Nickname: Taifa Stars
Fifa rank: 112
Afcon Group: C
Head coach: Miguel Angle Gamondi
Group Stage fixtures: Nigeria [Dec 23], Uganda [Dec 27], Tunisia [Dec 30]
Afcon appearances: 5 [1980, 2019, 2023, 2025, 2027]
Best Afcon performance: Group Stages [1980, 2019, 2023]
How they qualified: The Taifa Stars finished as runners-up from a group that had DR Congo, Guinea and Ethiopia.
Against all odds, they overcame the Syli Nationale who even reported to CAF and later CAS but lost the case.
Tanzania scored just 5 goals in six matches and conceded one less, amassing 10 points, one better than Guinea who failed to qualify.
Realistic chance at Afcon 2025: Miguel Gamondi’s men will aim to get out of the group for the first time.
They had a decent CHAN tournament ousted by eventual winners Morocco in the quarter final and will be desperate to build on that. Will the change of coach have an impact for the better? We wait to see but as it stands, they are third favourites in the group that has two ex-champions and a finalist.
Who is the star of the team? In the recent past, the main man has been Mbwana Ally Samatta but as of now, Simon Msuva, Feisal Salum and Novatus Miroshi are the key players.
Tanzania’s final 28-man squad for AFCON 2025
Goalkeepers
Yakoub Suleiman (Simba SC)
Hussein Masalanga (Singida BS)
Zuberi Foba (Azam FC)
Defenders
Bakari Mwamnyeto (Young Africans)
Shomari Kapombe (Simba SC)
Lusajo Mwaikenda (Azam FC)
Mohamed Hussein (Young Africans)
Nickson Kibabage (Simba SC)
Alphonse Mkabule (Shamakhi, Azerbaijan)
Wilson Nnang (Simba SC)
Novatus Dismas (Göztepe FC, Turkey)
Kelvin Nashon (Tanda Jiji)
Pascal Msindo (Azam FC)
Haji Mnoga (Salford City, England)
Dickson Job (Young Africans)
Midfielders / Forwards
Ibrahim Abdulla (Young Africans)
Habibu Iddi (Singida BS)
Tarrryn Allouche (Rochdale AFC, England)
Charles Mombwa (Floriana FC, Malta)
Morice Abraham (Simba SC)
Feisal Salum (Azam FC)
Ahmed Pipino (Azam FC)
Abdul Suleiman (Azam FC)
Iddi Selemani (Azam FC)
Mbwana Samatta (Le Havre, France)
Elias Maguli (Azam FC / Ufaransa)
Shomari Lawi (Aalborg BK, Denmark)
Simon Msuva (Al-Talaba, Iraq)
Coach: Miguel Gamondi
