Tanzania Football Federation

Tanzania Football Federation
founding	1930
FIFA accession	1964
CAF membership	1964
president	Leodegar Chilla Tenga
Secretary General	Fredrick Wilfred Mwakalebela
National teams	Gentlemen women
Homepage	www.tff.or.tz

The Tanzania Football Federation (TFF; Swahili Shirikisho la Mpira wa Miguu Tanzania ) is the governing body of football in the East African state of Tanzania . The association operates the national leagues and sends the Tanzanian national soccer teams. He has been a member of both FIFA and the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) since 1964 .

The TFF has been running the Tanzania Soccer Academy (TSA) since January 2008 as a national institution for the promotion of football in the country.

history

The association was founded in 1930 under the name " Tanganyika Football Association (TFA)" and was renamed "Football Association of Tanzania (FAT)" in 1971 before it got its current name in 2004.

Sports structure

Leagues and Competitions

• Tanzania Premier League (12 clubs)
• Tanzania First Division
• Tusker Challenge Cup
• Taifa Cup
• Uhai Cup
• Copa Cocacola

National teams

• Tanzanian national soccer team of men ("Taifa Stars")
• Tanzanian national soccer team for women ("Twiga Stars")
• Tanzanian national soccer team of the mainland (men) (" Kilimanjaro Stars")
• Tanzanian national soccer team of male youth under 20 (" Ngorongoro Heroes")
• Tanzanian national soccer team of male youth under 17 (" Serengeti Boys")