2025–26 Tanzanian Premier League

The 2025–26 Tanzanian Premier League (known as the NBC Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 61st season of the Tanzanian Premier League, the top-tier football league in Tanzania (mainland only), since its establishment in 1965. The season started on 17 September 2025 and ended on 30 June 2026.^[1]

Season2025–26

Dates17 September 2025 – 30 June 2026

ChampionsYoung Africans

RelegatedKMC
Mtibwa Sugar
Prisons

Quick facts Season, Dates ...

Tanzanian Premier League
Season	2025–26
Dates	17 September 2025 – 30 June 2026
Champions	Young Africans
Relegated	KMC Mtibwa Sugar Prisons
Champions League	Simba Young Africans
Confederation Cup	Azam Singida Black Stars
Matches	139
Goals	247 (1.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	Feisal Salum (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Young Africans 6–0 Mashujaa (19 January 2026)
Biggest away win	KMC 0–3 Mbeya City (18 October 2025) Dodoma Jiji 0–3 Pamba (25 October 2025) Singida Black Stars 1–3 TRA United (6 December 2025)
Highest scoring	Young Africans 6–0 Mashujaa (19 January 2026)
Longest winning run	8 matches Young Africans
Longest unbeaten run	22 matches Young Africans Azam
Longest winless run	11 matches KMC
Longest losing run	6 matches KMC
← 2024–25 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 16 June 2026.

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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 fourth consecutive season).^[2]^[3]

Changes from previous season

More information Promoted from 2024–25 Championship League, Relegated to ...

Promoted from 2024–25 Championship League	Relegated to 2025–26 Championship League
Mtibwa Sugar Mbeya City	Kagera Sugar^[4] KenGold

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The promoted teams were the 2024–25 Tanzanian Championship League champions Mtibwa Sugar (returning to the Premier League after a single-season absence) and runners-up Mbeya City (returning to the Premier League after a two-season absence). They replaced the 2024–25 Tanzanian Premier League bottom two teams, Kagera Sugar and KenGold.^[5]

Locations

Pamba Jiji

Simba
Yanga
KMC
Azam'
'JKT Tanzania

Mashujaa

Singida Black Stars

Dodoma

Fountain Gate

Prisons

Coastal Union

Namungo

Mtibwa Sugar

Mbeya City

TRA United

Location of clubs in Tanzania for the 2025–26 Tanzanian Premier League season

Stadiums

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

More information Team, Location ...

Team	Location	Stadium^{[note 1]}	Capacity
Azam	Dar es Salaam (Chamazi)	Chamazi Stadium	10,000
Coastal Union	Tanga	Mkwakwani Stadium	15,000
Dodoma Jiji	Dodoma	Jamhuri Stadium Dodoma	30,000
Fountain Gate	Manyara (Babati)	Tanzanite Kwaraa	10,000
JKT Tanzania	Dar es Salaam (Mbweni)	Major General Isamuhyo Stadium	15,000
KMC	Dar es Salaam (Mwenge)	KMC Complex	6,000
Mashujaa	Kigoma	Lake Tanganyika Stadium	20,000
Mbeya City	Mbeya	Sokoine Stadium	20,000
Mtibwa Sugar	Morogoro (Turiani)	Jamhuri Stadium Morogoro	20,000
Namungo	Lindi	Majaliwa Stadium	20,000
Pamba	Mwanza	CCM Kirumba Stadium	35,000
Prisons	Mbeya	Sokoine Stadium	20,000
Simba	Dar es Salaam (Kariakoo)	KMC Complex	10,000
Singida Black Stars	Singida (Mtipa)	Liti Stadium	35,000
TRA United	Tabora	Ali Hassan Mwinyi Stadium	35,000
Young Africans	Dar es Salaam (Kariakoo)	Benjamin Mkapa Stadium	60,000

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League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Young Africans (C)	30	23	6	1	71	9	+62	75	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Simba	30	22	7	1	54	11	+43	73	Qualification for the Champions League
3	Azam	30	18	10	2	46	12	+34	64	Qualification for the Confederation Cup^[a]
4	Singida Black Stars	30	15	5	10	47	35	+12	50	Qualification for the Confederation Cup^[a]
5	TRA United	30	11	10	9	33	28	+5	43
6	JKT Tanzania	30	10	12	8	30	33	−3	42
7	Pamba Jiji	30	9	9	12	32	35	−3	36
8	Coastal Union	30	9	9	12	31	37	−6	36
9	Dodoma Jiji	30	8	11	11	25	36	−11	35
10	Namungo	30	7	13	10	25	32	−7	34
11	Mashujaa	30	7	12	11	15	27	−12	33
12	Fountain Gate	30	9	6	15	25	44	−19	33
13	Prisons (R)	30	9	5	16	23	41	−18	32	Qualification for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off
14	Mbeya City (O)	30	7	9	14	24	41	−17	30	Qualification for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off
15	Mtibwa Sugar (R)	30	6	9	15	25	48	−23	27	Relegation to the Tanzanian Championship League
16	KMC (R)	30	2	3	25	16	53	−37	9	Relegation to the Tanzanian Championship League

