COSAFA Cup

It has been suggested that 2010 COSAFA Senior Challenge be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since September 2018.

COSAFA Cup

Founded	1997
Region	Southern Africa (COSAFA)
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Zimbabwe (6th title)
Most successful team(s)	Zimbabwe (6 titles)
Website	http://www.cosafa.com
2018 COSAFA Cup

The COSAFA Cup or COSAFA Senior Challenge 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. The following teams have participated in the tournament in the past: Tanzania, Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe has won the most titles with five wins, followed by Zambia and South Africa with four 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]

Contents

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  1 Winners
  
  
  
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    1.1 Winners by title
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Top scorers
  


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  3 See also
  


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  4 References
  


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  5 External links
  

Winners

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		Eswatini 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		Eswatini and  Zambia
2003 Details	Home/away		Zimbabwe	2–1 2–0	Malawi		Zambia and  Eswatini
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 Details	Angola		Cancelled[2]				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		Eswatini	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	Zimbabwe

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

Winners by title

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Semi-final
Zimbabwe	6 (2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018)	3 (1998, 2001, 2013)			2 (2004, 2006)
Zambia	4 (1997, 1998, 2006, 2013)	6 (2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2018)	1 (2008)	1 (2001)	3 (1999, 2002, 2003)
South Africa	4 (2002, 2007, 2008, 2016)		1 (2013)	1 (2009)	2 (2000, 2005)
Angola	3 (1999, 2001, 2004)	1 (2006)	1 (1998)		2 (2000, 2005)
Namibia	1 (2015)	2 (1997, 1999)		1 (1998)
Mozambique		2 (2008, 2015)	2 (1997, 2009)		2 (2004, 2007)
Malawi		2 (2002, 2003)	1 (2001)
Lesotho		1 (2000)	1 (2018)	2 (2013, 2017)
Botswana		1 (2016)		1 (2015)	2 (2006, 2007)
Madagascar			1 (2015)	2 (2008, 2018)
Tanzania			1 (2017)	1 (1997)
Eswatini			1 (2016)		3 (1999, 2002, 2003)
DR Congo				1 (2016)

Top scorers

Year	Player	Goals
1997	Adelino	4
1998	Tauya Mrewa Peter Ndlovu Shepherd Muradzikwa Benjamin Nkonjera	2
1999	Betinho	3
2000	Luke Petros Delron Buckley	2
2001	18 players tied with one goal each	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

See also

• COSAFA Women's Championship


• COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup


• COSAFA U-17 Challenge Cup

References

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External links

• Official site


• COSAFA Cup at RSSSF

v t e COSAFA Cup
Years	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018
Squads	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018

v t e Council of Southern Africa Football Associations
International competitions	COSAFA Cup U-20 Challenge Cup U-17 Challenge Cup COSAFA Women's Championship
Affiliated football associations	Angola Botswana Comoros Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
National teams	Angola Botswana Comoros Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Nambia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
www.cosafa.com

v t e International association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-20 U-17 Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings The Best FIFA Football Awards Timeline of association football Comparison of association football and futsal
Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU) Intercontinental (UAFA)
Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, CAFA, WAFF) Intercontinental (AFF-EAFF, UAFA)
Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17 Nations League
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15 Nations League Regional (CFU, UNCAF)
Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-19 U-16
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15
Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA – CONIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IIGA – Island Games
Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games
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