Council of Southern Africa Football Associations


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.
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, Réunionese Football League, is only an associate member of COSAFA.
CountryGoverning body
1997Angolan Football Federation
1997Botswana Football Association
2007Comoros Football Federation
1997Eswatini Football Association
1997Lesotho Football Association
2000Malagasy Football Federation
1997Football Association of Malawi
2000Mauritius Football Association
1997Mozambican Football Federation
1997Namibia Football Association
2000Seychelles Football Federation
1997South African Football Association
1997Football Association of Zambia
1997Zimbabwe Football Association

COSAFA championships

COSAFA runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth.
CompetitionHoldersLast Event
COSAFA Men's Championship2019
COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup2019
COSAFA U-17 Challenge Cup2019
COSAFA Women's Championship2019
COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship2019
COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship2019