Young Africans Sports Club, also known as Yanga, is a Tanzanian football club based in Twiga Street, Jangwani, Dar es Salaam. The club's home games are played at the National Stadium. It is one of the two biggest football clubs in Tanzanian football
Subsequent to 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. The name was later changed to Sunderland and then to Simba S.C. which is the club's current name.
The two teams, Young Africans S.C. (Yanga) and Simba S.C. have been rivals ever since. The teams make up one of the most entertaining, eye-catching and talked about derbies in Africa. Young Africans has won more derby matches than Simba.
The team's colours are yellow, green and black. Yanga has won more Tanzanian Premier League titles (27 titles) than any other Tanzanian football club.
Young Africans S.C. is the most successful Tanzanian football club in terms of trophies, with 27 premier league titles as of 2017. The club has also secured several other international trophies as CECAFA cup.
In February 1974 Young Africans played a 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. Other prominent players who have played for Yanga are Elias Michael (goalkeeper), Maulid Dilunga, Sunday Manara "Computer" and Kassim Manara.
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Crest
Maps Young Africans S.C.
Achievements
- Tanzania Mainland Premier League: 27
- 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, 2016-17
- Tanzanian Cup: 4
- 1975, 1994, 1999, 2015-16
- 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
- African Cup of Champions Clubs: 11 appearances
- CAF Confederation Cup: 4 appearances
- 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.
Foreigners
In the Tanzania VPL, only Seven non-Tanzanian nationals can be registered.
- Amissi Tambwe
- Klaus Nkinzi Kindoki
- Heritier Makambo
- Thaban Kamusoko
- Papy Kabamba Tshishimbi
Younger Africans
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Technical bench
Coach: Zahera Mwinyi
Assistant Coach: Shadrack Nsajigwa "Fuso"
Goalkeeper Coach: Juma Pondamali
Doctor: Dr Edward Bavu
Team Manager: Nadir Haroub "Canavaro"
Physiotherapist: Jacob Onyango
Kit Manager: Mahmod Omar
Club leadership
Acting Chairman: Abbas Tarimba
Vice Chairman: none
General Secretary:
Club Information Officer: Dismas Ten
Director of Finance & Administration: Club Accountant Officer: Justina Ernest
Secretary:
External links
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