Tanzanian Championship League

Tanzania Championship
Organising bodyTanzania Football Federation
Founded1965; 59 years ago (1965)[1]
CountryTanzania
Number of teams16
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toTanzanian Premier League
Relegation toFirst League
Domestic cup(s)Azam Sports Federation Cup
League cup(s)TFF Community Shield
Websitetzchampionship.com
Current: 2024–25 Championship

The Tanzanian Championship (formerly, Second Division League and "Ligi Daraja la Kwanza" in Swahili) is the second tier of league football in Tanzania. The league is made up of sixteen teams that play thirty rounds, home and away.The league was formed in 1930.[2]

The top two teams at the end of the season get promoted to the Tanzania Premier League, while the third and fourth go into a playoff with two last-placed teams not eligible for automatic relegation. The last two teams are relegated to the first division, while the last four teams go into a playoff. The two winners in the playoffs are retained, while the two losing teams are relegated to the First League.

  1. ^ CAF and FIFA, 50 years of African football – the DVD, 2009
  2. ^ Results Identity, Tanzania Championship. "Football – Soccer – Tanzania Football". tff.or.tz/. Archived from the original on 16 September 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.