| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 9 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Zambia (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Namibia |
| Third place |  Mozambique |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
| Goals scored | 45 (3.21 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Adelino (4) |
This page provides summaries of the 1997 COSAFA Cup, the first edition of the tournament.
Final round | Qualifying round |
Botswana  | 1 – 4 |  Malawi |
|---|---|---|
Aaron Lesupi  3' (pen.) | Felix Nyirongo 27' John Maduka 51'Jones Nkhwazi 73'Meck Mwase 88' |
Lesotho  | 0 – 2 | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Kangwa 10' Mwape Miti 15' |
Swaziland  | 0 – 4 | Mozambique |
|---|---|---|
| Adelino 36', 42', 70' Eurico 83' |
| Namibia | 2 – 1 (aet) |  Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|
| Johannes Hindjou 87' (pen.), 119' (pen.) | Gilbert Mushangazhike 76' (pen.) |
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| Namibia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Mozambique | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
 Tanzania | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Malawi | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| Malawi | 2 – 2 | Mozambique |
|---|---|---|
| Jones Nkhwazi 57' Albert Mpinganjira 70' | Tico-Tico 31' Nuro Tualibudane 79' |
| Zambia | 4 – 0 | Malawi |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Chella 26' Edward Kangwa 44'Mwape Miti 85'Nelson Banda 88' |
| Mozambique | 3 – 0 | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| Tico-Tico 50', 69' Adelino 76' |
| Namibia | 4 – 1 | Malawi |
|---|---|---|
| Gervatius Uri Khob 35' Sandro de Gouveia 57'Johannes Hindjou 69'Eliphas Shivute 75' | Lovemore Fazili 77' |
| Tanzania | 2 – 2 | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| Edibilly Lunyamila 56' Hussein Marsha 75' (pen.) | Masauso Tembo 71' Alex Namazaba 83' |
| Mozambique | 1 – 1 | Namibia |
|---|---|---|
| Pinto Barros 15' | Silvester Goraseb 44' |
| Zambia | 2 – 1 | Mozambique |
|---|---|---|
| Frazer Kamwandi 50', 81' | Sergio Faife 51' |
| Malawi | 2 – 2 | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| Lovemore Fazili 19' Jones Nkhwazi 72' | Idelphonce Amlima 7' Victor Bambo 43' |
| Namibia | 1 – 1 | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Ouseb 47' (pen.) | David Siame 32' |
AdelinoThe Mozambique national football team represents Mozambique in men's international football competitions and is controlled by the Mozambican Football Federation, the governing body for football in Mozambique. Mozambique have never qualified for a FIFA World Cup, but they have qualified for five Africa Cup of Nations in 1986, 1996, 1998, 2010, and most recently 2023, being eliminated in the first round in all five. In 1997, the Mozambique Football Federation became a founding member of COSAFA.
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