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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 Player of the Year

CAF Female Player of the Year

CAF Youth Player of the Year

CAF Youth Women's Player of the Year

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

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

CAF Goalkeeper of the Year

CAF Women Goalkeeper of the Year

CAF Coach of the Year

CAF Women's Coach of the Year

African Inter-Club Team of the Year

African Women's Inter-Club Team of the Year

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.[8]

Ranking by team

African Women's National Team of the Year

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

CAF Legends award

CAF Most Promising Talent of the Year

African Goal of the Year

President of the Year

Federation of the Year

CAF Team of the Year

CAF outstanding achievement award

Platinum Award

Defunct awards

The following are no longer awarded.

African Champions League Best Player

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

Previous winners:

CAF Referee of the Year

Editions

The 2020 and 2021 CAF awards did not take place due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]

The 2023 CAF awards took place in Marrakesh, Morocco[11] three months after a deadly earthquake that had struck the city.[12][13] In order to show solidarity, a friendly match between African Legends took place.[14]

Criticism

In 2023, Algerian footballer Riyad Mahrez was not chosen as a finalist for the award.[15] Mahrez's absence was perceived as a snub by media and the Algerian football community.[16][17] Algerian manager Abdelhak Benchikha, nominated for Best African Coach, said he would not attend the CAF awards ceremony in solidarity with Mahrez and Algerian club USM Alger.[18] Walid Sadi, the president of the Algerian Football Federation, also said that he would not attend the ceremony as a show of support for Mahrez.[19]

See also

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Osimhen, Oshoala named African Men's and Women's Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2023". Confederation of African Football. 2023-12-11. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Mane, Oshoala named African Footballers of 2019 at CAF Awards". cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Aiteo CAF Awards 2018: Winners". CAF. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Here are all the winners of the 2017 CAF Awards". South African Football Federation. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Regragui scoops CAF's Best Coach of the Year prize". CAF. 2023-11-12. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  6. ^ Arinaitwe, Ostine (12 March 2010). "Tetteh receives Caf award". The New Times | Rwanda. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Morocco Football Awards: Wydad Casablanca Wins The Day & More Breaking News". 23 September 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "African National Team of the Year". RSSSF. Rec. Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. 6 July 2007.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ Oyebola, Mike (2022-06-19). "2022 CAF Awards to hold in Morocco, July". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  12. ^ "CAF Awards return to Morocco to celebrate Africa's finest on 11 December". CAF. 2023-07-24. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  13. ^ "CAF Awards to return to Morocco for second year". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 2023-10-31. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
  14. ^ "African Legends honour Earthquake victims during friendly match in Marrakech". CAF. 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  15. ^ "Riyad Mahrez non retenu pour le trophée du meilleur joueur de la CAF, une omission qui fait tache" [Riyad Mahrez not selected for the CAF Best Player Award, an omission that leaves a stain.]. www.goal.com (in French). 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  16. ^ "Ballon d'or africain: Hakimi parmi les trois finalistes mais une absence va faire parler" [African Ballon d'Or: Hakimi among the three finalists, but one absence will be talked about.]. RMC SPORT (in French). Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  17. ^ "Algérie : Mahrez absent du titre de meilleur joueur, la colère des Fennecs" [Algeria: Mahrez absent from the title of best player, the anger of the Desert Foxes.]. Onze Mondial (in French). 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  18. ^ "Nominé pour les CAF Awards, il surprend, "Même si j'avais été invité, je n'y serais pas allé"" [Nominated for the CAF Awards, he surprises, "Even if I had been invited, I wouldn't have gone."] (in French). 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  19. ^ "Algeria boycotts CAF Awards over 'unfair' withdrawal of Mahrez from final list". sportsbrief.com. Retrieved 2023-12-11.

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