Council of Southern Africa Football Associations
Formation | 1997 |
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Type | Sports organization |
Headquarters | Gaborone, Botswana |
Region served | Southern Africa |
Membership | 14 members
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Official language | English, French and Portuguese |
President | 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 |
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President | ||
Phillip Chiyangwa |
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Vice-President: | ||
Frans Mbidi |
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Members | ||
Alberto Simanga |
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Andrew Kamanga |
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Pedro Neto |
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Sameer Sobha |
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Walter Nyamilandu-Manda |
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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 |
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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
^ "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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