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CAF Awards

The CAF Awards is an awards evening held to honour the best African association football players. It is conferred by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

CAF Awards
Current: 2022 CAF Awards
CAF Awards logo
First awarded2000
Websitehttp://www.cafonline.com

History

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The CAF Awards was first awarded in the year 2000. It is an award contested by the Confederation of African Football and awarded to the best African player in each category. The African Footballer of the Year award is the oldest CAF award, being awarded since 1992 that witnessed Abedi Pele winning the inaugural award.

Current awards

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The awards include:

CAF Player of the Year

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Main article: African Footballer of the Year

CAF Female Player of the Year

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Main article: African Women's Footballer of the Year

CAF Youth Player of the Year

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Year Player (gender) National team Club
2023[1] Lamine Camara   Senegal   Metz
2022 Pape Matar Sarr   Senegal   Tottenham Hotspur
2019[2] Achraf Hakimi   Morocco   Borussia Dortmund
2018[3] Achraf Hakimi   Morocco   Borussia Dortmund
2017[4] Patson Daka   Zambia   FC Liefering
2016 Alex Iwobi   Nigeria   Arsenal
2015 Victor Osimhen   Nigeria   Ultimate Strikers Academy

CAF Youth Women's Player of the Year

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Year Player (gender) National team Club
2023[1] Nesryne El Chad   Morocco   Lille OSC
2022 Evelyn Badu   Ghana   Hasaacas F.C.
2014 Asisat Oshoala   Nigeria   Rivers Angels

African Inter-Club Player of the Year (Based in Africa)

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Year Player National team Club
2023[1] Percy Tau   South Africa   Al Ahly
2022 Mohamed El Shenawy   Egypt   Al Ahly
2019[2] Youcef Belaïli   Algeria   Espérance de Tunis
2016 Denis Onyango   Uganda   Mamelodi Sundowns
2015 Mbwana Samatta   Tanzania   TP Mazembe
2014 Firmin Ndombe Mubele   DR Congo   Vita Club
2013 Mohamed Aboutrika   Egypt   Al Ahly
2012 Mohamed Aboutrika   Egypt   Al Ahly
2011 Oussama Darragi   Tunisia   Espérance de Tunis
2010 Ahmed Hassan   Egypt   Al Ahly
2009 Trésor Mputu   DR Congo   TP Mazembe
2008 Mohamed Aboutrika   Egypt   Al Ahly
2007 Amine Chermiti   Tunisia   Étoile du Sahel
2006 Mohamed Aboutrika   Egypt   Al Ahly
2005 Mohamed Barakat   Egypt   Al Ahly

African Women's Inter-Club Player of the Year (Based in Africa)

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Year Player National team Club
2023[1] Fatima Tagnaout   Morocco   AS FAR
2022 Evelyn Badu   Ghana   Hasaacas F.C.

CAF Goalkeeper of the Year

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Year Player National team Club
2023[1] Yassine Bounou   Morocco   FC Sevilla
2005 Tony Sylva   Senegal   Lille
2004 Ali Boumnijel   Tunisia   Rouen
2003 Carlos Kameni   Cameroon   Espanyol
2002 Tony Sylva   Senegal   Monaco

CAF Women Goalkeeper of the Year

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Year Player National team Club
2023[1] Chiamaka Nnadozie   Nigeria   Paris FC

CAF Coach of the Year

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Year Coach Team managed
2023[5]   Walid Regragui   Morocco
2022   Aliou Cissé   Senegal
2019[2]   Djamel Belmadi   Algeria
2018[3]   Hervé Renard   Morocco
2017[4]   Héctor Cúper   Egypt
2016   Pitso Mosimane   Mamelodi Sundowns
2015   Hervé Renard   Ivory Coast
2014   Kheïreddine Madoui   ES Sétif
2013   Stephen Keshi   Nigeria
2012   Hervé Renard   Zambia
2011   Harouna Doula   Niger
2010   Milovan Rajevac   Ghana
2009[6]   Sellas Tetteh   Ghana U20
2008   Hassan Shehata   Egypt
2007   Yemi Tella   Nigeria U17
2006   Manuel José   Al Ahly
2005   Stephen Keshi   Togo
2004   Okey Emordi   Enyimba
2003   Kadiri Ikhana   Enyimba
2002   Bruno Metsu   Senegal
2001   Bruno Metsu   Senegal
2000   Cecil Jones Attuquayefio   Hearts of Oak

