- Simba SC
Football club infobox
clubname = Simba SC
fullname = Simba Sports Club
nickname = "Taifa Kubwa"
"Msimbazi Street Boys"
founded =1936
ground = National StadiumDar es Salaam ,Tanzania
capacity = 25,000
chairman =
manager =
league =Tanzanian Premier League
season = 2007 mini league
position = 1st
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFSimba SC is a Tanzanian football club based in
Dar es Salaam . Their home games are played at National Stadium. Simba SC is one of two biggest football clubs in Tanzania, their archrivals being theYoung Africans . The club had several names during its history, when it was founded in 1936 it was called "Queens", then changed to "Eagles", "Dar Sunderland" and later, in1971 changed to its actual name, "Simba" (that means "Lions" inSwahili ).Simba is the biggest also the most titled club in
Tanzania .Achievements
The highest level of success that Simba SC achieved was getting to the final of the CAF Cup in 1993 where they lost to Stella Abidjan of Ivory Coast. 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 champions Egyptian giants Zamalek on its 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.
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Tanzanian Premier League : 16
**1965, 1966 (as Sunderland)
**1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007*Tanzanian Cup: 3
**1984, 1995, 2000*
Tanzanian Tusker Cup : 4
**2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
*CAF Cup :Finalist : 1993*
CECAFA Clubs Cup : 6
**1974, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2002Performance in CAF competitions
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CAF Champions League :::2002 - First Round::2003 - Group Stage::2004 - First Round::2005 - First Round::2008 - Preliminary Round::2008 - First Round
*African Cup of Champions Clubs : 8 appearances::1974: Semi-Final::1976: Second Round::1977: Second Round::1978: Second Round::1979: Second Round::1980: Second Round::1981: First Round::1995: Second Round
*CAF Confederation Cup : 1 appearance::2007 - Preliminary Round
*CAF Cup : 2 appearances::1993 - "Finalist"::1997 - First Round
*CAF Cup Winners' Cup : 3 appearances::1985 - Second Round::1996 - Second Round::2001 - Second RoundCurrent squad
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