2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League

Tanzanian Premier League
Season	2023–24
Dates	15 August 2023 – 28 May 2024
Champions	Young Africans
Relegated	Geita Gold; Mtibwa Sugar
Champions League	Azam; Young Africans
Confederation Cup	Coastal Union; Simba
Matches played	139
Goals scored	306 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stephane Aziz Ki ; (21 goals)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League (known as the NBC Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 59th season of the Tanzanian Premier League, the top-tier football league in Tanzania (mainland only), since its establishment in 1965. The season started on 15 August 2023 and ended on 28 May 2024.

The winners (Young Africans, their third consecutive title win and twenty-seventh overall) and runners-up (Azam) qualified for the Champions League. The third and fourth-placed teams (Simba and Coastal Union) qualified for the Confederation Cup. The thirteenth and fourteenth-placed teams (JKT Tanzania and Tabora United) qualified for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off, both winning and retaining their places in the league. The bottom two teams (Geita Gold and Mtibwa Sugar) were relegated to the 2024–25 Tanzanian Championship League.

Teams

The league consisted of 16 teams; the top 13 teams from the previous season, and three teams promoted from the Tanzanian Championship League. Young Africans entered the season as defending champions (for the second consecutive season), clinching their 26th Premier League title during the previous season.^[1]^[2]

JKT Tanzania and Tabora United were promoted as champions and runners-up of the 2022–23 Tanzanian Championship League, replacing the 2022–23 Tanzanian Premier League bottom two teams (Polisi Morogoro and Ruvu Shooting). Fourth-placed Championship side Mashujaa were also promoted after defeating fourteenth-placed Premier League side Mbeya City in the Tanzanian Premier League play-off to take their place in the league.

Locations

Geita Gold

Simba
Yanga
KMC
Azam

Mashujaa

JKT Tanzania

Ihefu

Dodoma

Singida FG

Tanzania Prisons

Coastal Union

Namungo

Mtibwa Sugar

Kagera Sugar

Tabora United

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Location of clubs in Tanzania for the 2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Young Africans (C)	30	26	2	2	71	14	+57	80	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Azam	30	21	6	3	63	21	+42	69	Qualification for the Champions League
3	Simba	30	21	6	3	59	25	+34	69	Qualification for the Confederation Cup^[a]
4	Coastal Union	30	11	10	9	22	19	+3	43	Qualification for the Confederation Cup^[a]
5	Kinondoni MC	30	8	13	9	27	39	−12	37
6	Namungo	30	8	12	10	27	29	−2	36
7	Ihefu	30	9	9	12	29	36	−7	36
8	Mashujaa	30	9	8	13	30	33	−3	35
9	Prisons	30	7	13	10	29	35	−6	34
10	Kagera Sugar	30	7	13	10	23	32	−9	34
11	Singida Fountain Gate	30	8	9	13	29	39	−10	33
12	Dodoma Jiji	30	8	9	13	19	32	−13	33
13	JKT Tanzania (O)	30	6	14	10	21	30	−9	32	Qualification for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off
14	Tabora United (O)	30	5	12	13	20	41	−21	27	Qualification for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off
15	Geita Gold (R)	30	5	10	15	18	38	−20	25	Relegation to the Tanzanian Championship League
16	Mtibwa Sugar (R)	30	5	6	19	30	54	−24	21	Relegation to the Tanzanian Championship League

Source: Flashscore, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Play-off
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ The 2023–24 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	JKT	KAG	KMC	MAS	MTI	NAM	PRI	SIM	SIN	TAB	YGA
Azam	—	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	5–1	5–0	0–0	5–0	1–3	3–1	0–3	2–1	4–0	2–1
Coastal Union	0–1	—	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–1
Dodoma Jiji	0–0	2–1	—	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–4
Geita Gold	0–2	0–0	2–2	—	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–3	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–3
Ihefu	1–3	0–0	0–2	0–1	—	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1
JKT Tanzania	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0
Kagera Sugar	0–4	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0
Kinondoni MC	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	—	3–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	4–2	0–3
Mashujaa	0–3	1–2	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	—	3–2	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–1
Mtibwa Sugar	0–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–3	1–2	0–2	0–1	2–1	—	0–0	2–1	2–4	0–1	3–0	1–3
Namungo	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	—	2–2	2–2	2–3	3–2	1–3
Prisons	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–0	—	1–3	3–1	2–1	1–2
Simba	1–1	3–0	2–0	4–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	—	3–1	2–0	1–5
Singida Fountain Gate	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–3	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	—	0–0	0–3
Tabora United	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–1	—	0–1
Young Africans	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	5–0	5–0	1–0	5–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	4–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	—

Source: Flashscore, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Tanzanian Premier League play-off

The 13th and 14th-placed teams (JKT Tanzania and Tabora United) qualified for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off, alongside the 3rd and 4th-placed teams from the 2023–24 Tanzanian Championship League (Mbeya Kwanza and Biashara United). 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.

