COSAFA Cup

COSAFA Cup

Founded	1997
Region	Southern Africa (COSAFA)
Number of teams	16
Current champions	South Africa (4th title)
Most successful team(s)	South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe (4 each)
Website	http://www.cosafa.com
2016 COSAFA Cup

The COSAFA Cup or COSAFA Senior Challenge is an annual tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA), inaugurated after the ban against the Republic of South Africa had been lifted and the African Cup of Nations had been staged there in 1996. The following teams have participated in the tournament in the past: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa have won the most titles with four wins, while Angola have won three.

The first editions of the competition were a knockout tournament staged over several months. As the competition grew, it transformed into a series of mini-tournaments.^[1]

Winners

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place
1997 Details	Home/away	Zambia	^n/a	Namibia	Mozambique	^n/a	Tanzania
1998 Details	Home/away	Zambia	^n/a	Zimbabwe	Angola	^n/a	Namibia
1999 Details	Home/away	Angola	1–0 1–1	Namibia	Swaziland	and	Zambia
2000 Details	Home/away	Zimbabwe	3–0 3–0	Lesotho	South Africa	and	Angola
2001 Details	Home/away	Angola	0–0 1–0	Zimbabwe	Malawi	2–1	Zambia
2002 Details	Home/away	South Africa	3–1 1–0	Malawi	Swaziland	and	Zambia
2003 Details	Home/away	Zimbabwe	2–1 2–0	Malawi	Zambia	and	Swaziland
2004 Details	Various hosts	Angola	0–0 (5–4 pen.)	Zambia	Mozambique	and	Zimbabwe
2005 Details	Mauritius Namibia South Africa Zambia	Zimbabwe	1–0	Zambia	South Africa	and	Angola
2006 Details	Various hosts	Zambia	2–0	Angola	Botswana	and	Zimbabwe
2007 Details	Botswana Mozambique South Africa Swaziland	South Africa	0–0 (4–3 pen.)	Zambia	Botswana	and	Mozambique
2008 Details	South Africa	South Africa	2–1	Mozambique	Zambia	2–0	Madagascar
2009 Details	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	3–1	Zambia	Mozambique	1–0	South Africa
2010 Details	Angola	Cancelled^[2]			Cancelled
2013 Details	Zambia	Zambia	2–0	Zimbabwe	South Africa	2–1	Lesotho
2015 Details	South Africa	Namibia	2–0	Mozambique	Madagascar	2–1	Botswana
2016 Details	Namibia	South Africa	3–2	Botswana	Swaziland	1–0	DR Congo
2017 Details	South Africa

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Winners by title

Wins	Nation	Year(s)
4 times	Zimbabwe	2000, 2003, 2005, 2009
	Zambia	1997, 1998, 2006, 2013
	South Africa	2002, 2007, 2008, 2016
3 times	Angola	1999, 2001, 2004
1 time	Namibia	2015

Top scorers

Year	Player	Goals
1997	Adelino	4
1998	Tauya Mrewa Peter Ndlovu Shepherd Muradzikwa Benjamin Nkonjera	2
1999	Betinho	3
2000	Luke Petros Delron Buckley	2
2001	18 players tied with one goal each	1
2002	Mfanzile Dlamini Rotson Kilambe Teboho Mokoena Siza Dlamini Patrick Mayo	2
2003	Peter Ndlovu Noel Mwandila Russel Mwafulirwa	2
2004	Peter Ndlovu	3
2005	Collins Mbesuma	4
2006	Fabrice Akwa	3
2007	Paulin Voavy	3
2008	Phillip Zialor	4
2009	Cuthbert Malajila	4
2013	Jerome Ramatlhakwane	4
2015	Sarivahy Vombola	5
2016	Felix Badenhorst	5

References

↑ "COSAFA Tournament to continue". The Lusaka Times. 24 March 2008.
↑ "COSAFA tourney cancelled, hosts blamed". 18 October 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.

External links

COSAFA Cup

Years	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 ~~2010~~ 2013 2015 2016

Squads	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2013 2015 2016

Council of Southern Africa Football Associations

International competitions	COSAFA Cup U-20 Challenge Cup U-17 Challenge Cup COSAFA Women's Championship

Affiliated football associations	Angola Botswana Comoros Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe

National teams	Angola Botswana Comoros Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Nambia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe

www.cosafa.com

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or Timeline of association football

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football

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