COSAFA

Council of Southern Africa Football Associations
*Conseil des Associations de Football en Afrique Australe*
*Conselho das Associações de Futebol da África Austral*
Formation	1997
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Gaborone, Botswana
Region served	Southern Africa
Membership	14 members Angola ; Botswana ; Comoros ; Lesotho ; Madagascar ; Malawi ; Mauritius ; Mozambique ; Namibia ; South Africa ; Seychelles ; Swaziland ; Zambia ; Zimbabwe ;
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.

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
	Phillip Chiyangwa	President of The Zimbabwe Football Association
Vice-President:
	Frans Mbidi	President of the Namibia Football Association
Members
	Alberto Simanga	President of the Mozambican Football Federation
	Andrew Kamanga	President of the Football Association of Zambia
	Pedro Neto	President of the Angolan Football Federation
	Sameer Sobha	President of the Mauritius Football Association
	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, Ligue Réunionnaise de Football, is only an associate member of COSAFA.

Country	Year	Governing body
Angola	1997	Federação Angolana de Futebol
Botswana	1997	Botswana Football Association
Comoros	2007	Fédération Comorienne de Football
Lesotho	1997	Lesotho Football Association
Madagascar	2000	Fédération Malagasy de Football
Malawi	1997	Football Association of Malawi
Mauritius	2000	Mauritius Football Association
Mozambique	1997	Federação Moçambicana de Futebol
Namibia	1997	Namibia Football Association
Seychelles	2000	Seychelles Football Federation
South Africa	1997	South African Football Association
Eswatini	1997	National Football Association of Swaziland
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.

External links

COSAFA Official Website

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[17_Dec_2016-1] "Mr Phillip Chiyangwa is new COSAFA president". COSAFA. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.

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