Council of Southern Africa Football Associations














































Council of Southern Africa Football Associations
Conseil des Associations de Football en Afrique Australe
Conselho das Associações de Futebol da África Austral
COSAFA-logo.png
COSAFA.svg
Formation 1997
Type Sports organization
Headquarters
Gaborone, Botswana
Region served
Southern Africa
Membership
Official language

English, French and Portuguese
President

Zimbabwe Phillip Chiyangwa
Affiliations
CAF, FIFA
Website www.cosafa.com

Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (French: Conseil des Associations de Football en Afrique Australe; Portuguese: Conselho das Associações de Futebol da África Austral), officially abbreviated as COSAFA, is an association of the football playing nations in Southern Africa. It is affiliated to CAF.


COSAFA organise several tournaments in the Southern African region, and its most renowned tournament is the COSAFA Cup.




Contents






  • 1 Executive committee


  • 2 Current members


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





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.[1]














































Nation
Name
Occupation
President

Zimbabwe

Phillip Chiyangwa

  • President of The Zimbabwe Football Association

Vice-President:

Namibia
Frans Mbidi

  • President of the Namibia Football Association

Members

Mozambique
Alberto Simanga

  • President of the Mozambican Football Federation


Zambia

Andrew Kamanga

  • President of the Football Association of Zambia


Angola
Pedro Neto

  • President of the Angolan Football Federation


Mauritius
Sameer Sobha

  • President of the Mauritius Football Association


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.



Current members


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.














































































Country

Year
Governing body

 Angola
1997

Angolan Football Federation

 Botswana
1997

Botswana Football Association

 Comoros
2007

Comoros Football Federation

 Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
1997

Eswatini Football Association

 Lesotho
1997

Lesotho Football Association

 Madagascar
2000

Malagasy Football Federation

 Malawi
1997

Football Association of Malawi

 Mauritius
2000

Mauritius Football Association

 Mozambique
1997

Mozambican Football Federation

 Namibia
1997

Namibia Football Association

 Seychelles
2000

Seychelles Football Federation

 South Africa
1997

South African Football Association

 Zambia
1997

Football Association of Zambia

 Zimbabwe
1997

Zimbabwe Football Association


References





  1. ^ "Mr Phillip Chiyangwa is new COSAFA president". COSAFA. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




External links


  • COSAFA Official Website












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