2025 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers

Hollywoodbets COSAFA
Women's Champions League 2025
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
CityJohannesburg
Dates22 – 31 August 2025
Teams10 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsBotswana Gaborone United (1st title)
Runners-upZambia ZESCO Ndola Girls
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored63 (4.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Botswana Gaonyadiwe Ontlametse
(7 goals)
Best playerZambia Eneless Phiri
Best goalkeeperBotswana Tlamelo Pheresi
Fair play awardZambia ZESCO Ndola Girls
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Gaborone United Ladies celebrating

The 2025 COSAFA Women's Champions League, officially known as the 2025 Hollywoodbets COSAFA Women's Champions League for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth edition of the annual international women's club football competition organized by COSAFA to decide the region's qualifier for the 2025 CAF Women's Champions League. The tournament was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 22 to 31 August 2025.[1]

Entrants

10 of the fourteen COSAFA member associations entered teams for the competition, with Comoros and Lesotho returning after not participating in the previous edition.

Team App. Last Previous best performance
Botswana Gaborone United Ladies 2nd 2024 Runners-up (2024)
Comoros Olympic de Moroni 3rd 2023 Fourth place (2022
Eswatini Young Buffaloes 4th 2024 Semi-finals (2024)
Lesotho Kick4Life 1st Debut
Malawi Ntopwa FC 2nd 2023 Group stage (2023)
Mozambique CD Costa do Sol 3rd 2023 Third place (2023)
Namibia Beauties FC 1st Debut
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 4th 2023 Champions (2021, 2023)
Zambia ZESCO Ndola Girls 1st Debut
Zimbabwe Herentals Queens 2nd 2024 Semi-finals (2024)

Associations that did not enter a team:

Venue

City Stadium Capacity
Johannesburg AW Muller Stadium ~5,000

Match officials

Referees

  • South Africa Nonjabulo Nonhle Ndlela
  • Zimbabwe Chipo MAYIMBO Mercy
  • Lesotho Nteboheleng Theresia SETOKO
  • Zambia Gloria keke SAMBUMBA
  • Namibia Nuusiku Vistoria SHANGULA
  • Botswana Seonyatseng Joyce Tshephe
  • Malawi Eness M. GUMBO
The match officials for the final

Assistant Referees

  • Namibia Eveline Lungameni AUGUSTINUS
  • Madagascar Tahinjanahary Martine Hasiniaina
  • Mozambique Roda Artimisa MONDLANE
  • Botswana Leungo Tsogang
  • South Africa Maneo Evodia TAU
  • Zambia Lumbizai Musawa
  • South Africa Nandipha MENZE
  • Madagascar Hasimbola Rasoloniaina
Video assistant referees
  • Zimbabwe GIMO Grace
  • Zimbabwe Claris Sekai SIMANGO
  • Namibia Nuusiku Vistoria SHANGULA
  • Malawi Eness M. GUMBO
  • Zambia Lumbizai Musawa
  • South Africa Nonjabulo Nonhle Ndlela
  • South Africa Nandipha MENZE

Draw

The official draw was held on 5 August 2025 in Johannesburg. The seeded teams were:[2][3][4]

