2025–26 Simba SC season

Simba Sports Club
2025–26 season
Owner	Member of SSC 51%; Mohammed Dewji 49%
Chairman	Murtaza Mangungu
Manager	Dimitar Pantev
Stadium	Major General Isamuhyo Stadium; Benjamin Mkapa Stadium (for International Matches)
NBC Premier League	1st
CRDB Bank Federation Cup	Round of 64
Mapinduzi Cup	TBD
Community Shield	Runner-up
CAF Champions League	Group Stage
	All statistics correct as of 3 August 2025.

The 2025–26 season will be the 89th season in the history of Simba and the 60th consecutive season in the Premier League of Tanzanian mens' football. In addition to the domese, CRDB Bank Federation Cup, Muungano Cup and the CAF Champions League.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
29 July 2025	DF	Rushine De Reuck	Mamelodi Sundowns	Undisclosed	^[1]^[2]
30 July 2025	MF	Alassane Kante	CA Bizertin	€210K	^[3]
31 July 2025	MF	Morice Abraham	Free Agent	Free	^[4]
31 July 2025	MF	Hussein Semfuko	Coastal Union	Undisclosed
1 August 2025	FW	Jonathan Sowah	Singida Black Stars	Undisclosed
2 August 2025	FW	Mohammed Bajaber	Kenya Police	Undisclosed
5 August 2025	DF	Antony Mligo	Namungo	Undisclosed
14 August 2025	MF	Naby Camara	Free Agent	Free
21 August 2025	MF	Neo Maema	Mamelodi Sundowns	Free
28 August 2025	FW	Selemani Mwalimu	Wydad AC	Loan
3 September 2025	DF	Wilson Nangu	JKT Tanzania	Undisclosed
3 September 2025	GK	Yakoub Suleiman	JKT Tanzania	Undisclosed
9 September 2025	DF	Vedastus Masinde	TMA Stars	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee
12 July 2025	MF	Omary A. Omary	Mashujaa	Loan
12 July 2025	MF	Fabrice Ngoma	Free Agent	End of contract
12 July 2025	GK	Aishi Manula	Azam	Free
12 July 2025	DF	Valentin Nouma	Free Agent	Undisclosed
13 July 2025	DF	Hussein Kazi	Namungo	Free
13 July 2025	MF	Augustine Okejepha	Free Agent	Undisclosed
13 July 2025	DF	Kevin Kijili	Free Agent	Undisclosed
14 July 2025	FW	Edwin Balua	Enosis Neon Paralimni	Loan
30 July 2025	DF	Che Malone Fondoh	USM Alger	Undisclosed
30 July 2025	DF	Mohamed Zimbwe jr	Young Africans	Free
24 August 2025	FW	Leonel Ateba	Al-Shorta	Undisclosed

Simba Day

It is 17th festival and special day for the Simba team to unveil and introduce its players, coaches, and the entire technical bench for the season.

10 September 2025 Simba Day	Simba	2-0	Gor Mahia	Dar es Salaam
20:00 UTC+3	Abdulazack Hamza Steven Mukwala			Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium Attendance: 60,000

Players

Current squad

As of 12 September 2024^[5]^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	GK	TAN	Yakoub Suleiman
2	DF	CIV	Chamou Karaboue (vice-captain)
15	DF	TAN	David Kameta
23	DF	RSA	Rushine De Reuck (vice-captain)
4	MF	TAN	Vedastus Masinde
7	FW	ZAM	Joshua Mutale
10	MF	CIV	Jean Charles Ahoua
11	FW	UGA	Steven Mukwala
12	DF	TAN	Shomari Kapombe (Captain)
30	DF	GUI	Naby Camara
14	DF	TAN	Abdulrazack Hamza
5	DF	TAN	Antony Mligo
34	FW	COD	Elie Mpanzu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	TAN	Mzamiru Yassin
3	FW	CMR	Jonathan Sowah
21	MF	TAN	Yusuph Kagoma
23	MF	TAN	Awesu Ally Awesu
24	MF	SEN	Alassane Kanté
31	DF	TAN	Wilson Nangu
36	FW	TAN	Ladaki Chasambi
18	MF	TAN	Morice Abraham
38	FW	TAN	Denis Kibu
40	GK	GUI	Moussa Camara
35	MF	GDR	Neo Maema
36	MF	TAN	Hussein Semfuko
17	FW	KEN	Mohammed Bajaber
28	GK	TAN	Hussein Abeil
40	FW	TAN	Selemani Mwalimu

