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Tanzanian Championship League
Season	2025–26
Dates	10 October 2025 – 23 May 2026
Matches	40
Goals	107 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Adam Uledi; Obrey Chirwa; (11 goals each)
Biggest home win	Mbuni 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 win	Hausung 1–3 Mbuni; (26 October 2025); Transit Camp 2–3 Mbeya Kwanza; (8 November 2025)
Highest scoring	Songea United 4–2 B19; (15 November 2025)
Longest winning run	9 matches; Kagera Sugar
Longest unbeaten run	18 matches; Geita Gold
Longest winless run	13 matches; Barberian
Longest losing run	6 matches; Barberian
	← 2024–25 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 15 February 2026.

2025–26 Tanzanian Championship League

Last updated February 17, 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

Kagera Sugar

KenGold

Songea United

Stand United

Geita Gold

Gunners

Mbeya Kwanza

African Sports
Bigman

Hausung

Transit Camp

Barberian FC

B19

Polisi Tanzania

Mbuni
TMA Stars

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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	18	14	4	0	32	8	+24	46	Promotion to the Tanzanian Premier League
2	Kagera Sugar	18	13	4	1	33	10	+23	43	Promotion to the Tanzanian Premier League
3	Mbeya Kwanza	18	13	1	4	37	18	+19	40	Qualification for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off
4	Transit Camp	18	11	3	4	25	16	+9	36	Qualification for the Tanzanian Premier League play-off
5	Polisi Tanzania	18	9	6	3	28	15	+13	33
6	Mbuni	18	10	1	7	26	15	+11	31
7	Bigman	18	6	6	6	16	15	+1	24
8	KenGold	18	6	5	7	19	18	+1	23
9	Songea United	18	5	6	7	18	23	−5	21
10	Gunners	18	5	5	8	14	26	−12	20
11	TMA Stars	18	4	6	8	11	15	−4	18	Qualification for the Tanzanian Championship League play-off
12	Stand United	18	6	2	10	12	23	−11	17
13	B19	18	3	5	10	16	32	−16	14
14	Hausung	18	3	2	13	14	29	−15	11
15	African Sports	18	3	2	13	14	33	−19	11	Relegation to the Tanzanian Second Division League
16	Barberian	18	1	6	11	10	29	−19	9	Relegation to the Tanzanian Second Division League

Updated to match(es) played on 15 February 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			1–2	0–2				1–2	0–2
B19		—	0–0	1–1			2–1	0–1	2–1					0–0	0–1
Barberian	1–1		—	0–1			1–2		1–2		0–3	0–0	1–1		2–1
Bigman	0–0			—	1–1			0–1	2–0	0–1			2–0	2–1
Geita Gold		3–0	3–0		—	3–0		1–1	2–2			2–0		1–0		1–1
Gunners	3–2	2–1	2–2	1–1		—		0–3		0–3					1–1	0–1
Hausung				0–1	0–3	0–1	—			1–3	1–3		0–0	3–0^[a]	0–0
Kagera Sugar	4–1		2–1				3–1	—				2–0	2–2	4–0	1–0	0–0
KenGold	2–1					0–0	3–1	0–1	—		0–0			1–0	1–1
Mbeya Kwanza		5–0	4–0		1–2			2–1	2–1	—		4–2	2–0
Mbuni		2–0		2–0	0–1	1–0		0–2		4–0	—		1–2			3–0
Polisi Tanzania	3–0	4–0		1–1		4–0	2–0				2–1	—				1–1
Songea United	2–0	4–2			0–2	1–1			2–1			0–0	—	2–1
Stand United	2–1		1–0			1–0				1–1	2–1	1–2		—	1–0
TMA Stars				1–0	1–2					1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0		—	0–1
Transit Camp		3–2	2–0	1–0			2–1		1–0	2–3			3–1	1–0		—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 February 2026. Source: Championship League, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

↑ Hausung awarded a 3–0 win after Stand United forfeited match.

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5
Team ╲ Round
African Sports	W	W	L	L	L
B19 FC	L	L	L	L	L
Barberian	L	L	L	L	L
Bigman	L	L	L	W	D
Geita Gold	W	D	W	W	W
Gunners	D	D	W	W	L
Hausung	L	L	L	W	L
Kagera Sugar	D	W	W	W	W
KenGold	D	W	W	D	W
Mbeya Kwanza	L	L	L	W	W
Mbuni	W	W	W	L	W
Polisi Tanzania	W	W	W	L	D
Songea United	W	D	L	W	W
Stand United	L	L	L	L	L
TMA Stars	W	W	W	D	L
Transit Camp	D	D	W	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 17 October 2025. Source: Championship League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Tanzanian Championship League play-off

The 11th and 14th-placed teams qualified for the Championship League play-off, alongside the two teams from the 2025–26 First League play-off winners. The Championship teams faced each other over two legs; with the winners remaining in the Championship League and the losers competing against the First League play-off winners for the final place in the following season's Championship League.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 15 February 2026

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Adam Uledi	Transit Camp	11
2	Obrey Chirwa	Kagera Sugar	11
3	Ramadhan Kalanje	B19	10
4	Boniface Mwanjonde	Mbeya Kwanza	9
5	Abdereheman Musa	Gunners	8
6	Joseph Ambukege	Mbeya Kwanza
7	Seif Adam	Mbeya Kwanza
8	Samson Alberty	KenGold
9	Raymond Lulendi	Songea United	7
10	Maulid Shaban	Geita Gold
11	Emmanuely Mpuka	Polisi Tanzania
12	Hassan Mwaterema	Kagera Sugar
13	Oscar Tarimo	Stand United	6
14	Collins Nwobodo	Bigman	5
15	Laurent Faida	Mbuni	4
16	Issah Ngoah	Geita Gold
17	Chesko Mwasimba	Mbeya Kwanza
18	Masanja Kamli	Kagera Sugar

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