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Factfiles for CAF Confederation Cup finalists

Greenwatch News Desk Football 2023-05-27, 10:22pm

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Johannesburg, 27 May  - 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)