1974 JKU (Zanzibar) 1975 Young Africans FC (Dar-es-Salaam) [aka Yanga] 1976 Rangers International (Dar-es-Salaam) 1977 KMKM (Zanzibar) 1978 Pan African SC (Dar-es-Salaam) 1979 Pan African SC (Dar-es-Salaam) 1980 Coastal Union (Tanga) 1981 Pan African SC (Datr-es-Salaam) 1982 KMKM (Zanzibar) 1983 KMKM (Zanzibar) 1984 Simba SC (Dar-es-Salaam) 1985 Miembeni SC (Zanzibar) 1986 Miembeni SC (Zanzibar) 1987 Miembeni SC (Zanzibar) 1988 Coastal Union (Tanga) 1989 Pamba FC (Mwanza) 1990 Small Simba SC (Zanzibar) 1991 Railways SC (Morogoro) 1992 Pamba FC (Mwanza) 2-1 Morogori Tumabaku 1993 Malindi SC (Zanzibar) 1994 Young Africans FC (Dar-es-Salaam) 1995 Simba SC (Dar-es-Salaam) 1996 Sigara (Dar-es-Salaam) 1997 Tanzania Stars (Dar-es-Salaam) 1-0 Mlandege (Zanzibar) 1998 Tanzania Stars (Dar-es-Salaam) 2-1 Prisons (Mbeya) 1999 Young Africans FC (Dar-es-Salaam) 2000 Simba SC (Dar-es-Salaam) 2001 Polisi (Zanzibar) 2-0 Young African FC (Dar-es-Salaam) 2002 JKT Ruvu Stars (Coast Region) 1-0 KMKM (Zanzibar) Number of Wins (29) 3 KMKM (Zanzibar) Miembeni SC (Zanzibar) Pan African SC (Dar-es-Salaam) Simba SC (Dar-es-Salaam) Young Africans FC (Dar-es-Salaam) [aka Yanga] 2 Coastal Union (Tanga) Pamba FC (Mwanza) Tanzania Stars (Dar-es-Salaam) 1 JKT Ruvu Stars (Coast Region) JKU (Zanzibar) [aka Jeshi] Malindi SC (Zanzibar) Polisi (Zanzibar) Railways SC (Morogoro) [aka Reli] Rangers International (Dar-es-Salaam) Sigara (Dar-es-Salaam) [aka Kashimulo] Small Simba SC (Zanzibar)
First edition 1926; it was contested by 9 clubs, all from Zanzibar town. 1926 Mnasi Moja 1-0 New Kings 1931 Public Works Department (PWD) 1994 Malindi 1998 Jamhuri (Pemba) 2-1 Shangani SC 2001 Polisi bt Miembeni SC 2002 KMKM 2005 2019 Malindi 0-0 JKU [4-2 pen] 2020 apparently abandoned 2021 Mafunzo 1-1 KVZ [4-3 pen] 2022 Kipanga 1-0 Chipukizi 2023 JKU 2-0 Chipukizi NB: editions in the late twenties dominated by New Kings, Caddies and Comorians.
2021 Mafunzo 2-1 KMKM
2004 Young Africans (Dar-es-Salaam) 2-1 Mtibwa Sugar (Morogoro) 2005 Mafunzo 2-0 JKU 2006 apparently not held 2007 Malindi SC (Zanzibar) 2-0 Miembeni SC (Zanzibar) 2008 Miembeni SC (Zanzibar) 2-1 Polisi (Zanzibar) 2009 apparently not held 2010 Mtibwa Sugar (Turiani) 1-0 Ocean View (Zanzibar) 2011 Simba SC (Dar-es-Salaam) 2-0 Young Africans (Dar-es-Salaam) 2012 Azam (Dar-es-Salaam) 3-1 Jamhuri (Pemba) 2013 Azam (Dar-es-Salaam) 2-1 Tusker FC [aet] 2014 Kampala City Council 1-0 Simba SC (Dar-es-Salaam) 2015 Simba SC (Dar-es-Salaam) 0-0 Mtibwa Sugar (Turiani) [aet, 4-3 pen] 2016 Uganda Revenue Auth. (Kampala) 3-1 Mtibwa Sugar (Turiani) 2017 Azam (Dar-es-Salaam) 1-0 Simba SC (Dar-es-Salaam) 2018 Azam (Dar-es-Salaam) 0-0 Uganda Revenue Auth. (Kampala) [4-3 pen] 2019 Azam (Dar-es-Salaam) 2-1 Simba SC (Dar-es-Salaam) 2020 Mtibwa Sugar (Turiani) 1-0 Simba SC (Dar-es-Salaam) 2021 Young Africans (Dar-es-Salaam) 0-0 Simba SC (Dar-es-Salaam) [4-3 pen] 2022 Simba SC (Dar-es-Salaam) 1-0 Azam (Dar-es-Salaam) 2023 Mlandege FC (Zanzibar) 2-1 Singida Big Stars NB: Mapinduzi means revolution: occasionally clubs from Kenya, Uganda or Burundi enter.
First ever played Zanzibar cup tournament; the edition of 1924 with 10 participating clubs was the first. 1924 Mnasi Moja 0-0 1-0 Caddies [first match aet] NB: editions in the late twenties dominated by New Kings, Caddies and Comorians.
1924 Mnasi Moja drw 1-0 Caddies NB: editions in the late twenties dominated by New Kings, Caddies and Comorians.
1943 Kikwajuni SC 1949 Arab SC NB: Arab SC were a merger of Caddies, New Generation and New Kings.
1949 Arab SC 1952 Miembeni SC
1950 Malindi SC 1952 Miembeni SC
For the rural teams of all parts of the islands; first edition in 1931 but no winners known.
Main source: Laura Fair, "Kickin' it : leisure, politics and football in colonial Zanzibar, 1900s-1950s", in magazine: Africa, 1997
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