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.

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.

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 Kagere4	Simba	Singida United	8-0	11 March 2020
Green Atupele	Biashara United	KMC	4-0	24 June 2020
Aubrey Chirwa4	Azam	Singida United	7-0	5 July 2020

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals