COSAFA

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.

Council of Southern Africa Football Associations
Conseil des Associations de Football en Afrique Australe
Conselho das Associações de Futebol da África Austral

Formation	1983
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Johannesburg, South Africa
Region served	Southern Africa
Membership	Angola Botswana Comoros Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
Official language	English, French and Portuguese
President	Phillip Chiyangwa
Affiliations	CAF, FIFA
Website	www.cosafa.com

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

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

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		2024	Zambia	4th	Angola		2025
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		2025	TBD
COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship		2024	Zambia	1st	South Africa		TBD	TBD
COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship		2024	Zambia	2nd	Lesotho		TBD	TBD
COSAFA Girls Schools Cup		2023	South Africa	2nd	Botswana		2024	27-29 Oct
Club teams (women)
COSAFA Women's Champions League		2024 (Final)	University of the Western Cape	1st	Gaborone United Ladies		2025	TBD

• ^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]

See also

• Football in Africa portal

• Confederation of African Football (CAF)
• Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC)
• Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA)
• Union of North African Football Federations (UNAF)
• West African Football Union (WAFU)

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. "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.

External links

• Official website