2025–26 Young Africans SC season

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Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
18 July 2025	MF	Balla Moussa Conté	CS Sfaxien	Undisclosed	[1][2]
22 July 2025	MF	Offen Chikola	Tabora United	Undisclosed	[3]
23 July 2025	MF	Abdulnasir Mohamed Casemiro	Mlandege	Undisclosed	[4]
25 July 2025	MF	Lassine Kouma	Stade Malien	Undisclosed	[5]
27 July 2025	DF	Abubakar Ninju	JKU	Undisclosed
31 July 2025	FW	Andy Boyeli	Sekhukhune United	Loan	[6][7]
1 August 2025	FW	Célestin Ecua	Zoman FC	Undisclosed	[8][9]
3 July 2025	FW	Mohamed Doumbia	Majestic	Undisclosed	[10][11]
6 August 2025	DF	Mohamed Zimbwe jr	Simba	Free	[12][13]
15 August 2025	MF	Edmund John	Singida Black stars	Undisclosed
21 August 2025	DF	Frank Assinki	Singida Black stars	Loan	[14][15]

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More information Date, Pos. ...

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
24 May 2025	MF	Stephane Aziz Ki	Wydad AC	Undisclosed	[16][17]
30 July 2025	MF	Khalid Aucho	Singida Black Stars	Free	[18]
30 July 2025	MF	Clatous Chama	Singida Black Stars	Free
30 July 2025	MF	Jonas Mkude	Free Agent	End of contract
30 July 2025	FW	Jonathan Ikangalombo	Free Agent	Undisclosed
30 July 2025	DF	Nickson Kibabage	Singida Black Stars	Undisclosed
30 July 2025	FW	Kennedy Musonda	Hapoel Ramat Gan	Free	[19]

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Current squad

As of 12 September 2025

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

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No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  TAN Khomeny Abubakary 39 GK  MLI Djigui Diarra 2 MF  TAN Aziz Andabwile 23 DF  COD Shedrak Boka 3 DF  TAN Bakari Mwamnyeto (captain) 4 DF  TAN Ibrahim Hamad 5 DF  TAN Dickson Job (vice-captain) 33 DF  TAN Israel Mwenda 36 DF  GHA Frank Assinki 27 MF  TAN Mudathir Yahya 7 MF  COD Maxi Nzengeli — DF  TAN Abubakar Ninju 15 DF  TAN Mohamed Husseini 8 MF  MLI Lassine Kouma

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  COD Andey Boyeli 38 MF  KEN Duke Abuya 31 FW  TAN Offen Chikola 14 FW  TAN Denis Nkane 22 MF  TAN Sheikhan Ibrahim 24 FW  TAN Clement Mzize 29 FW  ZIM Prince Dube 12 FW  TAN Faridi Mussa 20 DF  TAN Kibwana Shomari 16 GK  TAN Abuutwalib Mshery 6 MF  GUI Balla Conte 11 FW  CHA Celectin Ecua 19 MF  CIV Mohamed Doumbia 26 MF  TAN Edmund John — MF  TAN Abdulnassir Casemiro 18 MF  TAN Salum Abubakar

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Overall

Tanzanian Premier League

Score overview

  Win   Draw   Loss

More information Opposition, Home score ...

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Aggregate score	Double
Azam
Coastal Union
Dodoma Jiji
Fountain Gate	2–0
JKT Tanzania
KMC	4–1
Mashujaa	6–0
Mbeya City		0–0
Mtibwa Sugar	2–0
Namungo
Pamba	3–0
Prisons
Simba
Singida Black Stars
Tabora United

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Matches

The league schedule was released on 29 August 2025

Young Africans v Pamba

24 September 2025 Round 2	Young Africans	3–0	Pamba	Dar es Salaam
19:00 UTC+3	Lassine Kouma 45+4',  47' Maxi Nzegeli 62' Mudathir Yahya 90'	Report	Abdalla Sebo  32'	Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium Referee: Abdi Wajihi

Mbeya City v Young Africans

29 September 2025 Round 3	Mbeya City	0–0	Young Africans	mbeya
16:15 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Sokoine Stadium

Young Africans v Mtibwa Sugar

10 October 2025 Round 1	Young Africans	2–0	Mtibwa Sugar	Dar es Salaam
16:00 UTC+3	Zimbwe jr 39' Ecua 83'	Report		Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

Tanzania Prisons v Young Africans

TBC Round 4	Tanzania Prisons	v	Young Africans	mbeya
--:-- UTC+3				Stadium: Sokoine Stadium

Young Africans v KMC

9 November 2025 Round 5	Young Africans	4–1	KMC	Dar es Salaam
16:00 UTC+3	Maxi Nzegeli 37' Pacóme Zouzoua 72' Andy Boyeli 82' (pen.), 90+4'	Report	Darueshi Saliboko 43'	Stadium: KMC Complex

