COSAFA Cup

The COSAFA Cup (known fully as 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.

COSAFA Cup
Organising bodyCOSAFA
Founded1997
RegionSouthern Africa
Number of teams14
Current champions Zambia
(7th title)
Most successful team(s) Zambia
(7 titles)
Websitecosafa.com
2023 COSAFA Cup
COSAFA

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, seven non-COSAFA members have competed: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Senegal. Zambia has won the most titles with seven wins, followed by Zimbabwe with six wins. Zambia has been the most prolific side in the competition failing to reach the top 4 only four times since the tournament's inception. 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
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
2022
Details
 South Africa
Zambia
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Namibia

Senegal
1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 pen.)

Mozambique
2023
Details
 South Africa
Zambia
1–0
Lesotho

South Africa
0–0
(5–3 pen.)

Malawi

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

Teams reaching the top four

As of 2023

Team Winners Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place Semi-finalists Top 4 Finishes
 Zambia 7 (1997, 1998, 2006, 2013, 2019, 2022, 2023) 6 (2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2018) 1 (2008) 1 (2001) 3 (1999, 2002, 2003) 19
 Zimbabwe 6 (2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018) 3 (1998, 2001, 2013) 1 (2019) 2 (2004, 2006) 12
 South Africa 5 (2002, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2021) 2 (2013, 2023) 1 (2009) 2 (2000, 2005) 10
 Angola 3 (1999, 2001, 2004) 1 (2006) 1 (1998) 2 (2000, 2005) 7
 Namibia 1 (2015) 3 (1997, 1999, 2022) 1 (1998) 5
 Mozambique 2 (2008, 2015) 2 (1997, 2009) 2 (2021, 2022) 2 (2004, 2007) 8
 Malawi 2 (2002, 2003) 1 (2001) 1 (2023) 4
 Botswana 2 (2016, 2019) 1 (2015) 2 (2006, 2007) 5
 Lesotho 2 (2000, 2023) 1 (2018) 3 (2013, 2017, 2019) 6
 Senegal 1 (2021) 1 (2022) 2
 Eswatini[lower-alpha 1] 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
Team 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20102 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 Total
 Angola 3rd1stSF1stQF1R1stSF2nd1RQFQFxQFGSGSGS––1GSGS 18
 Botswana 1R1R2R1R1R1RQFQF1RSFSFQFQFxGS4th2ndQFQF2ndGSQFGS 22
 Comoros GSGSxGSQF––1GSGS 6
 Eswatini[lower-alpha 1] 1R1RSFQFQFSFSFQF1R1R1RGSGSxGSGS3rdQFQFGS3rdQFGS 22
 Lesotho 1R1RQF2ndQF1R1R1R1R1R1RGSGSx4thGSQF4th3rd4thGSGS2nd 22
 Madagascar ––QFQF1R1R1R1R4th––1x3rdGSGS4th––1QF 12
 Malawi 5th1R2RQFSF2nd2ndQF1R1R1RGSQFxQFQFGSGSGSQFGSGS4th 22
 Mauritius 1RQF1R1RQF1R1R1RGSGSxGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGS 18
 Mozambique 3rd5thQF1R1RQFQFSF1R1RSF2nd3rdxQF2ndQFGSGSGS4th4thGS 22
 Namibia 2nd4th2ndQF1R1R1R1R1R1R1RQFQFxQF1stQFQFQFGSGS2ndGS 22
 Seychelles ––1R1R1RGSGSxGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGS 13
 South Africa 1RQFSFQF1stQF1RSF1R1st1st4thx3rdQF1stQFQFQF1stQF3rd 21
 Zambia 1st1stSFQFSFSFSF2nd2nd1st2nd3rd2ndx1stQFQF2nd2nd1stGS1st1st 22
 Zimbabwe 1R2ndQF1st2ndQF1stSF1stSF1RQF1stx2ndGSGS1st1st3rdGS 20
Guest Nations
 DR Congo* 4th 1
 Equatorial Guinea* ––1 0
 Ghana* QF 1
 Kenya* GS 1
 Senegal* 2nd3rd 2
 Tanzania* 4th––1GS3rd 3
 Uganda* QF 1
Total91010111112121213131314130 (14)131414141413101412

*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.

Summary (1997-2022)

COSAFA Cup invitees are included in the table with blue.

RankTeamPartMWDLGFGAGDPoints
1 Zambia21633222109348+45117
2 Zimbabwe20593417810049+51113
3 South Africa2055301967729+48109
4 Namibia21592317197662+1486
5 Mozambique21611915245970-1175
6 Eswatini21532016176557+873
7 Angola17431815124737+1068
8 Malawi21591620236171-1068
9 Botswana21511517195250+262
10 Lesotho21531415245074-2457
11 Madagascar1236148143938+150
12 Mauritius184088242557-3232
13 Comoros61843111428-1415
14 Seychelles131916271964-459
15 Senegal293421312+113
16 Tanzania3132651015-512
17 DR Congo131111104
18 Ghana1200215-40
19 Kenya1311154+14
20 Uganda120201102
21 Equatorial Guinea000000000

Top scorers

Peter Ndlovu of Zimbabwe and Manuel '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 Zimbabwe Tauya Mrewa Zimbabwe Peter Ndlovu Zimbabwe Shepherd Muradzikwa Zimbabwe Benjamin Nkonjera 2
1999 Angola Betinho 3
2000 Zimbabwe Luke Petros South Africa Delron Buckley 2
2001 18 players tied 1
2002 Eswatini Mfanzile Dlamini Zambia Rotson Kilambe South Africa Teboho Mokoena Eswatini Siza Dlamini South Africa Patrick Mayo 2
2003 Zimbabwe Peter Ndlovu Zambia Noel Mwandila Malawi Russel Mwafulirwa 2
2004 Zimbabwe Peter Ndlovu 3
2005 Zambia Collins Mbesuma 4
2006 Angola Fabrice Akwa 3
2007 Madagascar Paulin Voavy 3
2008 Seychelles Phillip Zialor 4
2009 Zimbabwe Cuthbert Malajila 4
2013 Botswana Jerome Ramatlhakwane 4
2015 Madagascar Sarivahy Vombola 5
2016 Eswatini Felix Badenhorst 5
2017 Zimbabwe Ovidy Karuru 6
2018 Botswana Onkabetse Makgantai 5
2019 Malawi Gabadinho Mhango Malawi Gerald Phiri Jr. Mauritius Ashley Nazira 3
2021 South Africa Sepana Letsoalo 4
2022 Eswatini Sabelo Ndzinisa 3

See also

Notes

  1. Competed as Swaziland until 2018.

References

  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.
  5. "Badenhorst makes Cosafa Cup history". The Namibian. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

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