2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League

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.

Tanzanian Premier League
Season2023–24
Dates15 August 2023 – 29 May 2024
Matches played41
Goals scored91 (2.22 per match)
Top goalscorerDemocratic Republic of the Congo Jean Baleke
(5 goals)
2024–25 →

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-offs alongside the third-placed team from the Tanzanian Championship League. The bottom two teams are relegated to 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

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 Young Africans 6 5 0 1 18 4 +14 15 Qualification for the Champions League
2 Simba 5 5 0 0 14 4 +10 15
3 Azam 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13 Qualification for the Confederation Cup
4 Kinondoni MC 6 3 2 1 6 8 −2 11
5 JKT Tanzania 7 3 2 2 6 9 −3 11
6 Dodoma Jiji 7 2 3 2 7 8 −1 9
7 Tabora United 7 2 3 2 5 7 −2 9
8 Mashujaa 6 2 2 2 4 3 +1 8
9 Singida Fountain Gate 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8
10 Kagera Sugar 7 2 2 3 5 6 −1 8
11 Ihefu 6 2 1 3 3 5 −2 7
12 Coastal Union 7 1 3 3 4 7 −3 6
13 Geita Gold 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5 Qualification for the Tanzanian Premier League play-offs
14 Prisons 6 1 2 3 7 12 −5 5
15 Namungo 6 0 3 3 4 7 −3 3 Relegation to Tanzanian Championship League
16 Mtibwa Sugar 6 0 2 4 6 12 −6 2
Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 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 — 3–1 2–1 4–0
Coastal Union 0–1 — 2–0 0–0
Dodoma Jiji 0–0 2–1 — 1–0 1–1
Geita Gold 2–2 — 1–2 0–3
Ihefu 0–0 0–1 — 1–0 2–1
JKT Tanzania — 1–1 1–0 1–0
Kagera Sugar 1–0 — 1–1
Kinondoni MC 1–0 2–1 —
Mashujaa 0–0 2–0 2–0 —
Mtibwa Sugar 1–1 0–2 — 2–4 0–1
Namungo 0–1 1–1 0–0 — 2–3
Prisons 1–1 3–2 — 1–3
Simba 3–0 2–0 —
Singida Fountain Gate 0–0 1–2 — 0–0
Tabora United 2–1 0–0 3–1 —
Young Africans 3–2 5–0 5–0 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2023. Source: Flashscore, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Tanzanian Premier League play-offs

The 13th and 14th placed teams qualify for a two-legged relegation 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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