2025–26 Tanzanian Championship League

Tanzanian Championship League
Season2025–26
Dates10 October 2025 – 23 May 2026
Matches40
Goals107 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerObrey Chirwa
(14 goals)
Biggest home winMbuni 4–0 Mbeya Kwanza
(10 October 2025)
Polisi Tanzania 4–0 B19
(12 October 2025)
Kagera Sugar 4–1 African Sports
(10 November 2025)
Kagera Sugar 4–1 Stand United
(15 November 2025)
Songea United 4–2 B19
(15 November 2025)
Biggest away winHausung 1–3 Mbuni
(26 October 2025)
Transit Camp 2–3 Mbeya Kwanza
(8 November 2025)
Highest scoringSongea United 4–2 B19
(15 November 2025)
Longest winning run9 matches
Kagera Sugar
Longest unbeaten run18 matches
Geita Gold
Longest winless run13 matches
Barberian
Longest losing run6 matches
Barberian
← 2024–25
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 19 March 2026.

Tanzanian Championship League (known as the NBC Championship League for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest football league in Tanzania (mainland only).[1] The season will started on 10 October 2025 and will end on 23 May 2026.[2]

Teams

The league consisted of sixteen teams – eleven teams remaining from the previous season, three teams promoted from the Tanzanian First League, and two teams relegated from the Tanzanian Premier League.[3]

The promoted teams were the 2024–25 Tanzanian First League champions Gunners, runners-up Hausung, and play-off winners B19.[4] They replaced the play-off losers Green Warriors, and Tanzanian First League bottom two teams Biashara United and Cosmopolitan.

The relegated teams were the 2024–25 Tanzanian Premier League bottom two teams Kagera Sugar and KenGold. They replaced the 2024–25 Tanzanian Championship League champions Mtibwa Sugar and runners-up Mbeya City.[5]

Name changes

  • Before the start of the season, Kiluvya renamed to Barberian and Tanesco to B19, both as part of rebranding.

Changes from previous season

Promotion and relegation

Promoted to the 2025–26 Premier League Relegated From the 2024 –25 Premier League Promoted From 2024–25 First League Relegated to 2025–26 First League
Mtibwa Sugar
Mbeya City 		Kagera Sugar[6]
KenGold 		Gunners
Hausung
B19 		Biashara United
Cosmopolitan
Green Warriors

Locations and stadiums

KenGold
Songea United
Geita Gold
Gunners
Mbeya Kwanza
Hausung
Transit Camp
Barberian FC
B19
Mbuni
TMA Stars
Location of clubs in Tanzania for the 2025–26 Tanzanian Championship League season
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium Capacity
African Sports Tanga Mkwakwani Stadium 15,000
B19 Morogoro Jamhuri Stadium Morogoro 20,000
Barberian[7] Pwani (Mlandizi) Mabatini Stadium 10,000
Bigman Tanga (Korogwe) Mkwakwani Stadium 15,000
Geita Gold Geita Nyankumbu Stadium 20,000
Gunners Dodoma Jamhuri Dodoma 30,000
Hausung Njombe 10,000
Kagera Sugar Kagera (Bukoba) Kaitaba Stadium 7,000
KenGold Mbeya Sokoine Stadium 20,000
Mbeya Kwanza Mbeya (Iyunga) Nangwanda Sijaona Stadium 10,000
Mbuni Arusha Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium 20,000
Polisi Tanzania Moshi (Kilimanjaro) Ushirika Stadium 20,000
Songea United Ruvuma (Songea) Majimaji Stadium 20,000
Stand United Shinyanga Kambarage Stadium 10,000
TMA Stars Arusha Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium 20,000
Transit Camp Pwani (Mlandizi) Mabatini Stadium 10,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Geita Gold 21 16 4 1 38 12 +26 52 Promotion to the Tanzanian Premier League
2 Kagera Sugar 21 15 4 2 39 12 +27 49
3 Mbeya Kwanza 21 14 3 4 39 19 +20 45 Qualification for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off
4 Transit Camp 21 13 4 4 30 19 +11 43
5 Polisi Tanzania 21 12 6 3 33 15 +18 42
6 Mbuni 21 12 2 7 31 16 +15 38
7 Bigman 21 7 6 8 19 20 −1 27
8 KenGold 21 7 5 9 21 23 −2 26
9 Songea United 21 6 8 7 21 25 −4 26
10 Gunners 21 6 5 10 18 29 −11 23
11 TMA Stars 21 5 6 10 14 19 −5 21 Qualification for the Tanzanian Championship League play-off
12 B19 21 5 6 10 20 33 −13 21
13 Stand United 21 7 2 12 17 28 −11 20
14 Hausung 21 3 2 16 14 37 −23 11
15 African Sports 21 3 2 16 15 41 −26 11 Relegation to the Tanzanian Second Division League
16 Barberian 21 1 7 13 11 32 −21 10
Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2026. Source: League Board, Sofascore, Sports Archives
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

Results

Each team plays each other twice (30 matches each), once at home and once away.

