2 10 March 2024

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Yanga SC beat Dodoma Jiji FC to win 29th Premiership title". The Citizen. The Citizen. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  2. ^ "YANGA YAONGEZA NAMBA KATIKA HISTORIA – TPLB". 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
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