The 2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League (known as the NBC Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 59th season of the Tanzanian Premier League, the top-tier football league in Tanzania (mainland only), since its establishment in 1965. The season started on 15 August 2023 and ended on 28 May 2024.
The winners (Young Africans, their third consecutive title win and twenty-seventh overall) and runners-up (Azam) qualified for the Champions League. The third and fourth-placed teams (Simba and Coastal Union) qualified for the Confederation Cup. The thirteenth and fourteenth-placed teams (JKT Tanzania and Tabora United) qualified for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off, both winning and retaining their places in the league. The bottom two teams (Geita Gold and Mtibwa Sugar) were relegated to the 2024–25 Tanzanian Championship League.
Teams The league consisted of 16 teams; the top 13 teams from the previous season, and three teams promoted from the Tanzanian Championship League. Young Africans entered the season as defending champions (for the second consecutive season), clinching their 26th Premier League title during the previous season.
JKT Tanzania and Tabora United were promoted as champions and runners-up of the 2022–23 Tanzanian Championship League, replacing the 2022–23 Tanzanian Premier League bottom two teams (Polisi Morogoro and Ruvu Shooting). Fourth-placed Championship side Mashujaa were also promoted after defeating fourteenth-placed Premier League side Mbeya City in the Tanzanian Premier League play-off to take their place in the league.
Locations
League table
Results Each team plays each other twice (30 matches each), once at home and once away.
Tanzanian Premier League play-off The 13th and 14th-placed teams (JKT Tanzania and Tabora United) qualified for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off, alongside the 3rd and 4th-placed teams from the 2023–24 Tanzanian Championship League (Mbeya Kwanza and Biashara United). The Championship teams faced each other over two legs; the Premier League teams then also faced each other over two legs, with the winners remaining in the Tanzanian Premier League and the losers competing against the Championship play-off winners for the final place in the following season's Tanzanian Premier League.
Quarter-finals First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals First leg
Second leg
Final First leg
Second leg
Statistics
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Stephane Aziz KiYanga212 Feisal SalumAzam193 Waziri ShentemboKMC124 Maxi Mpia NzengeliYanga11 Saidi NtibazonkizaSimba6 Kipre JuniorAzam107 Marouf TchakeiIhefu9 Mudathir YahyaYanga9 Jean Baleke OthosSimba8 Reliants LusajoMashujaa Samsoni MbangulaTanzania Prisons S.C Gibril SillahAzam
Top clean sheets RankGoalkeepersTeamClean sheets1 Ley MatampiCoastal Union152 Djigui DiarraYanga13 3 Constantine MalimiGeita Gold10 Jonathan NahimanaNamungo 5 John NobleTabora United96 Yona AmosiTanzania Prisons8 Ayoub LakredSimba8 Mohamed HusseinDodoma Jiji7 Mohamed MustaphaAzam
Multiple hat-tricks PlayerForAgainstScoreDate Feisal SalumAzamTabora United4-016 August 2023 Jean Baleke OthosSimbaCoastal Union3-021 September 2023 Stephane Aziz KiYangaAzam3-223 October 2023 Kipre TiagoriAzamMtiwba Sugar5-024 November 2023 Waziri ShentemboKMCTabora United4-210 March 2024 Stephane Aziz KiYangaTanzania Prisons4-128 May 2024
TFF Awards NBC Team of the Year 2024
AwardWinnerClubPremier League Coach of the Season Miguel GamondiYoung Africans S.C.Premier League Player of the Season Stephane Aziz KiPremier League Top Scorer of the SeasonPremier League Best Midfielder Premier League Best Defender of the Season Ibrahim BaccaPremier League Goal of the Season Kipre Junior Azam F.C.Premier League Young Player of the SeasonRaheem ShomarKMC
NBC Team of the Year 2023/2024 Goalkeeper Ley Matampi(Coastal Union F.C.) Defenders Yao Kouassi(Young Africans S.C.) Bacca(Young Africans S.C.) Job(Young Africans S.C.) Tshabalala(Simba S.C.) Midfielders Maxi Nzegeli(Young Africans S.C.) Mudathir(Young Africans S.C.) Feisal(Azam F.C.) Forwards Stephane Aziz Ki(Young Africans S.C.) Waziri Jr (KMC) Kipre Junior (Azam F.C.)
Attendances
Young Africans SC drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the Tanzanian Premier League, followed by rivals Simba SC.
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