Yadah Stars F.C.

Team in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League

Football club

Yadah Stars FC

Full name| Yadah Stars Football Club
Nickname(s)| Miracle Boys, The Stars
Founded| 2013; 11 years ago (2013)[1]
Ground| National Sports Stadium, Harare[2]
Capacity| 80,000
Chairman| Walter Magaya[3]
Coach| Jairos Tapera[4]
League| Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
2023| 14th

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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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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-- |  |  ZIM | Samuel Mapfukidze
-- |  |  ZIM | Bheki Ncube
-- |  |  ZIM | Stephen Chimusoro
-- | DF |  ZIM | Jimmy Dzingai
-- | DF |  ZIM | Byron Madzokere
-- |  |  ZIM | Willard Kalongonda
-- |  |  ZIM | Gift Mugabe
-- | DF |  ZIM | Wilson Chakanyuka
-- |  |  ZIM | Munyaradzi Chiwara
-- |  |  ZIM | Jonah Chitereki
-- |  |  ZIM | Morris Musiyakuvi
| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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-- |  |  ZIM | Denzel Savanhu
28  | MF |  ZIM | Cliff Sekete
-- | MF |  ZIM | Ralph Matema
-- | FW |  ZIM | Simba Sithole
-- | MF |  ZIM | Leeroy Mavunga
-- |  |  ZIM | Leroy Murape
-- | MF |  ZIM | Brian Mapfumo
-- |  |  ZIM | Johannes Sibanda
-- |  |  ZIM | Brian Chikwenya
-- |  |  ZIM | Paulo Borges
-- | MF |  ZIM | Milton Makopa
-- |  |  ZIM | Munya Zengeni

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## References[edit]

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.[dead link]
8. ^ "Yadah FC - Pindula".

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