Young Africans FC
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| Full name | Young Africans Sports Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Vyura / Wazee wa 4G |
| Founded | 11 February 1935 |
| Ground |
National Stadium Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
| Capacity | 60,000 |
| Chairman |
 Yusuf Manji |
| Head Coach |
 George Lwandamina
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| League | Tanzanian Premier League |
| 2015-16 | 1st |
| Website | Club home page |
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: 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
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