Council of Southern Africa Football Associations
Council of Southern Africa Football Associations ( COSAFA; German Council of the Football Associations of Southern Africa) since 1992, a regional football association of the Confédération Africaine de Football. He has 14 member associations from southern Africa.
The headquarters of the Association is based in Gaborone in Botswana. Since 2008 there is an additional administrative office in Johannesburg, South Africa.
President Suketu Patel of the Seychelles.
The COSAFA is considered one of the most active regional associations of the Confederation of African Football ( CAF).
Member Associations
- Angola Angola - Accession 1997
- Botswana Botswana - 1997
- Comoros Comoros - 2007
- Lesotho Lesotho - 1997
- Madagascar Madagascar - 2000
- Malawi Malawi - 1997
- Mauritius Mauritius - 2000
- Mozambique Mozambique - 1997
- Namibia Namibia - 1997
- Zambia Zambia - 1997
- Seychelles Seychelles - 2000
- Zimbabwe Zimbabwe - 1997
- South Africa South Africa - 1997
- Swaziland Swaziland - 1997
- Reunion Reunion ( Associate Member )
Competitions
National
- COSAFA Senior Challenge ( since 1997)
To serve the goal of promoting youth and women's football, the COSAFA regularly hosts of tournaments for U20 selection team of its members. Between 1998 and 2002, also three times a championship for U23 selections and between 1994 and 2002 was fought three times for U17 selections.
- COSAFA U -20 youth tournament - since 2010, it is sponsored by the South African company Metropolitan. 2010: Zambia Zambia 4:1 Namibia Namibia
- 2011: Angola 1:2 Zambia Zambia
Women
The COSAFA Women Cup is the official championship of Southern Africa in women's football.