Full name | Azam Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | Wana Lambalamba, Chamazi Millionaires, The Bakers | |||
Founded | 23 July 2004 | |||
Ground | Chamazi Stadium Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | |||
Capacity | 10,000 | |||
Owner | Bakhresa Group | |||
Chairman | Nassor Idrisa | |||
Coach | Youssoupha Dabo[1] | |||
League | Tanzanian Premier League | |||
2023–24 | Tanzanian Premier League, 2nd of 16 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Azam Football Club is a Tanzanian professional football club based in Chamazi, Temeke, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, that competes in the Tanzanian Premier League. Nicknamed Wana Lambalamba, Chamazi Millionaires or the Bakers, the club was founded as Mzizima Football Club in 2004, changed its name to Azam Sports Club in 2005, then Azam Football Club in 2006 and moved to its current stadium, Azam Complex Chamazi, in 2010.
Azam FC have won 10 trophies; one Premier League, a record 5 Mapinduzi Cups, two Kagame Cups, one Tanzania FA Cup and one Community Shield.
In the 2013/14 season, Azam FC won the league unbeaten, and by so doing, the club became only the second (after Simba SC 2009/10) to win the league without losing a single game.
Azam FC were undefeated in the league (26 matches) in a run that stretched to a 38 games, from the 18th round of 2012/13 season to the 4th round of 2014/15. In 2015, the club became the first in the history of Tanzanian clubs to win the Kagame Cup without conceding a goal.
Azam FC is one of the most widely supported football clubs in Tanzania, and has rivalries with Yanga SC, Simba SC, Mtibwa Sugar FC and African Lyon.
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