COSAFA

Football association in Southern Africa

Angola
Botswana
Comoros
Eswatini
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Seychelles
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Official language

English, French and Portuguese

President

Phillip ChiyangwaAffiliationsCAF, FIFAWebsitewww.cosafa.com

Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (French: Conseil des Associations de Football en Afrique Australe; Portuguese: Conselho das Associações de Futebol da África Austral), officially abbreviated as COSAFA, is an association of the football playing nations in Southern Africa. It is affiliated to CAF.

COSAFA organise several tournaments in the Southern African region, and its most renowned tournament is the COSAFA Cup.

Executive committee

The 2008 annual general assembly saw the election of the new COSAFA Executive Committee. Previously the committee consisted of 14 members; the new committee now consists of seven members: the president, vice-president and five members, as well as the chief operations officer. The most recent committee was elected on 17 December 2016.^[1]

Name	Occupation
President
Artur de Almeida e Silva	President of The Angolan Football Federation
Vice-president:
Frans Mbidi	President of the Namibia Football Association
Members
Alberto Simanga	President of the Mozambican Football Federation
Andrew Kamanga	President of the Football Association of Zambia
Pedro Neto	President of the Angolan Football Federation
Sameer Sobha	President of the Mauritius Football Association
Walter Nyamilandu-Manda	President of the Football Association of Malawi

The term of office of the COSAFA President is five years and that of the Vice President is four years. The other office bearer is three years.

Member associations

All associations that joined in 1997 were founding members of COSAFA. Comoros is the only COSAFA member to also be a member of the Union of Arab Football Associations. Réunion's governing body, Réunionese Football League, is only an associate member of COSAFA.

Country	Year	Governing body
Angola	1997	Angolan Football Federation
Botswana	1997	Botswana Football Association
Comoros	2007	Comoros Football Federation
Eswatini	1997	Eswatini Football Association
Lesotho	1997	Lesotho Football Association
Madagascar	2000	Malagasy Football Federation
Malawi	1997	Football Association of Malawi
Mauritius	2000	Mauritius Football Association
Mozambique	1997	Mozambican Football Federation
Namibia	1997	Namibia Football Association
Seychelles	2000	Seychelles Football Federation
South Africa	1997	South African Football Association
Zambia	1997	Football Association of Zambia
Zimbabwe	1997	Zimbabwe Football Association

Competitions

COSAFA runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth.

Current title holders

National teams
Competition	Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up	Next edition^[2]^[3]	Dates
COSAFA Cup	2023 (final)	Zambia	7th	Lesotho	2024 (final)	TBD
COSAFA U-20 Championship	2022	Zambia	12th	Mozambique	2023	6-15 Oct
COSAFA U-17 Championship	2022	Zambia	3rd	South Africa	2023	November
COSAFA Schools Cup	2022	Clapham High School	1st	Salima Secondary	2023	27-29 Oct
COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship	2023	Morocco	1st	Mozambique	2024 (final)	TBD
National teams (women)
COSAFA Women's Championship	2023 (final)	Malawi	1st	Zambia	2024 (final)	TBD
COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship	2019	Tanzania^g	1st	Zambia	2023	June
COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship	2022	South Africa	1st	Zambia	2023	November
COSAFA Girls Schools Cup	2022	Edendale Technical HS	1st	Anse Boileau	2023	27-29 Oct
Club teams (women)
COSAFA Women's Champions League	2023 (Final)	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies	2nd	Double Action Ladies	2024 (Final)	18-26 August

^b the championship of 2020 was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]
^g invited guest-nation

Controversy

On 17 October 2023, it was confirmed by COSAFA organisers that the 2023 Women's Championship winners Malawi would receive zero prize money^[5] after their 2–1 over Zambia in the final.^[6]

References

^ "Mr Phillip Chiyangwa is new COSAFA president". COSAFA. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
^ "Fixtures/Results". cosafa.com. COSAFA. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^ "Tournaments". COSAFA. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^ "South Africa win COSAFA Women's Championship, Tanzania take Under-17 title". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
^ Diamond, Drew (2023-10-19). "COSAFA Champions Malawi to receive zero prize money". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
^ Diamond, Drew (2023-10-17). "COSAFA Cup: Malawi claim historic title with win over Zambia". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 2023-10-23.

