| Founded | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Region | Africa (CAF) |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Current champions | Zimbabwe |
| Most successful team | Zimbabwe (4) |
| Website | http://www.cosafa.com |
| 2010 COSAFA Cup | |
The COSAFA Senior Challenge is an annual tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by 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. The following teams have participated in the tournament in the past: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe was won the most titles with four wins, while South Africa, Angola and Zambia have won three each.
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]
Contents |
| Year | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | |||
| 1997 Details |
Zambia |
Group Stage | Namibia |
Mozambique |
Group Stage | Tanzania |
||
| 1998 Details |
Zambia |
Group Stage | Zimbabwe |
Angola |
Group Stage | Namibia |
||
| 1999 Details |
Angola |
1 - 0 1 - 1 |
Namibia |
Swaziland |
Zambia |
|||
| 2000 Details |
Zimbabwe |
3 - 0 3 - 0 |
Lesotho |
South Africa |
Angola |
|||
| 2001 Details |
Angola |
0 - 0 1 - 0 |
Zimbabwe |
Malawi |
2 - 1 | Zambia |
||
| 2002 Details |
South Africa |
3 - 1 1 - 0 |
Malawi |
Swaziland |
Zambia |
|||
| 2003 Details |
Zimbabwe |
2 - 1 2 - 0 |
Malawi |
Zambia |
Swaziland |
|||
| 2004 Details |
Angola |
0 - 0 (5 - 4) pk |
Zambia |
Mozambique |
Zimbabwe |
|||
| 2005 Details |
Zimbabwe |
1 - 0 | Zambia |
South Africa |
Angola |
|||
| 2006 Details |
Zambia |
2 - 0 | Angola |
Botswana |
Zimbabwe |
|||
| 2007 Details |
South Africa |
0 - 0 (4 - 3) pk |
Zambia |
Botswana |
Mozambique |
|||
| 2008 Details |
South Africa |
2 - 1 | Mozambique |
Zambia |
2 - 0 | Madagascar |
||
| 2009 Details |
Zimbabwe |
3 - 1 | Zambia |
Mozambique |
1 - 0 | South Africa |
||
| 2010 | Cancelled[nb 1] | |||||||
| Wins | Nation | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 4 times | Zimbabwe | 2000, 2003, 2005, 2009 |
| 3 times | Zambia | 1997, 1998, 2006 |
| 3 times | Angola | 1999, 2001, 2004 |
| 3 times | South Africa | 2002, 2007, 2008 |
| Year | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Adelino | 4 |
| 1998 | ||
| 1999 | ||
| 2000 | Luke Petros Delron Buckley | 2 |
| 2001 | ||
| 2002 | ||
| 2003 | Peter Ndlovu Noel Mwandila Russel Mwafulirwa | 2 |
| 2004 | Peter Ndlovu | 3 |
| 2005 | Collins Mbesuma | 4 |
| 2006 | Fabrice Akwa | 3 |
| 2007 | Paulin Voavy | 3 |
| 2008 | Phillip Zialor | 4 |
| 2009 | Cuthbert Malajila | 4 |
| Team | Pts | App | P | W | D | L | GF | GC | Dif | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zambia | 71 | 12 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 54 | 21 | +33 | 64,0% |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 65 | 12 | 31 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 18 | +31 | 69,9% |
| 3 | Angola | 52 | 11 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 57,8% |
| 4 | South Africa | 52 | 11 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 64,2% |
| 5 | Mozambique | 38 | 12 | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 38 | -3 | 40,9% |
| 6 | Namibia | 36 | 12 | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 40,0% |
| 7 | Malawi | 35 | 12 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 42 | -12 | 43,2% |
| 8 | Swaziland | 27 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 30 | -11 | 42,9% |
| 9 | Madagascar | 18 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | -5 | 37,5% |
| 10 | Botswana | 16 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 23 | -14 | 28,1% |
| 11 | Mauritius | 12 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -18 | 25,0% |
| 12 | Lesotho | 11 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 31 | -21 | 17,5% |
| 13 | Seychelles | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 23,8% |
| 14 | Tanzania | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 25,0% | |
| 15 | Comoros | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0,0% | ||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||