African football 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).
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.
The awards include:
CAF Player of the Year [ edit ]
CAF Female Player of the Year [ edit ]
CAF Youth Player of the Year [ edit ]
CAF Youth Women's Player of the Year[ edit ]
African Inter-Club Player of the Year (Based in Africa)[ edit ]
African Women's Inter-Club Player of the Year (Based in Africa)[ edit ]
CAF Goalkeeper of the Year [ edit ]
CAF Women Goalkeeper of the Year [ edit ]
CAF Coach of the Year [ edit ]
CAF Women's Coach of the Year[ edit ]
African Inter-Club Team of the Year [ edit ]
African Women's Inter-Club Team of the Year[ edit ]
African National Team of the Year [ edit ]
The team of the year award was organized by France Football from 1980 to 2004, and by CAF from 2004 onwards.[ 8]
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[ edit ]
The team of the year award was organized by CAF since 2010.
CAF Most Promising Talent of the Year [ edit ]
African Goal of the Year [ edit ]
President of the Year [ edit ]
Federation of the Year [ edit ]
CAF Team of the Year [ edit ]
CAF outstanding achievement award [ edit ]
The following are no longer awarded.
African Champions League Best Player [ edit ]
Replaced by African Inter-Club Player of the Year (Based in Africa) since 2005.
Previous winners:
CAF Referee of the Year [ edit ]
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]
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]
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^ "Regragui scoops CAF's Best Coach of the Year prize" . CAF . 2023-11-12. Retrieved 2023-12-11 .
^ Arinaitwe, Ostine (12 March 2010). "Tetteh receives Caf award" . The New Times | Rwanda . Retrieved 30 June 2021 .
^ "Morocco Football Awards: Wydad Casablanca Wins The Day & More Breaking News" . 23 September 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022 .[permanent dead link ]
^ "African National Team of the Year" . RSSSF . Rec. Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. 6 July 2007.
^ "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 .
^ "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 .
^ Oyebola, Mike (2022-06-19). "2022 CAF Awards to hold in Morocco, July" . Daily Post Nigeria . Retrieved 2023-07-26 .
^ "CAF Awards return to Morocco to celebrate Africa's finest on 11 December" . CAF . 2023-07-24. Retrieved 2023-07-26 .
^ "CAF Awards to return to Morocco for second year" . HESPRESS English - Morocco News . 2023-10-31. Retrieved 2023-11-01 .
^ "African Legends honour Earthquake victims during friendly match in Marrakech" . CAF . 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2023-12-27 .
^ "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 .
^ "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 .
^ "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 .
^ "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 .
^ "Algeria boycotts CAF Awards over 'unfair' withdrawal of Mahrez from final list" . sportsbrief.com . Retrieved 2023-12-11 .
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