The Tanzania Football Federation is the governing body mandated to run the sport of football in Tanzania. It oversees the national football team, Premier League, the Championship, First League, Regional Champions League, Youth U20 League, and the Youth U15 League. It is also in charge of Serengeti Lite Women's Premier League.
Association football is the most popular sport in Tanzania. Approximately 25% of Tanzanians are considered football fans.
League system The Tanzanian league football pyramid uses a promotion and relegation system. The champions of the nation's top level of football, Tanzanian Premier League (Ligi Kuu Tanzania Bara) qualify to play in the following season's CAF Champions League. The bottom 3 teams are relegated to the Championship. LevelLeagueClubs Promotion Relegation1Tanzanian Premier League Ligi Kuu Tanzania16NArelegates 2 teams automatically, 1 goes to relegation playoffs2Championship Ligi Daraja la Kwanza16promotes 2 teams automatically, 4 go to promotion playoffsrelegates 2 team automatically, 4 go to relegation playoffs3First League Ligi Daraja la Pili24 - 4 groups of 6 teamspromotes 3 teams automaticallyrelegates 3 teams automatically4Regional Champions League Ligi ya Mabingwa wa Mikoa28 - 4 groups of 7 teamspromotes 3 teams automaticallyNA5Youth U20 League Ligi ya Vijana U206Youth U15 League Ligi ya Vijana U15
Football stadiums in Tanzania
Stadiums with a capacity of 30,000 or higher are included.
#StadiumLocationCapacityHome team(s) Notes 1 National Stadium Tanzania Dar es Salaam National team, Simba SC, Young Africans FC 2 CCM Kirumba Stadium Mwanza Mbao FC, Alliance Schools FC, Pamba F.C., Toto African 3 Kambarage Stadium Shinyanga 30,000 Kahama United 4 Jamhuri Stadium Dodoma Dodoma 30,000 JKT Ruvu Stars 5 Gombani Stadium Chake-Chake 30,000 6 Maji-Maji Stadium Songea 30,000
Support Twitter research from 2015 found that the most popular English Premier League club in Tanzania was Manchester United, with 25% of Tanzanian Premier League fans following the club, closely followed by Arsenal (22%) and Chelsea (17%).
Attendances
The average attendance per top-flight football league season and the club with the highest average attendance:
Season League average Best club Best club average 2024-25 2,510 Young Africans 10,176 2023-24 2,408 Young Africans 9,460
Sources: League pages on Wikipedia
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