Singida United

Leagues Played: Tanzanie - Premier League 106 CECAFA KAGAME COUPE CLUB 2009 4
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Singida United is a Tanzanian football club based in Singida that plays in the Tanzanian Premier League. They play their home games at Namfua stadium in Singida. Singida United won back to back promotions winning the Tanzanian Second Division League Group A in 2016 and the Tanzanian First Division League Group C in 2017. Serbian Dragan Popadic was appointed head coach with Dusan Momcilovic assistant coach on January 12, 2019.

History

The club began in 1972 as Mto Sports Club in Singida in Central Tanzania. The club started small and began to gain traction in the public eye in the mid-1990s. In 2000 the club made its first appearance in the top tier league, the Tanzanian Premier League. The appearance failed and the club was relegated in 2001. Since 2013, the team made great strides in the Tanzanian Second Division League and the Tanzanian First Division League.

In 2017 the club was promoted back to the Tanzanian Premier League and, the club managed to attract major sponsors. With SportPesa's entry into Tanzania, the club managed to get a sponsorship contract with the betting company, along with Puma Energy Tanzania.

Singida finished the 2018/19 Tanzanian Premier League season in 13th place with 46 points and a record of 11 wins 13 draws and 14 defeats from 38 matches. They reached the Azam Sports Federation Cup Quarter Final, losing 2–0 to Lipuli FC.

Le Singida United Football Club est un club de football tanzanien basé à Singida. Le club a été fondé en 1993 et évolue actuellement dans la Premier League tanzanienne, le plus haut niveau du football tanzanien.

Les couleurs du club sont le rouge et le blanc et son stade à domicile est le Nangwanda Sijaona Memorial Stadium. Le club est surnommé les "Babatini" (les garçons de Singida).

Singida United a remporté la Coupe de Tanzanie en 2009 et a été vice-champion de la Premier League tanzanienne en 2018. Le club a également représenté la Tanzanie dans les compétitions continentales, notamment la Coupe de la Confédération de la CAF.

Parmi les joueurs notables qui ont joué pour Singida United figurent Mwinyi Kazimoto, George Malolo et Pius Buswita. Le club est actuellement dirigé par l'entraîneur Hans van der Pluym.