2025–26 Tanzanian Premier League

Tanzanian Premier League
Season	2025–26
Dates	17 September 2025 – 23 May 2026
Matches	62
Goals	104 (1.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fabrice Ngoy; (7 goals each)
Biggest home win	Young Africans 6–0 Mashujaa; (19 January 2026)
Biggest away win	KMC 0–3 Mbeya City; (18 October 2025); Dodoma Jiji 0–3 Pamba; (25 October 2025); Singida Black Stars 1–3 TRA United; (6 December 2025)
Highest scoring	Young Africans 6–0 Mashujaa ; (19 January 2026)
Longest winning run	6 matches; Young Africans
Longest unbeaten run	8 matches; Young Africans; Azam
Longest winless run	10 matches; KMC
Longest losing run	6 matches; KMC
	← 2024–25 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 15 February 2026.

The 2025–26 Tanzanian Premier League (known as the NBC Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 61st season of the Tanzanian Premier League, the top-tier football league in Tanzania (mainland only), since its establishment in 1965. The season started on 17 September 2025 and will end on 23 May 2026.^[1]

Teams

The league consisted of 16 teams; the top 14 teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the Tanzanian Championship League. Young Africans entered the season as defending champions (for the fourth consecutive season).^[2]^[3]

Changes from previous season

Promoted from 2024–25 Championship League	Relegated to 2025–26 Championship League
Mtibwa Sugar Mbeya City	Kagera Sugar^[4] KenGold

The promoted teams were the 2024–25 Tanzanian Championship League champions Mtibwa Sugar (returning to the Premier League after a single-season absence) and runners-up Mbeya City (returning to the Premier League after a two-season absence). They replaced the 2024–25 Tanzanian Premier League bottom two teams, Kagera Sugar and KenGold.^[5]

Locations

2025–26 Tanzanian Premier League is located in Tanzania

Pamba Jiji

Simba
Yanga
KMC
Azam'
'JKT Tanzania

Mashujaa

Singida Black Stars

Dodoma

Fountain Gate

Prisons

Coastal Union

Namungo

Mtibwa Sugar

Mbeya City

TRA United

Location of clubs in Tanzania for the 2025–26 Tanzanian Premier League season

Stadiums

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium^{[note 1]}	Capacity
Azam	Dar es Salaam (Chamazi)	Chamazi Stadium	10,000
Coastal Union	Tanga	Mkwakwani Stadium	15,000
Dodoma Jiji	Dodoma	Jamhuri Stadium Dodoma	30,000
Fountain Gate	Manyara (Babati)	Tanzanite Kwaraa	10,000
JKT Tanzania	Dar es Salaam (Mbweni)	Major General Isamuhyo Stadium	15,000
KMC	Dar es Salaam (Mwenge)	KMC Complex	6,000
Mashujaa	Kigoma	Lake Tanganyika Stadium	20,000
Mbeya City	Mbeya	Sokoine Stadium	20,000
Mtibwa Sugar	Morogoro (Turiani)	Jamhuri Stadium Morogoro	20,000
Namungo	Lindi	Majaliwa Stadium	20,000
Pamba	Mwanza	CCM Kirumba Stadium	35,000
Prisons	Mbeya	Sokoine Stadium	20,000
Simba	Dar es Salaam (Kariakoo)	KMC Complex	10,000
Singida Black Stars	Singida (Mtipa)	Liti Stadium	35,000
TRA United	Tabora	Ali Hassan Mwinyi Stadium	35,000
Young Africans	Dar es Salaam (Kariakoo)	Benjamin Mkapa Stadium	60,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	JKT Tanzania	16	7	7	2	18	10	+8	28	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Pamba Jiji	14	6	5	3	16	11	+5	23	Qualification for the Champions League
3	Young Africans	8	7	1	0	21	2	+19	22	Qualification for the Confederation Cup^[a]
4	Mtibwa Sugar	14	5	6	3	12	11	+1	21
5	Namungo	14	5	5	4	13	13	0	20
6	Dodoma Jiji	15	5	5	5	14	15	−1	20
7	Simba	8	6	1	1	16	4	+12	19
8	Mashujaa	15	4	5	6	8	15	−7	17
9	Azam	8	4	4	0	11	2	+9	16
10	Coastal Union	15	3	6	6	12	17	−5	15
11	TRA United	12	3	4	5	11	14	−3	13
12	Mbeya City	14	3	4	7	12	17	−5	13
13	Singida Black Stars	8	3	3	2	6	6	0	12	Qualification for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off
14	Prisons	13	3	3	7	8	14	−6	12	Qualification for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off
15	Fountain Gate	13	3	3	7	5	14	−9	12	Relegation to the Tanzanian Championship League
16	KMC	15	2	2	11	5	23	−18	8	Relegation to the Tanzanian Championship League

Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 2026. Source: Tanzania Premier League Board Flashscore, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Play-off
Notes:

^ The 2025–26 Tanzania FA Cup winners also qualify for the Confederation Cup (or the fourth-placed team of the Tanzanian Premier League if the cup winners finish in the top three).

