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:

YearPlayerNational teamClub
2025Achraf HakimiMoroccoFrench Football Federation Paris Saint-Germain

CAF Female Player of the Year

Current winner:

YearPlayerNational teamClub
2025Ghizlane ChebbakMoroccoSaudi Arabian Football Federation Al-Hilal

CAF Youth Player of the Year

YearPlayerNational teamClub
2025Othmane MaammaMoroccoThe Football Association Watford
2024Lamine CamaraSenegalFrench Football Federation Monaco
2023Lamine CamaraSenegalFrench Football Federation Metz
2022Pape Matar SarrSenegalThe Football Association Tottenham Hotspur
2019Achraf HakimiMoroccoGerman Football Association Borussia Dortmund
2018Achraf HakimiMoroccoGerman Football Association Borussia Dortmund
2017Patson DakaZambiaAustrian Football Association FC Liefering
2016Alex IwobiNigeriaThe Football Association Arsenal
2015Victor OsimhenNigeriaNigeria Football Federation Ultimate Strikers Academy

CAF Youth Women's Player of the Year

YearPlayerNational teamClub
2025Doha El MadaniMoroccoRoyal Moroccan Football Federation AS FAR
2024Doha El MadaniMoroccoRoyal Moroccan Football Federation AS FAR
2023Nesryne El ChadMoroccoFrench Football Federation Lille
2022Evelyn BaduGhanaGhana Football Association Hasaacas
2014Asisat OshoalaNigeriaNigeria Football Federation Rivers Angels

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

It replaced African Champions League Best Player in 2005.

YearPlayerNational teamClub
2025Fiston MayeleDR CongoEgyptian Football Association Pyramids FC
2024Ronwen WilliamsSouth AfricaSouth African Football Association Mamelodi Sundowns
2023Percy TauSouth AfricaEgyptian Football Association Al Ahly
2022Mohamed El ShenawyEgyptEgyptian Football Association Al Ahly
2019Youcef BelaïliAlgeriaTunisian Football Federation Espérance de Tunis
2016Denis OnyangoUgandaSouth African Football Association Mamelodi Sundowns
2015Mbwana SamattaTanzaniaCongolese Association Football Federation TP Mazembe
2014Firmin Ndombe MubeleDR CongoCongolese Association Football Federation Vita Club
2013Mohamed AboutrikaEgyptEgyptian Football Association Al Ahly
2012Mohamed AboutrikaEgyptEgyptian Football Association Al Ahly
2011Oussama DarragiTunisiaTunisian Football Federation Espérance de Tunis
2010Ahmed HassanEgyptEgyptian Football Association Al Ahly
2009Trésor MputuDR CongoCongolese Association Football Federation TP Mazembe
2008Mohamed AboutrikaEgyptEgyptian Football Association Al Ahly
2007Amine ChermitiTunisiaTunisian Football Federation Étoile du Sahel
2006Mohamed AboutrikaEgyptEgyptian Football Association Al Ahly
2005Mohamed BarakatEgyptEgyptian Football Association Al Ahly

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

YearPlayerNational teamClub
2004Vincent EnyeamaNigeriaNigeria Football Federation Enyimba
2003Dramane TraoréMaliEgyptian Football Association Ismaily
2002Hicham AboucherouaneMoroccoRoyal Moroccan Football Federation Raja Casablanca
2001FlávioAngolaAngolan Football Federation Petro de Luanda

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

YearPlayerNational teamClub
2025Sanaâ MssoudyMoroccoRoyal Moroccan Football Federation AS FAR
2024Sanaâ MssoudyMoroccoRoyal Moroccan Football Federation AS FAR
2023Fatima TagnaoutMoroccoRoyal Moroccan Football Federation AS FAR
2022Evelyn BaduGhanaGhana Football Association Hasaacas

CAF Goalkeeper of the Year

YearPlayerNational teamClub
2025Yassine BounouMoroccoSaudi Arabian Football Federation Al-Hilal
2024Ronwen WilliamsSouth AfricaSouth African Football Association Mamelodi Sundowns
2023Yassine BounouMoroccoRoyal Spanish Football Federation Sevilla
2004Ali BoumnijelTunisiaFrench Football Federation Rouen
2003Carlos KameniCameroonRoyal Spanish Football Federation Espanyol
2002Tony SylvaSenegalFrench Football Federation Monaco

