We keep improving as Yei Joint Stars FC – Eng. Lemi William

The President of Yei Joint Stars FC, Eng. Lemi William has said the performance at the just concluded Zonal Women’s Champions League qualifier is testimony that the team is improving.

Yei Joint Stars FC finished fourth in the CAF Women’s Champions League CECAFA qualifiers which climaxed August 31^st at the Kigali Pele Stadium in Kigali, Rwanda.

It was the first time the South Sudan Women League giants reached the knock out stage of the regional tournament in their six attempts.

“Although our target was to win the trophy, we are happy that we continue to improve as a team and our team managed to collect some good results that saw us finish 4^th,” says the Club President Eng. Lemi William.

In the last five regional qualifiers, Yei Joint Stars FC failed to make it out of the roup stage. “We continue to give the players and our coaches opportunities to get better and this year it has proved that we are a much better team,” added the Club President.

He made it clear that the Club will keep investing in improving players and the technical bench.

At the CAF Women’s Champions League CECAFA qualifiers, Yei Joint Stars FC topped Group A which also had Mafunzo Women SC (Zanzibar), Denden FC (Eritrea) and home side Rayon Sports WFC (Rwanda).

Yei Joint Stars FC started their campaign with a 3-0 win against Denden FC, and followed it with a narrow 1-0 victory against Mafunzo Women SC. In a deciding Group A match Yei Joint Stars FC settled for a 1-1 draw against Rayon Sports WFC to qualify for the knock out stage.

In the semi final Yei Joint Stars FC suffered a 5-0 defeat to Kenya Police Bullets FC, and lost 6-1 to Commercial Bank of Ethiopia in the play-off for third place.