Council of Southern Africa Football Associations

Council of Southern Africa Football Associations
Formation	1997
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Gaborone, Botswana
Membership	14 members associations
Website	http://www.cosafa.com

Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) is an association of the football playing nations in Southern Africa.

It is affiliated to CAF. Its most renowned tournament is the COSAFA Cup, COSAFA organise several tournaments in the Southern African region.

Executive committee

The 2008 AGM saw the election of the new COSAFA Executive Committee. Previously the COSAFA Exco consisted of 14 members; the new Exco now consists of seven members; the President, Vice-President and five members. The Exco is made up of the following persons:

Nation	Name	Occupation
President
	Suketu Patel	President of The Seychelles Football Association CAF Executive Committee member.
Vice-President:
	Advocate Salemane J Phafane KC	President of the Lesotho Football Association Member of the FIFA Associations Committee CAF Women Committee Futsal Committee Chairperson of the COSAFA Legal Committee.
Members
	Timothy Shongwe	Vice President of the National Football Association of Swaziland
	Wellington Nyatanga	President of the Zimbabwe Football Association
	Walter Nyamilandu-Manda	President of the Football Association of Malawi
	John Muingo	President of the Namibian Football Association
	Faisel Sidaet	President of the Mozambique Football Federation

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.

Members

COSAFA has 14 members:

• Angola - 1997
• Botswana - 1997
• Comoros - 2007
• Lesotho - 1997
• Madagascar - 2000
• Malawi - 1997
• Mauritius - 2000
• Mozambique - 1997
• Namibia - 1997
• South Africa - 1997
• Seychelles - 2000
• Swaziland - 1997
• Zambia - 1997
• Zimbabwe - 1997

1. ^ - Joined December 1, 2007

External links

• COSAFA Official Website