The Mapinduzi Cup is a top knockout football tournament in Zanzibar. Mapinduzi means Revolution in swahili, in recognition of the Zanzibar Revolution. The Mapinduzi Cup is a tournament created by the Zanzibar Football Federation to commemorate Zanzibar's Revolution day which is marked annually on 12 January.

The defending champions are Young Africans.

History

The first edition of the cup was in 2004. However, the cup was played between Zanzibari clubs together with clubs from Tanzania mainland until 2024. Since 2013 clubs from Kenya and Uganda have been invited to take part occasionally.

Along with the Zanzibari Cup and Nyerere Cup, the three tournaments are the three main knockout tournaments in Zanzibar. The maiden edition was won by Jamhuri F.C.

The 2025 edition of the tournament became the first to involve national teams instead of clubs.

Champions

Reference:

YearWinnersResultsRunner-upsRef.
2004Young Africans SC2 – 1Mtibwa Sugar
2005Mafunzo FC2 – 0JKU SC
2006not held
2007Malindi SC2 – 0Miembeni SC
2008Miembeni SC2 – 1Polisi SC
2009not held
2010Mtibwa Sugar1 – 0Ocean View FC
2011Simba SC2 – 0Young Africans SC
2012Azam FC3 – 1Jamhuri
2013Azam FC2 – 1Tusker FC
2014Kampala City Council1 – 0Simba SC
2015Simba SC0 – 0 (4–3 pen.)Mtibwa Sugar
2016Uganda Revenue Authority3 – 1Mtibwa Sugar
2017Azam FC1 – 0Simba SC
2018Azam FC0 – 0 (4–3 pen.)Uganda Revenue Authority
2019Azam FC2– 1Simba SC
2020Mtibwa Sugar1–0Simba SC
2021Young Africans0–0 (4–3 pen.)Simba SC
2022Simba SC1 – 0Azam FC
2023Mlandege FC2 – 1Singida Big Stars
2024Mlandege FC1 - 0Simba SC
2025Zanzibar2 - 1Burkina Faso

Winner by team

ClubNumberYears
Azam FC52012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019
Simba32011, 2015, 2022
Young Africans32004, 2021, 2026
Mtibwa Sugar22010, 2020
Mafunzo FC12005
Malindi SC12007
Miembeni SC12008
Kampala City Council12014
Uganda Revenue Authority12016
Mlandege FC22023, 2024
Zanzibar12025