CAF Women's Coach of the Year

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Year Coach Team managed
2023[1]   Desiree Ellis   South Africa
2022   Desiree Ellis   South Africa
2019[2]   Desiree Ellis   South Africa
2018[3]   Desiree Ellis   South Africa

African Inter-Club Team of the Year

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Year Club Nation
2023[1] Al Ahly   Egypt
2022[7] Wydad AC   Morocco
2017[4] Wydad AC   Morocco
2016 Mamelodi Sundowns   South Africa
2015 TP Mazembe   DR Congo
2014 ES Sétif   Algeria
2013 Al Ahly   Egypt
2012 Al Ahly   Egypt
2011 Espérance de Tunis   Tunisia
2010 TP Mazembe   DR Congo
2009 TP Mazembe   DR Congo
2008 Al Ahly   Egypt
2007 Étoile du Sahel   Tunisia
2006 Al Ahly   Egypt
2005 Al Ahly   Egypt
2004 Enyimba   Nigeria
2003 Enyimba   Nigeria
2002 Zamalek   Egypt
2001 Kaizer Chiefs   South Africa

African Women's Inter-Club Team of the Year

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Year Club Nation
2023[1] Mamelodi Sundowns   South Africa
2022 Mamelodi Sundowns   South Africa

African National Team of the Year

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The team of the year award was organized by France Football from 1980 to 2004, and by CAF from 2004 onwards.[8]

Year National team
1980   Algeria
1981   Algeria
1982   Algeria
1983   Ghana
1984   Cameroon
1985   Morocco
1986   Morocco
1987   Cameroon
1988   Cameroon
1989   Cameroon
Year National team
1990   Cameroon
1991   Algeria
1992   Ivory Coast
1993   Nigeria
1994   Nigeria
1995   Tunisia
1996   South Africa
1997   Morocco
1998   Egypt
1999   Tunisia
Year National team
2000   Cameroon
2001   Senegal
2002   Senegal
2003   Cameroon
2004   Tunisia
2005   Tunisia
2006   Ghana
2007   Senegal
2008   Egypt
2009   Algeria
Year National team
2010   Ghana
2011   Botswana
2012   Zambia
2013   Nigeria
2014   Algeria
2015   Ivory Coast
2016   Uganda
2017[4]   Egypt
2018[3]   Mauritania
2019[2]   Algeria
Year National team
2022   Senegal
2023[1]   Morocco
Ranking by team
Team First place Second place Third place
  Cameroon 7 (1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2003) 4 (1981, 1982, 1986, 2002) 1 (1993)
  Algeria 7 (1980, 1981, 1982, 1991, 2009, 2014, 2019) 3 (1985, 1986, 2015) 3 (1987, 1989, 2010)
  Morocco 4 (1985, 1986, 1997, 2023) 4 (1993, 1998, 2003, 2004) 1 (1980)
  Tunisia 4 (1995, 1999, 2004, 2005) 2 (1996, 1997) 0
  Senegal 4 (2001, 2002, 2007, 2022) 1 (2019) 1 (1985)
  Egypt 3 (1998, 2008, 2017) 7 (1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 2006, 2010) 2 (1990, 1991)
  Nigeria 3 (1993, 1994, 2013) 4 (1980, 1991, 2001, 2014) 6 (1983, 1984, 1988, 1998, 2002, 2004)
  Ghana 3 (1983, 2006, 2010) 1 (2005) 5 (1981, 1982, 1992, 2009, 2015)
  Ivory Coast 2 (1992, 2015) 2 (2009, 2011) 3 (1994, 2006, 2012)
  Zambia 1 (2012) 2 (1988, 1994) 2 (1996, 1997)
  South Africa 1 (1996) 0 0
  Botswana 1 (2011) 0 0
  Uganda 1 (2016) 0 0
  Mauritania 1 (2018) 0 0
  Angola 0 1 (1995) 0
  Mozambique 0 1 (1995) 0
  Cape Verde 0 1 (2012) 0
  Burkina Faso 0 1 (2013) 0
  Ethiopia 0 0 1 (2013)
  Mali 0 0 1 (2003)
  Togo 0 0 1 (2005)
  Niger 0 0 1 (2011)
  Libya 0 0 1 (2014)

African Women's National Team of the Year

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The team of the year award was organized by CAF since 2010.

