2022–23 Tanzanian Premier League

Tanzanian Premier League

Season	2022–23
Dates	15 August 2022 – 24 June 2023
Champions	Young Africans
Relegated	Mbeya City (via Tanzanian Premier League play-off) Polisi Morogoro Ruvu Shooting
Champions League	Young Africans Simba
Confederation Cup	Azam
Matches played	240
Top goalscorer	Fiston Kalala Mayele Saidi Ntibazonkiza (17 goals)
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 10 June 2022.

The 2022–23 Tanzanian Premier League (known as the NBC Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 58th season of the Tanzanian Premier League, the top-tier football league in Tanzania (mainland only), since its establishment in 1965. The season started on 27 September 2021. The season ended with Young Africans S.C. clinching their 29th premier league title, losing only two games in the entire season. This was the team's second consecutive championship win. Congolese striker Fiston Kalala Mayele (Yanga S.C.) along with Burundian striker Saidi Ntibazonkiza (Simba S.C.) were the top scorers of the season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Young Africans (C)	30	25	3	2	61	18	+43	78	Qualification for Champions League
2	Simba	30	22	7	1	75	17	+58	73
3	Azam	30	18	5	7	55	29	+26	59	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	Singida Big Stars	30	16	7	7	35	26	+9	55
5	Namungo	30	11	7	12	29	33	−4	40
6	Ihefu	30	12	3	15	31	32	−1	39
7	Geita Gold	30	9	10	11	35	44	−9	37
8	Prisons	30	10	7	13	29	38	−9	37
9	Dodoma Jiji	30	11	4	15	26	37	−11	37
10	Mtibwa Sugar	30	9	8	13	34	45	−11	35
11	Kagera Sugar	30	9	8	13	23	36	−13	35
12	Coastal Union	30	8	9	13	25	35	−10	33
13	Kinondoni MC (O)	30	8	8	14	25	31	−6	32	Qualification for Tanzanian Premier League play-off
14	Mbeya City (R)	30	7	10	13	34	44	−10	31
15	Polisi Morogoro (R)	30	6	7	17	25	54	−29	25	Relegation to Tanzanian Championship League
16	Ruvu Shooting (R)	30	5	5	20	19	42	−23	20

Source: Flashscore
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

Tanzanian Premier League play-off

The 13th and 14th-placed teams (Kinondoni MC and Mbeya City) entered the semi-finals and competed in a two-legged play-off, with the winners remaining in the Tanzanian Premier League and the losers competing in another play-off against the 3rd-placed team from the 2023–24 Tanzanian Championship League (Mashujaa) for the final place in the 2024–25 Tanzanian Premier League.

Semi-finals

Mbeya City v Kinondoni MC

13 June 2023	Mbeya City	2–1	Kinondoni MC
16:00

Kinondoni MC v Mbeya City

16 June 2023	Kinondoni MC	2–0 (3–2 agg.)	Mbeya City
16:00

Finals

Mashujaa v Mbeya City

19 June 2023	Mashujaa	3–1	Mbeya City
14:00

Mbeya City v Mashujaa

24 June 2023	Mbeya City	0–1 (1–4 agg.)	Mashujaa
14:00

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goal
1	Fiston Mayele	Yanga	17
	Saidi Ntibazonkiza	Simba
3	Prince Dube	Azam	12
4	John Bocco	Simba	10
	Bruno Gomes	Singida
	Moses Phiri	Simba
7	Stephane Aziz Ki	Yanga	9
	Jeremiah Juma	Tanzania Prisons
	Collins Opare	Dodoma Jiji
	Sixtus Sabilo	Mbeya City
	Pape Sakho	Simba

Top clean sheets

Rank	Goalkeeper	Team	Clean sheets
1	Djigui Diarra	Yanga	14
2	Aishi Manula	Simba	12
3	Ali Ahamada	Azam	8
4	Metacha Mnata	Yanga	7
5	Selemani Bakari	Ihefu	6
	Said Kipao	Kagera Sugar
	Mahamoud Mroivili	Coastal Union

Multiple hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Score	Date
John Bocco	Simba	Ruvu Shooting	0-4	12 November 2022
Fiston Mayele	Yanga	Singida	4-1	17 November 2022
John Bocco	Simba	Tanzania Prisons	7-1	30 December 2022
Saidi Ntibazonkiza
Ibrahim Ali	Namungo	KMC	1-3	24 January 2023
Jean Baleke	Simba	Mtibwa	0-3	11 March 2023
Stephane Aziz Ki	Yanga	Kagera Sugar	5-0	11 April 2023
Saidi Ntibazonkiza 5	Simba	Polisi	6-1	6 June 2023
Prince Dube4	Azam	Polisi	8-0	9 June 2023

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals
• ⁵ Player scored 5 goals