Young Africans Sports Club, commonly referred as Yanga is a Tanzanian professional football club based in

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, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Founded in 1935, the club play their home games at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium. Nicknamed "Yanga" (Young Boys), the club has won 28 league titles and number of domestic cups, and have participated in multiple CAF Champions League editions. They have won the CECAFA Club Championship five times. The club became a symbol of the anti-colonial movement. Young Africans became associated with nationalists and freedom fighters, and inspired the political party

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to adopt yellow and green as their primary colours. The club is currently in a process that will keep the club ownership 49% for investors and the rest 51% to the club members. The club holds a long-standing rivalry with their cross-city rivals

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, whom they contest the Dar es Salaam (better known as Kariakoo) derby. The rivalry was ranked 5th as one of the most famous African derbies.

History

The club's roots can be traced as far back as 1910s, but the officially recognised history of the club started in 1935 when Dar es Salaam residents, who were grouped as Africans by the colonial administration in Tanganyika, decided to form a football club to compete in a league which was full of "non-African" football clubs. The name New Young is said to be the club's first name. Later it was replaced by the name Dar es Salaam Young Africans SC, and eventually the name changed to Young Africans Sports Club. After 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. (currently

). The two teams, Young Africans and Simba, have been rivals ever since. In 2020 Yanga signed a consultancy deal with

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. On May 27, the members of the club agreed to change their club's ruling structure to allow private investments from other companies.

Colours and badge

File:Young Africans.jpg, The old crest File:Young Africans SC (logo).png, The present crest

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Honours

Domestic

Tanzanian Premier League The Tanzania Mainland Premier League () is the top-level professional football league in Tanzania and is administered by the Tanzania Football Federation. History The league was first organised in 1921 in Dar es Salaam. By 1929, it had six part ...

* Champions (28): 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1981, 1983, 1985,1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021–22 Nyerere Cup * Champions (3): 1975, 1994, 1999 *''Runners-up (1):'' 2001 FAT Cup * Champions (2): 2015–16, 2021/22 * ''Runners-up (1):'' 1996, 2021 Tusker Cup * Champions (7):1986,1992,1987,2000,2005,2007, 2009 * ''Runners-up (3):'' 2001, 2002, 2005.

Mapinduzi Cup The Mapinduzi Cup is a top knockout football tournament in Zanzibar. Mapinduzi meaning Revolution in recognition of the Zanzibar Revolution. The Mapinduzi Cup is a tournament created by the Zanzibar Football Federation to commemorate Zanzibar's R ...

* Champions (3): 2003,2004, 2021 * ''Runners-up (1):'' 2011 Community Shield * Champions (8): 2001, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021,2022 * ''Runners-up (6):'' 2002, 2005,2013,2009, 2011, 2016, 2017

Continental

CECAFA Club Championship * Champions (5): 1975, 1993, 1999, 2011,

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*''Runners-up (3):'' 1976, 1986, 1992

Performance in CAF competitions

* CAF Champions League: 15 appearances ::

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– Preliminary Round ::

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

– Group stage (Top 8) :: 2001 – Second Round :: 2006 – Preliminary Round :: 2007 – Second Round :: 2009 – First Round :: 2010 – Preliminary Round ::

– Preliminary Round ::

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– First Round ::

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– Second Round ::

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– First Round ::

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– First Round ::

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– * African Cup of Champions Clubs: 11 appearances ::

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

– Quarter-finals ::

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– Quarter-finals :: 1971 – withdrew in Second Round ::

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– First Round ::

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

– First Round ::

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

– Second Round :: 1982 – Second Round ::

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

– First Round ::

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– First Round :: 1992 – First Round :: 1996 – Preliminary Round * CAF Confederation Cup: 5 appearances :: 2007 – Intermediate Round ::

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– First Round :: 2011 – Preliminary Round ::

– Group stage (Top 8) ::

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– Group stage (Top 16) *

CAF Cup The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runners-up of member associations who have not qualified to the pre-existing CAF international club competition the African Cup of Champions Clubs. History The tou ...

: 2 appearances ::1994 – First Round ::1999 – First Round * CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances ::1995 – Quarter-finals ::2000 – First Round

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Young Africans SC Sport in Dar es Salaam 1935 establishments in Tanganyika Association football clubs established in 1935