Simba Sports Club
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- Tanzania - Premier League 289 CAF Champions League 50 CAF Confederations Cup 12 Tanzania - Cup 12 Uganda - Div 2 6 CECAFA Cup 6 Zanzibar - Mapinduzi Cup 4 Tanzania - Community Shield 3 Annan match 2 African Football League 2
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Wikipedia - Simba S.C.
Simba Sports Club is a professional football club based in Kariakoo ward in Ilala District of Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania.
It was founded in 1936 as Queen before being renamed to Sunderland and, in 1971, was finally renamed Simba (Swahili for "Lion"). The team's nickname, Wekundu wa Msimbazi (The Reds of Msimbazi), is a reference to their all-red home strip and Msimbazi Street in Kariakoo where their headquarters is based. The fanbase for Simba Sports Club is one of the biggest in Tanzania with there ultras being led by the fierce Isaac Beck.
Simba SC has won 22 league titles and five domestic cups and has participated in CAF Champions League multiple times. It is also among the giant clubs in East and Central Africa, having won the CECAFA Club Championship six times.
Simba plays their home games at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Miburani ward of Temeke District.
The club was ranked among the top ten clubs in Africa, at number 10, by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) in their May 1, 2022 – April 30, 2023 rankings. Globally, the club was ranked at number 105 in the IFFHS World Ranking.
The club is one of the richest in East Africa, with a total budget of TSh 6.1 billion (equivalent to $5.3 million) unveiled for the 2019/2020 season.
Simba holds a long-standing rivalry with Yanga with whom they contest the Kariakoo derby, named after the ward where both teams were founded. The rivalry was ranked 5th as one of the most famous African derbies.
Klubben grundades 1936 som Eagles Sports Club och bytte namn till Simba Sports Club 1971. Klubben har en stor fanskara i Tanzania och är även populär i grannländerna Kenya och Uganda.
Simba Sports Club spelar sina hemmamatcher på Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium i Dar es Salaam. Klubbens färger är rött och vitt.
Några av klubbens mest kända spelare genom åren är:
* Hassan Kabunda
* Juma Kaseja
* Haruna Moshi
* Mbwana Samatta
* Emmanuel Okwi