The Tanzania Football Federation is the governing body mandated to run The sport of football in Tanzania. It oversees the national football team, Premier League,the Championship, First League,Regional Champions League,Youth U20 League and the Youth U15 League. It is also in charge of Serengeti Lite Women's Premier League.
Association football is the most popular sport in Tanzania. Approximately 25% of Tanzanians are considered football fans.
The Tanzanian league football pyramid uses a promotion and relegation system. The champions of the nation's top level of football, Tanzanian Premier League (Ligi Kuu Tanzania Bara) qualify to play in the following season's CAF Champions League. The bottom 3 teams are relegated to the Championship.
Stadiums with a capacity of 30,000 or higher are included.
Twitter research from 2015 found that the most popular English Premier League club in Tanzania was Manchester United, with 25% of Tanzanian Premier League fans following the club, closely followed by Arsenal (22%) and Chelsea (17%).
The average attendance per top-flight football league season and the club with the highest average attendance:
<small>Sources: League pages on Wikipedia</small>