COSAFA Cup

COSAFA Cup
Founded	1997
Region	Southern Africa (COSAFA)
Number of teams	16
Current champions	South Africa; (5th title)
Most successful team(s)	Zimbabwe (6 titles)
Website	http://www.cosafa.com
	2021 COSAFA Cup

COSAFA

The COSAFA Cup or COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup 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.

History[]

The following teams have participated in the tournament in the past: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini (Swaziland), Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Additionally, six non-COSAFA members have competed: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Zimbabwe has won the most titles with six wins, followed by Zambia and South Africa with five wins. 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]

The 2010 COSAFA Senior Challenge was to be the 14th edition of the football tournament that involves teams from Southern Africa. In July 2010 it was confirmed that Angola would host the competition.^[2] The 2010 edition of the competition was cancelled in October, 2010.^[3] COSAFA stated that the Angolan authorities did not give enough guarantees to host the tournament.

Results[]

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	Angola	Cancelled^[4]			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	Zimbabwe	3–1	Zambia	Tanzania	0–0 (4–2 pen.)	Lesotho
2018 Details	South Africa	Zimbabwe	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Zambia	Lesotho	1–0	Madagascar
2019 Details	South Africa	Zambia	1–0	Botswana	Zimbabwe	2–2 (5–4 pen.)	Lesotho
2021 Details	South Africa	South Africa	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 pen.)	Senegal	Eswatini	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 pen.)	Mozambique

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

Teams reaching the top four[]

As of 2021

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place	Semi-finalists	Top 4 Finishes
Zimbabwe	6 (2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018)	3 (1998, 2001, 2013)	1 (2019)		2 (2004, 2006)	12
Zambia	5 (1997, 1998, 2006, 2013, 2019)	6 (2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2018)	1 (2008)	1 (2001)	3 (1999, 2002, 2003)	16
South Africa	5 (2002, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2021)		1 (2013)	1 (2009)	2 (2000, 2005)	9
Angola	3 (1999, 2001, 2004)	1 (2006)	1 (1998)		2 (2000, 2005)	7
Namibia	1 (2015)	2 (1997, 1999)		1 (1998)		4
Mozambique		2 (2008, 2015)	2 (1997, 2009)	1 (2021)	2 (2004, 2007)	7
Malawi		2 (2002, 2003)	1 (2001)			3
Botswana		2 (2016, 2019)		1 (2015)	2 (2006, 2007)	5
Lesotho		1 (2000)	1 (2018)	3 (2013, 2017, 2019)		5
Senegal		1 (2021)				1
Eswatini^[a]			2 (2016, 2021)		3 (1999, 2002, 2003)	5
Madagascar			1 (2015)	2 (2008, 2018)		3
Tanzania			1 (2017)	1 (1997)		2
DR Congo				1 (2016)		1

Participating nations[]

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
5th – Fifth place

SF – Semi-finals
QF – Quarter-finals
GS – Group stage
1R – First round
2R – Second round

q – Qualified
— Hosts
– – Did not enter
–– – Withdrew before qualification / Banned

