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{{Short description|Football association in Southern Africa}}
{{Infobox organization
| name                = Council of Southern Africa Football Associations<br />''Conseil des Associations de Football en Afrique Australe''<br />''Conselho das Associações de Futebol da África Austral''
| image               = COSAFA-logo.png
| size                = 150px
| map                 = COSAFA.svg
| formation           = 1983
| type                = Sports organization
| region_served       = [[Southern Africa]]
| membership          = {{Plainlist|
*{{flagicon|AGO}} [[Angolan Football Federation|Angola]]
*{{flagicon|BWA}} [[Botswana Football Association|Botswana]]
*{{flagicon|COM}} [[Comoros Football Federation|Comoros]]
*{{flagicon|SWZ}} [[Eswatini Football Association|Eswatini]]
*{{flagicon|LSO}} [[Lesotho Football Association|Lesotho]]
*{{flagicon|MDG}} [[Malagasy Football Federation|Madagascar]]
*{{flagicon|MWI}} [[Football Association of Malawi|Malawi]]
*{{flagicon|MUS}} [[Mauritius Football Association|Mauritius]]
*{{flagicon|MOZ}} [[Mozambican Football Federation|Mozambique]]
*{{flagicon|NAM}} [[Namibia Football Association|Namibia]]
*{{flagicon|SYC}} [[Seychelles Football Federation|Seychelles]]
*{{flagicon|ZAF}} [[South African Football Association|South&nbsp;Africa]]
*{{flagicon|ZMB}} [[Football Association of Zambia|Zambia]]
*{{flagicon|ZWE}} [[Zimbabwe Football Association|Zimbabwe]]
}}
| language            = [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]] and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
| headquarters        = [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]]
| affiliations        = [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]], [[FIFA]]
| leader_title        = President
| leader_name         = {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Phillip Chiyangwa]]
| website             = {{URL|www.cosafa.com}}
}}

'''Council of Southern Africa Football Associations''' ({{langx|fr|Conseil des Associations de Football en Afrique Australe}}; {{langx|pt|Conselho das Associações de Futebol da África Austral}}), officially abbreviated as '''COSAFA''', is an association of the [[association football|football]] playing nations in [[Southern Africa]]. It is affiliated to [[Confederation of African Football|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.<ref name="17 Dec 2016">{{cite news|title=Mr Phillip Chiyangwa is new COSAFA president|url=http://www.cosafa.com/mr-philip-chiyangwa-is-new-cosafa-president/|access-date=29 December 2016|work=COSAFA|date=17 December 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Occupation
|-
! colspan="2" |President
|-
|{{flagicon|Angola}} Artur de Almeida e Silva
|
*President of The Angolan Football Federation
|-
! colspan="2" |Vice-president:
|-
|{{flagicon|Namibia}} Frans Mbidi
|
*President of the [[Namibia Football Association]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Members
|-
|{{flagicon|Mozambique}} Alberto Simanga
|
*President of the [[Mozambican Football Federation]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Zambia}} [[Andrew Kamanga]]
|
*President of the [[Football Association of Zambia]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Angola}} Pedro Neto
|
*President of the [[Angolan Football Federation]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Mauritius}} Sameer Sobha
|
*President of the [[Mauritius Football Association]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Malawi}} Walter Nyamilandu-Manda
|
*President 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.

{| class="wikitable sortable" valign="top"
|-
! Country
! {{Tooltip|Year|Year of membership}}
! Governing body
|-
| {{fba|ANG}}
| 1997
| [[Angolan Football Federation]]
|-
| {{fba|BOT}}
| 1997
| [[Botswana Football Association]]
|-
| {{fba|COM}}
| 2007
| [[Comoros Football Federation]]
|-
| {{fba|SWZ|name=Eswatini}}
| 1997
| [[Eswatini Football Association]]
|-
| {{fba|LES}}
| 1997
| [[Lesotho Football Association]]
|-
| {{fba|MAD}}
| 2000
| [[Malagasy Football Federation]]
|-
| {{fba|MWI}}
| 1997
| [[Football Association of Malawi]]
|-
| {{fba|MRI}}
| 2000
| [[Mauritius Football Association]]
|-
| {{fba|MOZ}}
| 1997
| [[Mozambican Football Federation]]
|-
| {{fba|NAM}}
| 1997
| [[Namibia Football Association]]
|-
| {{fba|SEY}}
| 2000
| [[Seychelles Football Federation]]
|-
| {{fba|RSA}}
| 1997
| [[South African Football Association]]
|-
| {{fba|ZAM}}
| 1997
| [[Football Association of Zambia]]
|-
| {{fba|ZIM}}
| 1997
| [[Zimbabwe Football Association]]

|}

==Competitions==
{{See also|List of association football competitions|FIFA International Match Calendar}}
COSAFA runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth.

