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.

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

League results

SeasonLeaguePlace
2013–14Cattle Country Football league1st
2014–15Southern First Division league?
2015–16Southern First Division league1st
2016–17Namibia Premier LeagueCancelled
2017–18Namibia Premier League5th
2018–19Namibia Premier LeagueExpelled
2019–20No League
2020–21No League
2021–22No League
2022–23Namibia Premier Football League9th
2023–24Namibia Premiership10th
2024–25Namibia Premiership2nd

Achievements

Performance in CAF competitions

Matches

SeasonCompetitionRoundOpponentHomeAwayAggregate
2025-26CAF Confederation Cup1Eswatini Royal Leopards0 – 20 – 20 – 7

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