Young Africans S.C.

Young Africans

Full name	Young Africans Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Yanga
Founded	11 February 1935
Ground	National Stadium Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Capacity	60,000
Chairman	Yusuf Manji
Head Coach	George Lwandamina
League	Tanzanian Premier League
2015-16	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. 21 titles) than their arch rivals Simba SC (18).

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.

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.

Crest

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  Old crest

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  Present crest

Achievements

Yanga Office

• Tanzanian Premier League: 21

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, 2015-16

• Tanzanian Cup: 4

1975, 1994, 1999, 2016

• 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: 11 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 2016 – Second Round 2017 –

• 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: 4 appearances

2007 – Intermediate Round 2008 – First Round

2011 – Preliminary Round 2016 – Group Stage

• 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 7 MF Obrey Chirwa

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

Foreigners

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

• Amissi Tambwe
• Mbuyu Twite
• Obrey Chirwa
• Haruna Niyonzima
• Vincent Bossou
• Thaban Kamusoko
• Donald Ngoma

Younger Africans

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

Technical Director: Hans van der Pluijm
Coach: George Lwandamina
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: (a.g.) Deusdedit Baraka
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