Quarter-finals

First leg

19 May 2024	Biashara United	2–0	Mbeya Kwanza	Musoma
	Katonda 22' Zilintusa 33'			Stadium: Karume Football Stadium

Second leg

26 May 2024	Mbeya Kwanza	0–2 (0–4 agg.)	Biashara United	Mtwara
			Lukindo Katonda	Stadium: Nangwanda Sijaona Stadium

Semi-finals

First leg

4 June 2024	Tabora United	0–4	JKT Tanzania	Tabora
			Ndemla 10' Kada 22' Mateo 82' Dilunga 90+3'	Stadium: Ali Hassan Mwinyi Stadium

Second leg

8 June 2024	JKT Tanzania	0–0 (4–0 agg.)	Tabora United	Karatu
				Stadium: Black Rhino Academy Stadium

Final

First leg

12 June 2024	Biashara United	1–0	Tabora United	Musoma
	Lukindo 90+4' (pen.)			Stadium: Karume Football Stadium

Second leg

16 June 2024	Tabora United	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Biashara United	Tabora
	Lembo 27' (pen.), 56'			Stadium: Ali Hassan Mwinyi Stadium

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Stephane Aziz Ki	Yanga	21
2	Feisal Salum	Azam	19
3	Wasiri Shentembo	KMC	12
4	Maxi Mpia Nzengeli	Yanga	11
4	Saidi Ntibazonkiza	Simba	11
6	Kipre Junior	Azam	10
7	Marouf Tchakei	Ihefu	9
7	Mudathir Yahya	Yanga	9
9	Jean Baleke Othos	Simba	8
	Reliants Lusajo	Mashujaa
	Samsoni Mbangula	Tanzania Prisons
	Gibril Sillah	Azam

Top clean sheets

Rank	Goalkeepers	Team	Clean sheets
1	Ley Matampi	Coastal Union	15
2	Djigui Diarra	Yanga	13
3	Constantine Malimi	Geita Gold	10
3	Jonathan Nahimana	Namungo	10
5	John Noble	Tabora United	9
6	Yona Amosi	Tanzania Prisons	8
6	Ayoub Lakred	Simba	8
8	Mohamed Hussein	Dodoma Jiji	7
8	Mohamed Mustapha	Azam	7

Multiple hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Score	Date
Feisal Salum	Azam	Tabora United	4-0	16 August 2023
Jean Baleke Othos	Simba	Coastal Union	3-0	21 September 2023
Stephane Aziz Ki	Yanga	Azam	3-2	23 October 2023
Kipre Tiagori	Azam	Mtiwba Sugar	5-0	24 November 2023
Wasiri Shentembo	KMC	Tabora United	4-2	10 March 2024
Stephane Aziz Ki	Yanga	Tanzania Prisons	4-1	28 May 2024

Attendances

Young Africans SC drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the Tanzanian Premier League, followed by rivals Simba SC.^[3]

#	Football club	Total attendance	Home games	Average attendance
1	Young Africans	141,911	15	9,460
2	Simba SC	112,717	15	7,514
3	Mashujaa	45,638	15	3,042
4	Tabora United	43,808	15	2,920
5	Azam FC	35,379	15	2,358
6	Dodoma Jiji	30,381	15	2,025
7	Geita Gold	24,774	15	1,651
8	Coastal Union	24,161	15	1,610
9	Tanzania Prisons	24,147	15	1,609
10	Singida Fountain Gate	21,154	15	1,410
11	KMC FC	15,495	15	1,033
12	Ihefu FC	15,075	15	1,005
13	Namungo FC	14,202	15	946
14	Kagera Sugar	12,323	15	821
15	JKT Mgambo	9,397	15	626
16	Mtibwa Sugar	7,529	15	501

References

^ "Yanga SC beat Dodoma Jiji FC to win 29th Premiership title". The Citizen. The Citizen. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "YANGA YAONGEZA NAMBA KATIKA HISTORIA – TPLB". 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
^ https://dailynews.co.tz/simba-lead-revenue-yanga-dominate-attendance/

[table_note_res_CCC0.4005644802938-3] The 2023–24 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.

[1] "Yanga SC beat Dodoma Jiji FC to win 29th Premiership title". The Citizen. The Citizen. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

[2] "YANGA YAONGEZA NAMBA KATIKA HISTORIA – TPLB". 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-10.

[4] ttps://dailynews.co.tz/simba-lead-revenue-yanga-dominate-attendance/

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