Young Africans S.C.

Young Africans

Full name	Young Africans Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Yanga
Founded	1935
Ground	National Stadium Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Capacity	60,000
Coach	Hans Van De Pluijm
League	Tanzanian Premier League
2014–15	1st
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Young Africans Sports Club, locally known as Yanga, is a Tanzanian football club based in Dar es Salaam. Their home games are played at the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium. It is one of the two biggest teams in Tanzanian football, their archrivals being Simba. Both teams are based in Dar es Salaam. The team's colors are yellow, green and black. Yanga has won more Tanzanian Premier League titles (i.e. 24 Titles) than their arch rivals Simba SC. However, Simba has fared much better on the continental stage than their archrivals. Yanga played their first game of the 2011 Kagame Castle Cup on 26 June 2011. Yanga managed to draw 2–2 against Al-Merreikh and the Sudanese team made a record by scoring all four goals (Yanga's goals were own goals).

After defeating Polisi Morogoro by 4–1, goals from Amis Tambwe who recorded his second hat-trick of the season and Simon Msuva, Yanga were crowned champions for the 2014–15 season with two games in hand. The game was played on 28 April 2015 at National Stadium which is the home ground for Yanga.

Shabani Nonda is the most notable player to play for the club. He had a stint with Yanga in the middle of the 1990s before heading to Vaal Professionals based in South Africa.

In February 1974 Young Africans played friendly match in Espírito Santo, Brazil country football, the stadium Engineer Alencar Araripe against Sports Railway losing 3–0.

Crest

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  Old crest

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  Present crest

Achievements

Yanga Office

• Tanzanian Premier League: 20

1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15

• Tanzanian Cup: 4

1975, 1994, 1999, 2000.

• CECAFA Club Cup/Kagame Interclub Cup: 5

1975, 1993, 1999, 2011, 2012

1976, 1986, 1992, Runner up CECAFA Club cup

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 9 appearances

1997 – Preliminary Round 1998 – Group Stage 2001 – Second Round

2006 – Preliminary Round 2007 – Second Round 2009 – First Round

2010 – Preliminary Round 2012 – Preliminary Round 2014 – First Round

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 11 appearances

1969 – Quarter-finals 1970 – Quarter-finals 1971 – withdrew in Second Round 1972 – First Round

1973 – First Round 1975 – Second Round 1982 – Second Round 1984 – First Round

1988 – First Round 1992 – First Round 1996 – Preliminary Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 3 appearances

2007 – Intermediate Round

2008 – First Round

2011 – Preliminary Round

• CAF Cup: 2 appearances

1994 – First Round

1999 – First Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances

1995 – Quarter-finals

2000 – First Round

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Ally Mustapha "Barthez" 2 MF Salum Telela 3 DF Oscar Joshua Nkulula 4 DF Rajab Zahir 5 DF Kelvin Yondan "Cotton" 6 DF Mbuyu Twite 8 MF Haruna Niyonzima (Vice-Captain) 9 DF Vincent Bossou 11 FW Donald Ngoma 12 DF Juma Abdul 13 MF Thabani Kamusoko 14 MF Issoufou Boubacar Garba

No. Position Player 15 DF Pato Ngonyani 16 MF Deus Kaseke 17 FW Geofrey Mwashiuya 18 MF Hamis Thabit 20 FW Hamis Tambwe 21 FW Malimi Busungu 22 MF Said Juma "Makapu" 23 DF Nadir Haroub "Cannavaro" (Captain) 26 MF Hassan Dilunga 27 FW Saimon Msuva 30 GK Deogratius Munishi "Dida"

Foreigners

In the Tanzania VPL, only Seven non-Tanzanian nationals can be registered.

• Amis Tambwe
• Mbuyu Twite
• Issofou Bourbacar Garba
• Haruna Niyonzima
• Vincet Bossou
• Thaban Kamusoko
• Donald Ngoma

Youth squad (under-20)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 33 DF Amos Abel 34 DF Bennito Michael 35 DF Issa Ngao

No. Position Player 36 MF Shaban Shabanl 40 FW Hamis Issa 44 MF Mwinyi Ndimbo

Technical Bench

Coach: Hans Van De Pluijm
Assistant Coach: Juma Mwambusi
Goalkeeper Coach: Juma Pondamali
Doctor: Dr Suphian Juma
Team Manager: Hafidh Saleh
Physiotherapsit: Jacob Onyango
Kit Manager: Mahmod Omar

Club Leadership

Chairman: Yusuf Manji
Vice Chairman: Clement Sanga
General Secretary:
Club Information Officer: Jerry Muro
Director of Finance & Administration: Dennis Oundo
Club Accountant Officer: Rose Msamila
Secretary: Zayana Abdul
Clerical Officer: Tonny Shabuke

External links

• Official Site (Swahili)
• Young Africans SC Facebook Page
• Young Africans SC Twitter Page
• Young Africans SC Instagram Page