Simba S.C.

Simba Sports Club is a professional football club based in Kariakoo ward in Ilala Districtof Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania.

It was founded in 1936 as Queen before being renamed to Sunderland and, in 1971, was finally renamed Simba (Swahili for "Lion"). The team's nickname, Wekundu wa Msimbazi (The Reds of Msimbazi), is a reference to their all-red home strip and Msimbazi Street in Kariakoo where their headquarters is based. The fanbase for Simba Sports Club is one of the biggest in Tanzania with there ultras being led by the fierce Isaac Beck, and his assistant Hari Evans.

Simba SC has won 22 league titles and five domestic cups and has participated in CAF Champions League multiple times. It is also among the giant clubs in East and Central Africa, having won the CECAFA Club Championship six times.

Simba plays their home games at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Miburani ward of Temeke District.

The club was ranked among the top ten clubs in Africa, at number 10, by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) in their May 1, 2022 – April 30, 2023 rankings. Globally, the club was ranked at number 105 in the IFFHS World Ranking.

The club is one of the richest in East Africa, with a total budget of TSh 6.1 billion (equivalent to $5.3 million) unveiled for the 2019/2020 season.

Simba holds a long-standing rivalry with Yanga with whom they contest the Kariakoo derby, named after the ward where both teams were founded. The rivalry was ranked 5th as one of the most famous African derbies.

Domestic

 * Tanzanian Premier League
 * Winner (22): 1965, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
 * Nyerere Cup
 * Winner (3): 1984, 1995, 2000
 * FAT Cup 
 * Winner (4): 1995, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2020–2021
 * Runners-up (3): 1974, 1998, 2000
 * Dar es Salaam League
 * Winner (2): 1944, 1946
 * Tusker Cup 
 * Winner (5): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2005
 * Runners-up (1): 2006
 * Community Shield 
 * Winner (10): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
 * Runners-up (3): 2001, 2010, 2021
 * Mapinduzi Cup
 * Winner (3): 2011, 2015, 2022
 * Runners-up (5): 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021

Continental

 * CECAFA Club Championship
 * Winners (6): 1974, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2002
 * Runners-up (7): 1975, 1952, 1978, 1981, 2003, 2011, 2018
 * CAF Cup
 * Runners-up (1): 1993

Performance in CAF competitions
CAF Champions League: 12 appearances


 * 2002 – First Round
 * 2003 – Group stage (Top 8)
 * 2004 – Preliminary Round
 * 2005 – First Round
 * 2008 – First Round


 * 2011 – Special play-off for Group stage
 * 2013 – Preliminary Round
 * 2018–19 – Quarter-finals
 * 2019–20 – Preliminary Round
 * 2020–21 – Quarter-finals


 * 2021–22 – Second Round
 * 2022–23 – Quarter-finals
 * 2023–24 – Quarter-finals

African Cup of Champions Clubs: 9 appearances


 * 1974 – Semi-finals
 * 1976 – Second Round
 * 1977 – Second Round
 * 1978 – Second Round
 * 1979 – Second Round
 * 1980 – Second Round


 * 1981 – First Round
 * 1994 – Quarter-Finals
 * 1995 – Second Round

CAF Confederation Cup: 6 appearances


 * 2007 – Preliminary Round
 * 2010 – Second Round
 * 2011 – Play-off
 * 2012 – Second Round
 * 2018 – First Round
 * 2021–22 – Quarter-finals

CAF Cup: 2 appearances
 * 1993 – Finalist
 * 1997 – First Round