2019–20 Tanzanian Premier League

The 2019–20 Tanzanian Premier League (known as the Vodacom Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 55th season of the Tanzanian Premier League, the top-tier football league in Tanzania (mainland only), since its establishment in 1965. The season started on 24 August 2019.^[1]

Tanzanian Premier League

Season	2019–20
Champions	Simba
Matches played	380
Goals scored	767 (2.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Meddie Kagere (22 goals)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The match between the Young Africans and Simba SC drew an attendance of 58,400, the highest in the league. ^[2]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Simba (C)	38	27	7	4	78	21	+57	88	Qualification for Champions League
2	Young Africans	38	19	15	4	45	28	+17	72	Qualification for Confederation Cup
3	Azam	38	20	10	8	52	26	+26	70
4	Namungo	38	17	13	8	46	37	+9	64
5	Polisi Morogoro	38	15	10	13	37	35	+2	55
6	JKT Tanzania	38	13	15	10	34	32	+2	54
7	Coastal Union	38	14	11	13	33	30	+3	53
8	Kagera Sugar	38	15	7	16	44	41	+3	52
9	Biashara United	38	12	14	12	29	27	+2	50
10	Prisons	38	10	19	9	35	30	+5	49
11	Mwadui	38	12	11	15	39	45	−6	47
12	Ruvu Shooting	38	12	11	15	34	42	−8	47
13	KMC	38	13	7	18	35	47	−12	46
14	Mtibwa Sugar	38	11	12	15	30	34	−4	45
15	Mbeya City (O)	38	12	9	17	33	42	−9	45	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
16	Mbao (R)	38	12	9	17	33	43	−10	45
17	Alliance Schools (R)	38	11	12	15	36	48	−12	45	Relegation
18	Lipuli (R)	38	12	8	18	43	51	−8	44
19	Ndanda (R)	38	9	14	15	28	35	−7	41
20	Singida United (R)	38	4	6	28	23	73	−50	18

Source: Soccerway
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
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs

Semi-finals

First leg

Geita Gold v Mbeya City

29 July 2020	Geita Gold	1–1	Mbeya City	Geita
16:00	Kibingu   68' (o.g.)	Report	Ibrahim   41'

Ihefu v Mbao

29 July 2020	Ihefu	2–0	Mbao	Highland Estate, Mbarali, Mbeya
16:00	Mwaijala   4' (pen.) Tangai   84'	Report

Second leg

Mbeya City v Geita Gold

1 August 2020	Mbeya City	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Geita Gold	Mbeya
16:00	Mwenendo   11'	Report

Mbao v Ihefu

1 August 2020	Mbao	4–2 (4–4 agg.)	Ihefu	CCM Kirumba Stadium
16:00	Waziri Junior   4', 44' Masinda   47' (o.g.) Peter   92' (pen.)	Report	Kinyozi   40' Mgaya   88'

Statistics

Multiple hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Score	Date
Ditram Nchimbi	Polisi	Yanga	3-3	3 October 2019
Saliboko Daluwesh	Lipuli	Singida United	5-1	6 November 2019
Aubrey Chirwa	Azam	Alliance	0-5	26 November 2019
Kevin Sabato	Kagera Sugar	Singida United	3-0	1 February 2020
David Richard	Alliance	Mwadui	4-1	19 February 2020
Meddie Kagere^4	Simba	Singida United	8-0	11 March 2020
Green Atupele	Biashara United	KMC	4-0	24 June 2020
Aubrey Chirwa^4	Azam	Singida United	7-0	5 July 2020

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals

References

1. Tanzania (Mainland) 2019/20, RSSSF.com
2. Nnyanzi, Herman (2020-01-07). "[Uganda] USD: 234, 463 collected in Tanzania's Dar Derby". ZoneFoot. Retrieved 2020-05-13.