2024–25 Tanzanian Premier League

Tanzanian Premier League
Season2024–25
Dates16 August 2024 – 25 June 2025
ChampionsYoung Africans
RelegatedKagera Sugar
KenGold
Champions LeagueYoung Africans
Simba
Confederation CupAzam
Singida Black Stars
Matches played240
Goals scored569 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorerJean Ahoua
(16 goals)
Biggest home winYoung Africans 5–0 Fountain Gate
(29 December 2024)
Young Africans 6–1 KenGold
(5 February 2025)
Simba 6–0 Dodoma Jiji
(14 March 2025)
Biggest away winKagera Sugar 2–5 Simba
(21 December 2024)
Kinondoni MC 1–6 Young Africans
(14 February 2025)
Mashujaa 0–5 Young Africans
(23 February 2025)
Kagera Sugar 2–4 Azam
(19 April 2025)
Highest scoringKagera Sugar 2–5 Simba
(21 December 2024)
Young Africans 6–1 KenGold
(5 February 2025)
Kinondoni MC 1–6 Young Africans
(14 February 2025)
Simba 6–0 Dodoma Jiji
(14 March 2025)
Kagera Sugar 2–4 Azam
(19 April 2025)
Longest winning run8 matches
Simba
Longest unbeaten run17 matches
Simba
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 25 June 2025.

The 2024–25 Tanzanian Premier League (known as the NBC Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was 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 ended on 25 June 2025.[1]

Teams

The league consisted 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]

The promoted teams were the 2023–24 Tanzanian Championship League champions KenGold and runners-up Pamba Jiji. They replaced the 2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League bottom two teams Geita Gold and Mtibwa Sugar.

Name changes

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

Locations

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Young Africans (C) 30 27 1 2 83 10 +73 82 Qualification for the Champions League
2 Simba 30 25 3 2 69 13 +56 78
3 Azam 30 19 6 5 56 19 +37 63 Qualification for the Confederation Cup[a]
4 Singida Black Stars 30 17 6 7 45 26 +19 57
5 Tabora United 30 10 8 12 28 45 −17 38
6 JKT Tanzania 30 8 12 10 27 27 0 36
7 Mashujaa 30 8 11 11 29 33 −4 35
8 Coastal Union 30 8 11 11 26 31 −5 35
9 Namungo 30 9 8 13 28 36 −8 35
10 Kinondoni FC 30 9 8 13 26 43 −17 35
11 Pamba Jiji 30 8 10 12 22 33 −11 34
12 Dodoma Jiji 30 9 7 14 31 49 −18 34
13 Prisons (O) 30 8 7 15 26 46 −20 31 Qualification for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off
14 Fountain Gate (O) 30 8 5 17 32 58 −26 29
15 Kagera Sugar (R) 30 5 8 17 22 41 −19 23 Relegation to the Tanzanian Championship League
16 KenGold (R) 30 3 7 20 22 62 −40 16
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
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2024–25 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 FOU JKT KAG KEN KMC MAS NAM PAM PRI SIM SBS TAB YGA
Azam — 1–0 5–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 0–2 2–1 5–0 1–2
Coastal Union 0–0 — 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–1
Dodoma Jiji 1–3 0–0 — 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–4
Fountain Gate 2–3 3–2 2–2 — 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–4
JKT Tanzania 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 — 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 4–2 0–0
Kagera Sugar 2–4 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 — 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–5 0–1 1–2 0–2
KenGold 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 — 1–1 2–2 2–3 0–2 1–3 0–5 1–3 1–1 0–1
Kinondoni MC 0–4 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–0 — 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–6
Mashujaa 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 — 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 0–5
Namungo 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 5–0 2–1 2–1 — 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–2
Pamba Jiji 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 — 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–3
Prisons 0–2 2–1 0–0 3–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 — 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–5
Simba 2–2 2–2 6–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 3–0 5–1 3–0 — 1–0 3–0 0–1
Singida Black Stars 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–2 3–3 0–1 — 3–0 0–1
Tabora United 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 2–2 — 0–3
Young Africans 0–1 1–0 5–0 5–0 2–0 4–0 6–1 1–0 3–2 3–0 4–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–3 —
Source: Flashscore, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

Team ╲ Round12345
AzamDDW
Coastal UnionDLL
Dodoma JijiLDWD
Fountain GateLWWD
JKT TanzaniaDD
Kagera SugarLLLD
KenGoldLLL
Kinondoni MCDLWL
MashujaaWDW
NamungoLLLW
Pamba JijiDDDL
PrisonsDDD
SimbaWW
Singida Black StarsWWWW
Tabora UnitedLWWD
Young AfricansW
Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2025. Source:
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Positions by round

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
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 28 May 2025. Source:

Tanzanian Premier League play-off

The 13th and 14th-placed teams (Prisons and Fountain Gate) qualified for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off, alongside the 3rd and 4th-placed teams from the 2024–25 Tanzanian Championship League (Stand United and Geita Gold).

