Yadah Stars FC
Full nameYadah Stars Football Club
Nickname(s)Miracle Boys, The Stars
Founded2013 (2013)[1]
GroundNational Sports Stadium, Harare[2]
Capacity80,000
ChairmanWalter Magaya[3]
CoachJairos Tapera[4]
LeagueZimbabwe Premier Soccer League
202314th
colours

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]

Brief 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 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
Zimbabwe ZIM Samuel Mapfukidze
Zimbabwe ZIM Bheki Ncube
Zimbabwe ZIM Stephen Chimusoro
DF Zimbabwe ZIM Jimmy Dzingai
DF Zimbabwe ZIM Byron Madzokere
Zimbabwe ZIM Willard Kalongonda
Zimbabwe ZIM Gift Mugabe
DF Zimbabwe ZIM Wilson Chakanyuka
Zimbabwe ZIM Munyaradzi Chiwara
Zimbabwe ZIM Jonah Chitereki
Zimbabwe ZIM Morris Musiyakuvi
No. Pos. Nation Player
Zimbabwe ZIM Denzel Savanhu
28 MF Zimbabwe ZIM Cliff Sekete
MF Zimbabwe ZIM Ralph Matema
FW Zimbabwe ZIM Simba Sithole
MF Zimbabwe ZIM Leeroy Mavunga
Zimbabwe ZIM Leroy Murape
MF Zimbabwe ZIM Brian Mapfumo
Zimbabwe ZIM Johannes Sibanda
Zimbabwe ZIM Brian Chikwenya
Zimbabwe ZIM Paulo Borges
MF Zimbabwe ZIM Milton Makopa
Zimbabwe ZIM Munya Zengeni

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References

  1. "Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League".
  2. "Yadah FC". soccerway.com.
  3. "Zimbabwe Chronicle".
  4. "Zimbabwe Standard". 7 May 2017.
  5. "Congratulations Yadah Stars".
  6. "Magaya pulls out of Yadah Stars".
  7. "Not found". www.thehararetimes.com. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  8. "Yadah FC - Pindula".


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