2024–25 Tanzanian Premier League

Tanzanian Premier League
Season2024–25
Dates16 August 2024 – 24 May 2025
Matches played26
Goals scored43 (1.65 per match)
Biggest home winSimba 4–0 Singida Fountain Gate
(25 August)
Biggest away winKMC 0–4 Azam
(19 September)
Highest scoringKenGold 1–3 Singida Black Stars
(18 August)
Simba 4–0 Singida Fountain Gate
(25 August)
Singida Fountain Gate 2–2 Dodoma Jiji
(15 September)
KMC 0–4 Azam
(19 September)
2025–26
All statistics correct as of 19 September 2024.

The 2024–25 Tanzanian Premier League (known as the NBC Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 60th season of the Tanzanian Premier League, the top-tier football league in Tanzania (mainland only), since its establishment in 1965. The season started on 16 August 2024 and will end on 24 May 2025.[1]

Teams

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The league consists of 16 teams – the top 14 teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the Tanzanian Championship League. Young Africans entered the season as defending champions (for the third consecutive season).[2]

Changes from previous season

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Promotion and relegation

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KenGold and Pamba Jiji were promoted as champions and runners-up respectively of the 2023–24 Tanzanian Championship League, replacing the 2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League bottom two teams, Geita Gold and Mtibwa Sugar.

Increase Promoted from
2023–24 Championship League
Decrease Relegated to
2024–25 Championship League
KenGold
Pamba Jiji
Geita Gold
Mtibwa Sugar

Name changes

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  • Before the start of the season, Ihefu FC renamed their club as the Singida Black Stars as part of a rebrand.[3]

Locations

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Location of clubs in Tanzania for the 2024–25 Tanzanian Premier League season

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Young Africans 8 8 0 0 13 0 +13 24 Qualification for the Champions League
2 Singida Black Stars 9 7 1 1 13 4 +9 22
3 Simba 8 6 1 1 16 3 +13 19 Qualification for the Confederation Cup
4 Azam 9 5 3 1 12 3 +9 18
5 Singida Fountain Gate 10 5 2 3 19 17 +2 17
6 Mashujaa 8 3 4 1 9 5 +4 13
7 Dodoma Jiji 10 3 4 3 8 8 0 13
8 Coastal Union 10 3 2 5 9 10 −1 11
9 Kinondoni MC 9 3 2 4 7 12 −5 11
10 Tabora United 9 3 2 4 8 14 −6 11
11 JKT Tanzania 9 2 4 3 7 8 −1 10
12 Namungo 9 3 0 6 5 11 −6 9
13 Prisons 9 1 4 4 4 8 −4 7 Qualification for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off
14 Kagera Sugar 9 1 2 6 4 10 −6 5
15 Pamba Jiji 10 0 5 5 3 12 −9 5 Relegation to the Tanzanian Championship League
16 KenGold 10 1 2 7 7 19 −12 5
Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2024. Source: Tanzania Premier League Board 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

Results

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Each team plays each other twice (30 matches each), once at home and once away.

Home \ Away AZA COA DOM JKT KAG KEN KMC MAS NAM PAM PRI SIM SBS SFG TAB YGA
Azam 1–0 4–1 0–0 0–2
Coastal Union 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–1
Dodoma Jiji 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0
JKT Tanzania 0–0 2–1 0–0 4–2
Kagera Sugar 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–2
KenGold 2–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–1
Kinondoni MC 0–4 1–1 1–0 1–0
Mashujaa 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–1
Namungo 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–2
Pamba Jiji 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1
Prisons 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 3–2
Simba 2–2 3–0 4–0 3–0 0–1
Singida Black Stars 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–1
Singida Fountain Gate 2–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–2
Tabora United 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–3
Young Africans 2–0 1–0 4–0
Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2024. Source: Flashscore, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

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Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2024. Source: [citation needed]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Positions by round

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To preserve chronological evolvements, (1) any postponed matches, and (2) matches that are originally scheduled and played after a full round has started, are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8. From the schedule released by the league, there are earlier rounds that will overlap.[1]

Team ╲ Round12345
Singida Black Stars2211
Mashujaa3322
Singida Fountain Gate121643
Tabora United16454
Simba1135
Azam6896
Dodoma Jiji14767
Kinondoni MC1011128
Young Africans131279
Prisons561010
Pamba Jiji45811
Namungo11131512
JKT Tanzania8101113
Coastal Union791314
Kagera Sugar9141615
KenGold15151416
Qualification for the Champions League
Qualification for the Confederation Cup
Qualification for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off
Relegation to the Tanzanian Championship League
Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2024. Source: [citation needed]

Season statistics

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Scoring

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Top scorers

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As of 19 September 2024
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Tanzania Seleman Mwalimu Singida Fountain Gate 3
2 Tanzania Valentino Mashaka Simba 2
Tanzania Joshua Ibrahim KenGold
Kenya Elvis Rupia Singida Black Stars
Tanzania Paul Peter Dodoma Jiji
Ghana Emmanuel Keyekeh Singida Black Stars
7 29 players tied 11 teams 1

Most assists

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As of 25 August 2024
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Ivory Coast Jean Ahoua Simba 3
2 Tanzania Mohamed Husseini Simba 2
3 6 players tied 4 teams 1

Own goals

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As of 19 September 2024
Rank Player Club Own
goals
1 Tanzania Daniel Mgore Dodoma Jiji 1

Hat-tricks

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As of 19 September 2024
Player For Against Result Date
Note

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

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As of 29 August 2024
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Tanzania Patrick Munthali Mashujaa 3
Tanzania Mussa Mbisa Prisons
Tanzania Yona Amosi Pamba Jiji
4 Guinea Moussa Camara Simba 2
Tanzania Zuberi Masoudi Azam
Denis Donis JKT Tanzania
Tanzania Metacha Mnata Singida Black Stars
Tanzania Haroun Mandanda Tabora United
9 8 players tied 7 teams 1

Discipline

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Red cards

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As of 15 August 2024
Rank Player Team Red cards
1

References

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  1. ^ a b "RATIBA YA LIGI KUU YA NBC MSIMU WA 2024/2025" (in Swahili). 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  2. ^ "Yanga target domestic glory and deeper CAF Champions League run this season". 2024-08-15. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  3. ^ "Confirmed: Club name change, not a transfer – Super Eagles defender remains as Ihefu FC becomes Singida Black Stars". 2024-08-11. Retrieved 2024-08-16.