External links

Official website

Council of Southern Africa Football Associations

Competitions

COSAFA Cup
U-20 Challenge Cup
U-17 Challenge Cup
COSAFA Women's Championship
COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship
- 2019
COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship
COSAFA Women's Champions League
- 2021, 2022, 2023
COSAFA Beach Soccer
- 2023

Associations

National teams

Men's	Angola Botswana Comoros Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Nambia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
Women's	Angola Botswana Comoros Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Nambia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
Men's under-20	Angola Botswana Comoros Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Nambia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
Women's under-20	Angola Botswana Comoros Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Nambia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
Men's under-17	Angola Botswana Comoros Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Nambia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
Women's under-17	Angola Botswana Comoros Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Nambia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe

Football in Africa portal Awards

v t e COSAFA Championships
Men	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022
Women	2002 2006 2008 2011 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Men U20	1983 1985 1986 1988 1990 1993 1995 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Women U20	2019 2021
Men U17	1994 2001 2002 2007 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Women U17	2019 2020 2021 2022

Sub-regions of the Confederation of African Football

National teams

UNAF	Algeria (women) Egypt (women) Libya (women) Morocco (women) Tunisia (women)
WAFU	Benin (women) Burkina Faso (women) Cape Verde (women) Ivory Coast (women) Gambia (women) Ghana (women) Guinea (women) Guinea-Bissau (women) Liberia (women) Mali (women) Mauritania (women) Niger (women) Nigeria (women) Senegal (women) Sierra Leone (women) Togo (women)
UNIFFAC	Cameroon (women) Central African Republic (women) Chad (women) Democratic Republic of the Congo (women) Equatorial Guinea (women) Gabon (women) Republic of the Congo (women) São Tomé and Príncipe (women)
CECAFA	Burundi (women) Djibouti (women) Eritrea (women) Ethiopia (women) Kenya (women) Rwanda (women) Somalia (women) South Sudan (women) Sudan (women) Tanzania (women) Uganda (women) Zanzibar (women)
COSAFA	Angola (women) Botswana (women) Comoros (women) Eswatini (women) Lesotho (women) Madagascar (women) Malawi (women) Mauritius (women) Mozambique (women) Namibia (women) Seychelles (women) South Africa (women) Zambia (women) Zimbabwe (women)
UAFA	Algeria (women) Bahrain (women) Comoros (women) Djibouti (women) Egypt (women) Iraq (women) Jordan (women) Kuwait (women) Lebanon (women) Libya (women) Mauritania (women) Morocco (women) Oman (women) Palestine (women) Qatar (women) Saudi Arabia (women) Somalia (women) Sudan (women) Syria (women) Tunisia (women) United Arab Emirates (women) Yemen (women)

Associations

UNAF	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia Western Sahara
WAFU	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Ivory Coast Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo
UNIFFAC	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon Republic of the Congo São Tomé and Príncipe
CECAFA	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar
COSAFA	Angola Botswana Comoros Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
UAFA	Algeria Bahrain Comoros Djibouti Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen
Football in Africa portal

CAF competitions

National competitions

Men	Africa Cup of Nations African Nations Championship Futsal Africa Cup of Nations Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations
Women	Women's Africa Cup of Nations Women's Olympic Qualification African Games

Youth competitions

Men	U-23 Cup of Nations U-20 Cup of Nations U-17 Cup of Nations African Games
Women	U-20 World Cup qualification U-17 World Cup qualification

Club competitions

Current	Football League Champions League Confederation Cup Super Cup Women's Champions League
Defunct	Cup Winners' Cup CAF Cup Afro-Asian Club Championship

Sub-regions

Northern Africa (UNAF)	Men's U-23 T. U-20 T. U-18 T. U-17 T. U-15 T. Club Club CC (defunct) Club CWC (defunct) Club SC (defunct) Futsal Women's U-20 Club
Western Africa (WAFU)	Men's Nations Cup U-20 Club (defunct) Amílcar Cabral Cup (defunct) Women's Zone A Zone B
Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	UNIFAC Cup U-17 UDEAC Cup (defunct) CEMAC Cup (defunct) Club (defunct)
Eastern Africa (CECAFA)	Men's U-23 U-20 U-17 U-15 Club Nile Basin Cup Women's
Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Men's U-20 U-17 Women's U-20 U-17

Related competitions

National	UAFA Arab Cup U-20 U-17 W-Cup U-17 W-Cup Pan Arab Games Mediterranean Games Islamic Solidarity Games Jeux de la Francophonie UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup (defunct) Afro-Asian Cup (defunct)
Club	UAFA Champions Cup CWC (defunct) SC (defunct) Afro-Asian Club Championship (defunct)