CAF Awards
African football awards
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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.
| CAF Awards | |
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CAF Awards logo | |
| Presented by | Confederation of African Football (CAF) |
| First award | 1992 |
| Website | cafonline.com |
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[1] | Othmane Maamma | Morocco |
 Watford |
| 2024[2] | Lamine Camara |  Senegal |
Monaco |
| 2023[3] | Lamine Camara | Senegal |
Metz |
| 2022 | Pape Matar Sarr | Senegal |
Tottenham Hotspur |
| 2019[4] | Achraf Hakimi | Morocco |
 Borussia Dortmund |
| 2018[5] | Achraf Hakimi | Morocco |
Borussia Dortmund |
| 2017[6] | 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[1] | Doha El Madani | Morocco |
AS FAR |
| 2024[7] | Doha El Madani | Morocco |
AS FAR |
| 2023[3] | 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[1] | Fiston Mayele |  DR Congo |
 Pyramids FC |
| 2024[8] | Ronwen Williams |  South Africa |
Mamelodi Sundowns |
| 2023[3] | Percy Tau | South Africa |
Al Ahly |
| 2022 | Mohamed El Shenawy | Egypt |
Al Ahly |
| 2019[4] | 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[8] | Sanaâ Mssoudy | Morocco |
AS FAR |
| 2023[3] | Fatima Tagnaout | Morocco |
AS FAR |
| 2022 | Evelyn Badu | Ghana |
Hasaacas |
CAF Goalkeeper of the Year
| Year | Player | National team | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025[1] | Yassine Bounou | Morocco |
Al-Hilal |
| 2024[9] | Ronwen Williams | South Africa |
Mamelodi Sundowns |
| 2023[3] | 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[1] | Chiamaka Nnadozie | Nigeria |
Brighton & Hove Albion |
| 2024[10] | Chiamaka Nnadozie | Nigeria |
Paris FC |
| 2023[3] | Chiamaka Nnadozie | Nigeria |
Paris FC |
CAF Coach of the Year
| Year | Coach | Team managed |
|---|---|---|
| 2025[1] |  Bubista |
Cape Verde |
| 2024[8] |  Emerse Faé |
Ivory Coast |
| 2023[11] | Walid Regragui |
Morocco |
| 2022 | Aliou Cissé |
Senegal |
| 2019[4] | Djamel Belmadi |
Algeria |
| 2018[5] | Hervé Renard |
Morocco |
| 2017[6] |  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[12] | 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[13] | Lamia Boumehdi |
TP Mazembe |
| 2023[3] | Desiree Ellis |
South Africa |
| 2022 | Desiree Ellis |
South Africa |
| 2019[4] | Desiree Ellis |
South Africa |
| 2018[5] | Desiree Ellis |
South Africa |
African Club of the Year
| Year | Club | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| 2025[1] | Pyramids FC | Egypt |
| 2024[14] | Al Ahly | Egypt |
| 2023[3] | Al Ahly | Egypt |
| 2022[15] | Wydad AC | Morocco |
| 2017[6] | 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[16] | TP Mazembe | DR Congo |
| 2023[3] | 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.[17]
Under CAF
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.
African Goal of the Year
| Year | Player | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2025[1] | Clement Mzize | Tanzania |
| 2024[8] | Mabululu | Angola |
| 2023 | Kahraba | Egypt |
| 2022 | Pape Ousmane Sakho | Senegal |
| 2019[4] | Riyad Mahrez | Algeria |
| 2018[5] | 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[1] | Omar Abdulkadir Artan |  Somalia |
| 2024[8] | 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[1] | Shamirah Nabadda | Uganda |
| 2024[8] | Bouchra Karboubi | Morocco |
CAF Team of the Year
CAF outstanding achievement award
- 2025: Their Excellency William Ruto, Yoweri Museveni and Samia Suluhu Hassan[18]
- 2024: Their Excellency Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Paul Biya[19]
- 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)[4]
- 2018: His Excellency Macky Sall (President of the Republic of Senegal)[20]
- 2017: Nana Akufo-Addo (President of Ghana)[6]
- 2017: George Weah (President-elect of Liberia and former World, Africa and European Player of the Year)[6]
- 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[6] | 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[4] | Moïse Katumbi | TP Mazembe |
| 2018[5] | Fouzi Lekjaa | Morocco |
| 2017[6] | Ahmed Yahya | Mauritania |
| 2016 | Manuel Lopes Nascimento |  Guinea-Bissau |
| 2015 | Abdiqani Said Arab | Somalia |
Federation of the Year
| Year | Federation | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2019[4] | Egyptian Football Association | Egypt |
Editions
The 2020 and 2021 CAF awards did not take place due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.[21]
On 19 November 2025, CAF announced that the 2025 CAF Awards ceremony will take place in Rabat, Morocco.[22][23] Following the earthquake that occurred in the region, and in order to show solidarity, a friendly match between African Legends was organized.[24][25]