Tanzanian Premier League

Ligi Kuu Bara
Founded	1965
Country	Tanzania
Confederation	CAF
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Tanzanian First Division League
Domestic cup(s)	Nyerere Cup ; Azam Sports Federation Cup
International cup(s)	Champions League ; Confederation Cup
Current champions	Young Africans ; (2014–15)
Most championships	Young Africans (24)
	Current: 2015–16 Tanzanian Premier League

Ligi Kuu Bara (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.

Format

Today the league consists of 16 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]

2015/16 Tanzania Mainland Vodacom Premier League

The following teams participate in the 2015–16 Tanzania Mainland Vodacom Premier League:^[2]

2014/15 Tanzania Mainland Vodacom Premier League

The 2014–15 Tanzania Mainland Vodacom Premier League was won by Young Africans. Azam finished second, Simba finished third and Mbeya City finished in fourth position. The top goals scorer of the season was Simon Msuva of Young Africans.^[3]

The following teams participated in the 2014–15 Tanzania Mainland Vodacom Premier League:

Azam (Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam Region)
Coastal Union (Tanga, Tanga Region)
JKT Mgambo (Tanga, Tanga Region)
JKT Ruvu Stars (Mlandizi, Pwani Region)
Kagera Sugar (Bukoba, Kagera Region)
Mbeya City (Mbeya, Mbeya Region)
Mtibwa Sugar (Morogoro, Morogoro Region)
Ndanda (Masasi, Mtwara Region)
Polisi Morogoro (Morogoro, Morogoro Region)
Prisons (Mbeya, Mbeya Region)
Ruvu Shooting (Mlandizi, Pwani Region)
Simba (Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam Region)
Stand United (Shinyanga, Shinyanga Region)
Young Africans (also known as Yanga) (Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam Region)

Previous winners

Previous champions are:^[4]

1965 : Sunderland (Dar es Salaam)
1966 : Sunderland (Dar es Salaam)
1967 : Cosmopolitans (Dar es Salaam)
1968 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)
1969 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)
1970 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)
1971 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)
1972 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)
1973 : Simba (Dar es Salaam)
1974 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)
1975 : Mseto Sports (Dar es Salaam)
1976 : Simba (Dar es Salaam)
1977 : Simba (Dar es Salaam)
1978 : Simba (Dar es Salaam)
1979 : Simba (Dar es Salaam)
1980 : Simba (Dar es Salaam)
1981 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)
1982 : Pan African (Dar es Salaam)
1983 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)
1984 : KMKM (Zanzibar)
1985 : Maji Maji (Songea)
1986 : Maji Maji (Songea)
1987 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)
1988 : Coastal Union (Tanga)
1989 : Malindi (Zanzibar)
1990 : Pamba (Mwanza)
1991 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)
1992 : Malindi (Zanzibar)
1993 : Simba (Dar es Salaam)
1994 : Simba (Dar es Salaam)
1995 : Simba (Dar es Salaam)
1996 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)
1997 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)
1998 : Maji Maji (Songea)
1999 : Prisons (Mbeya)
2000 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)
2001 : Simba (Dar es Salaam)
2002 : Simba (Dar es Salaam)
2003 : not awarded
2004 : Simba (Dar es Salaam)
2005 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)
2006 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)
2007 : Simba (Dar es Salaam) [mini-league]
2007–08 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)
2008–09 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)
2009–10 : Simba (Dar es Salaam)
2010–11 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)
2011–12 : Simba (Dar es Salaam)
2012–13 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)
2013–14 : Azam (Dar es Salaam)
2014–15 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)
2015–16 : Young Africans (Dar es Salaam)

Performance by club

Club	Winners
Young Africans	21
Simba (includes Sunderland)	18
Maji Maji	3
Malindi	2
Pan African	2
Azam	1
Cosmopolitans	1
KMKM	1
Mseto Sports	1
Prisons	1
Coastal Union	1
Pamba	1

Topscorers

Year	Best scorers	Team	Goals
2004	Abubakar Ally Mkangwa	Mtibwa Sugar
2005	Eise Aden Abshir^{[citation needed]}	Simba	19
2006	n/a	n/a
2007	Mashiku	SC United	17
2007–08	Michael Katende	Kagera Sugar
2008–09	Boniface Ambani	Young Africans	18
2009–10	Musa Hassan Mgosi	Simba	18
2010–11	Mrisho Ngasa	Azam	18
2011–12	Raphael Bocco	Azam	19

References

^ "About the Premier League". Football Association of Tanzania. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
^ FIFA http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/nationalleagues/nationalleague=tanzania-premier-league-2000000151/standings/index.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Vodacom set to award VPL champs Sh80m". The Citizen.
^ "Tanzania – List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

External links

tff.or.tz; League website at association's website
Page at fifa.com; League standings & results
RSSSF competition history

[1] "About the Premier League". Football Association of Tanzania. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

[2] FIFA http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/nationalleagues/nationalleague=tanzania-premier-league-2000000151/standings/index.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[3] "Vodacom set to award VPL champs Sh80m". The Citizen.

[4] "Tanzania – List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

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