Young Africans SC: Andy Boyeli, Career Stats, and Team Overview
Dar es Salaam, August 2025: a new striker arrives, scores on his debut and helps the champions lift their first trophy of the season. By the turn of the year, he is gone. The short story of the Congolese striker at Yanga says a lot about how demanding life is at Tanzania’s biggest club, so this report looks at both the player and the institution he joined. Results from Tanzanian and wider African football are ondbbet uz as they happen.
The Club in Brief
Young Africans Sports Club is one of the oldest and most successful football clubs in Tanzania:
- Founded in 1935 and based in Dar es Salaam.
- Plays in green and yellow, with roots in the city’s Jangwani area.
- Holds more Tanzanian league titles than any other club.
- Contests the Kariakoo Derby against Simba SC, the biggest fixture in the country.
Why Everyone Says Yanga
To most fans, the club is simply Yanga SC, a name that has become shorthand for Tanzanian football success, with loyalty passed down through generations of families.
Four Titles in a Row
Yanga began 2025-26 as reigning NBC Premier League champions, having won the title for the fourth consecutive year in 2024-25. They clinched it on the final day, beating Simba 2-0 in the Kariakoo Derby at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, in a season that brought four domestic trophies.
Bigger Goals in Africa
Yanga reached the CAF Confederation Cup final in 2023, narrowly losing to USM Alger, and have played regularly in the CAF Champions League since. Supporters now judge each season by how far the team goes against the continent’s best.
The 2025 Rebuild
Romain Folz, a former assistant at Mamelodi Sundowns, was appointed head coach. Midfield star Stephane Aziz Ki joined Wydad Athletic Club, and striker Kennedy Musonda moved to Hapoel Ramat Gan. New arrivals included Guinea international Moussa Conté from CS Sfaxien and defensive midfielder Abdulnasir Abdallah, known as Casemiro.
Who Is Andy Boyeli?
Andy Bobwa Boyeli is a striker from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He built his reputation with Power Dynamos in Zambia’s Super League, which earned him a move to South Africa’s Sekhukhune United in July 2024. There he made 27 appearances in 2024-25 and scored six goals. The return of Wonderboy Makhubu and the signings of Sphiwe Mhlangu and veteran Bradley Grobler meant Sekhukhune were open to letting him leave temporarily.
Boyeli at Yanga: The Timeline
| Date | Moment |
| July 31, 2025 | Yanga announce his arrival on a season-long loan with an option to buy |
| August 15, 2025 | Scores on debut in a 3-1 win over Rayon Sport in Kigali |
| Late summer 2025 | Features in the CAF Champions League preliminary round against Silver Strikers |
| November 2025 | Scores a brace against KMC, his only competitive goals for the club |
| Around the new year | Loan terminated; he returns to Sekhukhune United |
A Flying Start in Kigali
Yanga welcomed him to what the club called its “champions family,” and he joined an attack that already included Prince Dube, Jean Baleke and Clement Mizize. On August 15, 2025, he scored in the 28th minute of a 3-1 win over Rwanda’s Rayon Sport at the Amahoro Stadium, helping Yanga win their first trophy of the season.
Champions League Duty
He was one of the busiest players in the first leg against Malawi’s Silver Strikers in Lilongwe and thought he had opened the scoring, only for the goal to be ruled offside. Silver Strikers won 1-0 with a late goal.
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Andy Boyeli Career Stats
His competitive goals for Yanga came in a single game, a brace against KMC in November 2025, and outside that match he struggled to hold a starting place. Combined with six goals in 27 appearances at Sekhukhune, the numbers describe a striker with clear potential who had not yet found consistent scoring form.
A New Coach, Fewer Minutes
The season turned when Folz was dismissed. Yanga appointed Pedro Gonçalves, formerly Angola’s national team coach, who was reported to prefer a different attacking profile.
The Loan Ends
Around the turn of the year, Yanga terminated the loan and he returned to Sekhukhune with immediate effect. The decision freed a foreign registration slot before the CAF Champions League group stage. Every non-Tanzanian player occupies one of a limited number of slots, so a striker who is not starting can look less valuable than the slot itself.
Back in South Africa
At Sekhukhune, he rejoined a side coached by Eric Tinkler that sat third after 13 games, with fierce competition from Grobler. Still in his mid-twenties, he has time to show that his start in Kigali was a sign of the striker he can become.
What the Episode Says About Yanga
- Champions expect immediate impact, especially from foreign signings.
- A coaching change can reshape plans overnight.
- The club acts quickly when continental ambitions are at stake.
The Core of the Team and Its Home
Captain Bakari Mwamnyeto organises the defence, goalkeeper Djigui Diarra has been dependable, and Pacome Zouzoua and Prince Dube supply creativity and goals. Big matches are played at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, which holds around 60,000 spectators and becomes a wall of green and yellow on derby days. Supporters are warm when players perform and impatient when they do not.
Tanzanian Football on the Rise
The NBC Premier League attracts players from across East, Central and Southern Africa, and Yanga and Simba regularly reach the later stages of CAF tournaments. Tanzania will also co-host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations with Kenya and Uganda, bringing fresh attention to the country’s football.
Looking Ahead
Yanga remain the benchmark in Tanzanian football, and the next challenge is matching domestic dominance with deeper runs in the CAF Champions League. For Boyeli, the Yanga chapter was brief, but his career is still developing, and for the club the search for the right attacking pieces continues.