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.
Season | 2023–24 |
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Dates | 15 August 2023 – 29 May 2024 |
Matches played | 41 |
Goals scored | 91 (2.22 per match) |
Top goalscorer | ![]() (5 goals) |
← 2022–23 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 |
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JKT Tanzania Mashujaa Tabora United |
Mbeya City Polisi Morogoro Ruvu Shooting |
Locations





League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |
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.
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
- "Yanga SC beat Dodoma Jiji FC to win 29th Premiership title". The Citizen. The Citizen. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- "YANGA YAONGEZA NAMBA KATIKA HISTORIA – TPLB". 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-10.