CAF Awards

CAF Awards
CAF Awards
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Presented by	Confederation of African Football (CAF)
First award	1992; 34 years ago
Website	cafonline.com

The CAF Awards is an annual ceremony organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to recognise outstanding achievements in African association football. The event honours players, coaches, teams, and other contributors within the continent’s football landscape.

History

The CAF Awards was first introduced in 2000 by the Confederation of African Football to recognise the continent’s leading performers across various categories. The African Footballer of the Year distinction predates the broader awards programme, having been presented since 1992, when Abedi Pele received the inaugural honour.

Current awards

The awards include:

CAF Player of the Year

Current winner:

Year	Player	National team	Club
2025	Achraf Hakimi	Morocco	Paris Saint-Germain

CAF Female Player of the Year

Current winner:

Year	Player	National team	Club
2025	Ghizlane Chebbak	Morocco	Al-Hilal

CAF Youth Player of the Year

Year	Player	National team	Club
2025	Othmane Maamma	Morocco	Watford
2024	Lamine Camara	Senegal	Monaco
2023	Lamine Camara	Senegal	Metz
2022	Pape Matar Sarr	Senegal	Tottenham Hotspur
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

CAF Youth Women's Player of the Year

Year	Player	National team	Club
2025	Doha El Madani	Morocco	AS FAR
2024	Doha El Madani	Morocco	AS FAR
2023	Nesryne El Chad	Morocco	Lille
2022	Evelyn Badu	Ghana	Hasaacas
2014	Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria	Rivers Angels

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

It replaced African Champions League Best Player in 2005.

Year	Player	National team	Club
2025	Fiston Mayele	DR Congo	Pyramids FC
2024	Ronwen Williams	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns
2023	Percy Tau	South Africa	Al Ahly
2022	Mohamed El Shenawy	Egypt	Al Ahly
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

African Champions League Best Player (earlier version of African Inter-Club Player of the Year)

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

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

Year	Player	National team	Club
2025	Sanaâ Mssoudy	Morocco	AS FAR
2024	Sanaâ Mssoudy	Morocco	AS FAR
2023	Fatima Tagnaout	Morocco	AS FAR
2022	Evelyn Badu	Ghana	Hasaacas

CAF Goalkeeper of the Year

Year	Player	National team	Club
2025	Yassine Bounou	Morocco	Al-Hilal
2024	Ronwen Williams	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns
2023	Yassine Bounou	Morocco	Sevilla
2004	Ali Boumnijel	Tunisia	Rouen
2003	Carlos Kameni	Cameroon	Espanyol
2002	Tony Sylva	Senegal	Monaco

CAF Women's Goalkeeper of the Year

Year	Player	National team	Club
2025	Chiamaka Nnadozie	Nigeria	Brighton & Hove Albion
2024	Chiamaka Nnadozie	Nigeria	Paris FC
2023	Chiamaka Nnadozie	Nigeria	Paris FC

CAF Coach of the Year

Year	Coach	Team managed
2025	Bubista	Cape Verde
2024	Emerse Faé	Ivory Coast
2023	Walid Regragui	Morocco
2022	Aliou Cissé	Senegal
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	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	Coach	Team managed
2025	Lamia Boumehdi	TP Mazembe
2024	Lamia Boumehdi	TP Mazembe
2023	Desiree Ellis	South Africa
2022	Desiree Ellis	South Africa
2019	Desiree Ellis	South Africa
2018	Desiree Ellis	South Africa

African Club of the Year

Year	Club	Nation
2025	Pyramids FC	Egypt
2024	Al Ahly	Egypt
2023	Al Ahly	Egypt
2022	Wydad AC	Morocco
2017	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 Club of the Year

Year	Club	Nation
2025	AS FAR	Morocco
2024	TP Mazembe	DR Congo
2023	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.

