The 2025–26 Tanzania First League season was the professional league for association football clubs in the Tanzanian football league system, since its establishment in 1948. Fixtures for the 2025–26 season were announced on 8 August 2025.
Format The league consists of 16 teams and divided into two groups. Each group has 8 teams, the top teams qualify directly for the Championship League.
Teams Changes from previous season Promotion and relegation Promoted to the 2025–26 Championship League Relegated from the 2024–25 Championship League Promoted from the Regional Champions League Relegated to the Regional Champions League GunnersHausungTanesco Biashara UnitedCosmopolitanGreen WarriorsBandariMisituIAARuvu ShootingAfrican LyonTunduru Korosho
Name changes Before the start of the season, TRA Kilimanjaro renamed their club to Endument, and Misitu renamed their club to NKIM as part of rebrands.
Locations and Stadiums
TeamLocationStadiumCapacityNKIMTangaMkwakwani StadiumGreen WarriorsPwani Mabatini StadiumMagnetNyumbuPan AfricansDar CityMorogoroManungu StadiumCosmopolitan Jamhuri Stadium MorogoroMoro KidsIAAArushaSheikh Amri Abeid Memorial StadiumBandariMtwaraNangwanda Sijaona Stadium Rhino Rangers TaboraTabora Boys StadiumEndumentMoshi Karume Stadium Alliance MwanzaNyamagana StadiumCopcoMapinduziBiashara United Mara RegionKarume Stadium
League table Group A
Group B
Results Each team plays each other twice (14 matches each), once at home and once away.
Group A
Group B
Results by round Group A
Group B
Tanzanian First League play-off The 6th-placed teams (Copco and Magnet) faced the 7th-placed teams from the opposite group (Pan African and Mapinduzi) over two legs; the losers then each faced the 3rd and 4th-placed teams from the 2026–27 Tanzanian Regional Champions League (Mount Hanang and Stand Masasi) for the final two places in the 2026–27 Tanzanian First League.
Semi-finals First legs
Second legs
Finals First legs
Second legs
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Mohamed Vuai Cosmopolitan 62 George Komba Rhino Rangers 3 Iddi Shaban Rhino Rangers 54 Joseph Ombeni IAA45 John Emmanuel Magnet6 Ally Hamisi Nkim7 Nelson Richard Nyumbu8 Danford Mosses Bandari
See also Premier League Championship League FA Cup
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