CAF Awards

CAF Awards
First awarded	2000
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).

Current Awards

The awards include:

CAF Player of the Year

CAF Most Promising Talent of the Year

Year	Player Name	National Team	Club Team
2017	Patson Daka	Zambia	Liefering
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	FC 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	John Obi Mikel	Nigeria	Chelsea
2004	Obafemi Martins	Nigeria	Internazionale
2003	Obafemi Martins	Nigeria	Internazionale
2002	Mido	Egypt	Ajax
2001	Mantorras	Angola	Benfica

CAF Youth Player of the Year

Year	Player Name	National Team	Club
2019	Achraf Hakimi (♂)	Morocco	Borussia Dortmund
2018	Achraf Hakimi (♂)	Morocco	Borussia Dortmund
2017	Patson Daka (♂)	Zambia	FC Liefering
2016	Alex Iwobi (♂)	Nigeria	Arsenal
2015	Victor Osimhen (♂)	Nigeria	Ultimate Strikers Academy
2014	Asisat Oshoala (♀)	Nigeria	Rivers Angels

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

Year	Player Name	National Team	Club
2019	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

CAF Coach of the Year

Year	Manager	Club/National Team
2019	Djamel Belmadi	Algeria
2018	Hervé Renard	Morocco
2017	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 Gabde	Niger
2010	Milovan Rajevac	Ghana
2009	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

Year	Manager	Club/National Team
2019	Desiree Ellis	South Africa
2018	Desiree Ellis	South Africa

African Inter-Club Team of the Year

Year	Club	Nation
2017	Wydad Casablanca	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 Sportive 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 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.[1]

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 / Algeria
1991	Algeria
1992	Ivory Coast / Nigeria
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	Egypt
2018	Mauritania
2019	Algeria

Ranking by team

Team	First	Second	Third
Algeria	8 (1980, 1981, 1982, 1990, 1991, 2009, 2014, 2019)	3 (1985, 1986, 2015)	3 (1987, 1989, 2010)
Cameroon	7 (1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2003)	4 (1981, 1982, 1986, 2002)	1 (1993)
Nigeria	4 (1992, 1993, 1994, 2013)	4 (1980, 1991, 2001, 2014)	6 (1983, 1984, 1988, 1998, 2002, 2004)
Tunisia	4 (1995, 1999, 2004, 2005)	2 (1996, 1997)	0
Egypt	3 (1998, 2008, 2017)	7 (1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 2006, 2010)	2 (1990, 1991)
Morocco	3 (1985, 1986, 1997)	4 (1993, 1998, 2003, 2004)	1 (1980)
Ghana	3 (1983, 2006, 2010)	1 (2005)	5 (1981, 1982, 1992, 2009, 2015)
Senegal	3 (2001, 2002, 2007)	1 (2019)	1 (1985)
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
2010	Nigeria
2011	Cameroon
2012	Equatorial Guinea
2013	No vote
2014	Nigeria
2015	Cameroon
2016	Nigeria
2017	South Africa
2018	Nigeria
2019	Cameroon

CAF Legends award

Year	Legend Name	Role	Country
2018	Mohamed Aboutrika	Player	Egypt
2017	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

CAF Female Player of the Year

Year	Player Name	Country
2019	Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria
2018	Thembi Kgatlana	South Africa
2017	Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria[2]
2016	Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria
2015	Gaëlle Enganamouit	Cameroon
2014	Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria
2012	Genoveva Añonma	Equatorial Guinea
2011	Perpetua Nkwocha	Nigeria
2009	Perpetua Nkwocha	Nigeria
2008	Noko Matlou	South Africa
2007	Cynthia Uwak	Nigeria
2006	Cynthia Uwak	Nigeria
2005	Perpetua Nkwocha	Nigeria
2004	Perpetua Nkwocha	Nigeria
2003	Adjoa Bayor	Ghana
2002	Alberta Sackey	Ghana
2001	Mercy Akide	Nigeria

African Goal of the Year

Year	Player Name	Country
2019	Riyad Mahrez	Algeria
2018	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	Country
2015	Abdiqani Said Arab	Somalia
2016	Manuel Lopes Nascimento	Guinea-Bissau
2017	Ahmed Yahya	Mauritania
2018	Fouzi Lekjaa	Morocco
2019	Moise Katumbi	TP Mazembe

Federation of the Year


Year	Federation	Country
2019	Egyptian Football Association	Egypt

CAF Team of the Year

Platinum Award

2016: Son Excellence Muhammadu Buhari (President of Nigeria)
2017: Nana Akufo-Addo (President of Ghana)
2017: George Weah (President-elect of Liberia and former World, Africa and European Player of the Year)
2018: His Excellency Macky Sall (President of the Republic of Senegal)[3]
2019: Kodjovi Obilale (former Togolese goalkeeper)[4]

Defunct Awards

The following are no longer awarded.

CAF Goalkeeper of the Year

Year	Player Name	National Team	Club
2008	Essam El Hadary	Egypt	Al Ahly
2007	Essam El Hadary	Egypt	Al Ahly
2006	Essam El Hadary	Egypt	Al Ahly
2005	Tony Sylva	Senegal	Lille
2004	Ali Boumnijel	Tunisia	Rouen
2003	Idriss Kameni	Cameroon	Espanyol
2002	Tony Sylva	Senegal	Monaco
2001	Essam El Hadary	Egypt	Al Ahly

African Champions League Best Player

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

Previous winners:

Year	Player Name	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

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

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. Retrieved 11 February 2009.

Specific

"African National Team of the Year". rsssf.com. Rec. Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. 6 July 2007.
Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "Egyptian Salah crowned African Player of the Year". www.cafonline.com. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
"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.
"Mane, Oshoala named African Footballers of 2019 at CAF Awards". cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

External links

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[1] "African National Team of the Year". rsssf.com. Rec. Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. 6 July 2007.

[2] Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "Egyptian Salah crowned African Player of the Year". www.cafonline.com. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

[3] "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.

[4] "Mane, Oshoala named African Footballers of 2019 at CAF Awards". cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.