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Source: Tanzania Premier League Board Flashscore, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Play-off
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

[a]
Since the 2025–26 Tanzania FA Cup winners, Simba, qualified for the Champions League via league position, the Confederation Cup spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Results

Each team plays each other twice (30 matches each), once at home and once away.

More information Home \ Away, AZA ...

Home \ Away	AZA	COA	DOM	FOU	JKT	KMC	MAS	MBE	MTI	NAM	PAM	PRI	SIM	SBS	TRA	YGA
Azam	—	3–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0
Coastal Union	0–2	—	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–1
Dodoma Jiji	0–3	2–0	—	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–3^[a]	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–2
Fountain Gate	0–2	3–2	1–0	—	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–3	4–3	1–4	0–2
JKT Tanzania	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	—	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–3
KMC	0–2	1–3	1–0	2–3	0–1	—	1–0	0–3	0–0	2–3	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1
Mashujaa	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–2
Mbeya City	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	3–2	0–0	—	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–4	0–0	0–0
Mtibwa Sugar	0–3	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	4–3	1–3	2–1	—	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–3	1–3	2–1	1–1
Namungo	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	—	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–1
Pamba Jiji	2–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–2	4–0	1–0	—	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–3
Prisons	0–0	1–4	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	0–0	—	0–2	1–2	0–3	0–1
Simba	0–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	4–0	—	2–0	3–0	2–2
Singida Black Stars	1–2	1–0	5–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	4–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–2	—	1–3	0–3
TRA United	4–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	—	0–0
Young Africans	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	5–0	4–1	6–0	6–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	—

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Source: Flashscore, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

[a]
Pamba Jiji awarded a 0–3 win after the match called off while in progress.^[6]

Results by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Azam ...

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Team ╲ Round
Azam	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	D
Coastal Union	W	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	L
Dodoma Jiji	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	L
Fountain Gate	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	D
JKT Tanzania	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	L
KMC	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L
Mashujaa	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	D
Mbeya City	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	L
Mtibwa Sugar	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	D
Namungo	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	D	L
Pamba Jiji	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	D
Prisons	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	L
Simba	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W
Singida Black Stars	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W
TRA United	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	L
Young Africans	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	D

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Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2026. Source: LiveScore
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Tanzanian Premier League play-off

The 13th and 14th-placed teams (Prisons and Mbeya City) qualified for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off (held over two legs), alongside the 3rd and 4th-placed teams from the 2025–26 Tanzanian Championship League (Polisi Tanzania and Mbeya Kwanza). The Championship teams qualified for the quarter-finals, and the Premier League teams qualified for the semi-finals; the quarter-final winners then face the semi-final losers for the final place in the 2026–27 Tanzanian Premier League.

Quarter-finals

First leg

28 June 2026	Mbeya Kwanza	0–4	Polisi Tanzania	Mtwara
14:00				Stadium: Nangwanda Sijaona Stadium

Second leg

5 July 2026	Polisi Tanzania	3–1 (7–1 agg.)	Mbeya Kwanza	Moshi
14:00				Stadium: Ushirika Stadium

Semi-finals

First leg

5 July 2026	Mbeya City	2–0	Prisons	Mbeya
14:00				Stadium: Sokoine Stadium

Second leg

8 July 2026	Prisons	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Mbeya City	Mbeya
14:00				Stadium: Sokoine Stadium

Finals

First leg

12 July 2026	Polisi Tanzania	4–0	Prisons	Moshi
				Stadium: Ushirika Stadium

Second leg

16 July 2026	Prisons	1–0 (1–4 agg.)	Polisi Tanzania	Mbeya
				Stadium: Sokoine Stadium

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 16 June 2026

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Feisal Salum	Azam	14
2	Allan Okello	Young Africans	11
3	Prince Dube	Young Africans	9
4	Mudathir Yahya	Young Africans
5	Mossi Nduwumwe	Singida Black Stars
6	Mathew Tegisi	Pamba Jiji	8
7	Fabrice Ngoy	Namungo
8	Salehe Karabaka	JKT Tanzania
9	Iddy Nado	Azam
10	Clatous Chama	Simba

