Tanzania’s Premier League giants Yanga have written history in African football by becoming among the top five teams in the continent to set a long league unbeaten run.Handled by Morocco’s Nasreddine Nabi, the Young Africans SC became the top team in Tanzania to hold the longest unbeaten run in the League and 4th in Africa having gone for 49 matches without tasting defeat.Yanga wrote the historic feat after falling 2-1 away to Ihefu FC on Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 in Mbeya, bringing an end to their mesmerizing run.𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗠𝗔𝗗𝗘, 𝗪𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗗🔰#TheClubAboveAll#TimuYaWananchi#DaimaMbeleNyumaMwiko pic.twitter.com/vP564StxUm— Young Africans SC (@yangasc1935) November 29, 2022 The last time Timu Ya Wananchi had lost a match was on April 25, 2021. The incredible winning streak saw the team win a treble in Tanzania as they also qualified for the Group stage of this season’s 2022/2023 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup.Eng. Hersi Said, the Young Africans SC President, made it clear that as a Club they are happy to set the record in Tanzanian football of being unbeaten for long in the League.Tanzanian giants @yangasc1935 have written history in African football by becoming among the top 5️⃣teams in the continent to hold a long League unbeaten run.They became the top team in Tanzania to hold the longest unbeaten run in the league and 4th in Africa. Imperial#Yanga pic.twitter.com/QC2EToSvO9— OptaKe (@ke_opta) November 30, 2022 “We are happy about this record and also being among the top records in Africa,” he said.Although Young Africans SC suffered a 2-1 defeat away to Ihefu on Tuesday, they remain top of the log with 32 points from 13 matches played.##NAJAVA_MECA_6854007##Azam FC who are second on the log with the same number of points have played one match more, while Simba SC are third with 31 points from 14 matches played.ASEC Mimosas holds Africa’s longest unbeaten run of 108 matches, while Esperance de Tunis (Tunisia) are second with 85 matches, while Rwanda’s army side APR are third with 50 matches.To return or not? Ababu Namwamba discusses FKF boss Nick Mwendwa’s fateYoung Africans SC have now joined in fourth place, while African giants Al Ahly from Egypt are fifth with 46 matches.Additional reporting by CAF.
