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
HeadquartersJohannesburg, South Africa
Region served
Southern Africa
Membership
Official language
English, French and Portuguese
President
Zimbabwe Phillip Chiyangwa
AffiliationsCAF, FIFA
Websitewww.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

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

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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

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See also: List of association football competitions and FIFA International Match Calendar

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

Current title holders

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See also: Portal:Current events/Sports, 2024 in association football, 2024 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar
For events postponed or cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, see Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports.
Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition[2][3] Dates
National teams
COSAFA Cup 2024 (final)  Angola 4th  Namibia 2025 TBD
COSAFA U-20 Championship 2024  South Africa 9th  Zambia 2026 TBD
COSAFA U-17 Championship 2022  Zambia 3rd  South Africa 2024 5-14 December
COSAFA Boys Schools Cup 2023  South Africa 2nd  Malawi 2024 September
COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship 2023  Moroccog 1st  Mozambique 2024 TBD
National teams (women)
COSAFA Women's Championship 2024 (final)  Zambia 2nd  South Africa TBD TBD
COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship 2019  Tanzaniag 1st  Zambia TBD TBD
COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship 2022  South Africa 1st  Zambia 2024 5-14 December
COSAFA Girls Schools Cup 2023  South Africa 2nd  Botswana 2024 27-29 Oct
Club teams (women)
COSAFA Women's Champions League 2024 (Final) South Africa University of the Western Cape 1st Botswana Gaborone United Ladies 2025 TBD
  • ^b the championship of 2020 was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
  • ^g invited guest-nation

Controversy

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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]

See also

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References

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  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. ^ "South Africa win COSAFA Women's Championship, Tanzania take Under-17 title". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  5. ^ Diamond, Drew (2023-10-19). "COSAFA Champions Malawi to receive zero prize money". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  6. ^ 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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