HII NDIO SIMBA SC. HISTORIA YA KLABU

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 two biggestfootball 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, then changed to Eagles, Dar Sunderland and later, in 1971 changed to its current name, Simba (that means Lion in Swahili).

Achivements

The highest level of success that Simba SC achieved was getting to the final of the CAF Cup in 1993 where they lost to Stella Abidjan of Côte 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 reign champions Egyptian giants Zamalek on its 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.

Tanzanian Premier League: 18 Titels

1965

1966 (as Sunderland)

1972

1973

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1993

1994

1995,

2001/02

2002/03

2004/05

2007/08

2009/10

2011/12

Tanzanian Cup: 3 Tropies

1984

1995

2000

Tanzanian Tusker Cup: 5 Tropies

2001

2002

2003

2005

2005 (in Kenya)

CAF Cup: 0

Finalist: 1993

CECAFA Clubs Cup: 6 Tropies

1974

1991

1992

1995

1996

2002

CAF Champions League: 6 Appearances

2002 – First Round

2003 – Group Stage

2004 – First Round

2005 – First Round

2008 – First Round

African Cup of Champions Clubs: 8 appearances

1974 – Semi-Finals

1976 – Second Round

1977 – Second Round 

1978 – Second Round

1979 – Second Round

1980 – Second Round 

1981 – First Round

1995 – Second Round

2011 – Special play-off for Group Stage

CAF Confederation Cup: 4 appearances

2007 – Preliminary Round

2010 – First Round of 16

2011 - Second Round of 16

CAF Cup: 2 appearances

1993 – Finalist

1997 – First Round

CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances

1985 – Second Round

1996 – Second Round

2001 – Second Round