CAF Awards 2024 nominees: List of players, teams nominated for African soccer prizes

The 2024 CAF awards will honour leading players, coaches, club teams and national sides from across Africa in seven categories.

All shortlists have been confirmed for the men’s awards with one women’s category announced.

The main award is the CAF African Men’s Player of the Year with four Europe-based stars included on the final five-player panel.

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Defending champion Victor Osimhen is not included on the list – with the Nigeria international completing a summer move loan move to Galatasaray – but fellow Super Eagle Ademola Lookman is on the list.

2024 CAF award nominees

Seven awards will be handed out to male players in Marrakech on December 16.

CAF Player of the Year (Men)

• Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast / Brighton)
• Serhou Guirassy (Guinea / Stuttgart)
• Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / PSG)
• Ademola Lookman (Nigeria / Atalanta)
• Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)

CAF Player of the Year (Women)

• Barbra Banda (Zambia / Orlando Pride)
• Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi / Olympique Lyonnais)
• Temwa Chawinga (Malawi / Kansas City Current)
• Sanaâ Mssoudy (Morocco / AS FAR)
• Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria / Paris FC)

Goalkeeper of the Year (Men)

• Oussama Benbot (Algeria / USM Alger)
• Andre Onana (Cameroon / Manchester United)
• Yahia Fofana (Cote d’Ivoire / Angers SCO)
• Lionel Mpasi (DR Congo / Rodez AF)
• Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt / Al Ahly)
• Djigui Diarra (Mali / Young Africans)
• Munir El Kajoui (Morocco / RS Berkane)
• Stanley Nwabali (Nigeria / Chippa United)
• Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)
• Amanallah Memmiche (Tunisia / Esperance Sportive de Tunis) 

Interclub Player of the Year (Men)

• Oussama Benbot (Algeria / USM Alger)
• Issoufou Dayo (Burkina Faso / RS Berkane)
• Ahmed Sayed ‘Zizo’ (Egypt / Zamalek)
• Hussein El Shahat (Egypt / Al Ahly)
• Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt / Al Ahly)
• Abdul Aziz Issah (Ghana / Dreams FC)
• John Antwi (Ghana / Dreams FC)
• Amanallah Memmiche (Tunisia / Esperance Sportive de Tunis)
• Yassine Merriah (Tunisia / Esperance Sportive de Tunis)
• Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns) 

Coach of the Year (Men)

• Pedro Goncalves (Angola)
• Brama Traore (Burkina Faso)
• Emerse Fae (Cote d’Ivoire)
• Sebastien Desabre (DR Congo)
• Jose Gomes (Zamalek)
• Marcel Koller (Al Ahly)
• Chiquinho Conde (Mozambique)
• Hugo Broos (South Africa)
• Florent Ibenge (Al Hilal)
• Kwesi Appiah (Sudan) 

Young Player of the Year (Men)

• Carlos Baleba (Cameroon / Brighton & Hove Albion)
• Karim Konate (Cote d’Ivoire / Salzburg)
• Oumar Diakite (Cote d’Ivoire / Reims)
• Yankuba Minteh (Gambia / Brighton & Hove Albion)
• Abdul Aziz Issah (Ghana / Dreams FC / Barcelona)
• Bilal El Khannouss (Morocco / Leicester City)
• Eliesse Ben Seghir (Morocco / AS Monaco)
• El Hadji Malick Diouf (Senegal / Slavia Prague)
• Lamine Camara (Senegal / AS Monaco)
• Amanallah Memmiche (Tunisia / Esperance Sportive de Tunis) 

Club of the Year (Men)

• Petro Atletico (Angola)
• TP Mazembe (DR Congo)
• Al Ahly (Egypt)
• Zamalek (Egypt)
• Dreams FC (Ghana)
• RS Berkane (Morocco)
• Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
• Simba (Tanzania)
• Young Africans (Tanzania)
• Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia) 

National Team of the Year (Men)

• Angola
• Burkina Faso
• Cote d’Ivoire
• DR Congo
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• South Africa
• Sudan
• Uganda

When is the 2024 CAF awards?

The 2024 CAF awards will take place at the Palais des Congres in the Moroccan city of Marrakech on Monday December 16, 2024.

The event is scheduled for 19:00 p.m. local time, which translates to 18:00 p.m. GMT and 9:00 a.m. ET.

How to watch 2024 CAF awards

Several digital TV stations will televise the event live for audiences in Africa, including SuperSports and stations on Startimes. 

For fans based outside Africa, they can watch the ceremony on the CAF website and their dedicated YouTube channels.