COSAFA Cup

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

The COSAFA Cup (known fully as COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup) is an annual tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by

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, 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[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
Team 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010
2
2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 Total
 Angola 3rd 1st SF 1st QF 1R 1st SF 2nd 1R QF QF x QF GS GS GS ––1 GS GS 18
 Botswana 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R QF QF 1R SF SF QF QF x GS 4th 2nd QF QF 2nd GS QF GS 22
 Comoros GS GS x GS QF ––1 GS GS 6
 Eswatini[a] 1R 1R SF QF QF SF SF QF 1R 1R 1R GS GS x GS GS 3rd QF QF GS 3rd QF GS 22
 Lesotho 1R 1R QF 2nd QF 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R GS GS x 4th GS QF 4th 3rd 4th GS GS 2nd 22
 Madagascar –– QF QF 1R 1R 1R 1R 4th ––1 x 3rd GS GS 4th ––1 QF 12
 Malawi 5th 1R 2R QF SF 2nd 2nd QF 1R 1R 1R GS QF x QF QF GS GS GS QF GS GS 4th 22
 Mauritius 1R QF 1R 1R QF 1R 1R 1R GS GS x GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS 18
 Mozambique 3rd 5th QF 1R 1R QF QF SF 1R 1R SF 2nd 3rd x QF 2nd QF GS GS GS 4th 4th GS 22
 Namibia 2nd 4th 2nd QF 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R QF QF x QF 1st QF QF QF GS GS 2nd GS 22
 Seychelles –– 1R 1R 1R GS GS x GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS 13
 South Africa 1R QF SF QF 1st QF 1R SF 1R 1st 1st 4th x 3rd QF 1st QF QF QF 1st QF 3rd 21
 Zambia 1st 1st SF QF SF SF SF 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd x 1st QF QF 2nd 2nd 1st GS 1st 1st 22
 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 3rd 2
 Tanzania* 4th ––1 GS 3rd 3
 Uganda* QF 1
Total 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 13 0 (14) 13 14 14 14 14 13 10 14 12

*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.

Rank Team Part M W D L GF GA GD Points
1  Zambia 21 63 32 22 10 93 48 +45 117
2  Zimbabwe 20 59 34 17 8 100 49 +51 113
3  South Africa 20 55 30 19 6 77 29 +48 109
4  Namibia 21 59 23 17 19 76 62 +14 86
5  Mozambique 21 61 19 15 24 59 70 -11 75
6  Eswatini 21 53 20 16 17 65 57 +8 73
7  Angola 17 43 18 15 12 47 37 +10 68
8  Malawi 21 59 16 20 23 61 71 -10 68
9  Botswana 21 51 15 17 19 52 50 +2 62
10  Lesotho 21 53 14 15 24 50 74 -24 57
11  Madagascar 12 36 14 8 14 39 38 +1 50
12  Mauritius 18 40 8 8 24 25 57 -32 32
13  Comoros 6 18 4 3 11 14 28 -14 15
14  Seychelles 13 19 1 6 27 19 64 -45 9
15  Senegal 2 9 3 4 2 13 12 +1 13
16  Tanzania 3 13 2 6 5 10 15 -5 12
17  DR Congo 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
18  Ghana 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 0
19  Kenya 1 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
20  Uganda 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
21  Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
Teboho Mokoena Eswatini Siza Dlamini South Africa Patrick Mayo
2
2003
Russel Mwafulirwa
2
2004 Zimbabwe Peter Ndlovu 3
2005 Zambia Collins Mbesuma 4
2006
Fabrice Akwa
3
2007 Madagascar Paulin Voavy 3
2008
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
Sepana Letsoalo
4
2022 Eswatini Sabelo Ndzinisa 3

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b 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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