1 – Namibia’s triumph at the 2015 COSAFA Castle Cup was their first in the competition and made them just the fifth country to lift the title in all. This year will also be the first time that Namibia are hosting the COSAFA Castle Cup. 1 – This year will see the Democratic Republic of
African Nations Championship winners the Democratic Republic of Congo have been added as a guest nation to the star-studded line-up for the 2016 COSAFA Castle Cup to be staged in Namibia from June 11-25. Congolese football has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years with top club TP Mazembe current holders of the African Champions League,
PPC, the leading supplier of cement in southern Africa, has joined forces with COSAFA to sponsor the region’s Under-20 championship in 2016 as they seek to develop Africa’s stars of tomorrow. PPC pride themselves on building ‘from the ground up’ and are therefore a perfect fit for the Southern African junior championship that has seen
There was mostly joy but also some heartache for clubs from the COSAFA region competing in the CAF club competitions over the weekend. One of the biggest results of the round was the 1-0 victory for Madagascan side CNaPS Sport over Kenyan champions Gor Mahia in the African Champions league that gave them a 3-1
The Council of Southern Africa Football Associations can confirm the COSAFA Castle Cup 2016, to be hosted in Namibia, will now be staged from June 11-25. The change in dates from the month of May are due to the later than usual end to the South African Premier Soccer League, which contains key players from
It was a mostly positive weekend for teams from the COSAFA region in African club competition this past weekend. Zimbabwe champions Chicken Inn caused the biggest surprise when they defeated South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns 1-0, bringing to an end a 19-game unbeaten run for their opponents. Sundowns fielded a near full-strength side too, but were
Football in the region received another major boost with the announcement on Saturday that three future tournaments of the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations will be held in the North West Province. It follows a determined commitment from the North West Government and the Bakgatla Ba Kgafela to make the Province the ‘home of
The Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) will host its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Johannesburg on Saturday, December 19. The meeting will be attended by the presidents of all 14 associations affiliated to COSAFA and will set the path for the organisation for the coming 12 months. Among the items to be discussed
COSAFA duo the Comoros Islands and kingdom of Swaziland enjoyed a fine outing in the World Cup spotlight on Friday by holding two of African soccer’s established powers to goalless draws in the first leg of their second round qualifying ties. The Comoros, in only their third World Cup campaign, were denied a famous victory
The return of CASTLE LAGER as title sponsor of the COSAFA Cup for an initial period of five years will ensure the immediate future of one of the top regional competitions on the global calendar. The announcement that CASTLE LAGER would renew their association with the Southern Hemisphere championship was made in Windhoek this week
