Young Africans S.C.

Yanga

Full name	Young Africans Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Yanga Sc (Wananchi) Vijana Stars (The Young Stars)
Founded	11 February 1935;89 years ago (1935-02-11), as New Young
Stadium	Benjamin Mkapa Stadium
Capacity	60,000
President	Engineer Hersi Said [1]
Manager	Miguel Ángel Gamondi [2]
League	Tanzanian Premier League
2023–2024	1st
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Young Africans Sports Club (commonly referred as Yanga) is a Tanzanian professional football club based at Jangwani ward of Ilala District in Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania. Founded in 1935, the club plays their home games at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Miburani ward of Temeke District.

Nicknamed Yanga Timu ya Wananchi, ^[3] the club has won 29 Tanzanian Premier League titles and number of domestic cups, and have participated in multiple CAF Champions League editions. They have won the CECAFA Club Championship five times.

The club was ranked among the top ten clubs in Africa, at number 3, by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) in their 1 September 2023 – 30 August 2023 rankings. Globally, the club was ranked at number 104 in the IFFHS World Ranking. ^{[4] [5]}

The club became a symbol of the anti-colonial movement. Young Africans became associated with nationalists, freedom fighters and Sam Gosmore and inspired the political party TANU to adopt yellow and green as their primary colours. The club is currently in a process that will keep the club ownership 49% for investors and the rest 51% to the club members.

The club holds a long-standing rivalry with Simba, with whom they contest the Kariakoo derby, named after the district where both teams were founded. The rivalry was ranked 5th as one of the most famous African derbies. ^[6]

On Wednesday, 17 May 2023, Young Africa made history when they became the first Tanzanian club to reach a CAF Confederation Cup final after defeating Marumo Gallants 4-1 on aggregate and they faced USM Algiers from Algeria on the Cup's Finals which they lost 2-2 on aggregate due to away goals . ^{[7] [8] [9]}

History

The club's roots can be traced as far back as 1910s, but the officially recognised history of the club started in 1935 when Dar es Salaam residents, who were grouped as Africans by the colonial administration in Tanganyika, decided to form a football club to compete in a league which was full of "non-African" football clubs. The name New Young is said to be the club's first name. Later it was replaced by the name Dar es Salaam Young Africans SC, and eventually the name changed to Young Africans Sports Club.

After its establishment in 1935, its members squabbled over their team's poor performance and results. The club had an even poorer and unsatisfactory performance in 1936 that caused some of the members to split and form another team. The proponents of breaking away were Arabs who saw fit to cause conflict among the club members that led to a split. They succeeded, and together with dissidents formed a club known as Queens F.C. /sunderland fc (currently Simba). The two teams, Young Africans and Simba, have been rivals ever since.

In 2020 Yanga signed a consultancy deal with La Liga. ^[10] On May 27, the members of the club agreed to change their club's ruling structure to allow private investments from other companies.

On 17 May 2023, Yanga for the first time in its history qualified to a Continental final after defeating Marumo Gallants in the semi-final. ^[11] On 3 June, Yanga Lost the 2023 CAF Confederation Cup final against USM Alger On Saturday, 16 September 2023, Yanga became the first African club to have over 2000 fans traveling with the team to an away CAF official match. The game was conducted at Kigali in Rwanda, a journey of 1156 km, which is over 20 hour drive distance. They bossed the game and of course thwarted the Sudanese side 2-0. . ^{[12] [13]} |-

Club leadership

The club has been led democratically by various top leaders since it was started, first leader being Ali Said followed by Musa Sulaiman. The current top leader is Engineer Hersi Said.

