2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League

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Tanzanian Premier League
Season2023–24
Dates15 August 2023 – 28 May 2024
ChampionsYoung Africans
RelegatedGeita Gold
Mtibwa Sugar
Champions LeagueAzam
Young Africans
Confederation CupCoastal Union
Simba
Matches played139
Goals scored306 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorerBurkina Faso Stephane Aziz Ki
(21 goals)

The 2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League (known as the NBC Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is 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.

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. The bottom two teams (Geita Gold and Mtibwa Sugar) were relegated to the Tanzanian Championship League.

Teams[edit]

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). Third-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[edit]

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

League table[edit]

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
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
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 30 6 14 10 21 30 −9 32 Qualification for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off
14 Tabora United 30 5 12 13 20 41 −21 27
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
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; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2023–24 Tanzania FA Cup winners also qualified for the Confederation Cup. Since the cup winners (Azam or Young Africans) qualified based on league position, the Confederation Cup spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.


Results[edit]

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[edit]

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 face 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[edit]

First leg[edit]

19 May 2024 Biashara United 2–0 Mbeya Kwanza Musoma
Stadium: Karume Football Stadium

Second leg[edit]

26 May 2024 Mbeya Kwanza0–2
(0–4 agg.)		 Biashara United Mtwara
Stadium: Nangwanda Sijaona Stadium

Statistics[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

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

Top clean sheets[edit]

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

Multiple hat-tricks[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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.
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