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2009 COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Zimbabwe
Teams	13 (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 played	17
Goals scored	34 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cuthbert Malajila
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The 2009 COSAFA Cup is the 13th edition of the football tournament that involves teams from Southern Africa.

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

Madagascar were to take part in the competition as the fourth team in group A, but withdrew. 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

Group A

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

Lesotho	2–2	Zimbabwe
Maile 55' (pen.), 85' (pen.)	Match report	6' Malajila 61' Gwekwerere

Mauritius	0–1	Lesotho
	Match Report	88' Marabe

Group B

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

Swaziland	2–1	Seychelles
Thwala 72' Mf. Dlamini 75'	Match Report	6' Laurence

Botswana	1–0	Swaziland
Ramoshibidu 55'

Seychelles	1–2	Comoros
Anakora 53'		7' Ali 76' Mouigini

Swaziland	3–0	Comoros
Thwala 35' Ma. Dlamini 56' Mthethwa 67'

Seychelles	0–2	Botswana
		6' Moloi 36' Bolelang

Knockout stage

Bracket

	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

Malawi	0–1	Mozambique
		34' Josemar

Namibia	0–1	Zambia
		86' S. Sunzu

South Africa	2–0	Angola
Makhanya 67' Manyisa 80'

Zimbabwe	1–0	Botswana
Maphosa 88'

Semi-finals

South Africa	1–1	Zimbabwe
Bacela 37'		54' Marufu
Penalties
	2–3

Mozambique	0–2	Zambia
		8' Sakala 84' F. Sunzu

3rd place

South Africa	0–1	Mozambique
		82' Hagi

Final

Zimbabwe	3–1	Zambia
Mushekwi 27', 36' Malajila 45'	Match Report	Banda 25'

Goalscorers

4 goals:

• Cuthbert Malajila

2 goals:

• Thabiso Maile
• Mathokoza Thwala
• Nyasha Mushekwi

1 goal:

• Malepa Bolelang
• Pontsho Moloi
• Mosimanegape Ramoshibidu
• Ahmed Ali
• Mohamed Mouigini
• Mokone Marabe
• Momed Hagi
• Josemar
• Don Anakora
• Nelson Laurence
• Malungisa Dlamini
• Mfanzile Dlamini
• Ndoda Mthethwa
• Henry Banda
• Enock Sakala
• Felix Sunzu
• Stophira Sunzu
• Evans Gwekwerere
• Mthulisi Maphosa
• Phillip Marufu
• Method Mwanjali
• Lennox Bacela
• Joseph Makhanya
• Oupa Manyisa

External links

• Official Homepage of COSAFA

References

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.

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• 2009 in African football
• International association football competitions hosted by Zimbabwe