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Young African FC

Full name	Young African Football Club
Founded	2013
Ground	Legare Stadium, Gobabis
Chairman	Maleagi Ngarizemo
League	Namibia Premiership
Home colours Away colours

Young African FC is a Namibian football club playing in the Namibia Premier Football League and is based in Gobabis. It was founded in 2013 by former Namibian international Maleagi Ngarizemo.

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.

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" upon appeal to the Namibia Football Association the club was reinstated to the Premier league but had to pay a N$100,000 fine

Performance

Achievements

• Namibian Cup:
• 2017: Winner
• Standard Bank Cup
• Dr Hage Geingob Cup

Performance in CAF competitions

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References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20230516114426/https://www.facebook.com/FCYOUNGAFRICAN/about_details<
2. ^ "African edge Gunners to win Debmarine Namibia Cup - Namibia Football Association". Archived from the original on 2017-12-04. Retrieved 2023-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
3. "FINED, RELEGATED – YOUNG AFRICAN FC SING THE BLUES". economist.na. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09.
4. "It was a long and draining process – Ngarizemo…as Young African FC is thrown lifeline". neweralive.na. Archived from the original on 2021-08-05.
5. "Namibia 2022/23". www.rsssf.org.
6. "Namibia 2018/19". www.rsssf.org.
7. "Namibia 2017/18". www.rsssf.org.
8. "Namibia 2016/17". www.rsssf.org.
9. "Young african gains promotion". www.namibiansun.com. 26 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2023-05-14.
10. "Facebook post from club". www.facebook.com.
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External links

• Facebook Page
• Instagram Page

• Football clubs in Namibia
• Namibia Premier Football League clubs