COSAFA Cup
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| Organiser(s) | COSAFA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1983 |
| Region | Southern Africa |
| Teams | 14 |
| Current champions | File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola (5th title) |
| Most championships | File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia (7 titles) |
| Website | cosafa |
| File:Soccerball current event.svg 2025 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.
History
[edit | edit source]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
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^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
Teams reaching the top four
[edit | edit source]As of 2024[update]
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third Place | Fourth Place | Semi-finalists | Top 4 Finishes |
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| File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia | 7 (1997, 1998, 2006, 2013, 2019, 2022, 2023) | 6 (2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2018) | 1 (2008) | 1 (2001) | 4 (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003) | 19 |
| File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe | 6 (2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018) | 3 (1998, 2001, 2013) | 1 (2019) | 2 (2004, 2006) | 12 | |
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 5 (2002, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2021) | 1 (2025) | 2 (2013, 2023) | 1 (2009) | 2 (2000, 2005) | 11 |
| File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola | 5 (1999, 2001, 2004, 2024, 2025) | 1 (2006) | 1 (1998) | 2 (2000, 2005) | 9 | |
| File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia | 1 (2015) | 4 (1997, 1999, 2022, 2024) | 1 (1998) | 6 | ||
| File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique | 2 (2008, 2015) | 3 (1997, 2009, 2024) | 2 (2021, 2022) | 2 (2004, 2007) | 9 | |
| File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi | 2 (2002, 2003) | 1 (2001) | 1 (2023) | 4 | ||
| File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana | 2 (2016, 2019) | 1 (2015) | 2 (2006, 2007) | 5 | ||
| File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho | 2 (2000, 2023) | 1 (2018) | 3 (2013, 2017, 2019) | 6 | ||
| File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal | 1 (2021) | 1 (2022) | 2 | |||
| File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini[a] | 2 (2016, 2021) | 3 (1999, 2002, 2003) | 5 | |||
| File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar | 1 (2015) | 3 (2008, 2018, 2025) | 4 | |||
| File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania | 1 (2017) | 1 (1997) | 2 | |||
| File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros | 1 (2025) | 1 (2024) | 2 | |||
| File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo | 1 (2016) | 1 |
Medals (1997-2025)
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 10 | File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 12 | File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 24 | 24 | 33 | 81 | |
Participating nations
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| Team | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 20102 | 2013 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
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| File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola | – | 3rd | 1st | SF | 1st | QF | 1R | 1st | SF | 2nd | 1R | QF | QF | x | QF | – | GS | GS | GS | ––1 | – | GS | GS | 1st | 1st | 20 |
| File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | QF | 1R | SF | SF | QF | QF | x | GS | 4th | 2nd | QF | QF | 2nd | GS | QF | GS | GS | GS | 24 |
| File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | GS | GS | x | – | – | – | – | GS | QF | ––1 | GS | GS | 4th | 3rd | 8 |
| File:Flag of Eswatini.svg 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 | GS | GS | 24 |
| File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho | 1R | 1R | QF | 2nd | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | GS | GS | x | 4th | GS | QF | 4th | 3rd | 4th | GS | GS | 2nd | GS | GS | 24 |
| File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar | – | – | – | –– | – | QF | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 4th | ––1 | x | – | 3rd | GS | GS | 4th | – | ––1 | QF | – | – | 4th | 13 |
| File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi | 5th | 1R | 2R | QF | SF | 2nd | 2nd | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | GS | QF | x | QF | QF | GS | GS | GS | QF | GS | GS | 4th | – | GS | 23 |
| File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius | – | – | – | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | GS | GS | x | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | – | GS | GS | – | GS | 19 |
| File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique | 3rd | 5th | QF | 1R | 1R | QF | QF | SF | 1R | 1R | SF | 2nd | 3rd | x | QF | 2nd | QF | GS | GS | GS | 4th | 4th | GS | 3rd | GS | 24 |
| File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | QF | x | QF | 1st | QF | QF | QF | GS | GS | 2nd | GS | 2nd | GS | 24 |
| File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles | – | – | – | –– | – | – | – | – | 1R | 1R | 1R | GS | GS | x | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | – | GS | GS | GS | – | 14 |
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | – | 1R | QF | SF | QF | 1st | QF | 1R | SF | 1R | 1st | 1st | 4th | x | 3rd | QF | 1st | QF | QF | QF | 1st | QF | 3rd | GS | 2nd | 23 |
| File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia | 1st | 1st | SF | QF | SF | SF | SF | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | x | 1st | QF | QF | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | GS | 1st | 1st | GS | GS | 24 |
| File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe | 1R | 2nd | QF | 1st | 2nd | QF | 1st | SF | 1st | SF | 1R | QF | 1st | x | 2nd | GS | GS | 1st | 1st | 3rd | GS | – | – | GS | GS | 22 |
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| File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo* | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea* | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ––1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana* | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | QF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya* | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | GS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | GS | – | 2 |
| File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal* | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | 3rd | – | – | – | 2 |
| File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania* | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ––1 | GS | – | 3rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | GS | 4 |
| File:Flag of Uganda.svg 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 | 12 | 14 | |
*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)
[edit | edit source]COSAFA Cup invitees are included in the table with blue.
Top scorers
[edit | edit source]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]
See also
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