Period	Chairman
1935–1939	Ali Said
1945–1947	Musa Suleiman
1948–1950	G. Khalifan
1950–1953	Hamis Penda
1953–1954	Nasib Mwande
1955–1961	Hafidh Mkweche
1961–1962	Abdul Jaffer
1963–1971	Abass Kandoro
1972–1977	Salim Salim
1978–1980	Mohamed Gulamhussein
1980–1986	Abass Kandoro
1986–1989	Mustapha Mwituka
1989–1993	Hassan Muhiddin
1994–1999	Tarimba Abbas
1999–2000	Rashid Kawawa
2000–2005	Francis Kifukwe
2007–2010	Imani Madega
2010–2012	Lloyd Nchunga
2012–2019	Yusuf Manji
2019–2022	Mshindo Msola
2022–present	Hersi Said*

The top leader of the club is now called the President not chairman. The president is the CEO of the club. This came after the transformation the club to include 51% private investor and 49% club members. |-

Club sponsorship

Period	Main Sponsor	Other Sponsors
1996–1999	Biafra	-
2001–2005	Kilimanjaro Beer	-
2005–2008	Superdoll	-
2009–2015	Kilimanjaro Premium	-
2015–2020	SportPesa
2020–2021	GSM Group
2021–present	Azam TV

Colours and badge

• 
  The old crest
• 
  The present crest

Players

Current squad

As of 5 February 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   TAN Metacha Mnata 2 DF   TAN Ibrahim Hamad 3 DF   TAN Bakari Mwamnyeto 4 DF   UGA Gift Fred 5 DF   TAN Dickson Job 6 FW   RSA Skudu Makudubela 8 MF   UGA Khalid Aucho 7 MF   COD Maxi Nzengeli 10 FW   BFA Stephane Aziz Ki 11 FW   TAN Chrispin Ngushi 12 MF   COD Jesus Ducapel Moloko 13 DF   COD Joyce Lomalisa 14 FW   CIV Joseph Guédé Gnadou 15 MF   GHA Augustine Okrah 16 GK   TAN Abuutwalib Mshary

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW   TAN Farid Shah 18 MF   TAN Sure Boy 19 MF   TAN Jonas Mkude 20 MF   TAN Zawadi Mauya 21 DF   CIV Kouassi Attohoula 24 FW   TAN Clement Mzize 25 FW   ZAM Kennedy Musonda 26 MF   CIV Pacôme Zouzoua 27 MF   TAN Mudathir Yahya 28 FW   GHA Hafiz Konkoni 30 DF   TAN Nickson Kibabage 33 DF   TAN Kibwana Shomari 37 DF   UGA Fred Gift 39 GK   MLI Djigui Diarra 40 FW   TAN Denis Nkane

Out on loan

Lazaraus Kambole - zesco Hans Kasunga - Lipuli

Honours

Domestic

Young Africans headquarters located on Twiga street, Jangwani, Dar es Salaam, East Tanzania

• Tanzanian Premier League ^[14]
  • 'Champions ( 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2022–23
• Nyerere Cup ^[15]
  • Champions (3): 1975, 1994, 1999
  • Runners-up (1): 2001
• FAT Cup ^[16]
  • Champions (3): 2015–16, 2021/22, 2022/23
  • Runners-up (2): 1996, 2021
• Tusker Cup ^[15]
  • Champions (7):1986,1992,1987,2000,2005,2007, 2009
  • Runners-up (3): 2001, 2002, 2005.
• Mapinduzi Cup ^[15]
  • Champions (3): 2003,2004, 2021
  • Runners-up (1): 2011
• Community Shield ^[15]
  • Champions (7): 2001, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021,2022
  • Runners-up (7): 2002, 2005,2013,2009, 2011, 2016, 2017

Continental

CECAFA Club Championship ^[17]

• Champions (5): 1975, 1993, 1999, 2011, 2012
• Runners-up (3): 1976, 1986, 1990

CAF Confederation Cup

• Runners-up (1): 2023

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 15 appearances ^[18]

1997  – Preliminary Round

1998  – Group stage (Top 8)

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  – First Round

2022  – First Round

2023  – Quarter finals

• 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: 6 appearances

2007  – Intermediate Round

2008  – First Round

2011  – Preliminary Round

2016  – Group stage (Top 8)

2018  – Group stage (Top 16)

2022–23  – Runners-up

• CAF Cup: 2 appearances

1994 – First Round

1999 – First Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances

1995 – Quarter-finals

2000 – First Round

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