Yadah Stars F.C. Explained

Clubname:Yadah Stars FC
Fullname:Yadah Stars Football Club
Nickname:Miracle Boys, The Stars
Founded:[1]
Ground:National Sports Stadium, Harare[2]
Capacity:80,000
Chairman:Walter Magaya[3]
Coach:Jairos Tapera[4]
League:Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
Season:2023
Position:14th
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Yadah Stars FC are a football club from Harare, Zimbabwe currently playing in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League, the top flight of Zimbabwean football.

Yadah Stars were the first church-owned football team to reach the Zimbabwe top flight after they won the 2016 Zifa Division One Eastern Region.[5] However, the church pulled out of sponsorship after the 2017 season.[6]

History

Yadah FC was originally formed as Gunners in 2005 by Cuthbert Chitima. Gunners was later on purchased by Walter Magaya in 2014.[7] Magaya entered into a partnership with the then President Cuthbert Chitima. The team's name was changed to Yadah Gunners. They were relegated from the Premier soccer league to division 1 in 2012, which led to legendary player and coach, Moses Chunga, deciding to take time off football then returning again to coach Harare City Football Club. Yadah Stars regained promotion to the Premier League when they triumphed in the ZIFA Eastern Region Division One in their first season in that league in 2016 under the guidance of coach Kuda Masaraure. In 2017, the club appointed Jairos Tapera as the head coach.

Current squad

As of 2024

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League . 26 January 2019 . 27 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190127035426/http://premierleague.co.zw/clubs/yadah-fc . live .
  2. Web site: Yadah FC. soccerway.com. 28 December 2018. 29 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181229032715/https://us.soccerway.com/teams/zimbabwe/yadah/38666/. live.
  3. Web site: Zimbabwe Chronicle . 26 January 2019 . 27 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190127094247/https://www.chronicle.co.zw/big-challenge-for-non-corporate-backed-clubs/ . live .
  4. Web site: Zimbabwe Standard. 2017-05-07. 26 January 2019. 27 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190127035227/https://www.thestandard.co.zw/2017/05/07/magayas-gamble-backfires/. live.
  5. Web site: Congratulations Yadah Stars. 28 December 2018. 29 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181229031329/https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/congratulations-yadah-stars. live.
  6. Web site: Magaya pulls out of Yadah Stars. 28 December 2018. 29 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181229032708/https://www.herald.co.zw/magaya-pulls-out-of-yadah-stars/. live.
  7. Web site: Not found . 2023-03-06 . www.thehararetimes.com . 12 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210212133946/http://www.thehararetimes.com/2015/01/prophet-magaya-to-buy-gunners-football.html . dead .
  8. Web site: Yadah FC - Pindula . 10 January 2019 . 2 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181202024754/https://www.pindula.co.zw/Yadah%20FC . live .