Young Africans S.C.

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Full nameYoung Africans
Nickname(s)wananchi
Founded11 February 1935; 86 years ago (1935-02-11), as New Young
StadiumNational Stadium (Tanzania)
Capacity60,000
PresidentDr. Mshindo Msola
Head coachNasreddine Nabi[1]
LeagueTanzanian Premier League
2019–20Tanzanian Premier League, 2nd of 20
WebsiteClub website

Young Africans Sports Club is a football club based in Jangwani, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Founded in 1935, the club play their home games at the .

Nicknamed "WANANCHI OR CITIZENS", "Yanga" (Young Boys),[2] Young Africans is one of the two biggest clubs in Tanzania, alongside cross-city rivals Simba. The club has won 27 league titles and four domestic cups, and have participated in multiple CAF Champions League editions. They are also one of the biggest clubs in East Africa, having won the CECAFA Club Championship five times.Young Africans is the most successful and dorminant club in Tanzania

The club was popular among Africans, and became a symbol of the anti-colonial movement. Young Africans became associated with nationalists and freedom fighters, and inspired the political party TANU to adopt yellow and green as their primary colours. Young African is the most successful and dorminant club in Tanzania football.

Young Africans have dorminated their rivals simba on derby.This is the 5th ranked biggest derby in African football. Is the derby which Tanzania in two halves where by one half of Tanzanian population supports Young Africans and the other half on simba side.

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. (currently Simba). The two teams, Young Africans and Simba have been rivals ever since. The teams makes up the most entertaining clash in Sub-Saharan region, the eye-catching fierce and regarded on all the time top five talked about derbies in African football.

In 2020 Yanga signed a consultancy deal with La Liga.[3] On May 27, the members of the club agreed to change their club's ruling structure to allow private investments from other companies.

Colours and badge[]

  • The old crest

  • The present crest

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 6 October 2021[4]

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 Mali MLI Djigui Diarra
2 FW Tanzania TAN Ditram Nchimbi
3 DF Tanzania TAN
4 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Yannick Bangala Litombo
5 DF Tanzania TAN
6 MF Tanzania TAN Feisal Salum
7 MF Tanzania TAN
8 MF Uganda UGA Khalid Aucho
9 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD
10 FW Burkina Faso BFA Yacouba Songné
13 GK Tanzania TAN
14 DF Tanzania TAN Paulo Godfrey
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Tanzania TAN
17 MF Tanzania TAN Farid Shah
16 FW Tanzania TAN
20 MF Tanzania TAN
21 FW Tanzania TAN
22 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Mukoko Tonombe
23 DF Tanzania TAN Abdallah Haji
24 DF Tanzania TAN
26 DF Tanzania TAN
27 FW Tanzania TAN Deus Kaseke
28 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD
29 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD

Out on loan[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Tanzania TAN Yohana Mkomola (at Inhulets Petrove)

Honours[]

Domestic[]

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

Tanzanian Premier League[5]

  • Champions (27): 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17.

Nyerere Cup[6]

  • Champions (3): 1975, 1994, 1999
  • Runners-up (1): 2001

FAT Cup[6]

  • Champions (5): 1967, 1974, 1999, 2001, 2015–16
  • Runners-up (1): 1996, 2021

[6]

  • Champions (2): 2007, 2009
  • Runners-up (3): 2001, 2002, 2005

Community Shield[6]

  • Champions (6): 2001, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021
  • Runners-up (6): 2002, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017

Continental[]

CECAFA Club Championship[7]

  • Champions (5): 1975, 1993, 1999, 2011, 2012
  • Runners-up (3): 1976, 1986, 1992

Performance in CAF competitions[]

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 – First Round
    2021 - 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
2007 – Intermediate Round
2008 – First Round
2011 – Preliminary Round
2016 – Group stage
2018 – Group stage
1994 – First Round
1999 – First Round
1995 – Quarter-finals
2000 – First Round

References[]

  1. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Tanzania - Yanga name Nabi a.k.a Angu as new coach". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  2. ^ "presstz.net - presstz Resources and Information". ww1.presstz.net. Retrieved 2020-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Tanzania's Yanga SC signs consultancy deal with La Liga". www.consultancy.africa. 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  4. ^ "YANGA". yangasc.co.tz. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  5. ^ "Tanzania - List of Champions". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  6. ^ a b c d "Tanzania - List of Cup Winners". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  7. ^ "CECAFA Club Championship". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  8. ^ "CAF - News Center - News - NewsDetails". www.cafonline.com. Retrieved 2020-10-02.

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