KMC FC gears up for final push in relegation battle

Kinondoni Municipal Council FC has been dragged into the relegation fight in recent weeks with four defeats from the squad's last five league outings dropping the club into the bottom three.

Their four-point cushion over the bottom two could all but disappear with a home defeat to Singida Big Stars in their next assignment, hardly the best time for KMC FC's newly appointed coach Jamhuri Kihwelo Julio to get his first win.

Christina said they have resumed preparation for the final push to avoid relegation to the Championship League next season. She reaffirmed their belief that they can survive relegation.

The KMC FC leader noted: We have resumed preparations for the remaining three games. We have a match on May 12 against Singida Big Stars here at Uhuru Stadium, another match is against Tanzania Prisons on May 24 and, on May 28, we are going to end the season against Mbeya City FC.

The KMC FC leader pointed out: As the club management we are working on our strategies. We cannot reveal the strategies but, inside the office, we know what we are doing to ensure that Tanzanians, Kinondoni residents, fans, and supporters of the KMC FC will continue watching our brand of football next season.

âWe are in a position that is not good. We are in 14th place with three games left but we have not lost hope. We have not given up, it's not over until it's over, Christina noted.

Kinondoni Municipal Council FC has recorded just one victory in the club's last 10 outings in this season NBC Premier League.

It is a sequence of results that prompted the club management to sack head coach Thierry Hitimana. Former Mwadui FC and Dodoma Jiji FC coach Julio has been appointed to help the team beat the drop.

There are four relegation spots in NBC Premier League this season.

The bottom half of the league is full of evenly-matched teams all simply hoping to survive, as many as seven clubs are in danger of going down.

The bottom two will go down automatically at the end of the regular season.

As it stands, Ruvu Shooting and Polisi Tanzania need a miracle to avoid automatic relegation.

Clubs that finish in the 13th and 14th spots will play a two-legged relegation play-off between themselves. The aggregate winner retains Premier League status.

The loser of the relegation playoff meets the aggregate winner of the Championship League promotion/relegation playoffs in another two-legged tie.