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Football in Tanzania

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Football in Tanzania
CountryTanzania
Governing bodyTanzania Football Federation
National team(s)National Teams
Club competitions
International competitions

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 is the most popular sport in Tanzania.

League System

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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

Football stadiums in Tanzania

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Stadiums with a capacity of 30,000 or higher are included.

# Stadium Location Capacity Home Team(s) Notes
1 National Stadium Tanzania[4] Dar es Salaam 60,000 National team, Simba SC, Young Africans FC
2 CCM Kirumba Stadium Mwanza 35,000 Mbao FC, Alliance Schools FC, Pamba F.C., Toto African
3 Kambarage Stadium Shinyanga 30,000 Kahama United
4 Jamhuri Stadium Dodoma Dodoma 30,000 JKT Ruvu Stars
5 Gombani Stadium Chake-Chake 30,000
6 Maji-Maji Stadium Songea 30,000

References

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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 Sport. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
  4. ^ Photos at cafe.daum.net/stade Retrieved 23 February 2022

Further reading

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