Seeded Unseeded

Group stage

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns (H) 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Semi-finals
2 Zambia ZESCO Ndola Girls 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
3 Namibia Beauties FC 3 1 0 2 3 10 −7 3
4 Malawi Ntopwa FC 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Beauties FC Namibia0–3Zambia ZESCO Ndola Girls
Report
  • Chitundu 21'
  • Mulubwa 41' (pen.)
  • E. Phiri 45+3' (pen.)
AW Muller Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Seonyatseng Tshephe (Botswana)
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa3–0Malawi Ntopwa FC
 Report
AW Muller Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Nteboheleng Setoko (Lesotho)
Ntopwa FC Malawi0–3Namibia Beauties FC
Report
AW Muller Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Mercy Mayimbo (Zimbabwe)
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa1–0Zambia ZESCO Ndola Girls
Rabale 18' Report
AW Muller Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Grace Gimo (Zimbabwe)
ZESCO Ndola Girls Zambia5–3Malawi Ntopwa FC
 Report
  • Alufandika 80'
  • Banda 90'
  • Yosefe 90+6'
AW Muller Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Seonyatseng Tshephe (Botswana)
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa7–0Namibia Beauties FC
 Report
AW Muller Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Mercy Mayimbo (Zimbabwe)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Botswana Gaborone United Ladies 2 2 0 0 11 1 +10 6 Semi-finals
2 Eswatini Young Buffaloes 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
3 Lesotho Kick4Life 2 0 0 2 2 13 −11 0
Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Gaborone United Ladies Botswana1–0Eswatini Young Buffaloes
Dithebe 49' (pen.) Report
AW Muller Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Gloria Sambumba (Zambia)
Young Buffaloes Eswatini3–1Lesotho Kick4Life
  • Mokgale 38'
  • Mosala 66' (o.g.)
  • Dvuba 75'
 Report
  • Mohoshela 10'
AW Muller Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Eness Gumbo (Malawi)
Gaborone United Ladies Botswana10–1Lesotho Kick4Life
  • Maponga 1', 6', 29', 56'
  • Ontlametse 14', 17', 35', 45+', 69'
  • Kenyaditswe 73'
 Report
  • Tsoinyane 88'
AW Muller Stadium, Johannesburg

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mozambique CD Costa do Sol 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4 Semi-finals
2 Zimbabwe Herentals Queens 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
3 Comoros Olympic de Moroni 2 0 1 1 4 6 −2 1
Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Herentals Queens Zimbabwe0–2Mozambique CD Costa do Sol
Report
AW Muller Stadium, Johannesburg
CD Costa do Sol Mozambique2–2Comoros Olympic de Moroni
 Report
  • Marlene 11' (o.g.)
  • A. Ali 17'
AW Muller Stadium, Johannesburg
Herentals Queens Zimbabwe4–2Comoros Olympic de Moroni
  • Nyagumbo 43', 69', 90+5'
  • Mabika 90'
 Report
  • S. Ali 45'
  • Mamonjy 47'
AW Muller Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Nteboheleng Setoko (Lesotho)

Best runners-up ranking

Since Group A only had four teams, the results against fourth-placed teams were omitted for this ranking.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Zambia ZESCO Ndola Girls 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 3 Semi-finals
2 B Eswatini Young Buffaloes 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
3 C Zimbabwe Herentals Queens 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
29 August – Johannesburg
 
 
 Botswana Gaborone United3
 
31 August – Johannesburg
 
Mozambique CD Costa do Sol1
 
 Botswana Gaborone United (p)1 (4)
 
29 August – Johannesburg
 
Zambia ZESCO Ndola Girls1 (3)
 
 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns1
 
 
Zambia ZESCO Ndola Girls2
 

Semi-finals

Gaborone United Botswana3–1Mozambique CD Costa do Sol
  • Ontlametse 16', 89'
  • Maponga 44'
 Report
  • Latifo 45+1'
AW Muller Stadium, Johannesburg
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa1–2Zambia ZESCO Ndola Girls
 Report
AW Muller Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Nteboheleng Setoko (Lesotho)

Final

Gaborone United Botswana1–1 (a.e.t.)Zambia ZESCO Ndola Girls
Chomba 45' (o.g.) Report Kabwe 90'
Penalties
 4–3
AW Muller Stadium, Johannesburg

Awards and statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 63 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.2 goals per match (as of 31 August 2025).

