THE HISTORY OF YOUNG AFRICANS S.C.

Young Africans S.C.

Young Africans

Full name	Young Africans Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Yanga
Founded	1935
Ground	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (capacity: 60,000)
Coach	Ernie Brandts
League	Tanzanian Premier League
2011−12	3rd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

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 and green. Yanga has won more Tanzanian Premier League titles (i.e. 23 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.

Contents 1 Achievements 2 Performance in CAF competitions 3 Current squad 4 Notable former players 5 Technical Bench 6 Club Leadership 7 2011/2012 Season Violence 8 External links 9 References

Achievements

• Tanzanian Premier League: 23

1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011.

• Tanzanian Cup: 4

1975, 1994, 1999, 2000.

• CECAFA Club Cup/Kagame Interclub Cup: 5

1975, 1993, 1999, 2011, 2012

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 8 appearances

1997 - Preliminary Round 1998 - Group Stage 2001 - Second Round

2006 - Preliminary Round 2007 - Second Round 2009 - First Round

2010 - Preliminary Round 2012 -

• 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: 3 appearances

2007 - Intermediate Round

2008 - Second Round

2011 - Preliminary Round

• 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 has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Ally Mustapha 2 DF Shadrack Nsajigwa (Captain) 3 DF Stephano Mwasika 4 DF Oscar Joshua 5 DF Kelvin Yondan 6 MF Omega Seme 7 MF Nizar Khalfan 8 MF Haruna Niyonzima 10 FW Jeryson Tegete 11 FW Said Bahanunzi 12 MF Idrisa Rashid 13 MF Juma Seif 14 DF Juma Abdul 15 MF Shamte Ally

No. Position Player 16 MF Rashid Gumbo 17 DF Godfrey Taita 18 MF Frank Domayo - Youth team (Under 20) 19 GK Yaw Berko 20 FW Hamis Kizza 21 FW Didier Kavimbagu 22 MF Nurdin Bakari 23 DF Nadir Haroub (Asst Captain) 24 MF Athuman Idd 25 DF Ibrahim Job 26 MF Salum Telela 27 FW Saimon Msuva - Youth team (Under 20) 28 DF Ladislaus Mbogo 29 DF David Luhende 30 GK Said Mohamed 31 DF Mbuyu Twite

Notable former players

• Shabani Nonda
• Sekilojo Chambua
• Edibily Jonas Lunyamila
• Said Maulid a.k.a SMG
• Kenneth Mkapa
• Mohammed Hussein Mmachinga
• Credo Mwaipopo
• Said Mwamba Kizota
• Mrisho Ngasa
• Kali Ongala
• Abubakar Mtiro
• Fred Mbuna
• Peter Manyika

Technical Bench

Coach:Ernst Brandts
Assistant Coach: Fred Felix Minziro
Goalkeeper Coach: Mfaume Athumani
Doctor: Dr. Suphian Juma
Physiotherapist: Jacob Onyango
Kit Manager: Mahamoud Omari
Team Manager: Hafidh Saleh

Club Leadership

Chairman: Tanzania Tycoon-Yusuf Manji
Vice Chairman: Clement Sanga
Act General Secretary: Lawrence Mwalusako
Club Information Officer:
Director of Finance & Administration: Dennis Oundo
Clerical Oddicer: Tonny Shabuke

2011/2012 Season Violence

During a match with Azam FC on 10 March 2012 in which Yanga lost 3-1, five of the team's players were fined and banned by the Tanzania Football Federation for assaulting the referee during the game. Stephano Mwasika was found guilty of directly punching the referee, was handed a 1 year ban and a 1 million shilling fine by the federation. Nurdin Bakari and Omega Seme were fined half a million shillings and handed with three match bans. Jerry Tegete was banned for six months and assistant captain Nadir Haroub was ordered to serve six-match ban. The club itself had to part with half million for crowd trouble caused by their fans during the match. An additional half million shillings fine was also been imposed on the club after more than five of their players were yellow carded during the game^.