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Yei Joint Stars to open Premier League season against Juba Queens
Reigning champions Yei Joint Stars FC will open the 2026/2027 South Sudan Women’s Premier League campaign against Juba Queens FC on September 19th.
The South Sudan Football Federation (SSFF) released the fixture during a ceremony held at the Imperial Plaza Hotel in Juba on Saturday.
Yei Joint Stars FC’s opening match will be played at Juba National Stadium.
Three matches will be played on September 20th between Simba and Salam at the Buluk ground, Bentiu City battling Wajuma, and Atlabara against Manuki FC.
Fresh from finishing fourth at the Zonal CAF Women’s Champions League qualifiers in Rwanda, Yei Joint Stars FC will be all out to kick start the campaign in style as they hope to defend the title.
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 31st 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 4th,” 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.
South Sudan representatives Yei Joint Stars FC have been awarded the Fair Play Award at the just concluded CAF Women’s Champions League CECAFA qualifiers.
Yei Joint Stars FC finished fourth out of the ten teams that participated in the tournament that ended on Monday at the Kigali Pele Stadium in Rwanda.
During the Awards ceremony graced by several top officials including the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) President Paulos Weldehaimanot Andemariam, Yei Joint Stars FC scooped the Fair Play Award.
The Fair Play Award honors exemplary behavior, sportsmanship, and compassion in association football.
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) forward Emush Daniel Dandamo scooped the top scorer’s Award, while Kawempe Moslem Ladies’ Agnes Nabukenya Saidah Namwanje picked the Best Player in the Tournament and Best Goalkeeper Awards respectively.
For the first time Yei Joint Stars Fc reached the semi-final stage of the tournament in their sixth year of participartion.
Yei Joints Stars FC results
Yei Joint Stars FC vs Denden FC 3-0
Mafunzo Women SC vs Yei Joint Stars FC 0-1
Yei Joint Stars FC vs Rayon Sports WFC 1-1
Yei Joint Stars FC vs Kenya Police Bullets FC 0-5
CBE vs Yei Joint Stars 6-1
Yei Joint Stars FC have finished in 4th place in the CAF Women’s Champions League CECAFA 2026 qualifiers which conclude today in Kigali, Rwanda.
The South Sudan giants lost 6-1 in their play-off match against Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) played at the Kigali Pele Stadium on Monday.
Etsegenet Girma gave the Ethiopian side the lead after 34 minutes, but Moureen Nankinga was quick to level matters for Yei Joint Stars three minutes later. Beshadu Tadese scored late to give CBE a 2-1 lead going into the break.
After recess Yei Joint Stars FC tried to push forward, but failed to find the goals. CBE netted more goals through Mahelet Bekel, Emush Dandamo, Mihiret Ayele and Rediet Matios to win 6-1.
Sony Harriet, the Yei Joint Stars FC coach said that the team had tried to fight on, but failed to contain the game well. “I thank the team for playing and reaching the knock out stage for the first time in the six times we have participated,” added the coach.
Kenya Police Bullets FC were set to face Kawempe Muslim Bullets (Uganda) later in the final at the same venue.
Yei Joints Stars FC results
Yei Joint Stars FC vs Denden FC 3-0
Mafunzo Women SC vs Yei Joint Stars FC 0-1
Yei Joint Stars FC vs Rayon Sports WFC 1-1
Yei Joint Stars FC vs Kenya Police Bullets FC 0-5
CBE vs Yei Joint Stars 6-1
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