===Current title holders===
{{See also|Portal:Current events/Sports|{{CURRENTYEAR}} in association football|{{CURRENTYEAR}} in sports|FIFA International Match Calendar}}
{{For|events postponed or cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic|Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports}}

{| class="wikitable"
! Competition
| width="1%" rowspan=1 style="background-color:#ffffff;"|
! Year
! Champions
! Title
! Runners-up
| width="1%" rowspan=1 style="background-color:#ffffff;"|
! Next edition<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cosafa.com/fixturesresults/ |title=Fixtures/Results |website=cosafa.com |publisher=COSAFA |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tournaments |url=https://cosafa.com/category/tournaments/ |work=COSAFA |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref>
! Dates
|-
! colspan=9|National teams
|-
| [[COSAFA Cup]]
| width="1%" rowspan=5 style="background-color:#ffffff;"|
| {{Nowrap|[[2024 COSAFA Cup|2024]] <small>([[2024 COSAFA Cup#Final|final]])</small>}}
| {{fb|ANG}}
| 4th
| {{fb|NAM}}
| width="1%" rowspan=5 style="background-color:#ffffff;"|
| {{Nowrap|[[2025 COSAFA Cup|2025]]}}
| TBD
|-
| [[COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup|COSAFA U-20 Championship]]
| [[2024 COSAFA U-20 Cup|2024]]
| {{fbu|20|RSA}}
| 9th
| {{fbu|20|ZAM}} 
| [[2026 COSAFA U-20 Cup|2026]]
| TBD
|-
| [[COSAFA U-17 Challenge Cup|COSAFA U-17 Championship]]
| [[2024 COSAFA Under-17 Championship|2024]]
| {{fbu|17|ZAM}}
| 4th
| {{fbu|17|ANG}}
| [[2025 COSAFA Under-17 Championship|2025]]
| 
|-
| [[COSAFA Schools Cup|COSAFA Boys Schools Cup]]
| 2023
| {{fbu|15|RSA}}
| 2nd
| {{fbu|15|MWI}}
| 2024
| September
|-
| [[COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship]]
| [[2024 COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship|2024]]
| {{beachsoccer|MAR}}{{ref|reference_name_B|g}}
| 1st
| {{beachsoccer|MOZ}}
| TBD
| TBD
|-
! colspan=9|National teams (women)
|-
| [[COSAFA Women's Championship]]
| width="1%" rowspan=4 style="background-color:#ffffff;"|
| {{Nowrap|[[2024 COSAFA Women's Championship|2024]] <small>([[2024 COSAFA Women's Championship#Final|final]])</small>}}
| {{fbw|ZAM}}
| 2nd
| {{fbw|RSA}}
| width="1%" rowspan=4 style="background-color:#ffffff;"|
| [[2025 COSAFA Women's Championship|2025]]
| TBD
|-
| [[COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship]]
| [[2024 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship|2024]]
| {{fbwu|20|ZAM}}
| 1st
| {{fbwu|20|RSA}}
| TBD
| TBD
|-
| [[COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship]]
| [[2025 COSAFA U-17 Girls' Championship|2025]]
| {{fbwu|17|ZAM}}
| 3rd
| {{fbwu|17|MWI}}
| TBD
| TBD 
|-
| [[COSAFA Schools Cup|COSAFA Girls Schools Cup]]
| 2023
| {{fbwu|15|RSA}}
| 2nd
| {{fbwu|15|BOT}}
| 2024
| 27-29 Oct
|-
! colspan=9|Club teams (women)
|-
| [[COSAFA Women's Champions League]]
| width="1%" rowspan=1 style="background-color:#ffffff;"|
| {{Nowrap|[[2024 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers|2024]] <small>([[2024 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers#Final|Final]])</small>}}
| {{fbaicon|RSA}} [[UWC Ladies FC|University of the Western Cape]]
| 1st
| {{fbaicon|BOT}} [[Gaborone United Ladies]] 
| width="1%" rowspan=1 style="background-color:#ffffff;"|
| {{Nowrap|[[CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers|2025]]}}
| TBD
|-
|}

* {{note|reference_name_B|g}}invited guest-nation

== Controversy ==
On 17 October 2023, it was confirmed by COSAFA organisers that the [[2023 COSAFA Women's Championship|2023 Women's Championship]] winners [[Malawi women's national football team|Malawi]] would receive zero prize money<ref>{{Cite web |last=Diamond |first=Drew |date=2023-10-19 |title=COSAFA Champions Malawi to receive zero prize money |url=https://herfootballhub.com/cosafa-champions-malawi-to-receive-zero-prize-money/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Her Football Hub |language=en-GB}}</ref> after their 2–1 over [[Zambia women's national football team|Zambia]] in the final.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Diamond |first=Drew |date=2023-10-17 |title=COSAFA Cup: Malawi claim historic title with win over Zambia |url=https://herfootballhub.com/cosafa-cup-malawi-claim-historic-title-with-win-over-zambia/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Her Football Hub |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Football in Africa}}
*[[Confederation of African Football]] (CAF)
*[[Central African Football Federations' Union]] (UNIFFAC)
*[[Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations]] (CECAFA)
*[[Union of North African Football Federations]] (UNAF)
*[[West African Football Union]] (WAFU)

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
*{{official}}

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{{COSAFA championships}}
{{CAF sub-regions}}
{{African football}}

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