Season | 2023–24 |
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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 | ![]() (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
[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). 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
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 (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 | |
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 |
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
[edit]Each team plays each other twice (30 matches each), once at home and once away.
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 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
[edit]First leg
[edit]19 May 2024 | Biashara United | 2–0 | Mbeya Kwanza | Musoma |
Katonda ![]() Zilintusa ![]() |
Stadium: Karume Football Stadium |
Second leg
[edit]26 May 2024 | Mbeya Kwanza | 0–2 (0–4 agg.) | Biashara United | Mtwara |
Lukindo ![]() Katonda ![]() |
Stadium: Nangwanda Sijaona Stadium |
Semi-finals
[edit]First leg
[edit]4 June 2024 | Tabora United | 0–4 | JKT Tanzania | Tabora |
Ndemla ![]() Kada ![]() Mateo ![]() Dilunga ![]() |
Stadium: Ali Hassan Mwinyi Stadium |
Second leg
[edit]8 June 2024 | JKT Tanzania | 0–0 (4–0 agg.) | Tabora United | Karatu |
Stadium: Black Rhino Academy Stadium |
Final
[edit]First leg
[edit]12 June 2024 | Biashara United | 1–0 | Tabora United | Musoma |
Lukindo ![]() |
Stadium: Karume Football Stadium |
Second leg
[edit]16 June 2024 | Tabora United | 2–0 (2–1 agg.) | Biashara United | Tabora |
Lembo ![]() |
Stadium: Ali Hassan Mwinyi Stadium |
Statistics
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Yanga | 21 |
2 | ![]() |
Azam | 19 |
3 | ![]() |
KMC | 12 |
4 | ![]() |
Yanga | 11 |
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Simba | ||
6 | ![]() |
Azam | 10 |
7 | ![]() |
Ihefu | 9 |
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Yanga | ||
9 | ![]() |
Simba | 8 |
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Mashujaa | ||
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Tanzania Prisons | ||
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Azam |
Top clean sheets
[edit]Rank | Goalkeepers | Team | Clean sheets |
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1 | ![]() |
Coastal Union | 15 |
2 | ![]() |
Yanga | 13 |
3 | ![]() |
Geita Gold | 10 |
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Namungo | ||
5 | ![]() |
Tabora United | 9 |
6 | ![]() |
Tanzania Prisons | 8 |
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Simba | ||
8 | ![]() |
Dodoma Jiji | 7 |
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Azam |
Multiple hat-tricks
[edit]Player | For | Against | Score | Date |
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Azam | Tabora United | 4-0 | 16 August 2023 |
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Simba | Coastal Union | 3-0 | 21 September 2023 |
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Yanga | Azam | 3-2 | 23 October 2023 |
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Azam | Mtiwba Sugar | 5-0 | 24 November 2023 |
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KMC | Tabora United | 4-2 | 10 March 2024 |
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Yanga | Tanzania Prisons | 4-1 | 28 May 2024 |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.