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Assist

As of 16 June 2026

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Assist
1	Feisal Salum	Azam	8
2	Elie Mpanzu	Simba	8
3	Allan Okello	Young Africans	7
4	Duke Abuya	Young Africans	6
5	Maxi Nzengeli	Young Africans
6	Clatous Chama	Simba
7	Iddy Nado	Azam
8	Prince Dube	Young Africans	5
9	Neo Maema	Simba	5
10	Ibrahim Imoro	Singida Black Stars	4

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Clean sheets

As of 16 June 2026

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Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Djigui Diarra	Young Africans	14
2	Aishi Manula	Azam	12
3	djibrilla kassali	Simba	12
4	Jean Noel	TRA United	11
5	Zuberi Foba	Azam	8
6	Erick Johora	Mashujaa	7
7	Yona Amosi	Pamba Jiji	7
8	Ramadhan Chalamanda	JKT Tanzania	6
9	Mussa Mbisa	Tanzania Prisons	6
10	Daniel Mgore	Dodoma Jiji	5

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Awards

As of 3 February 2026

Player of the Matchday

More information Month, M/N ...

Month	M/N	Player	Club	Score	Against
September	1	Darueshi Saliboko	KMC	1–0	Dodoma Jiji
	2	Cleophance Mkandala	Coastal Union	1–0	Tanzania Prisons
	3	Habib Kyombo	Mbeya City	1–0	Fountain Gate
	4	Paul Peter	JKT Tanzania	1–1	Mashujaa
	5	Cyprian Kipenye	Namungo	1–1	Pamba Jiji
	9	Iddi Kipagwile	Dodoma Jiji	2–2	TRA United
	10	Abdulmalik Zakaria	Mashujaa	1–0	Mtibwa Sugar
	11	Daniel Amoah	Namungo	1–0	Tanzania Prisons
	12	Ally Msengi	JKT Tanzania	2–1	Coastal Union
	13	Khalid Aucho	Singida Black stars	1–0	KMC
	14	Maxi Nzegeli	Young Africans	3–0	Pamba Jiji
	15	Baraket Hmidi	Azam	2–0	Mbeya City
	16	Jean Ahoua	Simba	3–0	Fountain Gate
	17	Oscar Mwajanga	Tanzania Prisons	1–0	KMC
	18	Yassin Mgaza	Dodoma Jiji	2–0	Coastal Union
	19	Andrew Simchimba	Mtibwa Sugar	2–0	Fountain Gate
	20	Kevin Nashon	Pamba Jiji	0–0	TRA United
	21	Elvis Rupia	Singida Black Stars	1–0	Mashujaa
	22	Baraka Maranyingi	Mbeya City	0–0	Young Africans
October	23	Paul Peter (2)	JKT Tanzania	1–1	Azam
	24	Rushine De Reuck	Simba	3–0	Namungo
	25	Peter Lwasa	Pamba	2–1	Mashujaa
	26	Juma Abushiri	Fountain Gate	1–0	Dodoma Jiji
	27	Mateo Antony	Mbeya City	3–0	KMC
	28	Haroun Evody	Mtibwa Sugar	0–0	Coastal Union
	29	Alli Machupa	Namungo	1–1	JKT Tanzania
	33	Jeremiah Juma	Prisons	2–1	Mbeya City
	34	Mohammed Mussa	Mashujaa	0–0	TRA United
	35	Cleophance Mkandala (2)	Coastal Union	1–1	Fountain Gate
	36	Abdi Banda	Dodoma Jiji	0–0	Mtibwa Sugar
	41	Vitalis Mayanga	Mbeya City	2–2	JKT Tanzania
	42	Ismail Kada	Fountain Gate	1–0	KMC
	43	Erick Johora	Mashujaa	1–0	Namungo
	44	Postponed		Pamba Jiji won the game
	6	Mohamed Zimbwe	Young Africans	2–0	Mtibwa Sugar
November	40	Kevin Nashon (2)	Pamba Jiji	1–1	Singida Black Stars
	38	Wilson Nangu	Simba	2–1	JKT Tanzania
	37	Pacóme Zouzoua	Young Africans	4–1	KMC
	39	Fabrice Ngoy	Namungo	1–1	Azam
	49	Anuary Kilimile	JKT Tanzania	1–0	KMC
	50	Andrew Chamungu	Namungo	2–0	Dodoma Jiji
	51	Ramadhan Salum	TRA United	1–0	Prisons
	52	Jaffary Kibaya	Mashujaa	1–0	Mbeya City
	53	Peter Lwasa (2)	Pamba Jiji	1–0	Fountain Gate
	57	Erick Kyaruzi	Mtibwa Sugar	0–0	KMC
	58	Maabad Maabad	Coastal Union	2–0	Mbeya City
	60	Henry David	Fountain Gate	1–0	Prisons
	59	Salehe Karabaka	JKT Tanzania	1–0	TRA United
	69	Abdulmalik Zakaria (2)	Mashujaa	0–0	Dodoma Jiji
	66	Mathew Tigisi	Pamba Jiji	3–0	KMC
	67	Ismail Mhesa	Mtibwa Sugar	2–1	TRA United
	65	Fabrice Ngoy (2)	Namungo	1–0	Mbeya City
	68	Paul Peter (3)	JKT Tanzania	2–0	Fountain Gate
December	76	Ally Msangi	Coastal Union	0–0	Mashujaa
	73	Costantine Malimi	Mtibwa Sugar	0–0	JKT Tanzania
	8	Amas Obasogie	Singida Black Stars	0–0	Azam
	95	Duke Abuya	Young Africans	2–0	Fountain Gate
	93	Morice Abraham	Simba	3–0	Mbeya City
	75	Mussa Mbisa	Prisons	0–0	Pamba
	32	Shabani Chilunda	TRA United	3–1	Singida Black Star
	31	Nassor Saadun	Azam	2–0	Simba
	46	Prince Dube	Young Africans	1–0	Coastal Union
January	96	Salmin Hoza	Dodoma Jiji	1–1	Singida Black Star
	112	Feisal Salum	Azam	3–0	Coastal Union
	102	Haroun Evody (2)	Mtibwa Sugar	1–1	Simba
	87	Mudathir Yahya	Young Africans	6–0	Mashujaa
	88	Habeeb Mussa	fountain Gate	0–0	Azam
	86	Salehe Karabaka (2)	JKT Tanzania	1–0	Singida Black Stars
	81	Said Mkopi	Mtibwa Sugar	2–1	Mbeya City
	82	Iddi Kipagwile (2)	Dodoma Jiji	1–0	Prisons
	83	Joel Noel	TRA United	3–0	KMC
	84	Abdallah Mfuko	Namungo	1–0	Coastal Union
	87	James Mwashinga	Mtibwa Sugar	0–1	Pamba Jiji
	61	Depú	Young Africans	3–1	Dodoma Jiji
	63	Libasse Gueye	Simba	2–0	Mashujaa
	48	Aishi Manula	Azam	2–0	TRA United
	99	Kelvin Nashon (3)	Pamba Jiji	1–1	Mbeya City
	97	William Edger	Dodoma Jiji	1–0	JKT Tanzania
	101	Fabrice Ngoy (3)	Namungo	1–0	KMC

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Monthly awards

As of 8 April 2026

More information Month, Coach of the Month ...

Month	Coach of the Month		Player of the Month		Manager of the Month
Month	Coach	Club	Player	Club	Manager	Stadium
September	Ahmad Ally	JKT Tanzania	Djigui Diarra	Young Africans	not announced
October	Mohamed Laizer	Fountain Gate	Issa Abushir	Fountain Gate	Jackson Mwendwa	Tanzanite Kwara
November	Juma Mgunda	Namungo	Fabrice Ngoy	Namungo	Said Mpuche	Major General Isamuhyo Stadium
December	Pedro Gonçalves	Young Africans	Duke Abuya	Young Africans	Said Mpuche (2)	Major General Isamuhyo Stadium
January	Pedro Gonçalves (2)	Young Africans	William Edger	Dodoma Jiji FC	Hussein Muhondo	Jamhuri Stadium (Dodoma)
February	Steve Barker	Simba	Depú	Young Africans	Said Mpuche (3)	Major General Isamuhyo Stadium
March	Steve Barker (2)	Simba	Ibrahim Imoro	Singida Black Stars	Omar Malule	Airtel Stadium
April	Pedro Gonçalves (3)	Young Africans	Allan Okello	Young Africans	not announced
May	Steve Barker (3)	Simba	Allan Okello (2)	Young Africans	Omar Malule (2)	Airtel Stadium

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Notes

[1]
Main stadiums for the 2025–26 season are listed only. Clubs are allowed to play two selected matches at alternative venues; instead of their regular home stadium

2025–26 Tanzanian Premier League

Teams

Changes from previous season

Locations

Stadiums

League table

Results

Results by round

Tanzanian Premier League play-off

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Finals

First leg

Second leg

Season statistics

Top scorers

Assist

Clean sheets

Awards

Player of the Matchday

Monthly awards

Notes

TFF Awards

References

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