COSAFA Cup
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| Founded | 1997 |
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| Region | Southern Africa (COSAFA) |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Current champions |  South Africa (4th title) |
| Most successful team(s) | South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe (4 each) |
| Website | http://www.cosafa.com |
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The COSAFA Cup or COSAFA Senior Challenge is an annual tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (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, Zambia and South Africa have won the most titles with four wins, while Angola have won three.
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]
Winners[edit]
^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
Winners by title[edit]
| Wins | Nation | Year(s) |
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Zimbabwe |
2000, 2003, 2005, 2009 |
| Zambia |
1997, 1998, 2006, 2013 | |
| South Africa |
2002, 2007, 2008, 2016 | |
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 Angola |
1999, 2001, 2004 |
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 Namibia |
2015 |
Top scorers[edit]
| Year | Player | Goals |
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| 1997 |  Adelino |
4 |
| 1998 | Tauya Mrewa Peter Ndlovu Shepherd Muradzikwa Benjamin Nkonjera |
2 |
| 1999 | Betinho[disambiguation needed] |
3 |
| 2000 | Luke Petros Delron Buckley |
2 |
| 2001 | 18 players tied with one goal each | 1 |
| 2002 |  Mfanzile Dlamini Rotson Kilambe Teboho Mokoena Siza Dlamini Patrick Mayo |
2 |
| 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 |
| 2013 |  Jerome Ramatlhakwane |
4 |
| 2015 | Sarivahy Vombola |
5 |
| 2016 | Felix Badenhorst |
5 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "COSAFA Tournament to continue". The Lusaka Times. 24 March 2008.
- ^ "COSAFA tourney cancelled, hosts blamed". 18 October 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
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