Home \ Away AFC B19 BAR BGM GGF GUN HAU KAG KEN MBK MBN PLS SNG STU TMA TRS
African Sports — 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–2
B19 4–1 — 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1
Barberian 1–1 — 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–1 2–1
Bigman 0–0 2–1 — 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–0
Geita Gold 3–0 3–0 — 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1
Gunners 3–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 — 0–3 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–1
Hausung 2–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 — 1–3 1–3 1–2 0–0 3–0[a] 0–0
Kagera Sugar 4–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 — 2–0 2–2 4–0 1–0 0–0
KenGold 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 — 0–0 1–0 1–1
Mbeya Kwanza 5–0 4–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 — 2–0 4–2 2–0 1–0 1–1
Mbuni 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 4–0 — 1–2 3–0
Polisi Tanzania 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 — 2–0 1–1
Songea United 2–0 4–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 — 2–1 1–3
Stand United 2–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 — 1–0
TMA Stars 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 — 0–1
Transit Camp 3–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–3 3–1 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2026. Source: Championship League, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Hausung awarded a 3–0 win after Stand United forfeited match.

Results by round

Team ╲ Round12345
African SportsWWLLL
B19 FCLLLLL
BarberianLLLLL
BigmanLLLWD
Geita GoldWDWWW
GunnersDDWWL
HausungLLLWL
Kagera SugarDWWWW
KenGoldDWWDW
Mbeya KwanzaLLLWW
MbuniWWWLW
Polisi TanzaniaWWWLD
Songea UnitedWDLWW
Stand UnitedLLLLL
TMA StarsWWWDL
Transit CampDDWLW
Updated to match(es) played on 17 October 2025. Source: Championship League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Tanzanian Championship League play-off

Teams placed 11th-14th face each other over two legs (11th vs. 14th and 12th vs. 13th), with the winners remaining in the Tanzanian Championship League and the losers competing against each other and the losers being relegated to the 2026–27 Tanzanian First League.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 19 March 2026
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Obrey Chirwa Kagera Sugar 14
2 Adam Uledi Transit Camp 11
3 Ramadhan Kalanje B19
4 Boniface Mwanjonde Mbeya Kwanza 10
5 Abdereheman Musa Gunners 9
6 Samson Alberty KenGold
7 Maulid Shaban Geita Gold
8 Seif Adam Mbeya Kwanza 8
9 Joseph Ambukege Mbeya Kwanza
10 Emmanuely Mpuka Polisi Tanzania
11 Raymond Lulendi Songea United 7
12 Hassan Mwaterema Kagera Sugar

Clean sheets

As of 19 March 2026
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Paul Kamtewe Mbuni 10
2 Aron Kalambo Transit Camp 9
3 Said Kipao Kagera Sugar
4 Nicodemasi Mpupua Mbeya Kwanza 8
5 Deogratius Munish Geita Gold 7
6 Haroun Mandanda Polisi Tanzania
7 Frank Faustine Ken Gold 6
8 Said Kulwa TMA 5
9 Lucas Chambeja Stand United
10 Nourdine Balora Bigman 4

Awards

As of 16 March 2026

Monthly awards

Month Coach of the Month Player of the Month
Coach Club Player Club
October leonard Budeba Mbuni Rishedy Kihedu Mbuni
November Zuberi Katwira Geita Gold Deogratius Munishi Geita Gold
December Shadrack Nsajigwa Transit Camp Adam Uled Transit Camp
January Zuberi Katwira (2) Geita Gold Joseph Ambukege Mbeya Kwanza
February Mbwana Makata Polisi Tanzania Ramadhan Karanje B19


TFF Awards

Main article: TFF Awards

References

  1. ^ "NBC Championship League 2025/2026 Fixtures". ligikuu.co.tz. 5 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Championship League 2025/26 season to kick of on October 20". 1 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Geita and Polisi prepared for Championship". dailynews.co.tz. 3 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Hausung To NBC Championship" (in Swahili). ligikuu.co.tz. 23 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Mtibwa and Mbeya City urged to prepare for NBC league". thecitizen.co.tz. 19 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Kagera sugar first relegation in 20 years". thecitizen.co.tz. 23 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Julio Head Coach of Kiluvya" (in Swahili). mwanaspoti.co.tz. 16 March 2025.
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