# 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 "The Queens"before being renamed to Sunderland and, in 1971, was finally renamed Simba (Swahili for "Lion"). The team's nickname, MAKOLO KENGE MAJI (WIZARD), 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 the second biggest team in Tanzania, and the first Biggest Team In Tanzania is Young Africans Sports Club(Yanga S C).
Simba SC has won 22 league titles second to Yanga who has won 30 Premier League titles and five domestic cups and has participated in CAF Champions League multiple times. Apart from Yanga, which is considered Giant of Tanzania and CAFCC Finalist, Simba has also participated in CAF tournaments, but with just quarter final as their best performance. Simba plays their home games at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Miburani ward of Temeke District.
The club was ranked among the top 20 clubs in Africa, at number 07, 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, second only to Young Africans SC, which is considered the richest club both in East and southern 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 which 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.
Simba SC drew an average home attendance of 7,514 in the 2023-24 edition of the Premier League, the 2nd highest in the league.

## Honours
### Domestic

* Tanzanian Premier League
** Winner (22): 1965, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
* Nyerere Cup
** Winner (3): 1984, 1995, 2000
* FAT Cup
** Winner (4): 1995, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2020–2021
** Runners-up (3): 1974, 1998, 2000
* Dar es Salaam League
** Winner (2): 1944, 1946
* Tusker Cup
** Winner (5): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2005
** Runners-up (1): 2006
* Community Shield
** Winner (10): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
** Runners-up (3): 2001, 2010, 2021
* Mapinduzi Cup
** Winner (3): 2011, 2015, 2022
** Runners-up (5): 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021

### Continental

* CECAFA Club Championship
** Winners (6): 1974, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2002
** Runners-up (7): 1975, 1952, 1978, 1981, 2003, 2011, 2018
* CAF Cup
** Runners-up (1): 1993

## Colours and badge

* The old crest (from 2010 to 2020)
* The present crest

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 11 July 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | TAN | Ally Salim Juma |
| 2 | DF | CIV | Karaboue Chamou |
| 3 | DF | TAN | David Kameta |
| 4 | DF | TAN | Bakari Rashid Hussein |
| 5 | MF | TAN | Awesu Ally Awesu |
| 6 | MF | COD | Fabrice Ngoma |
| 7 | FW | ZAM | Joshua Mutale |
| 8 | MF | TAN | Omary Abdallah Omary |
| 10 | MF | CIV | Jean Charles Ahoua |
| 11 | FW | UGA | Stephen Dese Mukwala |
| 12 | DF | TAN | Shomari Kapombe |
| 13 | MF | TAN | Lionel Ateba |
| 15 | DF | TAN | Mohammed Husseini |
| 17 | MF | CGO | Débora Fernandes Mavambo |
| 19 | MF | TAN | Mzamiru Yassin |
| 20 | DF | CMR | Che Malone Jr |
| 21 | MF | TAN | Yusuph Kagoma |
| 22 | GK | MAR | Ayoub Lakred |
| 23 | MF | TAN | Salehe Karabaka |
| 24 | DF | TAN | Kelvin Kijiri |
| 25 | MF | NGA | Augustine Okejepha |
| 28 | GK | TAN | Aishi Manula |
| 29 | DF | BFA | Valentine Nouma |
| 30 | GK | TAN | Hussein Abel Thomas |
| 36 | MF | TAN | Ladaki Chasambi |
| 37 | FW | TAN | Edwin Balua |
| 38 | FW | TAN | Denis Kibu |

## Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Champions League: 12 appearances
African Cup of Champions Clubs: 9 appearances
CAF Confederation Cup: 6 appearances