Tanzanian Premier League
Season2023–24
Dates15 August 2023 – 29 May 2024
Matches played41
Goals scored91 (2.22 per match)
Top goalscorerBurkina Faso Stephane Aziz Ki
(10 goals)
2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League (known as the NBC Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 59th season of the Tanzanian Premier League, the top-tier football league in Tanzania (mainland only), since its establishment in 1965.

The season started on 15 August 2023. Young Africans are the defending champions for the second consecutive season, clinching their 29th Premier League title during the previous season.[1][2]

16 teams contest the league. The winners and runner-ups qualify for the Champions League. The third-placed team qualify for the Confederation Cup. The thirteenth and fourteenth-placed teams qualify for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off. The bottom two teams are relegated to the Tanzanian Championship League.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from
2022–23 Tanzanian Championship League		 Relegated to
2023–24 Tanzanian Championship League
JKT Tanzania
Mashujaa
Tabora United		 Mbeya City
Polisi Morogoro
Ruvu Shooting

JKT Tanzania won the 2022–23 Tanzanian Championship League title to earn promotion, alongside runners-up Tabora United. They replaced the 2022–23 Tanzanian Premier League bottom two teams, Polisi Morogoro and Ruvu Shooting. Third-placed Championship side Mashujaa defeated fourteenth-placed Premier League side Mbeya City in a play-off to take their place in the league.

Locations

Location of clubs in Tanzania for the 2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Azam 13 10 1 2 35 10 +25 31 Qualification for Champions League
2 Young Africans 11 10 0 1 31 6 +25 30
3 Simba 10 7 2 1 23 13 +10 23 Qualification for Confederation Cup
4 Kinondoni MC 14 5 6 3 15 21 −6 21
5 Singida Fountain Gate 14 5 5 4 17 16 +1 20
6 Coastal Union 14 5 4 5 11 11 0 19
7 Dodoma Jiji 13 5 3 5 12 13 −1 18
8 Namungo 14 4 5 5 12 11 +1 17
9 Prisons 14 4 5 5 13 16 −3 17
10 Geita Gold 13 4 4 5 9 14 −5 16
11 JKT Tanzania 14 4 4 6 12 18 −6 16
12 Tabora United 13 3 6 4 9 12 −3 15
13 Kagera Sugar 13 3 4 6 8 16 −8 13 Qualification for Tanzanian Premier League play-off
14 Ihefu 14 3 4 7 10 17 −7 13
15 Mashujaa 12 2 3 7 9 17 −8 9 Relegation to Tanzanian Championship League
16 Mtibwa Sugar 14 2 2 10 14 29 −15 8
Updated to match(es) played on 23 December 2023. Source: Flashscore, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Play-off

Results

Each team plays each other twice (30 matches each), once at home and once away.

Home \ Away AZA COA DOM GGF IHF JKT KAG KMC MAS MTI NAM PRI SIM SIN TAB YGA
Azam — 2–1 5–0 5–0 1–3 3–1 2–1 4–0
Coastal Union 0–1 — 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–1
Dodoma Jiji 0–0 2–1 — 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2
Geita Gold 2–2 — 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–3
Ihefu 1–3 0–0 0–1 — 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1
JKT Tanzania 0–1 0–1 1–1 — 1–1 1–0 1–0
Kagera Sugar 0–4 1–0 — 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0
Kinondoni MC 1–2 1–0 2–1 — 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–2
Mashujaa 0–3 0–0 2–0 2–0 — 0–2 1–3 1–1
Mtibwa Sugar 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 — 2–4 0–1
Namungo 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 — 2–3
Prisons 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 — 1–3
Simba 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 — 1–5
Singida Fountain Gate 2–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 — 0–0
Tabora United 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 — 0–1
Young Africans 3–2 5–0 5–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 23 December 2023. Source: Flashscore, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Tanzanian Premier League play-off

The 13th and 14th-placed teams enter the semi-finals and compete in a two-legged play-off, with the winners remaining in the Tanzanian Premier League and the losers competing in another play-off against the 3rd-placed team from the 2023–24 Tanzanian Championship League for the final place in the 2024–25 Tanzanian Premier League.

References

  1. ↑ "Yanga SC beat Dodoma Jiji FC to win 29th Premiership title". The Citizen. The Citizen. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "YANGA YAONGEZA NAMBA KATIKA HISTORIA – TPLB". 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
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