The 2009 COSAFA Cup is the 13th edition of the football tournament that involves teams from Southern Africa.

2009 COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Host countryZimbabwe
Teams13 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Zimbabwe (4th title)
Runners-up Zambia
Third place Mozambique
Fourth place South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored34 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Zimbabwe Cuthbert Malajila
2008
2013

South Africa had originally expressed an interest in hosting the 2009 and 2010 events but later reneged[1] and Zimbabwe was given the task to host the tournament.[2]

Madagascar were to take part in the competition as the fourth team in group A, but withdrew.[citation needed] South Africa and Angola will take part with a Development XI and an U-20 squad respectively, and their matches will not be counted as A internationals by FIFA.

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Zimbabwe 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4
  Lesotho 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
  Mauritius 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
Zimbabwe  3–0  Mauritius
Malajila   47', 55'
Mwanjali   85'
Match report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Abdul Basit Ebrahim (South Africa)

Lesotho  2–2  Zimbabwe
Maile   55' (pen.), 85' (pen.) Match report   6' Malajila
  61' Gwekwerere
Referee: Tebogo Israel Ramocha (Botswana)

Mauritius  0–1  Lesotho
Match Report   88' Marabe
Referee: Robert Ngosi (Malawi)

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Botswana 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
  Swaziland 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
  Comoros 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
  Seychelles 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Comoros  0–0  Botswana
Referee: Jose Rachide (Mozambique)

Swaziland  2–1  Seychelles
Thwala   72'
Mf. Dlamini   75'
Match Report   6' Laurence
Referee: Helder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

Botswana  1–0  Swaziland
Ramoshibidu   55'
Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)

Seychelles  1–2  Comoros
Anakora   53'   7' Ali
  76' Mouigini
Referee: Jose Rachide (Mozambique)

Swaziland  3–0  Comoros
Thwala   35'
Ma. Dlamini   56'
Mthethwa   67'
Referee: Helder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

Seychelles  0–2  Botswana
  6' Moloi
  36' Bolelang
Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
  South Africa 2
  Angola 0
  South Africa 1 (2)
  Zimbabwe 1 (3)
  Zimbabwe 1
  Botswana 0
  Zimbabwe 3
  Zambia 1
  Malawi 0
  Mozambique 1
  Mozambique 0
  Zambia 2
  Namibia 0
  Zambia 1

Quarter-finals edit

Malawi  0–1  Mozambique
  34' Josemar
Referee: Tebogo Israel Ramocha (Botswana)

Namibia  0–1  Zambia
  86' S. Sunzu
Referee: Ebrahim Abdul Basit (South Africa)

South Africa  2–0  Angola
Makhanya   67'
Manyisa   80'
Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)

Zimbabwe  1–0  Botswana
Maphosa   88'
Referee: Helder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

Semi-finals edit

South Africa  1–1  Zimbabwe
Bacela   37'   54' Marufu
Penalties
2–3
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)

Mozambique  0–2  Zambia
  8' Sakala
  84' F. Sunzu
Referee: Tebogo Israel Ramocha (Botswana)

3rd place edit

South Africa  0–1  Mozambique
  82' Hagi
Referee: Tebogo Israel Ramocha (Botswana)

Final edit

Zimbabwe  3–1  Zambia
Mushekwi   27', 36'
Malajila   45'
Match Report Banda   25'
Attendance: 35.000
Referee: Helder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

Goalscorers edit

4 goals:

2 goals:

1 goal:

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ "COSAFA seek hosts for 2009 COSAFA Senior Challenge". COSAFA.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Zimbabwe hosts 2009 Cosafa Tournament". AfricaNews.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2009.