| Council of Southern Africa Football Associations Conseil des Associations de Football en Afrique Australe Conselho das Associações de Futebol da África Austral | |
| Size: | 150px |
| Map: | COSAFA.svg |
| Formation: | 1983 |
| Type: | Sports organization |
| Region Served: | Southern Africa |
| Language: | English, French and Portuguese |
| Headquarters: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Affiliations: | CAF, FIFA |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Phillip Chiyangwa |
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.
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]
| Name | Occupation | |
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| President | ||
 Artur de Almeida e Silva |
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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.
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.
See also: List of association football competitions and FIFA International Match Calendar. COSAFA runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth.
See also: FIFA International Match Calendar.
| Competition | Year | Champions | Title | Runners-up | Next edition[2] [3] | Dates | ||
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| National teams | ||||||||
| COSAFA Cup | 7th | TBD | ||||||
| COSAFA U-20 Championship | 2022 | 12th | 2023 | 6-15 Oct | ||||
| COSAFA U-17 Championship | 2022 | 3rd | 2023 | November | ||||
| COSAFA Schools Cup | 2022 | Clapham High School | 1st | Salima Secondary | 2023 | 27-29 Oct | ||
| COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship | 2023 | 1st | TBD | |||||
| National teams (women) | ||||||||
| COSAFA Women's Championship | 1st | TBD | ||||||
| COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship | 2019 | 1st | 2023 | June | ||||
| COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship | 2022 | 1st | 2023 | November | ||||
| COSAFA Girls Schools Cup | 2022 | Edendale Technical HS | 1st | Anse Boileau | 2023 | 27-29 Oct | ||
| Club teams (women) | ||||||||
| COSAFA Women's Champions League | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies | 2nd | 18-26 August | |||||
On 17 October 2023, it was confirmed by COSAFA organisers that the 2023 Women's Championship winners Malawi would receive zero prize money[5] after their 2–1 over Zambia in the final.[6]