CAF Women's Goalkeeper of the Year

YearPlayerNational teamClub
2025Chiamaka NnadozieNigeriaThe Football Association Brighton & Hove Albion
2024Chiamaka NnadozieNigeriaFrench Football Federation Paris FC
2023Chiamaka NnadozieNigeriaFrench Football Federation Paris FC

CAF Coach of the Year

YearCoachTeam managed
2025Cape Verde BubistaCape Verde
2024Ivory Coast Emerse FaéIvory Coast
2023Morocco Walid RegraguiMorocco
2022Senegal Aliou CisséSenegal
2019Algeria Djamel BelmadiAlgeria
2018France Hervé RenardMorocco
2017Argentina Héctor CúperEgypt
2016South Africa Pitso MosimaneSouth African Football Association Mamelodi Sundowns
2015France Hervé RenardIvory Coast
2014Algeria Kheïreddine MadouiAlgerian Football Federation ES Sétif
2013Nigeria Stephen KeshiNigeria
2012France Hervé RenardZambia
2011Niger Harouna DoulaNiger
2010Serbia Milovan RajevacGhana
2009Ghana Sellas TettehGhana U20
2008Egypt Hassan ShehataEgypt Egypt
2007Nigeria Yemi TellaNigeria U17
2006Portugal Manuel JoséEgyptian Football Association Al Ahly
2005Nigeria Stephen KeshiTogo
2004Nigeria Okey EmordiNigeria Football Federation Enyimba
2003Nigeria Kadiri IkhanaNigeria Football Federation Enyimba
2002France Bruno MetsuSenegal
2001France Bruno MetsuSenegal
2000Ghana Cecil Jones AttuquayefioGhana Football Association Hearts of Oak

CAF Women's Coach of the Year

YearCoachTeam managed
2025Morocco Lamia BoumehdiCongolese Association Football Federation TP Mazembe
2024Morocco Lamia BoumehdiCongolese Association Football Federation TP Mazembe
2023South Africa Desiree EllisSouth Africa
2022South Africa Desiree EllisSouth Africa
2019South Africa Desiree EllisSouth Africa
2018South Africa Desiree EllisSouth Africa

African Club of the Year

YearClubNation
2025Pyramids FCEgypt
2024Al AhlyEgypt
2023Al AhlyEgypt
2022Wydad ACMorocco
2017Wydad ACMorocco
2016Mamelodi SundownsSouth Africa
2015TP MazembeDR Congo
2014ES SétifAlgeria
2013Al AhlyEgypt
2012Al AhlyEgypt
2011Espérance de TunisTunisia
2010TP MazembeDR Congo
2009TP MazembeDR Congo
2008Al AhlyEgypt
2007Étoile du SahelTunisia
2006Al AhlyEgypt
2005Al AhlyEgypt
2004EnyimbaNigeria
2003EnyimbaNigeria
2002ZamalekEgypt
2001Kaizer ChiefsSouth Africa

African Women Club of the Year

YearClubNation
2025AS FARMorocco
2024TP MazembeDR Congo
2023Mamelodi SundownsSouth Africa
2022Mamelodi SundownsSouth 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

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

Under France Football

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

Ranking by team

TeamFirst placeSecond placeThird place
Cameroon7 (1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2003)4 (1981, 1982, 1986, 2002)1 (1993)
Algeria7 (1980, 1981, 1982, 1991, 2009, 2014, 2019)3 (1985, 1986, 2015)3 (1987, 1989, 2010)
Morocco4 (1985, 1986, 1997, 2023)5 (1993, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2018)2 (1980, 2025)
Tunisia4 (1995, 1999, 2004, 2005)2 (1996, 1997)0
Senegal4 (2001, 2002, 2007, 2022)1 (2019)1 (1985)
Egypt3 (1998, 2008, 2017)7 (1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 2006, 2010)2 (1990, 1991)
Nigeria3 (1993, 1994, 2013)4 (1980, 1991, 2001, 2014)6 (1983, 1984, 1988, 1998, 2002, 2004)
Ivory Coast3 (1992, 2015, 2024)2 (2009, 2011)3 (1994, 2006, 2012)
Ghana3 (1983, 2006, 2010)1 (2005)5 (1981, 1982, 1992, 2009, 2015)
Zambia1 (2012)2 (1988, 1994)2 (1996, 1997)
South Africa1 (1996)00
Botswana1 (2011)00
Uganda1 (2016)00
Mauritania1 (2018)00
Morocco Morocco U-201 (2025)00
Cape Verde02 (2012, 2025)0
Angola01 (1995)0
Mozambique01 (1995)0
Burkina Faso01 (2013)0
Ethiopia001 (2013)
Mali001 (2003)
Togo001 (2005)
Niger001 (2011)
Libya001 (2014)

African Women's National Team of the Year

The team of the year award was organized by CAF since 2010.

