Young African FC
Namibian football club
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Young African FC is a Namibian football club playing in the Namibia Premiership and is based in Gobabis. It was founded in 2013 by former Namibian international Maleagi Ngarizemo.
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| Full name | Young African Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 2013[1] | ||
| Ground | Legare Stadium, Gobabis | ||
| Chairman | Maleagi Ngarizemo | ||
| League | Namibia Premiership | ||
| 2025–26 | 12th | ||
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History
The club was promoted to the Namibia Premier League in 2016, however this season was cancelled due to conflicts between the clubs and the Namibia Premier League.
Young African won the 2017 Namibia Cup, defeating Mighty Gunners 3–2 in the final.[2]
Young African played 8 games of the 2018/19 season before being expelled as they "registered a player with false identification details as well as contravened rule 52.4 of the NPL Football Manual on Rules and Regulation for corrupt, dishonest or unlawful practice"[3] upon appeal to the Namibia Football Association the club was reinstated to the Premier league but had to pay a N$100,000 fine [4]
League results
| Season | League | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 2013–14 | Cattle Country Football league[5] | 1st [6] |
| 2014–15 | Southern First Division league [7] | ? |
| 2015–16 | Southern First Division league | 1st[8] |
| 2016–17 | Namibia Premier League | Cancelled[9] |
| 2017–18 | Namibia Premier League | 5th[10] |
| 2018–19 | Namibia Premier League | Expelled[11] |
| 2019–20 | No League | |
| 2020–21 | No League | |
| 2021–22 | No League | |
| 2022–23 | Namibia Premier Football League | 9th[12] |
| 2023–24 | Namibia Premiership | 10th[13] |
| 2024–25 | Namibia Premiership | 2nd[14] |
Achievements
- Namibian Cup:
- 2017: Winner[2]
- Standard Bank Cup
- Dr Hage Geingob Cup
Performance in CAF competitions
Matches
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2025-26 | CAF Confederation Cup | 1 |  Royal Leopards |
0 – 2 | 0 – 2 | 0 – 7 |