The Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) is delighted to announce that defending champions Namibia will host the prestigious COSAFA Cup 2016. Namibia will stage the event for the first time in their history between May 15-29, 2016 at two venues in the capital Windhoek – the Sam Nujoma Stadium and Independence Stadium. It
Namibia Football Association (NFA) president Frans Mbidi has confirmed that the country will host the COSAFA Cup 2016. Mbidi has confirmed that the Namibian government has pledged financial support for the event, which is scheduled to be played in May next year, with the exact dated to be announced at a later stage. The government
COSAFA Cup-winning coach Ricardo Mannetti has returned to his post to lead Namibia and is looking forward to taking the Brave Warriors to even greater heights. Mannetti resigned after leading Namibia to their maiden Southern African championship in May, suggesting he wanted time away from the hot-seat. But he has been enticed back and is
The COSAFA Cup 2015 was a great triumph on many levels for a number of sides from the Southern African region, not least as a boost to their FIFA World Rankings. As the competition matches were classed as ‘A’ internationals by FIFA, these therefore counted towards rankings points and gave some nations the opportunity to
South Africa’s hopes of making it to the knockout stages of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Chile later in the year have been given a boost after they received a good first round draw. Molefi Ntseki’s side have been pooled with North Korea, Costa Rica and Russia for the tournament, which will be played
FIFA has had it rough over the last six months and with the announcement of the recent World Rankings, there has been more cause for conversation. The announcement of the latest list took place on July 15 and unveiled the following as the top 10 in the world, according to FIFA’s complex ranking system: 1 Argentina 2 Germany
Zambia and South Africa will fly the COSAFA flag at the 2015 CAF Under-23 Championships in Senegal after both won through to the eight-team finals event later this year. The pair will head to Senegal for the Nov. 28-Dec. 12 finals knowing that a top-three finish will see them qualify for the Olympic Games in
COSAFA side South Africa left for Kenya on Thursday to take on the host nation in a crucial second leg of their third round qualifier on the road to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The match will take place on Sunday at the Machakos Stadium, about 63 kilometres outside the capital Nairobi,
South Africa Under-23 coach Owen da Gama says he is looking beyond Zimbabwe after watching his side dismantle a visiting Rwanda team 2-0 in a practice game at UJ Stadium this week. It was the perfect build-up to the return leg of their 2015 CAF Under-23 Championship qualifier against the Zimbabweans that is evenly poised
COSAFA sides South Africa and Zambia have advanced to the second round of qualifying for the 2016 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup after easing past their opposition at the weekend. The pair will now meet in the next stage as they seek to win through to the global finals to be held in Papa New
