# 2022–23 Tanzanian Premier League

The 2022–23 Tanzanian Premier League (known as the NBC Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 58th season of the Tanzanian Premier League, the top-tier football league in Tanzania (mainland only), since its establishment in 1965. The season started on 27 September 2021. The season ended with Young Africans S.C. clinching their 29th premier league title, losing only two games in the entire season. This was the team's second consecutive championship win. Congolese striker Fiston Kalala Mayele (Yanga S.C.) along with Burundian striker Saidi Ntibazonkiza (Simba S.C.) were the top scorers of the season.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Young Africans (C) | 30 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 61 | 18 | +43 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Simba | 30 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 75 | 17 | +58 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 3 | Azam | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 55 | 29 | +26 | 59 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Singida Big Stars | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 55 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 5 | Namungo | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 40 | |
| 6 | Ihefu [sw] | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 39 | |
| 7 | Geita Gold | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 37 | |
| 8 | Prisons | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 37 | |
| 9 | Dodoma Jiji | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 37 | |
| 10 | Mtibwa Sugar | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 35 | |
| 11 | Kagera Sugar | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 35 | |
| 12 | Coastal Union | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 33 | |
| 13 | Kinondoni MC (O) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 32 | Qualification for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off |
| 14 | Mbeya City (R) | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 31 | Qualification for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off |
| 15 | Polisi Morogoro (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 54 | −29 | 25 | Relegation to the Tanzanian Championship League |
| 16 | Ruvu Shooting (R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 42 | −23 | 20 | Relegation to the Tanzanian Championship League |
* ↑ The 2022–23 Tanzania FA Cup winners also qualified for the Confederation Cup. Since the cup winners (Young Africans) qualified based on league position, the Confederation Cup spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.

## Results

Each team plays each other twice (30 matches each), once at home and once away.
| Home \ Away | AZA | COA | DOM | GGF | IHF [IHF] | KAG | KMC | MBE | MTI | NAM | POL | PRI | RUV | SIM | SIN | YGA |
| Azam | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 8–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Coastal Union | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Dodoma Jiji | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Geita Gold | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Ihefu [sw] | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Kagera Sugar | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Kinondoni MC | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Mbeya City | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Mtibwa Sugar | 3–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Namungo | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Polisi Morogoro | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Prisons | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Ruvu Shooting | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Simba | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 7–1 | 3–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Singida Big Stars | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 |
| Young Africans | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | — |

## Tanzanian Premier League play-off

The 13th and 14th-placed teams (Kinondoni MC and Mbeya City) qualified for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off, alongside the 3rd and 4th-placed teams from the 2022–23 Tanzanian Championship League (Pamba and Mashujaa). The Championship teams faced each other over two legs; the Premier League teams then also faced each other over two legs, with the winners remaining in the Tanzanian Premier League and the losers competing against the Championship play-off winners for the final place in the following season's Tanzanian Premier League.

### Final
#### First leg
#### Second leg
## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goal |
| 1 | Fiston Mayele | Yanga | 17 |
| 1 | Saidi Ntibazonkiza | Simba | 17 |
| 3 | Prince Dube | Azam | 12 |
| 4 | John Bocco | Simba | 10 |
| 4 | Bruno Gomes | Singida | 10 |
| 4 | Moses Phiri | Simba | 10 |
| 7 | Stephane Aziz Ki | Yanga | 9 |
| 7 | Jeremiah Juma | Tanzania Prisons | 9 |
| 7 | Collins Opare | Dodoma Jiji | 9 |
| 7 | Sixtus Sabilo | Mbeya City | 9 |
| 7 | Pape Sakho | Simba | 9 |

### Top clean sheets

| Rank | Goalkeeper | Team | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Djigui Diarra | Yanga | 14 |
| 2 | Aishi Manula | Simba | 12 |
| 3 | Ali Ahamada | Azam | 8 |
| 4 | Metacha Mnata | Yanga | 7 |
| 5 | Selemani Bakari | Ihefu | 6 |
| 5 | Said Kipao | Kagera Sugar | 6 |
| 5 | Mahamoud Mroivili | Coastal Union | 6 |

### Multiple hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Score | Date |
| John Bocco | Simba | Ruvu Shooting | 0-4 | 12 November 2022 |
| Fiston Mayele | Yanga | Singida | 4-1 | 17 November 2022 |
| John Bocco | Simba | Tanzania Prisons | 7-1 | 30 December 2022 |
| Saidi Ntibazonkiza | Simba | Tanzania Prisons | 7-1 | 30 December 2022 |
| Ibrahim Ali | Namungo | KMC | 1-3 | 24 January 2023 |
| Jean Baleke | Simba | Mtibwa | 0-3 | 11 March 2023 |
| Stephane Aziz Ki | Yanga | Kagera Sugar | 5-0 | 11 April 2023 |
| Saidi Ntibazonkiza $^5$ | Simba | Polisi | 6-1 | 6 June 2023 |
| Prince Dube$^4$ | Azam | Polisi | 8-0 | 9 June 2023 |
* $^4$Player scored 4 goals
* $^5$Player scored 5 goals