Year National team
2023[1]   Nigeria
2022   South Africa
2019[2]   Cameroon
2018[3]   Nigeria
2017[4]   South Africa
2016   Nigeria
2015   Cameroon
2014   Nigeria
2013 No vote
2012   Equatorial Guinea
2011   Cameroon
2010   Nigeria

CAF Legends award

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Year Legend Role Country
2018 Mohamed Aboutrika Player   Egypt
2017[4] Ibrahim Sunday Manager   Ghana
2016 Laurent Pokou
Emilienne Mbango 		Players   Ivory Coast
  Cameroon
2015 Charles Gyamfi
Samuel Mbappé Léppé 		Manager
Player 		  Ghana
  Cameroon
2014 Oryx Douala
Stade Malien 		Clubs   Cameroon
  Mali
2013 Bruno Metsu Manager   France
2012 Rigobert Song
Mahmoud El-Gohary 		Player
Manager 		  Cameroon
  Egypt
2011 Mustapha Hadji
Jay-Jay Okocha 		Players   Morocco
  Nigeria
2009 Jesus
Stephen Keshi
Jules Bocandé 		Players   Angola
  Nigeria
  Senegal
2008 Christian Chukwu Player   Nigeria
2005 Rabah Madjer Player   Algeria
2004 Pierre Kalala Mukendi
Mahmoud El Khatib
George Weah 		Players   DR Congo
  Egypt
  Liberia
2003 Roger Milla
Salif Keïta
Kalusha Bwalya 		Players   Cameroon
  Mali
  Zambia

African Goal of the Year

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Year Player Country
2023 Kahraba   Egypt
2022 Pape Ousmane Sakho   Senegal
2019[2] Riyad Mahrez   Algeria
2018[3] Thembi Kgatlana   South Africa
2004 Benni McCarthy   South Africa
2003 Lesley Manyathela   South Africa
2002 Papa Bouba Diop   Senegal
2001 Zoubeir Baya   Tunisia

President of the Year

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Year President Team
2019[2] Moïse Katumbi   TP Mazembe
2018[3] Fouzi Lekjaa   Morocco
2017[4] Ahmed Yahya   Mauritania
2016 Manuel Lopes Nascimento   Guinea-Bissau
2015 Abdiqani Said Arab   Somalia

Federation of the Year

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Year Federation Country
2019[2] Egyptian Football Association   Egypt

CAF Team of the Year

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Main article: CAF Team of the Year

CAF outstanding achievement award

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Platinum Award

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Defunct awards

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The following are no longer awarded.

CAF Most Promising Talent of the Year

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Year Player National team Club
2016 Kelechi Iheanacho   Nigeria   Manchester City
2015 Etebo Oghenekaro   Nigeria   Warri Wolves
2014 Yacine Brahimi   Algeria   Porto
2013 Kelechi Iheanacho   Nigeria   Manchester City
2012 Mohamed Salah   Egypt   Basel
2011 Souleymane Coulibaly   Ivory Coast   Tottenham Hotspur
2010 Kwadwo Asamoah   Ghana   Udinese
2009 Dominic Adiyiah   Ghana   Milan
2008 Salomon Kalou   Ivory Coast   Chelsea
2007 Clifford Mulenga   Zambia   Pretoria University
2006 Taye Taiwo   Nigeria   Marseille
2005 Mikel John Obi   Nigeria   Chelsea
2004 Obafemi Martins   Nigeria   Internazionale
2003 Obafemi Martins   Nigeria   Internazionale
2002 Mido   Egypt   Ajax
2001 Mantorras   Angola   Benfica

African Champions League Best Player

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Replaced by African Inter-Club Player of the Year (Based in Africa) since 2005.