Friendlies

August 2025 Friendly	Kahraba Ismailia	0-2	Simba	Ismailia
16:00 UTC+2			Bajaber Sowah	Stadium: Kahraba Ismailia Stadium Attendance: Closed Door

17 August 2025 Friendly	Simba	3-4	ENPPI	Cairo
16:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Petrosport Stadium Attendance: Closed Door

20 August 2025 Friendly	Simba	1-0	Al-Zulfi	Cairo
16:00 UTC+2	Jean Ahoua			Stadium: Petrosport Stadium Attendance: Closed Door

24 August 2025 Friendly	Wadi Degla	0-2	Simba	Cairo
16:00 UTC+2			Elie Mpanzu Kibu Denis	Stadium: Petrosport Stadium Attendance: Closed Door

26 August 2025 Friendly	Simba	1-1	FC Fassell	Cairo
16:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Petrosport Stadium Attendance: Closed Door

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
NBC Premier League	16 September 2025	23 May 2026	Matchday 1	TBD	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	100.00
CRDB Bank Federation Cup	TBD	27 May 2026	Round of 64	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
CAF Champions League	20 September 2026	TBD	Qualifying Rounds	TBD	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2	033.33
Muungano Cup	21 April 2026	26 April 2026	Semi-Final	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Community Shield	16 September 2025		Finals	Runner-up	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Mapinduzi Cup	TBD	TBD	TBD		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					10	5	2	3	14	6	+8	050.00

Source: [1]

Tanzanian Premier League

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	2	0	0	6	0	+6	1	0	0	2	1	+1

Source: [2]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W
Position	5	1	2
Points	3	6	9

Updated to match(es) played on 25 September 2025. Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Score overview

Win Draw Loss

Opposition	Home score	Away score
Azam
Coastal Union
Dodoma Jiji
Fountain Gate	3–0
JKT Tanzania		2–1
KMC
Mashujaa
Mbeya City
Mtibwa Sugar
Namungo	3–0
Pamba
Prisons
Singida Black Stars
Tabora United
Young Africans

Matches

The league schedule was released on 29 August 2025

25 September 2025 Round 2	Simba	3–0	Fountain Gate	Dar es Salaam
19:00 UTC+3	De Reuck 6' Jean Ahoua 37' Sowah 58'	Report		Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium Referee: Ludovick Charles

1 October 2025 Round 3	Simba	3–0	Namungo	Dar es Salaam
20:15 UTC+3	Karaboue 37' De Reuck 62' Mwalimu 84'	Report		Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

30 October 2025 Round 1	Tabora United	v	Simba	Tabora
16:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Ali Hassan Mwinyi Stadium

2 November 2025 Round 4	Simba	v	Azam	Dar es Salaam
16:00 UTC+3				Stadium: KMC Complex

5 November 2025 Round 5	JKT Tanzania	v	Simba	Dar es Salaam
16:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Mej.Gen.isamuhyo Stadium

3 December 2025 Round 10	Dodoma Jiji	v	Simba	Dodoma
19:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Jamhuri Stadium (Dodoma)

10 December 2025 Round 6	Tanzania Prisons	v	Simba	Mbeya
16:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Sokoine Stadium

13 December 2025 Round 7	Young Africans	v	Simba	Dar es Salaam
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

19 February 2026 Round 8	Simba	v	Mashujaa	Dar es Salaam
16:00 UTC+3				Stadium: KMC Complex

23 February 2026 Round 9	Simba	v	Coastal Union	Dar es Salaam
16:00 UTC+3				Stadium: KMC Complex

25 February 2026 Round 11	Pamba	v	Simba	Mwanza
16:00 UTC+3				Stadium: CCM Kirumba Stadium

28 February 2026 Round 12	Simba	v	Mbeya City	Dar es Salaam
16:00 UTC+3				Stadium: KMC Complex

TBC Round 13	Simba	v	Mtibwa Sugar	Dar es Salaam
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: KMC Complex

TBC Round 14	Singida Black Stars	v	Simba	Singida
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: Liti Stadium

TBC Round 15	KMC	v	Simba	Dar es Salaam
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: KMC Complex

TBC Round 16	Simba	v	Tabora United	Dar es Salaam
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: KMC Complex

5 March 2026 Round 17	Fountain Gate	v	Simba	Manyara
16:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Tanzanite Kwaraa Stadium