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Botswana Gaonyadiwe Ontlametse Botswana Gaborone United Ladies 7
2 Botswana Maungo Maponga Botswana Gaborone United Ladies 5
3 South Africa Bambanani Mbane South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 3
Zimbabwe Morelife Nyagumbo Zimbabwe Herentals Queens
Zambia Eneless Phiri Zambia ZESCO Ndola Girls
Botswana Refilwe Tholakele South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
7 Zambia Avell Chitundu Zambia ZESCO Ndola Girls 2
Namibia Millicent Hikuam Namibia Beauties FC
Zambia Fridah Kabwe Zambia ZESCO Ndola Girls
Mozambique Lúcia Moçambique Mozambique CD Costa do Sol
Lesotho Boitumelo Rabale South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
12 Comoros Anllaouia Hadhirami Ali Comoros Olympic de Moroni 1
Madagascar Suraya Ali Comoros Olympic de Moroni
Malawi Rose Alufandika Malawi Ntopwa FC
Namibia Twelikondjele Amukoto Namibia Beauties FC
Malawi Kondawo Banda Malawi Ntopwa FC
Botswana Keitumetse Dithebe Botswana Gaborone United Ladies
Eswatini Nomvuyo Dvuba Eswatini Young Buffaloes
Botswana Desiree Kenyaditswe Botswana Gaborone United Ladies
Mozambique Samira Latifo Mozambique CD Costa do Sol
Zimbabwe Polite Mabika Zimbabwe Herentals Queens
Mozambique Eunência Machava Mozambique CD Costa do Sol
South Africa Karabo Makhurubetshi South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
Madagascar Solomampionona Mamonjy Comoros Olympic de Moroni
Lesotho Nteboheleng Mohoshela Lesotho Kick4Life
South Africa Nthabiseng Majiya South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
Zambia Milla Milambo Zambia ZESCO Ndola Girls
Zambia Charity Mubanga Zambia ZESCO Ndola Girls
South Africa Sandra Mugwara South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
Mozambique Joana Mussuie Mozambique CD Costa do Sol
Eswatini Nonjabuliso Mokgale Eswatini Young Buffaloes
Zambia Penelope Mulubwa Zambia ZESCO Ndola Girls
South Africa Lebohang Ramalepe South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
Lesotho Lerato Tsoinyane Lesotho Kick4Life
Malawi Jessie Yosefe Malawi Ntopwa FC

Own goals

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Lesotho Matšeliso Mosala Lesotho Kick4Life 1
1 Mozambique Marlene Janeiro Mozambique CD Costa do Sol 1
1 Zambia Jackline Chomba Zambia ZESCO Ndola Girls 1
1 Malawi Ruth Nyirongo Malawi Ntopwa FC 1

Group Stage Best XI

The COSAFA Technical Study Group has announced the group stage Best XI as follows:

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Group Stage Best XI

South Africa Dlamini

Zimbabwe Moyo
South Africa Mbane
Botswana Gaofetoge
South Africa Ramalepe

Mozambique Machava
Lesotho Rabale
Botswana Radiakanyo

Botswana Ontlametse
Botswana Tholakele
Botswana Maponga

Coach: South Africa Godfrey Sapula

Overall Best XI

The COSAFA Technical Study Group has announced the tournament's Best XI as follows:

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Best XI

Botswana Pheresi

Zambia Soko
Botswana Mochawe
Botswana Gaofetoge
Zambia Bwalya

Zambia Muchinga
Lesotho Rabale
Botswana Radiakanyo

Botswana Ontlametse
Botswana Tholakele
Botswana Maponga

Coach: Burundi Khalid Niyonzima

Awards

The award recipients

The COSAFA Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following as the best of the tournament.

Award Player Team
Best Player Zambia Eneless Phiri Zambia ZESCO Ndola Girls
Top Goal scorer Botswana Gaonyadiwe Ontlametse Botswana Gaborone United Ladies
Best Goalkeeper Botswana Tlamelo Pheresi Botswana Gaborone United Ladies
Fairplay team Zambia ZESCO Ndola Girls

References

  1. ^ "CAF Women's Champions League – COSAFA Qualifiers: Draw Revealed". CAFOnline.com. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  2. ^ "CAF Women's Champions League - COSAFA Qualifier and Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations _ COSAFA Qualifier draws on Tuesday". COSAFA. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Fixtures released for CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifier". COSAFA. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Draws concluded for CWCL and U17 AFCON COSAFA Qualifiers". COSAFA. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
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