Kocha Mwenye Mafanikio Zaidi Simba SC

Kocha Mwenye Mafanikio Zaidi Simba SC, Simba Sports Club is a football club based in Kariakoo, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

The club founded in 1936, separated from another Tanzanian Giant, Dar Young Africans, was called Queens, in honor of Her Majesty, the Queen of England. The club had several name changes from Queens to Eagles, then Sunderland. In 1971 they were called Simba (Lion) in Kiswahili.

Simba SC has won 21 league titles and five domestic cups, and has participated many times in the African Champions League. Orodha ya Kocha Mwenye Mafanikio Zaidi Simba SC It is also one of the biggest clubs in East Africa, having won the CECAFA Club Championship six times.

Lions playing their home games at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium. In 2022, Simba was the fastest growing Instagram account among football clubs, with 1.9 million followers and 89% growth from the previous year.

Kocha Mwenye Mafanikio Zaidi Simba SC The club is one of the richest teams in East Africa, with a total budget of 6.1 billion shillings (equivalent to $5.3 million) released for the 2019/2020 season.

Kocha Mwenye Mafanikio Zaidi Simba SC

Records show that within the last 20 years in Kocha Mwenye Mafanikio Zaidi Simba SC, that is, since 2000 until now, Simba has won a total of 33 titles, nine of which are the Premier League, Community Shield (9), Tusker (5), FA Cup (2), Mapinduzi Cup (3), Mtani Jembe (2), ABC Super8 (1), Super Cup (1) and Kagame (1).

James Siang’a (2001–2004) has continued to be hailed as Simba’s greatest coach over the previous 20 years because of his vital role in the team’s 34 championship victories. Ten championships in all, or 35.71% of all titles won by Simba, have been won under him.

Siang’a steered Simba to victories in the Premier League four (4) times, the Tusker (3) times, the Community Shield (2) times, and the Kagame (1) times.

Patrick Phiri (2005, 2010, 2013): The Zambian coach, who also quit, gave up the privilege of leading Simba to four championship victories over the course of his three stints as their coach.

He has won one title each in the Premier League, Community Shield and City Spade and two Tusker competitions including the one in East Africa.

Patrick Aussems (2018-2019): The Belgian coach started by leading Simba to win the Community Shield 2018, won the Premier League title 2018/2019 and left it having led them to win the Community Shield in 2019.

Sven Vandenbroeck (2019-2021): Aussems’ position after his departure was taken by fellow Belgian, Sven Vandenbroeck who started with the 2020 Community Shield title, also the Premier League and the Azam Confederation Cup in the 2019/2020 season.

Didier Gomez (2021): This Frenchman joined Simba in January 2021, taking the place of Sven who left the team and joined FAR Rabat in Morocco. The coach, during his time at Simba SC, has led Simba to win the Super Cup, the Tanzania Premier League and the Azam Fedartion FA Cup.

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