Young Africans S.C.
This article is about the Tanzanian football club.
For the Kenyan football club, see
Yanga F.C..
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)
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
Achievements
Yanga Office
- 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011,2013
- 1975, 1994, 1999, 2000.
- 1975, 1993, 1999, 2011, 2012
Performance in CAF competitions
- 1997 - Preliminary Round
- 1998 - Group Stage
- 2001 - Second Round
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- 2006 - Preliminary Round
- 2007 - Second Round
- 2009 - First Round
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- 2010 - Preliminary Round
- 2012 - Preliminary Round
- 2014 - First Round
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- African Cup of Champions Clubs: 11 appearances
- 1969 - Quarter-Finals
- 1970 - Quarter-Finals
- 1971 - withdrew in Second Round
- 1972 - First Round
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- 1973 - First Round
- 1975 - Second Round
- 1982 - Second Round
- 1984 - First Round
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- 1988 - First Round
- 1992 - First Round
- 1996 - Preliminary Round
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- 2007 - Intermediate Round
- 2008 - First Round
- 2011 - Preliminary Round
- 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.
Foreigners
In the Tanzania VPL, only five non-Tanzanian nationals can be registered.
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. |
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Position |
Player
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| 36 |
 |
MF |
Shaban Shabanl
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| 33 |
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DF |
Amos Abel
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| 44 |
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MF |
Mwinyi Ndimbo |
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| No. |
|
Position |
Player
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| 35 |
|
DF |
Issa Ngao
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| 34 |
|
DF |
Bennito Michael
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| 40 |
|
FW |
Hamis Issa |
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Notable former players
Technical Bench
Coach: 
Hans Van De Pluijm
Assistant Coach: Charles Boniface Mkwasa
Assistant Coach: Salvatory Edward
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: Dr. Jonas Tiboroha
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
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Andrey Coutinho
Kpah Sherman
Mbuyu Twite
Haruna Niyonzima
Hamis Tambwe