Previous winners:

Year Player Club Country
2004 Vincent Enyeama   Enyimba   Nigeria
2003 Dramane Traoré   Ismaily   Mali
2002 Hicham Aboucherouane   Raja Casablanca   Morocco
2001 Flávio   Petro de Luanda   Angola

CAF Referee of the Year

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Year Referee Country
2016 Bakary Gassama   Gambia
2015 Bakary Gassama   Gambia
2014 Bakary Gassama   Gambia
2013 Djamel Haimoudi   Algeria
2012 Djamel Haimoudi   Algeria
2011 Noumandiez Doué   Ivory Coast

Editions

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The 2020 and 2021 CAF awards did not take place due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]

On 24 October 2024, CAF announced that the 2024 CAF Awards ceremony will take place in Marrakech, Morocco for the second year in a row.[11][12] In order to show solidarity, a friendly match between African Legends took place.[13]

Criticism

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In 2023, Algerian footballer Riyad Mahrez was not chosen as a finalist for the award.[14] Mahrez's absence was perceived as a snub by media and the Algerian football community.[15][16] Algerian manager Abdelhak Benchikha, nominated for Best African Coach, said he would not attend the CAF awards ceremony in solidarity with Mahrez and Algerian club USM Alger.[17] Walid Sadi, the president of the Algerian Football Federation, also said that he would not attend the ceremony as a show of support for Mahrez.[18]

See also

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References

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General
  • "GLO-CAF Awards". CAF. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  • "Arsenal's Adebayor wins Caf award". BBC Sport. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
  • "Adebayor named Africa's best". FIFA. 11 February 2009. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
Specific
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Osimhen, Oshoala named African Men's and Women's Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2023". Confederation of African Football. 2023-12-11. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Mane, Oshoala named African Footballers of 2019 at CAF Awards". cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Aiteo CAF Awards 2018: Winners". CAF. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Here are all the winners of the 2017 CAF Awards". South African Football Federation. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Regragui scoops CAF's Best Coach of the Year prize". CAF. 2023-11-12. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  6. ^ Arinaitwe, Ostine (12 March 2010). "Tetteh receives Caf award". The New Times | Rwanda. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Morocco Football Awards: Wydad Casablanca Wins The Day & More Breaking News". 23 September 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ "African National Team of the Year". RSSSF. Rec. Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. 6 July 2007.
  9. ^ "Salah retains African award to seal great day for Egypt". cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 8 January 2019. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Unusual silence from Caf leaves observers wondering whether 2021 awards gala will ever be held | Goal.com English Bahrain". www.goal.com. 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  11. ^ MASAITI, Amira EL (2024-10-24). "Football: Marrakech to host CAF Awards Ceremony". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  12. ^ "#CAFAwards24 to be hosted in Marrakech, Morocco for a second successive year". #CAFAwards24 to be hosted in Marrakech, Morocco for a second successive year. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  13. ^ "African Legends honour Earthquake victims during friendly match in Marrakech". CAF. 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  14. ^ "Riyad Mahrez non retenu pour le trophée du meilleur joueur de la CAF, une omission qui fait tache" [Riyad Mahrez not selected for the CAF Best Player Award, an omission that leaves a stain.]. www.goal.com (in French). 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  15. ^ "Ballon d'or africain: Hakimi parmi les trois finalistes mais une absence va faire parler" [African Ballon d'Or: Hakimi among the three finalists, but one absence will be talked about.]. RMC SPORT (in French). Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  16. ^ "Algérie : Mahrez absent du titre de meilleur joueur, la colère des Fennecs" [Algeria: Mahrez absent from the title of best player, the anger of the Desert Foxes.]. Onze Mondial (in French). 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  17. ^ "Nominé pour les CAF Awards, il surprend, "Même si j'avais été invité, je n'y serais pas allé"" [Nominated for the CAF Awards, he surprises, "Even if I had been invited, I wouldn't have gone."] (in French). 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  18. ^ "Algeria boycotts CAF Awards over 'unfair' withdrawal of Mahrez from final list". sportsbrief.com. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
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