Team	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010²	2013	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2021	Total
Angola	–	3rd	1st	SF	1st	QF	1R	1st	SF	2nd	1R	QF	QF	x	QF	–	GS	GS	GS	––¹	–	16
Botswana	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	QF	QF	1R	SF	SF	QF	QF	x	GS	4th	2nd	QF	QF	2nd	GS	20
Comoros	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	GS	GS	x	–	–	–	–	GS	QF	––¹	4
Eswatini^[a]	1R	1R	SF	QF	QF	SF	SF	QF	1R	1R	1R	GS	GS	x	GS	GS	3rd	QF	QF	GS	3rd	20
Lesotho	1R	1R	QF	2nd	QF	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	GS	GS	x	4th	GS	QF	4th	3rd	4th	GS	20
Madagascar	–	–	–	––	–	QF	QF	1R	1R	1R	1R	4th	––¹	x	–	3rd	GS	GS	4th	–	––¹	11
Malawi	5th	1R	2R	QF	SF	2nd	2nd	QF	1R	1R	1R	GS	QF	x	QF	QF	GS	GS	GS	QF	GS	20
Mauritius	–	–	–	1R	QF	1R	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	GS	GS	x	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	–	16
Mozambique	3rd	5th	QF	1R	1R	QF	QF	SF	1R	1R	SF	2nd	3rd	x	QF	2nd	QF	GS	GS	GS	4th	19
Namibia	2nd	4th	2nd	QF	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	QF	x	QF	1st	QF	QF	QF	GS	GS	20
Seychelles	–	–	–	––	–	–	–	–	1R	1R	1R	GS	GS	x	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	–	11
South Africa	–	1R	QF	SF	QF	1st	QF	1R	SF	1R	1st	1st	4º	x	3rd	QF	1st	QF	QF	QF	1st	19
Zambia	1st	1st	SF	QF	SF	SF	SF	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd	x	1st	QF	QF	2nd	2nd	1st	GS	20
Zimbabwe	1R	2nd	QF	1st	2nd	QF	1st	SF	1st	SF	1R	QF	1st	x	2nd	GS	GS	1st	1st	3rd	GS	20
Guest Nations
DR Congo^*	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4th	–	–	–	–	1
Equatorial Guinea^*	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	––¹	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
Ghana^*	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	QF	–	–	–	–	–	1
Kenya^*	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	GS	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Senegal^*	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2nd	1
Tanzania^*	4th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	––¹	GS	–		3rd	–	–	3
Uganda^*	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	QF	–	1
Total	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	0 (13)	13	14	14	14	14	13	10

^*D.R. Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania,Uganda and Senegal are not COSAFA members, but have been invited to participate in the past.
¹ Withdrew from tournament.
² Tournament not played.

General statistics[]

As of 2018.

Rank	Team	Part
1	Zambia	19
2	Zimbabwe	19
3	Angola	16
4	South Africa	18
5	Mozambique	19
6	Namibia	19
7	Malawi	19
8	Eswatini^[a]	19
9	Madagascar	11
10	Botswana	19
11	Mauritius	16
12	Lesotho	19
13	Seychelles	11
14	Comoros	4

Notes

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Competed as Swaziland until 2018.

Top scorers[]

Peter Ndlovu of Zimbabwe and Emmanuel 'Tico-Tico' Bucuane of Mozambique are all-time top goalscorers in the tournament with ten goals each. In 2021 Felix Badenhorst of Eswatini moved into second position with nine goals.^[5]

Year	Player	Goals
1998	Tauya Mrewa Peter Ndlovu Shepherd Muradzikwa Benjamin Nkonjera	2
1999	Betinho	3
2000	Luke Petros Delron Buckley	2
2001	18 players tied	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
2017	Ovidy Karuru	6
2018	Onkabetse Makgantai	5
2019	Gabadinho Mhango Gerald Phiri Jr. Ashley Nazira	3
2021	Sepana Letsoalo	4

References[]

^ "COSAFA Tournament to continue". The Lusaka Times. 24 March 2008.
^ Redvers, Lousie (29 July 2010). "Angola to Host Cosafa Cup in November". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2 August 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
^ Muchinjo, Enock (18 October 2010). "COSAFA tourney cancelled, hosts blamed". Daily News. Archived from the original on 17 April 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
^ "COSAFA tourney cancelled, hosts blamed". 18 October 2010. Archived from the original on 17 April 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
^ "Badenhorst makes Cosafa Cup history". The Namibian. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

External links[]

[Eswatini-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Competed as Swaziland until 2018.

[1] "COSAFA Tournament to continue". The Lusaka Times. 24 March 2008.

[2] Redvers, Lousie (29 July 2010). "Angola to Host Cosafa Cup in November". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2 August 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.

[3] Muchinjo, Enock (18 October 2010). "COSAFA tourney cancelled, hosts blamed". Daily News. Archived from the original on 17 April 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2010.

[4] "COSAFA tourney cancelled, hosts blamed". 18 October 2010. Archived from the original on 17 April 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2010.

[Cup_history-6] "Badenhorst makes Cosafa Cup history". The Namibian. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

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