Namungo v Young Africans

4 December 2025 Round 10	Namungo	v	Young Africans	Lindi
19:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Majaliwa Stadium

Coastal Union v Young Africans

10 December 2025 Round 6	Coastal Union	v	Young Africans	Tanga
19:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Mkwakwani Stadium

Young Africans v Simba

13 December 2025 Round 7	Young Africans	v	Simba	Dar es Salaam
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

Young Africans v Dodoma Jiji

18 February 2026 Round 8	Young Africans	v	Dodoma Jiji	Dar es Salaam
19:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

Singida Black Stars v Young Africans

23 February 2026 Round 9	Singida Black Stars	v	Young Africans	Singida
16:15 UTC+3				Stadium: CCM Liti Stadium

Young Africans v Mashujaa

26 February 2026 Round 11	Young Africans	v	Mashujaa	Dar es Salaam
19:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

Young Africans v Fountain Gate

1 March 2026 Round 12	Young Africans	v	Fountain Gate	Dar es Salaam
18:30 UTC+3				Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

Azam v Young Africans

TBC Round 13	Azam	v	Young Africans	Dar es Salaam
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: Chamazi Stadium

Tabora United v Young Africans

TBC Round 14	Tabora United	v	Young Africans	Tabora
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: Ali Hassan Mwinyi Stadium

Young Africans v JKT Tanzania

TBC Round 15	Young Africans	v	JKT Tanzania	Dar es Salaam
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

Mtibwa Sugar v Young Africans

TBV Round 16	Mtibwa Sugar	v	Young Africans	Morogoro
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: Jamhuri Stadium (Morogoro)

Pamba v Young Africans

4 March 2026 Round 17	Pamba	v	Young Africans	Mwanza
16:15 UTC+3				Stadium: CCM Kirumba Stadium

Young Africans v Mbeya City

TBC Round 18	Young Africans	v	Mbeya City	Dar es Salaam
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

Young Africans v Tanzania Prisons

TBC Round 19	Young Africans	v	Tanzania Prisons	Dar es Salaam
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

KMC v Young Africans

TBC Round 20	KMC	v	Young Africans	Dar es Salaam
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: KMC Complex

Young Africans v Coastal Union

TBC Round 21	Young Africans	v	Coastal Union	Dar es Salaam
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

Simba v Young Africans

4 April 2026 Round 22	Simba	v	Young Africans	TBC
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: TBC

Dodoma Jiji v Young Africans

TBC Round 23	Dodoma Jiji	v	Young Africans	Dodoma
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: Jamhuri Stadium (Dodoma)

Young Africans v Singida Black Stars

TBC Round 24	Young Africans	v	Singida Black Stars	Dar es Salaam
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

Young Africans v Namungo

TBC Round 25	Young Africans	v	Namungo	Dar es Salaam
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

Mashujaa FC v Young Africans

TBC Round 26	Mashujaa FC	v	Young Africans	Kigoma
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: Lake Tanganyika Stadium

Fountain Gate v Young Africans

TBC Round 27	Fountain Gate	v	Young Africans	Manyara
TBC UTC+3				Stadium: Tanzanite Kwaraa

Young Africans v Azam

14 May 2026 Round 28	Young Africans	v	Azam	Dar es Salaam
16:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

Young Africans v Tabora United

20 May 2026 Round 29	Young Africans	v	Tabora United	Dar es Salaam
16:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

JKT Tanzania v Young Africans

23 May 2026 Round 30	JKT Tanzania	v	Young Africans	Dar es Salaam
16:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Mej.Gen.isamuhyo Stadium

Community Shield

CRDB Bank Federation Cup

Muungano Cup

CAF Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2025–26 CAF Champions League group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 3 November 2025, 12:00 GMT (14:00 local time, UTC+2), in Johannesburg, South Africa.^[23]

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AHL	ASFAR	YNG	JSK
1	Al Ahly	6	2	4	0	8	3	+5	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–0	2–0	4–1
2	AS FAR	6	2	3	1	3	2	+1	9			1–1	—	1–0	1–0
3	Young Africans	6	2	2	2	5	4	+1	8			1–1	1–0	—	3–0
4	JS Kabylie	6	0	3	3	1	8	−7	3			0–0	0–0	0–0	—

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Young Africans v AS FAR

21–22 November 2025 Round 1	Young Africans	v	AS FAR	Dar es Salaam
--:-- UTC+3				Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

JS Kabylie v Young Africans

28–29 November 2025 Round 2	JS Kabylie	v	Young Africans	Tizi Ouzou
--:-- UTC+1				Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium

Al Ahly v Young Africans

23–24 January 2026 Round 3	Al Ahly	v	Young Africans	Cairo
--:-- UTC+2				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Young Africans v Al Ahly