Under CAF

Year	National team
2025	Morocco U-20
2024	Ivory Coast
2023	Morocco
2022	Senegal
2019	Algeria
2018	Mauritania
2017	Egypt
2016	Uganda
2015	Ivory Coast
2014	Algeria
2013	Nigeria
2012	Zambia
2011	Botswana
2010	Ghana
2009	Algeria
2008	Egypt
2007	Senegal
2006	Ghana
2005	Tunisia
2004	Tunisia

Under France Football

Year	National team
2003	Cameroon
2002	Senegal
2001	Senegal
2000	Cameroon
1999	Tunisia
1998	Egypt
1997	Morocco
1996	South Africa
1995	Tunisia
1994	Nigeria
1993	Nigeria
1992	Ivory Coast
1991	Algeria
1990	Cameroon
1989	Cameroon
1988	Cameroon
1987	Cameroon
1986	Morocco
1985	Morocco
1984	Cameroon
1983	Ghana
1982	Algeria
1981	Algeria
1980	Algeria

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)	5 (1993, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2018)	2 (1980, 2025)
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)
Ivory Coast	3 (1992, 2015, 2024)	2 (2009, 2011)	3 (1994, 2006, 2012)
Ghana	3 (1983, 2006, 2010)	1 (2005)	5 (1981, 1982, 1992, 2009, 2015)
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
Morocco U-20	1 (2025)	0	0
Cape Verde	0	2 (2012, 2025)	0
Angola	0	1 (1995)	0
Mozambique	0	1 (1995)	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
2025	Nigeria
2024	Nigeria
2023	Nigeria
2022	South Africa
2019	Cameroon
2018	Nigeria
2017	South Africa
2016	Nigeria
2015	Cameroon
2014	Nigeria
2013	No vote
2012	Equatorial Guinea
2011	Cameroon
2010	Nigeria

African Goal of the Year

Year	Player	Country
2025	Clement Mzize	Tanzania
2024	Mabululu	Angola
2023	Kahraba	Egypt
2022	Pape Ousmane Sakho	Senegal
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

CAF Referee of the Year

Year	Referee	Country
2025	Omar Artan	Somalia
2024	Mutaz Ibrahim	Libya
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

CAF Women Referee of the Year

Year	Referee	Country
2025	Shamirah Nabadda	Uganda
2024	Bouchra Karboubi	Morocco

CAF Team of the Year

CAF outstanding achievement award

2025: Their Excellency William Ruto, Yoweri Museveni and Samia Suluhu Hassan
2024: Their Excellency Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Paul Biya
2023: His Excellency Macky Sall (President of the Republic of Senegal)
2022: His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco

Platinum Award

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

Defunct awards

The following are no longer awarded.

CAF Most Promising Talent of the Year

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

CAF Legends award

Year	Legend	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

President of the Year


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

Federation of the Year


Year	Federation	Country
2019	Egyptian Football Association	Egypt

Editions

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

On 19 November 2025, CAF announced that the 2025 CAF Awards ceremony will take place in Rabat, Morocco. Following the earthquake that occurred in the region, and in order to show solidarity, a friendly match between African Legends was organized.

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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Achraf Hakimi, Ghizlane Chebbak lead Morocco's Golden Night at CAF Awards 2025". Confederation of African Football. 19 November 2025. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Osimhen, Oshoala named African Men's and Women's Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2023". Confederation of African Football. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Mane, Oshoala named African Footballers of 2019 at CAF Awards". cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Aiteo CAF Awards 2018: Winners". CAF. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Here are all the winners of the 2017 CAF Awards". South African Football Federation. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
↑ "Doha El Madani best Young Player of the Year in the women's category". Confederation of African Football. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Lookman, Banda and Williams are big winners at 2024 CAF Awards in Marrakech, Morocco". Lookman, Banda and Williams are big winners at 2024 CAF Awards in Marrakech, Morocco. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
↑ "Williams crowned Africa's best goalkeeper at CAF Awards". Confederation of African Football. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
↑ "Chiamaka Nnadozie crowned best goalkeeper in women's category". Confederation of African Football. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
↑ "Regragui scoops CAF's Best Coach of the Year prize". Confederation of African Football. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
↑ Arinaitwe, Ostine (12 March 2010). "Tetteh receives Caf award". The New Times | Rwanda. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
↑ "Lamia Boumehdi voted Women's Coach of the Year". Confederation of African Football. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
↑ "Al Ahly voted the best club of the year at CAF Awards". Confederation of African Football. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
↑ "Morocco Football Awards: Wydad Casablanca Wins The Day & More Breaking News". 23 September 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "TP Mazembe crowned women's club of the year". Confederation of African Football. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
↑ "African National Team of the Year". RSSSF. Rec. Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. 6 July 2007.
↑ "African Footballer of the Year: Achraf Hakimi and Ghizlane Chebbak win 2025 awards". BBC Sport. 2025-11-19. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
↑ "Dr Motsepe confers CAF President's Outstanding Achievement Award 2024 to President Paul Biya of Cameroon and President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt". Dr Motsepe confers CAF President’s Outstanding Achievement Award 2024 to President Paul Biya of Cameroon and President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
↑ "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.
↑ MASAITI, Amira EL (2024-10-24). "Football: Marrakech to host CAF Awards Ceremony". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
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↑ Gamra, Farah Ben (2025-11-07). "Official: Rabat to Host 2025 CAF Awards Ceremony in November". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2025-11-17.

