Council of Southern Africa Football Associations

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

Formation	1997
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Gaborone, Botswana
Region served	Southern Africa
Membership	14 members Angola Botswana Comoros Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia South Africa Seychelles Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe
Official language	English, French and Portuguese
President	Suketu Patel
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.

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.

Nation	Name	Occupation
President
	Suketu Patel	President of The Seychelles Football Association CAF Executive Committee member.
Vice-President:
	Advocate Salemane J Phafane KC	President of the Lesotho Football Association Member of the FIFA Associations Committee CAF Women Committee Futsal Committee Chairperson of the COSAFA Legal Committee.
Chief Operations Officer:
	Sue Destombes
Members
	Timothy Shongwe	Vice President of the National Football Association of Swaziland
	Wellington Nyatanga	President of the Zimbabwe Football Association
	Walter Nyamilandu-Manda	President of the Football Association of Malawi
	John Muingo	President of the Namibian Football Association
	Faisel Sidaet	President of the Mozambique Football Federation

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.

Current members

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, Ligue Réunionnaise de Football, is only an associate member of COSAFA.

Country	Year	Governing body
Angola	1997	Federação Angolana de Futebol
Botswana	1997	Botswana Football Association
Comoros	2007	Fédération Comorienne de Football
Lesotho	1997	Lesotho Football Association
Madagascar	2000	Fédération Malagasy de Football
Malawi	1997	Football Association of Malawi
Mauritius	2000	Mauritius Football Association
Mozambique	1997	Federação Moçambicana de Futebol
Namibia	1997	Namibia Football Association
Seychelles	2000	Seychelles Football Federation
South Africa	1997	South African Football Association
Swaziland	1997	National Football Association of Swaziland
Zambia	1997	Football Association of Zambia
Zimbabwe	1997	Zimbabwe Football Association

External links

• COSAFA Official Website

Sub-regions of the Confederation of African Football
National teams UNAF Algeria (women) Egypt (women) Libya (women) Morocco (women) Tunisia (women) WAFU Benin (women) Burkina Faso (women) Cape Verde (women) Ivory Coast (women) Gambia (women) Ghana (women) Guinea (women) Guinea-Bissau (women) Liberia (women) Mali (women) Mauritania (women) Niger (women) Nigeria (women) Senegal (women) Sierra Leone (women) Togo (women) UNIFFAC Cameroon (women) Central African Republic (women) Chad (women) Democratic Republic of the Congo (women) Equatorial Guinea (women) Gabon (women) Republic of the Congo (women) São Tomé and Príncipe (women) CECAFA Burundi (women) Djibouti (women) Eritrea (women) Ethiopia (women) Kenya (women) Rwanda (women) Somalia (women) South Sudan (women) Sudan (women) Tanzania (women) Uganda (women) Zanzibar (women) COSAFA Angola (women) Botswana (women) Comoros (women) Lesotho (women) Madagascar (women) Malawi (women) Mauritius (women) Mozambique (women) Namibia (women) Seychelles (women) South Africa (women) Swaziland (women) Zambia (women) Zimbabwe (women) UAFA Algeria (women) Bahrain (women) Comoros (women) Djibouti (women) Egypt (women) Iraq (women) Jordan (women) Kuwait (women) Lebanon (women) Libya (women) Mauritania (women) Morocco (women) Oman (women) Palestine (women) Qatar (women) Saudi Arabia (women) Somalia (women) Sudan (women) Syria (women) Tunisia (women) United Arab Emirates (women) Yemen (women)
Associations UNAF Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia WAFU Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Ivory Coast Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo UNIFFAC Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon Republic of the Congo São Tomé and Príncipe CECAFA Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar COSAFA Angola Botswana Comoros Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe UAFA Algeria Bahrain Comoros Djibouti Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen

Football in Africa (CAF)
National competitions	Men Africa Cup of Nations African Nations Championship Africa Futsal Cup of Nations Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations Women Africa Women Cup of Nations Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament African Games
Youth competitions	Men U-23 Cup of Nations U-20 Cup of Nations U-17 Cup of Nations African Games Women U-20 Cup for Women U-17 Cup for Women
Club competitions	Current Champions League Confederation Cup Super Cup Defunct CAF Cup Cup Winners' Cup Afro-Asian Championship
Lists and awards	African Footballer of the Year African Women's Footballer of the Year CAF Awards CAF 5-Year Ranking
Sub-regions	Northern Africa UNAF Western Africa WAFU Central Africa UNIFFAC Eastern Africa CECAFA Southern Africa COSAFA Arab League UAFA
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