YearNational team
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
2025Nigeria
2024Nigeria
2023Nigeria
2022South Africa
2019Cameroon
2018Nigeria
2017South Africa
2016Nigeria
2015Cameroon
2014Nigeria
2013No vote
2012Equatorial Guinea
2011Cameroon
2010Nigeria

African Goal of the Year

YearPlayerCountry
2025Clement MzizeTanzania
2024MabululuAngola
2023KahrabaEgypt
2022Pape Ousmane SakhoSenegal
2019Riyad MahrezAlgeria
2018Thembi KgatlanaSouth Africa
2004Benni McCarthySouth Africa
2003Lesley ManyathelaSouth Africa
2002Papa Bouba DiopSenegal
2001Zoubeir BayaTunisia

CAF Referee of the Year

YearRefereeCountry
2025Omar ArtanSomalia
2024Mutaz IbrahimLibya
2016Bakary GassamaGambia
2015Bakary GassamaGambia
2014Bakary GassamaGambia
2013Djamel HaimoudiAlgeria
2012Djamel HaimoudiAlgeria
2011Noumandiez DouéIvory Coast

CAF Women Referee of the Year

YearRefereeCountry
2025Shamirah NabaddaUganda
2024Bouchra KarboubiMorocco

CAF Team of the Year

CAF outstanding achievement award

Platinum Award

Defunct awards

The following are no longer awarded.

CAF Most Promising Talent of the Year

YearPlayerNational teamClub
2016Kelechi IheanachoNigeriaThe Football Association Manchester City
2015Etebo OghenekaroNigeriaNigeria Football Federation Warri Wolves
2014Yacine BrahimiAlgeriaPortuguese Football Federation Porto
2013Kelechi IheanachoNigeriaThe Football Association Manchester City
2012Mohamed SalahEgyptSwiss Football Association Basel
2011Souleymane CoulibalyIvory CoastThe Football Association Tottenham Hotspur
2010Kwadwo AsamoahGhanaItalian Football Federation Udinese
2009Dominic AdiyiahGhanaItalian Football Federation Milan
2008Salomon KalouIvory CoastThe Football Association Chelsea
2007Clifford MulengaZambiaSouth African Football Association Pretoria University
2006Taye TaiwoNigeriaFrench Football Federation Marseille
2005Mikel John ObiNigeriaThe Football Association Chelsea
2004Obafemi MartinsNigeriaItalian Football Federation Internazionale
2003Obafemi MartinsNigeriaItalian Football Federation Internazionale
2002MidoEgyptRoyal Dutch Football Association Ajax
2001MantorrasAngolaPortuguese Football Federation Benfica

CAF Legends award

YearLegendRoleCountry
2018Mohamed AboutrikaPlayerEgypt
2017Ibrahim SundayManagerGhana
2016Laurent PokouEmilienne MbangoPlayersIvory CoastCameroon
2015Charles GyamfiSamuel Mbappé LéppéManagerPlayerGhanaCameroon
2014Oryx Douala Stade MalienClubsCameroon Mali
2013Bruno MetsuManagerFrance
2012Rigobert SongMahmoud El-GoharyPlayerManagerCameroonEgypt
2011Mustapha HadjiJay-Jay OkochaPlayersMoroccoNigeria
2009JesusStephen KeshiJules BocandéPlayersAngolaNigeriaSenegal
2008Christian ChukwuPlayerNigeria
2005Rabah MadjerPlayerAlgeria
2004Pierre Kalala MukendiMahmoud El KhatibGeorge WeahPlayersDR CongoEgyptLiberia
2003Roger MillaSalif KeïtaKalusha BwalyaPlayersCameroonMaliZambia

President of the Year

YearPresidentTeam
2019Moïse KatumbiCongolese Association Football Federation TP Mazembe
2018Fouzi LekjaaMorocco
2017Ahmed YahyaMauritania
2016Manuel Lopes NascimentoGuinea-Bissau
2015Abdiqani Said ArabSomalia

Federation of the Year

YearFederationCountry
2019Egyptian Football AssociationEgypt

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.

See also

General

  • . CAF. 28 November 2012.
  • . BBC Sport. 11 February 2009.
  • . FIFA. 11 February 2009. Archived from on February 12, 2009.

Specific

External links