# CAF 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).

## History

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.

## Current awards

The awards include:

### CAF Youth Player of the Year

| Year | Player | National team | Club |
| 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 |
| 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)

| Year | Player | National team | Club |
| 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 Women's Inter-Club Player of the Year (Based in Africa)

| Year | Player | National team | Club |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2024 | Chiamaka Nnadozie | Nigeria | Paris FC |
| 2023 | Chiamaka Nnadozie | Nigeria | Paris FC |

### CAF Coach of the Year

| Year | Coach | Team managed |
| 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 |
| 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 Inter-Club Team of the Year

| Year | Club | Nation |
| 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's Inter-Club Team of the Year

| Year | Club | Nation |
| 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.
| 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 |
| 1991 | Algeria |
| 1992 | Ivory Coast |
| 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 |
| Year | National team |
| 2022 | Senegal |
| 2023 | Morocco |
| 2024 | Ivory Coast |

#### 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |

### CAF Legends award

| Year | Legend | Role | Country |
| 2018 | Mohamed Aboutrika | Player | Egypt |
| 2017 | Ibrahim Sunday | Manager | Ghana |
| 2016 | Laurent PokouEmilienne Mbango | Players | Ivory Coast Cameroon |
| 2015 | Charles GyamfiSamuel Mbappé Léppé | ManagerPlayer | Ghana Cameroon |
| 2014 | Oryx Douala Stade Malien | Clubs | Cameroon Mali |
| 2013 | Bruno Metsu | Manager | France |
| 2012 | Rigobert SongMahmoud El-Gohary | PlayerManager | Cameroon Egypt |
| 2011 | Mustapha HadjiJay-Jay Okocha | Players | Morocco Nigeria |
| 2009 | JesusStephen KeshiJules Bocandé | Players | Angola Nigeria Senegal |
| 2008 | Christian Chukwu | Player | Nigeria |
| 2005 | Rabah Madjer | Player | Algeria |
| 2004 | Pierre Kalala MukendiMahmoud El KhatibGeorge Weah | Players | DR Congo Egypt Liberia |
| 2003 | Roger MillaSalif KeïtaKalusha Bwalya | Players | Cameroon Mali Zambia |

### African Goal of the Year

| Year | Player | Country |
| 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 |

### 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 |

### CAF outstanding achievement award

* 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 |

### African Champions League Best Player

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

## Editions

The 2020 and 2021 CAF awards did not take place due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 24 October 2024, CAF announced that the 2024 CAF Awards ceremony will take place in Marrakech, Morocco for the second year in a row. In order to show solidarity, a friendly match between African Legends took place.