Ground Capacity 60,000 Website Club home page Head coach George Lwandamina Manager George Lwandamina | 2015-16 1st Arena/Stadium National Stadium Founded 11 February 1935 Chairman Yusuf Manji | |
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Full name Young Africans Sports Club Ground National StadiumDar es Salaam, Tanzania | ||
Young africans sports club
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.
Contents
- Young africans sports club
- Achievements
- Performance in CAF competitions
- Current squad
- Foreigners
- Younger Africans
- Technical Bench
- Club Leadership
- References
The team's colors are yellow, green and black. Yanga has won more Tanzanian Premier League titles (i.e. 26 titles) than their arch rivals Simba SC (18).
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.
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.
Achievements
Performance in CAF competitions
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.
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: George Lwandamina
Assistant Coach: Juma Mwambusi
Goalkeeper Coach: Juma Pondamali
Doctor: Dr Edward Bavu
Team Manager: Hafidh Saleh
Physiotherapist: Jacob Onyango
Kit Manager: Mahmod Omar
Club Leadership
Chairman: Yusuf Manji
Vice Chairman: Clement Sanga
General Secretary: Charles Boniface Mkwasa
Club Information Officer: Jerry Muro
Director of Finance & Administration: Baraka Deusdedit
Club Accountant Officer:
Secretary: