Tanzania Cup | 01/31 16:00 | - | Simba Sports Club v Tembo FC | W | 4-0 | |
Tanzania Premier League | 01/04 13:00 | 13 | Geita Gold v Simba Sports Club | - | Postponed | |
Tanzania Premier League | 01/01 13:00 | 11 | Simba Sports Club v Azam FC | - | Postponed | |
Tanzania Premier League | 12/31 16:00 | 16 | Simba Sports Club v Mtibwa Sugar | - | Postponed | |
Tanzania Premier League | 12/29 13:00 | 10 | Tabora United FC v Simba Sports Club | - | Postponed | |
Tanzania Premier League | 12/28 13:00 | 15 | JKT Tanzania v Simba Sports Club | - | Postponed | |
Tanzania Premier League | 12/23 13:00 | 14 | [5] KMC FC v Simba Sports Club [3] | D | 2-2 | |
CAF Champions League | 12/19 13:00 | 4 | [4] Simba Sports Club v WAC Casablanca [3] | W | 2-0 | |
Tanzania Premier League | 12/15 13:00 | 12 | [5] Simba Sports Club v Kagera Sugar [12] | W | 3-0 | |
CAF Champions League | 12/09 19:00 | 3 | [4] WAC Casablanca v Simba Sports Club [3] | L | 1-0 | |
Tanzania Premier League | 12/04 13:00 | 13 | Geita Gold v Simba Sports Club | - | Postponed | |
CAF Champions League | 12/02 13:00 | 2 | [1] Jwaneng Galaxy FC v Simba Sports Club [3] | D | 0-0 | |
Tanzania Premier League | 11/28 16:00 | 11 | Simba Sports Club v Azam FC | - | Postponed | |
CAF Champions League | 11/25 13:00 | 1 | Simba Sports Club v ASEC Mimosas | D | 1-1 | |
Tanzania Premier League | 11/09 13:00 | 9 | [3] Simba Sports Club v Namungo FC [12] | D | 1-1 | |
Tanzania Premier League | 11/05 14:00 | 8 | [3] Simba Sports Club v Young Africans FC [2] | L | 1-5 | |
Tanzania Premier League | 10/28 16:00 | 7 | [2] Simba Sports Club v Ihefu SC [11] | W | 2-1 | |
Tanzania Premier League | 10/25 13:00 | 6 | Mashujaa FC v Simba Sports Club | - | Postponed | |
African Football League | 10/24 14:00 | 3 | Al Ahly Cairo v Simba FC | D | 1-1 | |
African Football League | 10/20 15:00 | 3 | Simba Sports Club v Al Ahly Cairo | D | 2-2 | |
Tanzania Premier League | 10/08 13:00 | 5 | [9] Singida Big Stars FC v Simba Sports Club [3] | W | 1-2 | |
Tanzania Premier League | 10/05 13:00 | 4 | [16] Tanzania Prisons v Simba Sports Club [3] | W | 1-3 | |
CAF Champions League | 10/01 13:00 | 15 | Simba Sports Club v Power Dynamos | D | 1-1 | |
Tanzania Premier League | 09/21 13:00 | 3 | [4] Simba Sports Club v Coastal Union [14] | W | 3-0 | |
Tanzania Premier League | 09/16 16:00 | 3 | Simba Sports Club v Coastal Union | - | Postponed | |
CAF Champions League | 09/16 13:00 | 15 | Power Dynamos v Simba Sports Club | D | 2-2 | |
Tanzania Premier League | 08/20 13:00 | 2 | [1] Simba Sports Club v Dodoma Jiji FC [3] | W | 2-0 | |
Tanzania Premier League | 08/17 13:00 | 1 | [5] Mtibwa Sugar v Simba Sports Club [5] | W | 2-4 | |
Tanzania Community Shield | 08/13 16:00 | - | Young Africans FC v Simba Sports Club | W | 1-3 | |
Tanzania Community Shield | 08/10 16:00 | - | Simba Sports Club v Singida Fountain Gate FC | W | 4-2 |
Simba Sports Club is a professional football club based in Kariakoo ward in Ilala District of 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.
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.