Simba S.C.

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Not to be confused with Simba F.C..
Simba
Full name Simba Sports Club
Founded 1936
Ground
National Stadium
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Capacity 60,000
Chairman Ismail Aden Rage
Manager Zdravko Logarusic
League Tanzanian Premier League
2012/13 league 3rd
Website Club home page





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Away colours
Simba Sports Club is a Tanzanian football club based in Dar es Salaam. Their home games are
played at two stadiums, Uhuru Stadium and National Stadium. Simba SC is one of the two
biggest football clubs in Tanzania, their archrivals being the Young Africans. The club had
several names during its history. When it was founded in 1936, it was called Queens, later
Eagles and Dar Sunderland, and in 1971 changed to its current name, Simba (which means lion
in Swahili).
Contents
1 Achievements
2 Performance in CAF competitions
3 Current squad 2013/14
4 Club Leadership
5 External links
Achievements
The highest level of success that Simba SC achieved was getting to the final of the CAF Cup in
1993, when they lost to Stella Abidjan of Cte d'Ivoire. It was the highest achievement on
continental competitions reached by any Tanzanian team. One of the most memorable years for
the club was 2003 when it knocked off the then-reigning CAF champions Zamalek of Egypt on
their way to qualify for the group stages of the CAF Champions League. In the first round of that
year's competition, Simba SC eliminated Santos of South Africa.