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Council of Southern Africa Football Associations

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Executive committee
Current members
References
External links

{{Infobox organization
|name = Council of Southern Africa Football Associations
Conseil des Associations de Football en Afrique Australe
Conselho das Associações de Futebol da África Austral
|image = COSAFA-logo.png
|size = 250px
|map = COSAFA.svg
|formation = 1997
|type = Sports organization
|region_served = Southern Africa
|membership = {{Collapsible list
|title=14 members
|{{flagicon|AGO}} Angola
|{{flagicon|BWA}} Botswana
|{{flagicon|COM}} Comoros
|{{flagicon|SWZ}} Eswatini
|{{flagicon|LSO}} Lesotho
|{{flagicon|MDG}} Madagascar
|{{flagicon|MWI}} Malawi
|{{flagicon|MUS}} Mauritius
|{{flagicon|MOZ}} Mozambique
|{{flagicon|NAM}} Namibia
|{{flagicon|ZAF}} South Africa
|{{flagicon|SYC}} Seychelles
|{{flagicon|ZMB}} Zambia
|{{flagicon|ZWE}} Zimbabwe }}
|language = English, French and Portuguese
|headquarters = Gaborone, Botswana
|affiliations = CAF, FIFA
|leader_title = President
|leader_name = {{flagicon|ZIM}} Phillip Chiyangwa
|website = {{URL|www.cosafa.com}}
}}

Council of Southern Africa Football Associations ({{lang-fr|Conseil des Associations de Football en Afrique Australe}}; {{lang-pt|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
Zimbabwe}}	Phillip Chiyangwa President of The Zimbabwe Football Association
Vice-President:
Namibia}}	Frans Mbidi President of the Namibia Football Association
Members
Mozambique}}	Alberto Simanga President of the Mozambican Football Federation
Zambia}}	Andrew Kamanga President of the Football Association of Zambia
Angola}}	Pedro Neto President of the Angolan Football Federation
Mauritius}}	Sameer Sobha President of the Mauritius Football Association
Malawi}}	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, Réunionese Football League, is only an associate member of COSAFA.

Country	Year\|Year of membership	Governing body
ANG}}	1997	Angolan Football Federation
BOT}}	1997	Botswana Football Association
COM}}	2007	Comoros Football Federation
SWZ\|name=Eswatini}} (formerly Swaziland)	1997	Eswatini Football Association
LES}}	1997	Lesotho Football Association
MAD}}	2000	Malagasy Football Federation
MWI}}	1997	Football Association of Malawi
MRI}}	2000	Mauritius Football Association
MOZ}}	1997	Mozambican Football Federation
NAM}}	1997	Namibia Football Association
SEY}}	2000	Seychelles Football Federation
RSA}}	1997	South African Football Association
ZAM}}	1997	Football Association of Zambia
ZIM}}	1997	Zimbabwe Football Association

References

1. ^{{cite news|title=Mr Phillip Chiyangwa is new COSAFA president|url=http://www.cosafa.com/mr-philip-chiyangwa-is-new-cosafa-president/|accessdate=29 December 2016|work=COSAFA|date=17 December 2016}}

External links

COSAFA Official Website

{{COSAFA Football}}{{CAF sub-regions}}{{African football}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Council Of Southern Africa Football Associations}}{{Footy-org-stub}}

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