30–31 January 2026 Round 4	Young Africans	v	Al Ahly	Dar es Salaam
--:-- UTC+3				Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

AS FAR v Young Africans

6–7 February 2026 Round 5	AS FAR	v	Young Africans	Rabat
--:-- UTC+1				Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium

Young Africans v JS Kabylie

13–14 February 2026 Round 6	Young Africans	v	JS Kabylie	Dar es Salaam
--:-- UTC+3				Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium

Squad statistics

As of 7 November 2025

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		NBC Premier League		CAF Champions League		CRDB Bank Federation Cup		Muungano Cup		Community Shield
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Khomeny Abubakary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK		Abuib Mshery	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	GK		Djigui Diarra	9	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
3	DF		Bakari Mwamnyeto	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Ibrahim Bacca	6	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF		Dickson Job	8	1	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	DF		Mohamed Zimbwe jr	6	1	3	1	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
20	DF		Kibwana Shomari	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Shedrak Boka	7	0	1+2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	DF		Israel Mwenda	8	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
36	DF		Frank Assinki	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF		Abubakar Ninju	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Kouassi Attohoula Yao	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
2	MF		Aziz Andambwile	8	2	1+2	0	3+1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	MF		Balla Conte	4	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
7	MF		Maxi Nzegeli	9	2	4	2	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF		Lassine Kouma	4	1	1+2	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Pacòme ZouZoua	8	4	2+1	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
18	MF		Sure Boy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Mohamed Doumbia	8	0	3+1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
22	MF		Sheikhan Ibrahim	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Mudathir Yahya	5	1	0+1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
38	MF		Duke Abuya	8	0	3	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
35	MF		Abdulnasir Casemiro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Andey Boyeli	7	2	2+2	2	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Cèlectin Ecua	6	1	1+2	1	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
12	FW		Faridi Mussa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Denis Nkane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW		Clement Mzize	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
26	FW		Edmund John	7	1	2+1	0	0+4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW		Prince Dube	8	1	2+2	0	2+1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	FW		Offen Chikola	4	0	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Top Scorer

As of 9 November 2025

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Rank	Player	NBC Premier	FA	CCL	Muungano	Community Shield	Total
1	Pacóme ZouZoua	1	0	2	0	1	4
7	Maxi Nzegeli	2	0	0	0	0	2
2	Aziz Andabwile	0	0	2	0	0	2
3	Andy Boyeli	2	0	0	0	0	2
4	Prince Dube	0	0	1	0	0	1
5	Edmund John	0	0	1	0	0	1
6	Lassine Kouma	1	0	0	0	0	1
8	Mudathir Yahya	1	0	0	0	0	1
9	Zimbwe	1	0	0	0	0	1
10	Celéctin Ecúa	1	0	0	0	0	1
11	Job	0	0	1	0	0	1
Total		9	0	7	0	1	17

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Clean sheets

As of 9 November 2025

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Rank	Player	NBC Premier	FA	CCL	Muungano	Community Shield	Total
1	Djigui Diarra	3	0	3	0	1	7
Total		3	0	3	0	1	7

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Assist

As of 9 November 2025

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Rank	Player	NBC Premier	FA	CCL	Muungano	Total
1	Maxi Nzegeli	2	0	2	0	4
2	Celéctin Ecua	1	0	1	0	2
3	Pacóme Zouzoua	2	0	0	0	2
4	Edmund John	1	0	0	0	1
5	Mohamed Zimbwe	1	0	0	0	1
6	Offen Chikola	0	0	1	0	1
7	Andy Boyeli	0	0	1	0	1
8	Mohamed Doumbia	0	0	1	0	1
9	Duke Abuya	1	0	0	0	1
10	Israh Mwenda	1	0	0	0	1
Total		9	0	6	0	15

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Goal Contributions

As of 9 November 2025

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Rank	Player	Goal	Assist	Total
1	Maxi Nzegeli	2	5	7
2	Pacóme Zouzoua	4	2	6
3	Andy Boyeli	2	1	3
4	Aziz Andabwile	2	0	2
5	Edmund John	1	1	2
Total		11	9	20

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Disciplinary record

As of 19 September 2025

N	P	Nat.	Name	NBC Premier			FA			CCL			Muungano			Total			Notes
38	MF		Duke Abuya							1						1
8	MF		Lassine Kouma	1												1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Player of the Matchday

More information Month(s), Competition(s) ...

Month(s)	Competition(s)	Player(s)	Opponent(s)
September	Community Shield	Pacóme Zouzoua	Simba
	Premier League	Maxi Nzegeli	Pamba Jiji

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Monthly awards

More information Month, Player of the Month ...

Month	Player of the Month
	Fan's	Premier League
September		Djigui Diarra

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