CAF Team of the Year

The CAF Team of the Year is an annual football award given by the Confederation of African Football during the CAF Awards.

In 2007,[1] the CAF did not choose the team of the year, but rather chose the best ten players of the last 50 years. The ten players were Mahmoud El Khatib and Hossam Hassan from Egypt, Roger Milla and Samuel Eto'o from Cameroon, Abedi Pele from Ghana, Kalusha Bwalya from Zambia, George Weah from Liberia, Rabah Madjer from Algeria, Didier Drogba from Ivory Coast, and Nwankwo Kanu from Nigeria. Yaya Touré 2011-15 holds the record for most consecutive apperances (5).

2005

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Tony Sylva	Hatem Trabelsi Joseph Yobo Kolo Touré Djimi Traoré	Didier Zokora Michael Essien John Obi Mikel Mohamed Barakat	Samuel Eto'o Didier Drogba

Source:[2]

2006

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Essam El Hadary	Emmanuel Eboué Wael Gomaa Kolo Touré Taye Taiwo	Didier Zokora Michael Essien Mahamadou Diarra Mohamed Aboutrika	Samuel Eto'o Didier Drogba

Source:[3]

2008

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Carlos Kameni	John Mensah Wael Gomaa Joseph Yobo Taye Taiwo	Yaya Touré Michael Essien Sulley Muntari Mohamed Aboutrika	Samuel Eto'o Emmanuel Adebayor

Source:[4]

2009

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Robert Kidiaba	John Pantsil Wael Gomaa Alex Song Nadir Belhadj	Yaya Touré Michael Essien Seydou Keita	Samuel Eto'o Didier Drogba Trésor Mputu

Source:[5]

2010

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Vincent Enyeama	Ahmed Elmohamady Wael Gomaa Madjid Bougherra Taye Taiwo	Ahmed Hassan Kevin-Prince Boateng André Ayew	Samuel Eto'o Didier Drogba Asamoah Gyan

Source:[6]

2011

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Samir Aboud	Harrison Afful Banana Yaya Ayoub El Khaliqi Taye Taiwo	Yaya Touré Seydou Keita Kevin-Prince Boateng André Ayew	Samuel Eto'o Moussa Sow

Source:[7]

2012

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Lutunu Dulé	Ahmed El-Basha Walid Hichri Stoppila Sunzu Ahmed Fathy	Mohamed Aboutrika Yaya Touré Alex Song Younès Belhanda	Didier Drogba Christopher Katongo

Source:[8]

2013

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Vincent Enyeama	Ahmed Fathy Mehdi Benatia Kévin Constant	Jonathan Pitroipa John Obi Mikel Yaya Touré Mohamed Aboutrika	Emmanuel Emenike Asamoah Gyan Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Source:[9]

2014

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Vincent Enyeama	Jean Kasusula Mehdi Benatia Stéphane Mbia Kwadwo Asamoah	Yaya Touré Yacine Brahimi Fakhreddine Ben Youssef	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Asamoah Gyan Ahmed Musa

Source:[10]

2015

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Robert Kidiaba	Serge Aurier Mehdi Benatia Mohamed Rabie Meftah	Yaya Touré Yacine Brahimi Sadio Mané André Ayew	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Mbwana Samatta Baghdad Bounedjah

Substitutes

Player
Djigui Diarra
Azubuike Okechukwu
Kelechi Nwakali
Zinedine Ferhat
Adama Traoré
Victor Osimhen
Kermit Erasmus

Source:[11]

2016

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Denis Onyango	Serge Aurier Aymen Abdennour Eric Bailly Joyce Lomalisa	Khama Billiat Rainford Kalaba Keagan Dolly	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Sadio Mané Riyad Mahrez

Substitutes

Player
Aymen Mathlouthi
Kalidou Koulibaly
Salif Coulibaly
Islam Slimani
Mohamed Salah
Kelechi Iheanacho
Alex Iwobi

Source:[12]

2017

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Aymen Mathlouthi	Ahmed Fathy Eric Bailly Ali Maâloul	Mohamed Ounajem Karim El Ahmadi Junior Ajayi Achraf Bencharki	Khalid Boutaïb Taha Yassine Khenissi Mohamed Salah

Source:[13]

2018

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Denis Onyango	Serge Aurier Kalidou Koulibaly Eric Bailly Medhi Benatia	Naby Keïta Thomas Partey Riyad Mahrez	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Sadio Mané Mohamed Salah

Source:[14]

2019

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
André Onana	Serge Aurier Joël Matip Kalidou Koulibaly Achraf Hakimi	Idrissa Gueye Riyad Mahrez Hakim Ziyech	Mohamed Salah Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Sadio Mané

Source:[15]

2020

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
André Onana	Achraf Hakimi Nayef Aguerd Kalidou Koulibaly Ali Maâloul	Idrissa Gueye Riyad Mahrez Hakim Ziyech	Mohamed Salah Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Sadio Mané

Source:[16]

Most appearances

Player	Appearances	Years
Yaya Touré	7	2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	7	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
Samuel Eto'o	6	2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Didier Drogba	5	2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012
Sadio Mané	5	2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
Taye Taiwo	4	2006, 2008, 2010, 2011
Wael Gomaa		2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
Serge Aurier		2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
Mohamed Salah		2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Riyad Mahrez		2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
Mohamed Aboutrika		2006, 2008, 2012, 2013
Mehdi Benatia		2013, 2014, 2015, 2018
Vincent Enyeama	3	2010, 2013, 2014
Eric Bailly		2016, 2017, 2018
Kalidou Koulibaly		2018, 2019, 2020

References

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[1] ttp://www.cafonline.com/en-us/cafawards/previouseditions/2007.aspx

[2] "CAF - CAF Awards - Previous Editions - 2005". CAF. Retrieved January 11, 2016.

[3] "CAF - CAF Awards - Previous Editions - 2006". CAF. Retrieved January 11, 2016.

[4] "CAF - CAF Awards - Previous Editions - 2008". CAF. Retrieved January 18, 2017.

[5] "CAF - CAF Awards - Previous Editions - 2009". CAF. Retrieved January 11, 2016.

[6] "CAF award winners 2010". Ahram. December 20, 2010. Retrieved January 11, 2016.

[7] "CAF - CAF Awards - Previous Editions - 2011". CAF. Retrieved December 9, 2015.

[8] "CAF - CAF Awards - Previous Editions - 2012". CAF. Retrieved December 8, 2015.

[9] "CAF - CAF Awards - Previous Editions - 2013". CAF. Retrieved December 8, 2015.

[10] "Glo-CAF awards 2014 winners". Ahram. January 9, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.

[11] "Aubameyang, Samatta Rule Africa". CAF. January 7, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2016.

[12] "Award Winners". CAF. January 7, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2017.

[13] "Award Winners". CAF. January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2018.

[14] "Salah and Mane Picked in First Africa Best 11". FIFPro. 8 September 2019. Archived from the original on 9 January 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

[15] "Mane, Oshoala named African Footballers of 2019 at CAF Awards". CAFOnline.com. CAF. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[16] "Mane, Oshoala named African Footballers of 2020 at CAF Awards". CAFOnline.com. CAF. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.