TBC Round 18	Namungo	v	Simba	Lindi
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: Majaliwa Stadium

TBC Round 19	Azam	v	Simba	Dar es Salaam
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: Azam Complex

TBC Round 20	Simba	v	JKT Tanzania	Dar es Salaam
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: KMC Complex

TBC Round 21	Simba	v	Tanzania Prisons	Dar es Salaam
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: KMC Complex

4 April 2026 Round 22	Simba	v	Young Africans	TBC
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: TBC

TBC Round 23	Mashujaa	v	Simba	Kigoma
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: Lake Tanganyika Stadium

TBC Round 24	Coastal Union	v	Simba	Tanga
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: Mkwakwani Stadium

TBC Round 25	Simba	v	Dodoma Jiji	Dar es Salaam
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: KMC Complex

TBC Round 26	Simba	v	Pamba	Dar es Salaam
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: KMC Complex

TBC Round 27	Mbeya City	v	Simba	Mbeya
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: Sokoine Stadium

14 May 2026 Round 28	Mtibwa Sugar	v	Simba	Morogoro
16:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Jamhuri Stadium (Morogoro)

20 May 2026 Round 29	Simba	v	Singida Black Stars	Dar es Salaam
16:00 UTC+3				Stadium: KMC Complex

23 May 2026 Round 30	Simba	v	KMC	Dar es Salaam
16:00 UTC+3				Stadium: KMC Complex

Community Shield

16 September 2025 Community Shield	Young Africans	1-0	Simba	Dar es Salaam
17:00 UTC+3	Shedrak Boka 32' Pacóme Zouzoua 54' Diarra 85' Aziz Andabwile 90+11'	Report	Alassane Kante 54' Kapombe 56' Yusuph Kagoma 60' Naby Camara 90+10'	Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Ahmed Arajiga

CRDB Bank Federation Cup

Muungano Cup

CAF Champions League

First round

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 9 August 2025, 10:00 GMT (13:00 local time, UTC+3), in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.^[7]

20 September 2025 First leg	Gaborone United	0–1	Simba	Gaborone
TBD UTC+2		Report	Elie Mpanzu 15'	Stadium: Botswana National Stadium

28 September 2025 Second leg	Simba	1–1	Gaborone United	Dar es Salaam
16:00 UTC+3	Jean Ahoua 43' (pen.)	Report	Lebogang Ditsele 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

Second round

19 October 2025 First leg	Nsingizini Hotspurs	0-3	Simba	Lobamba
15:00 UTC+2		Report	W.Nangu 45+1' Kibu 84', 90'	Stadium: Somhlolo National Stadium

26 October 2025 Second leg	Simba	0-0	Nsingizini Hotspurs	Dar es Salaam
16:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 3 November 2025, 12:00 GMT (14:00 local time, UTC+2), in Johannesburg, South Africa.^[8]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	APL	SML	EST	SSC
1	Petro de Luanda	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage	—	30 Jan – 1 Feb	1–1	6–8 Feb
2	Stade Malien	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage	23–25 Jan	—	6–8 Feb	2–1
3	Espérance de Tunis	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2		13–15 Feb	0–0	—	23–25 Jan
4	Simba	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0		0–1	13–15 Feb	30 Jan – 1 Feb	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 November 2025. Source: CAF

21–22 November 2025 Round 1	Simba	v	Petro de Luanda	Dar es Salaam
--:-- UTC+3				Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

28–29 November 2025 Round 2	Stade Malien	v	Simba	Bamako
--:-- UTC+0				Stadium: Stade du 26 Mars

23–24 January 2026 Round 3	Espérance de Tunis	v	Simba	Tunis
--:-- UTC+1				Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium

30–31 January 2026 Round 4	Simba	v	Espérance de Tunis	Dar es Salaam
--:-- UTC+3				Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

6–7 February 2026 Round 5	Petro de Luanda	v	Simba	Luanda
--:-- UTC+1				Stadium: Estádio 11 de Novembro

