{{Short description|Namibian football club}}
{{Infobox football club | clubname = Young African FC | image = Young_African_FC_Logo.png | upright = 0.9 | fullname = Young African Football Club | nickname = | founded = 2013<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20230516114426/https://www.facebook.com/FCYOUNGAFRICAN/about_details</ref> | ground = Legare Stadium, Gobabis | capacity = | chairman = Maleagi Ngarizemo | manager = | league = Namibia Premiership | season = 2024–25 | position = 2nd | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = ff0000 | body1 = ff0000 | rightarm1 = ff0000 | shorts1 = ff0000 | socks1 = ff0000 | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = ffffff | body2 = ffffff | rightarm2 = ffffff | shorts2 = ffffff | socks2 = ffffff }}
'''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.
==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.<ref name="2017_cup">{{Cite web |title=African edge Gunners to win Debmarine Namibia Cup - Namibia Football Association |url=http://www.nfa.org.na/?q=node/4194 |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-date=2017-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204223145/http://www.nfa.org.na/?q=node/4194 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
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"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economist.com.na/41410/sport/fined-relegated-young-african-fc-sing-the-blues/|title=FINED, RELEGATED – YOUNG AFRICAN FC SING THE BLUES|website=economist.na|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209032947/https://economist.com.na/41410/sport/fined-relegated-young-african-fc-sing-the-blues/ |archive-date=2022-12-09 }}</ref> upon appeal to the Namibia Football Association the club was reinstated to the Premier league but had to pay a N$100,000 fine <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://neweralive.na/posts/it-was-a-long-and-draining-process-ngarizemoas-young-african-fc-is-thrown-lifeline|title=It was a long and draining process – Ngarizemo…as Young African FC is thrown lifeline|website=neweralive.na|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805081704/https://neweralive.na/posts/it-was-a-long-and-draining-process-ngarizemoas-young-african-fc-is-thrown-lifeline |archive-date=2021-08-05 }}</ref>
==League results== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season !! League !! Place |- | 2013–14 || Cattle Country Football league<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/FCYOUNGAFRICAN/posts/458517680934728|title=Facebook post from club|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> || 1st <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/FCYOUNGAFRICAN/posts/575773832542445|title=Facebook post from club|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> |- | 2014–15 || Southern First Division league <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/FCYOUNGAFRICAN/posts/661571037296057|title=Facebook post from club|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> || ? |- | 2015–16 || Southern First Division league || 1st<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.namibiansun.com/news/young-african-gains-promotion|title=Young african gains promotion|website=www.namibiansun.com|date=26 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514111458/https://www.namibiansun.com/news/young-african-gains-promotion |archive-date=2023-05-14 }}</ref> |- | 2016–17 || Namibia Premier League || Cancelled<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nami2017.html|title=Namibia 2016/17|website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref> |- | 2017–18 || Namibia Premier League || 5th<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nami2018.html|title=Namibia 2017/18|website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref> |- | 2018–19 || Namibia Premier League || Expelled<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nami2019.html|title=Namibia 2018/19|website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref> |- | 2019–20 || No League || |- | 2020–21 || No League || |- | 2021–22 || No League || |- | 2022–23 || Namibia Premier Football League || 9th<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nami2023.html|title=Namibia 2022/23|website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref> |- | 2023–24 || Namibia Premiership || 10th<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nami2024.html|title=Namibia 2023/24|website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref> |- | 2024–25 || Namibia Premiership || 2nd<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nami2025.html|title=Namibia 2024/25|website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref> |}
==Achievements==
*'''Namibian Cup:''' * 2017: Winner<ref name="2017_cup"/> *'''Standard Bank Cup''' *'''Dr Hage Geingob Cup'''
==Performance in CAF competitions==
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===Matches=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;" ! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Opponent ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |- | 2025-26 | CAF Confederation Cup | 1 | align="left"| {{flagicon|Eswatini}} Royal Leopards | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0 – 2 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0 – 2 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|''' 0 – 7 ''' |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.facebook.com/FCYOUNGAFRICAN/ Facebook Page] *[https://www.instagram.com/fcyoungafricanofficial Instagram Page]
{{Namibia Premier Football League}}
Category:Football clubs in Namibia Category:Namibia Premier Football League clubs Category:Association football clubs established in 2013 Category:2013 establishments in Namibia