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COSAFA
The COSAFA Cup is an annual tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA), created after the ban against the Republic of South Africa had been lifted and the African Cup of Nations had been staged there in 1996.
Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini (Swaziland), Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe have been in the tournament in the past. Additionally, seven non-COSAFA members have played: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Senegal.
^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
As of 2023[update]
Team
|
Winners
|
Runners-up
|
Third Place
|
Fourth Place
|
Semi-finalists
|
Top 4 Finishes
|
Zambia
|
7 (1997, 1998, 2006, 2013, 2019, 2022, 2023)
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6 (2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2018)
|
1 (2008)
|
1 (2001)
|
3 (1999, 2002, 2003)
|
19
|
Zimbabwe
|
6 (2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018)
|
3 (1998, 2001, 2013)
|
1 (2019)
|
|
2 (2004, 2006)
|
12
|
South Africa
|
5 (2002, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2021)
|
|
2 (2013, 2023)
|
1 (2009)
|
2 (2000, 2005)
|
10
|
Angola
|
3 (1999, 2001, 2004)
|
1 (2006)
|
1 (1998)
|
|
2 (2000, 2005)
|
7
|
Namibia
|
1 (2015)
|
3 (1997, 1999, 2022)
|
|
1 (1998)
|
|
5
|
Mozambique
|
|
2 (2008, 2015)
|
2 (1997, 2009)
|
2 (2021, 2022)
|
2 (2004, 2007)
|
8
|
Malawi
|
|
2 (2002, 2003)
|
1 (2001)
|
1 (2023)
|
|
4
|
Botswana
|
|
2 (2016, 2019)
|
|
1 (2015)
|
2 (2006, 2007)
|
5
|
Lesotho
|
|
2 (2000, 2023)
|
1 (2018)
|
3 (2013, 2017, 2019)
|
|
6
|
Senegal
|
|
1 (2021)
|
1 (2022)
|
|
|
2
|
Eswatini[a]
|
|
|
2 (2016, 2021)
|
|
3 (1999, 2002, 2003)
|
5
|
Madagascar
|
|
|
1 (2015)
|
2 (2008, 2018)
|
|
3
|
Tanzania
|
|
|
1 (2017)
|
1 (1997)
|
|
2
|
DR Congo
|
|
|
|
1 (2016)
|
|
1
|
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- 5th – Fifth place
|
- SF – Semi-finals
- QF – Quarter-finals
- GS – Group stage
- 1R – First round
- 2R – Second round
|
- Q – Qualified
- — Hosts
- – – Did not enter
- –– – Withdrew before qualification / Banned
|
Team
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
20102
|
2013
|
2015
|
2016
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
2021
|
2022
|
2023
|
Total
|
Angola
|
– |
3rd |
1st |
SF |
1st |
QF |
1R |
1st |
SF |
2nd |
1R |
QF |
QF |
x |
QF |
– |
GS |
GS |
GS |
––1 |
– |
GS |
GS
|
18
|
Botswana
|
1R |
1R |
2R |
1R |
1R |
1R |
QF |
QF |
1R |
SF |
SF |
QF |
QF |
x |
GS |
4th |
2nd |
QF |
QF |
2nd |
GS |
QF |
GS
|
22
|
Comoros
|
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
GS |
GS |
x |
– |
– |
– |
– |
GS |
QF |
––1 |
GS |
GS
|
6
|
Swaziland[a]
|
1R |
1R |
SF |
QF |
QF |
SF |
SF |
QF |
1R |
1R |
1R |
GS |
GS |
x |
GS |
GS |
3rd |
QF |
QF |
GS |
3rd |
QF |
GS
|
22
|
Lesotho
|
1R |
1R |
QF |
2nd |
QF |
1R |
1R |
1R |
1R |
1R |
1R |
GS |
GS |
x |
4th |
GS |
QF |
4th |
3rd |
4th |
GS |
GS |
2nd
|
22
|
Madagascar
|
– |
– |
– |
–– |
– |
QF |
QF |
1R |
1R |
1R |
1R |
4th |
––1 |
x |
– |
3rd |
GS |
GS |
4th |
– |
––1 |
QF |
–
|
12
|
Malawi
|
5th |
1R |
2R |
QF |
SF |
2nd |
2nd |
QF |
1R |
1R |
1R |
GS |
QF |
x |
QF |
QF |
GS |
GS |
GS |
QF |
GS |
GS |
4th
|
22
|
Mauritius
|
– |
– |
– |
1R |
QF |
1R |
1R |
QF |
1R |
1R |
1R |
GS |
GS |
x |
GS |
GS |
GS |
GS |
GS |
GS |
– |
GS |
GS
|
18
|
Mozambique
|
3rd |
5th |
QF |
1R |
1R |
QF |
QF |
SF |
1R |
1R |
SF |
2nd |
3rd |
x |
QF |
2nd |
QF |
GS |
GS |
GS |
4th |
4th |
GS
|
22
|
Namibia
|
2nd |
4th |
2nd |
QF |
1R |
1R |
1R |
1R |
1R |
1R |
1R |
QF |
QF |
x |
QF |
1st |
QF |
QF |
QF |
GS |
GS |
2nd |
GS
|
22
|
Seychelles
|
– |
– |
– |
–– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1R |
1R |
1R |
GS |
GS |
x |
GS |
GS |
GS |
GS |
GS |
GS |
– |
GS |
GS
|
13
|
South Africa
|
– |
1R |
QF |
SF |
QF |
1st |
QF |
1R |
SF |
1R |
1st |
1st |
4th |
x |
3rd |
QF |
1st |
QF |
QF |
QF |
1st |
QF |
3rd
|
21
|
Zambia
|
1st |
1st |
SF |
QF |
SF |
SF |
SF |
2nd |
2nd |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
2nd |
x |
1st |
QF |
QF |
2nd |
2nd |
1st |
GS |
1st |
1st
|
22
|
Zimbabwe
|
1R |
2nd |
QF |
1st |
2nd |
QF |
1st |
SF |
1st |
SF |
1R |
QF |
1st |
x |
2nd |
GS |
GS |
1st |
1st |
3rd |
GS |
– |
–
|
20
|
Guest Nations
|
DR Congo*
|
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
4th |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
–
|
1
|
Equatorial Guinea*
|
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
––1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
–
|
0
|
Ghana* |
–
|
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
QF |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
–
|
1
|
Kenya*
|
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
GS |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
–
|
1
|
Senegal*
|
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
2nd |
3rd |
–
|
2
|
Tanzania*
|
4th |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
––1 |
GS |
– |
3rd |
– |
– |
– |
– |
–
|
3
|
Uganda*
|
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
QF |
– |
– |
–
|
1
|
Total |
9 |
10 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
14 |
13 |
0 (14) |
13 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
13 |
10 |
14 |
12 |
|
*D.R. Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Senegal are not COSAFA members, but have been invited to participate in the past.
1 Withdrew from tournament.
2 Tournament not played.
COSAFA Cup invitees are included in the table with blue.
Peter Ndlovu of Zimbabwe and Manuel 'Tico-Tico' Bucuane of Mozambique are all-time top goalscorers in the tournament with ten goals each. In 2021 Felix Badenhorst of Eswatini moved into second position with nine goals.[2]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Competed as Swaziland until 2018.
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