Yadah Stars F.C.

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Yadah Stars FC
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Full nameYadah Stars Football Club
Nickname(s)Miracle Boys, The Stars
Founded2013;11 years ago (2013) [1]
Ground National Sports Stadium, Harare [2]
Capacity80,000
ChairmanWalter Magaya [3]
CoachJairos Tapera [4]
League Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
202411th
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Yadah Stars FC are a football club from Harare, Zimbabwe currently playing in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League, the top flight of Zimbabwean football.

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Yadah Stars were the first church-owned football team to reach the Zimbabwe top flight after they won the 2016 Zifa Division One Eastern Region. [5] However, the church pulled out of sponsorship after the 2017 season. [6]

History

Yadah FC was originally formed as Gunners in 2005 by Cuthbert Chitima. Gunners was later on purchased by Walter Magaya in 2014. [7] Magaya entered into a partnership with the then President Cuthbert Chitima. The team's name was changed to Yadah Gunners. They were relegated from the Premier soccer league to division 1 in 2012, which led to legendary player and coach, Moses Chunga, deciding to take time off football then returning again to coach Harare City Football Club. Yadah Stars regained promotion to the Premier League when they triumphed in the ZIFA Eastern Region Division One in their first season in that league in 2016 under the guidance of coach Kuda Masaraure. In 2017, the club appointed Jairos Tapera as the head coach.

Current squad

As of 2024

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

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— FW Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  ZIM Khama Billiat

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  2. ↑ "Yadah FC". soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 29 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Zimbabwe Chronicle". Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Zimbabwe Standard". 7 May 2017. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Congratulations Yadah Stars". Archived from the original on 29 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "Magaya pulls out of Yadah Stars". Archived from the original on 29 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Not found". www.thehararetimes.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Yadah FC - Pindula". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2019.


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