External links

[:1-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Achraf Hakimi, Ghizlane Chebbak lead Morocco's Golden Night at CAF Awards 2025". Confederation of African Football. 19 November 2025. Retrieved 19 November 2025.

[2] "Lamine Camara voted best Young Player of the Year". Confederation of African Football. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.

[cafawards2023-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Osimhen, Oshoala named African Men's and Women's Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2023". Confederation of African Football. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.

[cafawards2019-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Mane, Oshoala named African Footballers of 2019 at CAF Awards". cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

[cafawards2018-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Aiteo CAF Awards 2018: Winners". CAF. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[cafawards2017-6] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Here are all the winners of the 2017 CAF Awards". South African Football Federation. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[7] "Doha El Madani best Young Player of the Year in the women's category". Confederation of African Football. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.

[:2-8] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Lookman, Banda and Williams are big winners at 2024 CAF Awards in Marrakech, Morocco". Lookman, Banda and Williams are big winners at 2024 CAF Awards in Marrakech, Morocco. Retrieved 2025-11-19.

[9] "Williams crowned Africa's best goalkeeper at CAF Awards". Confederation of African Football. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.

[10] "Chiamaka Nnadozie crowned best goalkeeper in women's category". Confederation of African Football. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.

[11] "Regragui scoops CAF's Best Coach of the Year prize". Confederation of African Football. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

[12] Arinaitwe, Ostine (12 March 2010). "Tetteh receives Caf award". The New Times | Rwanda. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

[13] "Lamia Boumehdi voted Women's Coach of the Year". Confederation of African Football. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.

[14] "Al Ahly voted the best club of the year at CAF Awards". Confederation of African Football. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.

[15] "Morocco Football Awards: Wydad Casablanca Wins The Day & More Breaking News". 23 September 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.^{[permanent dead link]}

[16] "TP Mazembe crowned women's club of the year". Confederation of African Football. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.

[17] "African National Team of the Year". RSSSF. Rec. Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. 6 July 2007.

[18] "African Footballer of the Year: Achraf Hakimi and Ghizlane Chebbak win 2025 awards". BBC Sport. 2025-11-19. Retrieved 2025-11-19.

[19] "Dr Motsepe confers CAF President's Outstanding Achievement Award 2024 to President Paul Biya of Cameroon and President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt". Dr Motsepe confers CAF President’s Outstanding Achievement Award 2024 to President Paul Biya of Cameroon and President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt. Retrieved 2025-11-19.

[20] "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.

[21] "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.

[22] MASAITI, Amira EL (2024-10-24). "Football: Marrakech to host CAF Awards Ceremony". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. Retrieved 2024-11-04.

[23] "#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.

[24] "African Legends honour Earthquake victims during friendly match in Marrakech". CAF. 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2023-12-27.

[25] Gamra, Farah Ben (2025-11-07). "Official: Rabat to Host 2025 CAF Awards Ceremony in November". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2025-11-17.