Results

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

Home \ Away	AZA	COA	DOM	FOU	JKT	KMC	MAS	MBE	MTI	NAM	PAM	PRI	SIM	SBS	TRA	YGA
Azam	—	3–0		0–0				3–0						0–0	2–0
Coastal Union		—		1–1	1–2	1–1		2–0				1–0			1–1	0–1
Dodoma Jiji		2–0	—			2–1			0–0		0–3^[a]	1–0		1–1	3–0
Fountain Gate			1–0	—	0–2	1–0		0–1		1–1		1–0
JKT Tanzania	1–1	1–1	0–1		—		1–0		0–0	1–1	3–0		1–2		1–0
KMC			1–0		0–1	—	1–0	0–3	0–0				0–2	0–1
Mashujaa		0–0	0–0		1–1		—	1–0	1–0	1–0
Mbeya City			1–1		2–2			—		0–1	1–1	1–2				0–0
Mtibwa Sugar		0–0		2–0			1–3	2–1	—	1–1	1–0	2–1			2–1
Namungo	1–1	1–0	2–0			1–0				—	1–1	1–0
Pamba Jiji		3–0		1–0		3–0	2–1			1–0	—			1–1	0–0
Prisons		1–4			0–0	1–0	0–0			3–2	0–0	—
Simba	0–2			3–0			2–0	3–0	1–1	3–0			—
Singida Black Stars				1–0	0–1		1–0							—	1–3
TRA United			2–2			3–0	0–0	0–2				1–0			—
Young Africans			3–1	2–0		4–1	6–0		2–0		3–0					—

Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 2026. Source: Flashscore, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ Pamba Jiji awarded a 0–3 win after the match called off while in progress.^[6]

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Team ╲ Round
Azam	W	D	D	D	W
Coastal Union	W	L	L	D	D
Dodoma Jiji	L	D	W	L
Fountain Gate	L	L	L	W
JKT Tanzania	D	W	D	D	D	L
KMC	W	L	L	L	L
Mashujaa	D	W	L	L
Mbeya City	W	L	D	W	L
Mtibwa Sugar	L	W	D	L
Namungo	D	W	L	D	L	D
Pamba Jiji	D	L	D	W	W	D
Prisons	L	L	W	W
Simba	W	W	W	W	L
Singida Black Stars	W	W	D	D	L
TRA United	D	D	D
Young Africans	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 27 January 2026. Source: LiveScore
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Tanzanian Premier League play-off

The 13th and 14th-placed teams qualify for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off, alongside the 3rd and 4th-placed teams from the 2025–26 Tanzanian Championship League. The Championship teams face each other over two legs; the Premier League teams then also face each other over two legs, with the winners remaining in the Tanzanian Premier League and the losers competing against the Championship play-off winners for the final place in the 2026–27 Tanzanian Premier League.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 15 February 2026

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Fabrice Ngoy	Namungo	7
2	Salehe Karabaka	JKT Tanzania	6
3	Paul Peter	JKT Tanzania	5
4	William Edger	Dodoma Jiji	5
5	Prince Dube	Young Africans	4
6	Matthew Tegisi	Pamba Jiji	4
7	Peter Lwasa	Pamba Jiji	3
8	Jonathan Sowah	Simba
9	Feisal Salum	Azam
10	Depú	Young Africans

Assist

As of 15 February 2026

Rank	Player	Club	Assist
1	Duke Abuya	Young Africans	4
2	Andrew Chamungu	Namungo	3
3	Elie Mpanzu	Simba
4	Ibrahim Imoro	Mtibwa Sugar
5	Abdi Banda	Dodoma Jiji	2
6	Pacóme Zouzoua	Young Africans
7	Mathew Tegisi	Pamba Jiji
8	Hassan Kibailo	Pamba

Clean sheets

As of 15 February 2026

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Erick Johora	Mashujaa	6
2	Ally Salim	Dodoma Jiji	5
3	Yona Amosi	Pamba Jiji	5
4	Constantine Malimi	Mtibwa Sugar	4
5	Omary Gonzo	JKT Tanzania
6	Jean Noel	TRA United
7	Mussa Maliki	Namungo
8	Mussa Mbisa	Prisons
9	Obasogie Amas	Singida Black Stars
10	Ramadhan Chalamanda	JKT Tanzania

