COSAFA

Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (; ), 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.

NameOccupationPresident Artur de Almeida e SilvaPresident of The Angolan Football FederationVice-president: Frans MbidiPresident of the Namibia Football AssociationMembers Alberto SimangaPresident of the Mozambican Football Federation Andrew KamangaPresident of the Football Association of Zambia Pedro NetoPresident of the Angolan Football Federation Sameer SobhaPresident of the Mauritius Football Association Walter Nyamilandu-MandaPresident 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. Since Comoros joined in 2007, COSAFA has had 14 member associations.

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

Competitions

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

Current title holders

Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition DatesNational teams COSAFA Cup 5th TBD COSAFA U-20 Championship 2025 10th 2026 18-27 September COSAFA U-17 Championship 2025 4th TBD TBD COSAFA Boys Schools Cup 2025 1st 2026 TBD COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship 2024 1st TBD TBDNational teams (women) COSAFA Women's Championship 1st 2026 TBD COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship 2025 2nd TBD TBD COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship 2025 3rd TBD TBD COSAFA Girls Schools Cup 2025 1st TBD TBDClub teams (women) COSAFA Women's Champions League Gaborone United Ladies 1st ZESCO Ndola Girls TBD

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 after their 2–1 over Zambia in the final.

Rankings Football

Futsal

Beach Soccer

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