13–14 February 2026 Round 6	Simba	v	Stade Malien	Dar es Salaam
--:-- UTC+3				Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		NBC Premier League		CAF Champions League		CRDB Bank Federation Cup		Muungano Cup		Community Shield
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
22	GK		Yakoub Suleiman	3	0	1	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK		Moussa Camara	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28	GK		Hussein Abel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Chamou Karaboue	5	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
4	DF		Vedastus Masinde	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Anthony Mligo	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
12	DF		Shomari Kapombe	6	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	DF		Abdulrazack Hamza	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	DF		David Duchu	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Rushine De Reuck	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	DF		Naby Camara	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	DF		Wilson Nangu	3	1	0+1	0	1+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF		Alassane Kante	5	0	1+1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
10	MF		Jean Charles Ahoua	6	2	1+1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	MF		Morice Abraham	4	0	1+1	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Mzamiru Yassin	2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Yusuph Kagoma	5	0	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	MF		Awesu Awesu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF		Neo Maema	5	0	0+2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
36	MF		Ladack Chasambi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Hussein Semfuko	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
3	FW		Jonathan Sowah	3	1	1	1	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW		Joshua Mutale	3	0	1	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Steven Mukwala	4	0	1	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	FW		Mohammed Bajaber	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	FW		Elie Mpanzu	6	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
38	FW		Kibu Denis	5	2	1+1	0	2+	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
40	FW		Selemani Mwalimu	4	1	0+1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Source: [4]

Goals

As of 20 October 2025

Rank	Player	NBC Premier	CCL	Total
1	Rushine De Reuck	2	0	2
2	Kibu Denis	0	2	2
3	Jean Ahoua	1	1	2
4	Elie Mpanzu	0	1	1
5	Jonathan Sowah	1	0	1
6	Chamou Karaboue	1	0	1
7	Selemani Mwalimu	1	0	1
8	Wilson Nangu	0	1	1
Total		6	5	11

Assist

As of 20 October 2025

Rank	Player	NBC Premier	CCL	Total
1	Neo Maema	1	1	2
2	Elie Mpanzu	1	0	1
3	Shomari Kapombe	0	1	1
4	Yusuph Kagoma	1	0	1
5	Jean Ahoua	1	0	1
6	Joshua Mutale	1	0	1
7	Jonathan Sowah	0	1	1
8	Morice Abraham	0	1	1
Total		5	4	9

Clean sheets

As of 20 October 2025

Rank	Player	NBC Premier	CCL	Total
1	Moussa Camara	1	1	2
1	Yakoub Suleiman	1	1	2
Total		2	2	4

Goal Contributions

As of 20 October 2025

Rank	Player	Goal	Assist	Total
1	Jean Ahoua	2	1	3
2	Elie Mpanzu	1	1	2
3	De Reuck	2	0	2
4	Kibu	2	0	2
5	Maema	0	2	2
Total		7	4	11

Awards

Player of the Matchday

Month(s)	Competition(s)	Player(s)	Opponent(s)
September	Premier League	Jean Ahoua	Fountain Gate
October	Premier League	De Reuck	Namungo

2025/26 budget and spending plan

For the 2025\26 season Simba SC announced a budget of TZS 29.56 billion with planned expenditures of TZS 27.16 billion. This is an increase of approximately 13.5 percentage compared with the preceding season.

According to club financial reports ,this budget increase is supported in part by contribution from long standing investor Mohammed Dewji as well as the new sponsorship revenues.^[9]

References

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^ "Rushine De Reuck join Tanzania Giants". farpost.co.za. 25 July 2025.
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^ "CAF to stage the TotalEnergies CAF Interclub Preliminary Draw in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Saturday". Confederation of African Football. 5 August 2025.
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^ Thomas, Joel (30 November 2025). "Mambo haya mazito yaibuka Mkutano Mkuu wa Simba SC 2025". Retrieved 4 December 2025.

[1] "Rushine De Reuck sign simba" (in Swahili). simba.co.tz. 29 July 2025.

[2] "Rushine De Reuck join Tanzania Giants". farpost.co.za. 25 July 2025.

[3] "Alassane Kante sign two years" (in Swahili). Mwananchi.co.tz.

[4] "Simba sign Morice Abraham". africasoccer.com.

[5] "Tanzania - Simba Sports Club - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[6] "Players number" (in Swahili). simba.co.tz.^{[dead link]}

[7] "CAF to stage the TotalEnergies CAF Interclub Preliminary Draw in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Saturday". Confederation of African Football. 5 August 2025.

[8] "CAF Interclub Group Stages Draw to be held in Johannesburg on 03 November". Confederation of African Football. 23 October 2025.

[9] Thomas, Joel (30 November 2025). "Mambo haya mazito yaibuka Mkutano Mkuu wa Simba SC 2025". Retrieved 4 December 2025.

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