Awards

As of 3 February 2026

Player of the Matchday

Month	M/N	Player	Club	Score	Against
September	1	Darueshi Saliboko	KMC	1–0	Dodoma Jiji
	2	Cleophance Mkandala	Coastal Union	1–0	Tanzania Prisons
	3	Habib Kyombo	Mbeya City	1–0	Fountain Gate
	4	Paul Peter	JKT Tanzania	1–1	Mashujaa
	5	Cyprian Kipenye	Namungo	1–1	Pamba Jiji
	9	Iddi Kipagwile	Dodoma Jiji	2–2	TRA United
	10	Abdulmalik Zakaria	Mashujaa	1–0	Mtibwa Sugar
	11	Daniel Amoah	Namungo	1–0	Tanzania Prisons
	12	Ally Msengi	JKT Tanzania	2–1	Coastal Union
	13	Khalid Aucho	Singida Black stars	1–0	KMC
	14	Maxi Nzegeli	Young Africans	3–0	Pamba Jiji
	15	Baraket Hmidi	Azam	2–0	Mbeya City
	16	Jean Ahoua	Simba	3–0	Fountain Gate
	17	Oscar Mwajanga	Tanzania Prisons	1–0	KMC
	18	Yassin Mgaza	Dodoma Jiji	2–0	Coastal Union
	19	Andrew Simchimba	Mtibwa Sugar	2–0	Fountain Gate
	20	Kevin Nashon	Pamba Jiji	0–0	TRA United
	21	Elvis Rupia	Singida Black Stars	1–0	Mashujaa
	22	Baraka Maranyingi	Mbeya City	0–0	Young Africans
October	23	Paul Peter (2)	JKT Tanzania	1–1	Azam
	24	Rushine De Reuck	Simba	3–0	Namungo
	25	Peter Lwasa	Pamba	2–1	Mashujaa
	26	Juma Abushiri	Fountain Gate	1–0	Dodoma Jiji
	27	Mateo Antony	Mbeya City	3–0	KMC
	28	Haroun Evody	Mtibwa Sugar	0–0	Coastal Union
	29	Alli Machupa	Namungo	1–1	JKT Tanzania
	33	Jeremiah Juma	Prisons	2–1	Mbeya City
	34	Mohammed Mussa	Mashujaa	0–0	TRA United
	35	Cleophance Mkandala (2)	Coastal Union	1–1	Fountain Gate
	36	Abdi Banda	Dodoma Jiji	0–0	Mtibwa Sugar
	41	Vitalis Mayanga	Mbeya City	2–2	JKT Tanzania
	42	Ismail Kada	Fountain Gate	1–0	KMC
	43	Erick Johora	Mashujaa	1–0	Namungo
	44	Postponed		Pamba Jiji won the game
	6	Mohamed Zimbwe	Young Africans	2–0	Mtibwa Sugar
November	40	Kevin Nashon (2)	Pamba Jiji	1–1	Singida Black Stars
	38	Wilson Nangu	Simba	2–1	JKT Tanzania
	37	Pacóme Zouzoua	Young Africans	4–1	KMC
	39	Fabrice Ngoy	Namungo	1–1	Azam
	49	Anuary Kilimile	JKT Tanzania	1–0	KMC
	50	Andrew Chamungu	Namungo	2–0	Dodoma Jiji
	51	Ramadhan Salum	TRA United	1–0	Prisons
	52	Jaffary Kibaya	Mashujaa	1–0	Mbeya City
	53	Peter Lwasa (2)	Pamba Jiji	1–0	Fountain Gate
	57	Erick Kyaruzi	Mtibwa Sugar	0–0	KMC
	58	Maabad Maabad	Coastal Union	2–0	Mbeya City
	60	Henry David	Fountain Gate	1–0	Prisons
	59	Salehe Karabaka	JKT Tanzania	1–0	TRA United
	69	Abdulmalik Zakaria (2)	Mashujaa	0–0	Dodoma Jiji
	66	Mathew Tigisi	Pamba Jiji	3–0	KMC
	67	Ismail Mhesa	Mtibwa Sugar	2–1	TRA United
	65	Fabrice Ngoy (2)	Namungo	1–0	Mbeya City
	68	Paul Peter (3)	JKT Tanzania	2–0	Fountain Gate
December	76	Ally Msangi	Coastal Union	0–0	Mashujaa
	73	Costantine Malimi	Mtibwa Sugar	0–0	JKT Tanzania
	8	Amas Obasogie	Singida Black Stars	0–0	Azam
	95	Duke Abuya	Young Africans	2–0	Fountain Gate
	93	Morice Abraham	Simba	3–0	Mbeya City
	75	Mussa Mbisa	Prisons	0–0	Pamba
	32	Shabani Chilunda	TRA United	3–1	Singida Black Star
	31	Nassor Saadun	Azam	2–0	Simba
	46	Prince Dube	Young Africans	1–0	Coastal Union
January	96	Salmin Hoza	Dodoma Jiji	1–1	Singida Black Star
	112	Feisal Salum	Azam	3–0	Coastal Union
	102	Haroun Evody (2)	Mtibwa Sugar	1–1	Simba
	87	Mudathir Yahya	Young Africans	6–0	Mashujaa
	88	Habeeb Mussa	fountain Gate	0–0	Azam
	86	Salehe Karabaka (2)	JKT Tanzania	1–0	Singida Black Stars
	81	Said Mkopi	Mtibwa Sugar	2–1	Mbeya City
	82	Iddi Kipagwile (2)	Dodoma Jiji	1–0	Prisons
	83	Joel Noel	TRA United	3–0	KMC
	84	Abdallah Mfuko	Namungo	1–0	Coastal Union
	87	James Mwashinga	Mtibwa Sugar	0–1	Pamba Jiji
	61	Depú	Young Africans	3–1	Dodoma Jiji
	63	Libasse Gueye	Simba	2–0	Mashujaa
	48	Aishi Manula	Azam	2–0	TRA United
	99	Kelvin Nashon (3)	Pamba Jiji	1–1	Mbeya City
	97	William Edger	Dodoma Jiji	1–0	JKT Tanzania
	101	Fabrice Ngoy (3)	Namungo	1–0	KMC

Monthly awards

Month	Coach of the Month		Player of the Month		Manager of the Month
Month	Coach	Club	Player	Club	Manager	Stadium
September	Ahmad Ally	JKT Tanzania	Djigui Diarra	Young Africans	not announced
October	Mohamed Laizer	Fountain Gate	Issa Abushir	Fountain Gate	Jackson Mwendwa	Tanzanite Kwara
November	Juma Mgunda	Namungo	Fabrice Ngoy	Namungo	Said Mpuche	Major General Isamuhyo Stadium
December	Pedro Gonçalves	Young Africans	Duke Abuya	Young Africans	Said Mpuche (2)	Major General Isamuhyo Stadium
January	Pedro Gonçalves (2)	Young Africans	William Edger	Dodoma Jiji FC	Hussein Muhondo	Jamhuri Stadium (Dodoma)

Notes

^ Main stadiums for the 2025–26 season are listed only. Clubs are allowed to play two selected matches at alternative venues; instead of their regular home stadium

TFF Awards

References

^ "RATIBA YA LIGI KUU YA NBC MSIMU WA 2025/2026". 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
^ "Young Africans retain Premier League title". Cecafaonline.com.
^ "Yanga claim fourth straight title". dailynews.co.tz.
^ "Kagera sugar first relegation in 20 years". thecitizen.co.tz.
^ "Mtibwa and Mbeya City urged to prepare for NBC league". thecitizen.co.tz.
^ "Pamba Jiji yapewa pointi tatu za mezani". Mwananchi.co.tz (in Swahili). 25 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.

[table_note_res_CCC0.34237237802817-7] The 2025–26 Tanzania FA Cup winners also qualify for the Confederation Cup (or the fourth-placed team of the Tanzanian Premier League if the cup winners finish in the top three).

[table_note_1_DOM_PAM0.009650117722177-9] Pamba Jiji awarded a 0–3 win after the match called off while in progress.^[6]

[stadiums-6] Main stadiums for the 2025–26 season are listed only. Clubs are allowed to play two selected matches at alternative venues; instead of their regular home stadium

[Schedule-1] "RATIBA YA LIGI KUU YA NBC MSIMU WA 2025/2026". 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.

[2] "Young Africans retain Premier League title". Cecafaonline.com.

[3] "Yanga claim fourth straight title". dailynews.co.tz.

[4] "Kagera sugar first relegation in 20 years". thecitizen.co.tz.

[5] "Mtibwa and Mbeya City urged to prepare for NBC league". thecitizen.co.tz.

[8] "Pamba Jiji yapewa pointi tatu za mezani". Mwananchi.co.tz (in Swahili). 25 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.

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