COSAFA

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Council of Southern Africa Football Associations
Conseil des Associations de Football en Afrique Australe
Conselho das Associações de Futebol da África Austral
Formation1983
TypeSports organization
Headquarters Johannesburg, South Africa
Region served
Southern Africa
Membership14 members:
Official language
English, French and Portuguese
President
 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Phillip Chiyangwa
Affiliations CAF, FIFA
Website www.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.

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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]

NameOccupation
President
Flag of Angola.svg Artur de Almeida e Silva
  • President of The Angolan Football Federation
Vice-president:
Flag of Namibia.svg Frans Mbidi
Members
Flag of Mozambique.svg Alberto Simanga
Flag of Zambia.svg Andrew Kamanga
Flag of Angola.svg Pedro Neto
Flag of Mauritius.svg Sameer Sobha
Flag of Malawi.svg Walter Nyamilandu-Manda

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. Since Comoros joined in 2007, COSAFA has had 14 member associations.

CountryYearGoverning body
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 1997 Angolan Football Federation
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1997 Botswana Football Association
Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 2007 Comoros Football Federation
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 1997 Eswatini Football Association
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 1997 Lesotho Football Association
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 2000 Malagasy Football Federation
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 1997 Football Association of Malawi
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 2000 Mauritius Football Association
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1997 Mozambican Football Federation
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 1997 Namibia Football Association
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 2000 Seychelles Football Federation
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1997 South African Football Association
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1997 Football Association of Zambia
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe Football Association

Competitions

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

Current title holders

CompetitionYearChampionsTitleRunners-upNext edition [2] [3] Dates
National teams
COSAFA Cup 2025 Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 5thFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2026 TBD
COSAFA U-20 Championship 2025 Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 10thFlag of Malawi.svg  Malawi TBDTBD
COSAFA U-17 Championship 2025 Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4thFlag of Angola.svg  Angola TBDTBD
COSAFA Boys Schools Cup 2024Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3rdFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2025September
COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship 2024 Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco g 1stFlag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique TBDTBD
National teams (women)
COSAFA Women's Championship 2024 Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2ndFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2025 TBD
COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship 2025 Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2ndFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa TBDTBD
COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship 2025 Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 3rdFlag of Malawi.svg  Malawi TBDTBD
COSAFA Girls Schools Cup 2024Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3rdFlag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 2025
Club teams (women)
COSAFA Women's Champions League 2025 Flag of Botswana.svg Gaborone United Ladies 1st Flag of Zambia.svg ZESCO Ndola Girls 2026 TBD

Controversy

On 17 October 2023, it was confirmed by COSAFA organisers that the 2023 Women's Championship winners Malawi would receive zero prize money [4] after their 2–1 over Zambia in the final. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mr Phillip Chiyangwa is new COSAFA president". COSAFA. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Fixtures/Results". cosafa.com. COSAFA. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Tournaments". COSAFA. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  4. ↑ Diamond, Drew (2023-10-19). "COSAFA Champions Malawi to receive zero prize money". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  5. ↑ Diamond, Drew (2023-10-17). "COSAFA Cup: Malawi claim historic title with win over Zambia". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
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