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Young Africans

Young Africans
Young Africans SC (logo).png
Full name Young Africans Sports Club
Nickname(s) Timu ya wananchi .
Founded 11 February 1935
Ground National Stadium
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Ground Capacity 60,000
Chairman Tanzania Yusuf Manji
Head Coach Zambia George Lwandamina
League Tanzanian Premier League
2015-16 1st
Website www.youngafricans.co.tz

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. 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.

Old crest

Present crest

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

In the Tanzania VPL, only Seven non-Tanzanian nationals can be registered.

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

Coach: Zambia George Lwandamina
Assistant Coach:Tanzania Juma Mwambusi
Goalkeeper Coach: Tanzania Juma Pondamali
Doctor:Tanzania Dr Edward Bavu
Team Manager:Tanzania Hafidh Saleh
Physiotherapist:Tanzania Jacob Onyango
Kit Manager: Tanzania Mahmod Omar


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