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Simba SC

Simba
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Full name Simba Sports Club
Nickname(s) Taifa Kubwa
Msimbazi Street Boys Wekundu wa Msimbazi
Founded 1936
Ground National Stadium
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Ground Capacity 60,000
Chairman Tanzania Evans Elieza Aveva
Coach Joseph Omog
League Tanzanian Premier League
2014–15 3rd
Website Club home page

Simba Sports Club is a Tanzanian football club based in Dar es Salaam. Their home games are played at two stadiums, Uhuru Stadium and National Stadium. Simba SC is one of the two biggest football clubs in Tanzania, their arch-rivals being the Young Africans. Lion cubs often have a dillema of which club to support. The club had several names during its history. When it was founded in 1936, the Club was called Red, it was later changed to Eagles and Dar Sunderland, and in 1971 changed to its current name, Simba (which means Lion in Swahili).

The highest level of success that Simba SC achieved was getting to the final of the CAF Cup in 1993, when they lost to Stella Club of Côte d'Ivoire. It was the highest achievement on continental competitions reached by any Tanzanian team. One of the most memorable years for the club was 2003 when it knocked off the then-reigning CAF champions Zamalek of Egypt on their way to qualify for the group stages of the CAF Champions League. In the first round of that year's competition, Simba SC eliminated Santos of South Africa.

CAF Champions League: 6 appearances

African Cup of Champions Clubs: 8 appearances

The furthest any Tanzanian team has ever reached in African premier competition, eliminated in the semi-finals by Egyptian club Ghazl Al-Mehalla, in this period, the chairman was late Abubakar Mwilima, himself a renowned trade unionist, educationist and politician who served in Julius Nyerere's government in different capacities.

CAF Confederation Cup: 4 appearances

CAF Cup: 2 appearances

CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances


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