SPORTS DESK : 27 MAY, 2023, 10:58 PM
Factfiles for CAF Confederation Cup finalists Young Africans of Tanzania and USM Alger of Algeria ahead of first leg in Dar es Salaam on Sunday (1300 GMT).
— YOUNG AFRICANS –
Formed: 1935
Ground: Benjamin Mpaka Stadium, Dar es Salaam (capacity: 60,000)
Popular name: Yanga (Young Boys)
Captain: Bakari Mwamnyeto (defender)
Coach: Noureddine Nabi (TUN)
Path to final: Play-off – Club Africain (TUN) 0-0 home, 1-0 away; Group D –
US Monastir (TUN) 2-0 0-2, Real Bamako (MLI) 2-0 1-1, TP Mazembe (COD) 3-1 1-
0; Quarter-final – Rivers Utd (NGR) 0-0 2-0; Semi-final – Marumo Gallants
(RSA) 2-0 2-1
Scorers: 6 – Fiston Mayele; 3 – Kennedy Musonda; 2 – Stephane Aziz Ki; 1 –
Tuisila Kisinda, Ducapel Moloko, Bernard Morrison, Faridi Mussa, Mudathir
Yahya
— USM ALGER –
Formed: 1937
Grounds: Omar Hamadi Stadium (17,500), July 5 Stadium (65,000), both Algiers
Popular name: The Union
Captain: Zineddine Bela<d (defender)
Coach: Abdelhak Benchikha
Path to final: Last 32 – ASC Kara (TOG) 2-1 2-0; Play-off – Cape Town City
(RSA) 1-0 0-0; Group A – Marumo Gallants 2-0 0-2, Saint-Eloi Lupopo (COD) 3-0
1-1, Al Akhdar (LBA) 4-1 1-1; Quarter-final – FAR Rabat (MAR) 2-0 2-3; Semi-
final – ASEC Mimosas (CIV) 2-0 0-0
Scorers: 4 – Khaled Bousseliou; 3 – Belaid, Aymen Mahious, Abderrahmane
Meziane; 2 – Adam Alilet, Saadi Radouani; 1 – Ismail Belkacemi, Islam Merili,
Tumisang Orebonye. Own goals – Latif Issaka (Kara), Allan Kateregga (Lupopo)
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