Held over two legs, the Championship teams qualified for the quarter-finals, followed by the Premier League teams facing each other in the semi-finals and the winners remaining in the league; the quarter-final winners then faced the semi-final losers for the final place in the 2025–26 Tanzanian Premier League.

Quarter-finals

First leg

24 May 2025 Geita Gold 2–2 Stand United Geita
Stadium: Nyankumbu Stadium

Second leg

29 May 2025 Stand United 2–0
(4–2 agg.)		Geita GoldShinyanga
Stadium: Kambarage Stadium

Semi-finals

First leg

26 June 2025 Fountain Gate 1–1 Prisons Babati
Stadium: Kwaraa Stadium

Second leg

30 June 2025 Prisons 3–1
(4–2 agg.)		Fountain GateMbeya
16:00 Stadium: Sokoine Stadium

Finals

First leg

4 July 2025 Stand United 1–3 Fountain Gate Shinyanga
16:00 Stadium: Kambarage Stadium

Second leg

8 July 2025 Fountain Gate 2–0
(5–1 agg.)		Stand UnitedBabati
16:00 Report Stadium: Kwaraa Stadium

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of As of 25 June 2025
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Jean Ahoua Simba 16
2 Clement Mzize Young Africans 14
3 Prince Dube 13
4 Leonel Ateba Simba
5 Steven Mukwala
6 Jonathan Sowah Singida Black Stars 12
7 Pacôme Zouzoua Young Africans
8 Gibril Sillah Azam 11
9 Elvis Rupia Singida Black Stars 10
10 Stephane Aziz Ki Young Africans 9

Most assists

As of As of 25 June 2025
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Feisal salum Azam F.C 13
3 Maxi Nzengeli Young Africans 10
2 Pacome Zouzoua
5 Jean Ahoua Simba 9
4 Prince Dube Young Africans 8

Own goals

As of As of 30 April 2025
Rank Player Club Own
goals
1 Daniel Mgore Dodoma Jiji 1
2 Ladack Chasambi Simba 1
3 Kevin Kijili simba 1

Hat-tricks

As of As of 8 May 2025
Player For Against Result Date
1 Prince Dube Young Africans mashujaa 3-2(H) 19 December 2024
2 Stephan Aziz ki KMC 1-6(A) 14 February 2025
3 Steven Mukwala Simba Coastal Union 0-3(A) 1 March 2025
4 Jean Ahoua Pamba Jiji 5-1(H) 8 May 2025
Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

As of As of 23 June 2025
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Moussa Camara Simba 19
2 Djigui Diarra Young Africans 17
3 Patrick Munthali Mashujaa 12
4 Yona Amosi Pamba Jiji 11
5 Mohammed Mustafa Azam F.C 10
6 Yakoubu Suleiman Ali JKT Tanzania 8
7 Metacha Mnata Singida Black Stars 7

Discipline

Red cards

As of 15 August 2024
Rank Player Team Red cards
1 Ibrahim Hamad Young Africans 1

Monthly awards

Month Coach of the Month Player of the Month
Coach Club Player Club
August Fadlu Davis Simba Jean Ahoua Simba
September Mohamed Muya Fountain Gate Seleman Mwalimu Fountain Gate
October Rashid Taoussi Azam Marouf Tchakei Singida Black Stars
November Offen Chikola Tabora
December Sead Ramovic Young Africans Clement Mzize Young Africans
February Miloud Hamdi Prince Dube
March Fadlu Davis Simba Steven Mukwala Simba
April Miloud Hamdi Young Africans S.C. Iddi Kipagwile Dodoma Jiji FC
May Fadlu Davids Simba Steven Mukwala Simba
June Miloud Hamdi Young Africans Pacome Zouzoua Young Africans


References

  1. ^ a b "RATIBA YA LIGI KUU YA NBC MSIMU WA 2024/2025" (in Swahili). 9 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Yanga target domestic glory and deeper CAF Champions League run this season". 15 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Confirmed: Club name change, not a transfer – Super Eagles defender remains as Ihefu FC becomes Singida Black Stars". 11 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
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