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CAF Awards
Current: 2022 CAF Awards
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First awarded2000
Website http://www.cafonline.com

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).

History

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

The awards include:

CAF Player of the Year

Main article: African Footballer of the Year

CAF Female Player of the Year

Main article: African Women's Footballer of the Year

CAF Youth Player of the Year

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

CAF Youth Women's Player of the Year

Year Player (gender) National team Club
2023 [1] Nesryne El Chad   Morocco France Lille OSC
2022 Evelyn Badu   Ghana Norway Avaldsnes IL
2014 Asisat Oshoala   Nigeria Nigeria Rivers Angels

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

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

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

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

CAF Goalkeeper of the Year

Year Player National team Club
2023 [1] Yassine Bounou   Morocco Saudi Arabia Al Hilal
2008 Essam El Hadary   Egypt Egypt Al Ahly
2007 Essam El Hadary   Egypt Egypt Al Ahly
2006 Essam El Hadary   Egypt Egypt Al Ahly
2005 Tony Sylva   Senegal France Lille
2004 Ali Boumnijel   Tunisia France Rouen
2003 Carlos Kameni   Cameroon Spain Espanyol
2002 Tony Sylva   Senegal France Monaco
2001 Essam El Hadary   Egypt Egypt Al Ahly

CAF Women Goalkeeper of the Year

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

CAF Coach of the Year

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

CAF Women's Coach of the Year

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

African Inter-Club Team of the Year

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

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

African National Team of the Year

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

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

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 Jesús
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

CAF Most Promising Talent of the Year

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

African Goal of the Year

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

Year President Team
2019 [2] Moïse Katumbi Democratic Republic of the Congo 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

Year Federation Country
2019 [2] Egyptian Football Association   Egypt

CAF Team of the Year

Main article: CAF Team of the Year

CAF outstanding achievement award

Platinum Award

Defunct awards

The following are no longer awarded.

African Champions League Best Player

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

Previous winners:

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

CAF Referee of the Year

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

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

The 2023 CAF awards took place in Marrakesh, Morocco [11] three months after a deadly earthquake that had struck the city. [12] [13] In order to show solidarity, a friendly match between African Legends took place. [14]

Criticism

In 2023, Algerian footballer Riyad Mahrez was not chosen as a finalist for the award. [15] Mahrez's absence was perceived as a snub by media and the Algerian football community. [16] [17] 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. [18] 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. [19]

See also

References

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. ^ Oyebola, Mike (2022-06-19). "2022 CAF Awards to hold in Morocco, July". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  12. ^ "CAF Awards return to Morocco to celebrate Africa's finest on 11 December". CAF. 2023-07-24. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  13. ^ "CAF Awards to return to Morocco for second year". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 2023-10-31. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
  14. ^ "African Legends honour Earthquake victims during friendly match in Marrakech". CAF. 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ "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.
  19. ^ "Algeria boycotts CAF Awards over 'unfair' withdrawal of Mahrez from final list". sportsbrief.com. Retrieved 2023-12-11.

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