Young African FC explained

Clubname:Young African FC
Fullname:Young African Football Club
Founded:2013[1]
Ground:Legare Stadium, Gobabis
Chairman:Maleagi Ngarizemo
League:Namibia Premiership
Season:2022–23
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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.[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]

Performance

Season League Place
2022/23 Namibia Premier Football League 9th[5]
2021/22 No League
2020/21 No League
2019/20 No League
2018/19 Namibia Premier League Expelled[6]
2017/18 Namibia Premier League 5th[7]
2016/17 Namibia Premier League Cancelled[8]
2015/16 Southern First Division league 1st[9]
2014/15 Southern First Division league [10] ?
2013/14 Cattle Country Football league[11] 1st [12]

Achievements

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20230516114426/https://www.facebook.com/FCYOUNGAFRICAN/about_details<
  2. Web site: African edge Gunners to win Debmarine Namibia Cup - Namibia Football Association . 2023-05-11 . 2017-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171204223145/http://www.nfa.org.na/?q=node/4194 . bot: unknown .
  3. Web site: FINED, RELEGATED – YOUNG AFRICAN FC SING THE BLUES. economist.na. https://web.archive.org/web/20221209032947/https://economist.com.na/41410/sport/fined-relegated-young-african-fc-sing-the-blues/ . 2022-12-09 .
  4. Web site: It was a long and draining process – Ngarizemo…as Young African FC is thrown lifeline. neweralive.na. https://web.archive.org/web/20210805081704/https://neweralive.na/posts/it-was-a-long-and-draining-process-ngarizemoas-young-african-fc-is-thrown-lifeline . 2021-08-05 .
  5. Web site: Namibia 2022/23. www.rsssf.org.
  6. Web site: Namibia 2018/19. www.rsssf.org.
  7. Web site: Namibia 2017/18. www.rsssf.org.
  8. Web site: Namibia 2016/17. www.rsssf.org.
  9. Web site: Young african gains promotion. www.namibiansun.com. 26 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514111458/https://www.namibiansun.com/news/young-african-gains-promotion . 2023-05-14 .
  10. Web site: Facebook post from club. www.facebook.com.
  11. Web site: Facebook post from club. www.facebook.com.
  12. Web site: Facebook post from club. www.facebook.com.