2025 Awards to hold in Morocco on November 19 – CAF confirms

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced that the 2025 edition of the CAF Awards will be held in Rabat, Morocco, on Wednesday, November 19, 2025.

In a statement released on Friday via its official website, CAF revealed that the ceremony will kick off at 7 p.m. local time (7 p.m. Nigerian time) and will honour Africa’s best footballers, coaches, clubs, and national teams for their exceptional performances over the past year.

Nigeria is once again expected to take centre stage, with several of its players emerging as strong contenders for top individual honours.

On the men’s side, Super Eagles players Victor Osimhen, Stanley Nwabali, and youth player Daniel Bameyi are flying the Nigerian flag.

Osimhen, who won the CAF African Player of the Year 2023, is again shortlisted for the top men’s prize after another stellar year in Europe.

Stanley Nwabali (Chippa United) is competing for Goalkeeper of the Year, while Daniel Bameyi (Primorje, Slovenia) is nominated for Young Player of the Year.

In the African Women’s Player of the Year category, Super Falcons players Rasheedat Ajibade (Atletico Madrid) and Esther Okoronkwo join a strong 10-player shortlist, while Chiamaka Nnadozie has earned a nomination for Goalkeeper of the Year.

The nominees for the male categories are listed below:

Men’s player of the year nominees

Andre Frank Zambo-Anguissa (Cameroon/Napoli)

Fiston Mayele (DR Congo/Pyramids)

Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool)

Denis Bouanga (Gabon/Los Angeles FC)

Serhou Guirassy (Guinea/Borussia Dortmund)

Achraf Hakimi (Morocco/Paris Saint-Germain)

Oussama Lamlioui (Morocco/RS Berkane)

Victor Osimhen (Nigeria/Galatasaray)

Iliman Ndiaye (Senegal/Everton)

Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal/Tottenham Hotspur)

Men’s goalkeeper of the year nominees

Andre Onana (Cameroon/Trabzonspor)

Vozinha (Cape Verde/Chaves)

Ahmed El Shenawy (Egypt/Pyramids)

Munir Mohamedi (Morocco/RS Berkane)

Yassine Bonou (Morocco/Al Hilal)

Stanley Nwabali (Nigeria/Chippa United)

Edouard Mendy (Senegal/Al Ahli)

Marc Diouf (Senegal/Tengueth)

Ronwen Williams (South Africa/Mamelodi Sundowns)

Aymen Dahmen (Tunisia/CS Sfaxien)

Men’s interclub player of the year nominees

Ismael Belkacemi (Algeria/Al Ahli Tripoli)

Blati Toure (Burkina Faso/Pyramids FC)

Issoufou Dayo (Burkina Faso/RS Berkane)

Fiston Mayele (DR Congo/Pyramids)

Ahmed Samy (Egypt/Pyramids)

Emam Ashour (Egypt/Al Ahly)

Ibrahim Adel (Egypt/Pyramids)

Mohamed Hrimat (Morocco/AS FAR)

Mohamed Chibi (Morocco/Pyramids)

Oussama Lamlioui (Morocco/RS Berkane)

Shomari Kapombe (Tanzania/Simba)

Men’s coach of the year nominees

Bubista (Cape Verde)

Hossam Hassan (Egypt)

Krunoslav Jurcic (Pyramids)

Sami Trabelsi (Tunisia)

Romuald Rakotondrabe (Madagascar CHAN)

Moine Chaabani (RS Berkane)

Tarik Sektioui (Morocco CHAN)

Mohamed Ouahbi (Morocco U-20)

Walid Regragui (Morocco)

Pape Thiaw (Senegal)

Men’s young player of the year nominees

Asharaf Tapsoba (Burkina Faso/Real du Faso)

Alynho Haidara (Cote d’Ivoire/ Mainz 05 Jacqueville)

Noah Sadiki (DR Congo/Sunderland)

Abdellah Ouazane (Morocco/Ajax)

Houssam Essadak (Morocco/US Touarga)

Othmane Maamma (Morocco/Watford)

Daniel Bameyi (Nigeria/Primorje)

Momoh Kamara (Sierra Leone/Minnesota United)

Mbekezeli Mbokazi (South Africa/Orlando Pirates)

Tylon Smith (South Africa/Queens Park Rangers)

Men’s national team of the year nominees

Algeria

Cape Verde

Cote d’Ivoire

Egypt

Ghana

Morocco U-20

Morocco

Senegal

South Africa

Tunisia

Men’s club of the year nominees

CR Belouizdad (Algeria)

CS Constantine (Algeria)

ASEC Mimosas (Cote d’Ivoire)

Pyramids (Egypt)

RS Berkane (Morocco)

Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)

Orlando Pirates (South Africa)

Stellenbosch (South Africa)

Al Hilal (Sudan)

Simba (Tanzania)

The nominees for the female categories are listed below:

Goalkeeper of the Year

1. Chloe Ngazi

2. Sedilame Boseja

3. Fideline Ngoy

4. Habiba Emad

5. Cynthia Konlan

6. Fatoumata Karentao

7. Khadija Er-Rmichi

8. Chiamaka Nnadozie

9. Adji Ndiaye

10. Andile Dlamini

Interclub Player of the Year

1.Gadny Adiwe Ontlametse

2. Maungo Maponga

3. Ami Diallo

4. Habibou Ouedraogo

5. Ana Maria Nchama

6. Sanna Mssoudy

7. Oumou Kone

8. Doha el Madani

9. Bambanani Mbane

10. Jamila Rajab

Young Player of the Year

1. Habiba Essam

2. Habiba Sabry

3. Stella Nyamekye

4. Doha El Madani

5. Shakirat Moshood

6. Adji Ndiaye

7. Ester Maseke Marwa

8. Winfrida Gerald

9. Mercy Chipasula

10. Ruth Mukoma

Women’s National Team of the Year

1. Cameroon U17

2. Ghana

3. Ivory Coast U17

4. Mali

5. Morocco

6. Nigeria U17

7. Nigeria Super Falcons

8. South Africa

9. Tanzania

10. Zambia U17

Coach of the Year (Women)

1. Adelaide Koudougnon

2. Siaka Gigi Traore

3. Lamia Boumehdi

4. Genoveva Anonman

5. Justine Madugu

6. Bankole Olowookere

7. Jorge Vilda

8. Kim Bjorkegren

9. Desiree Ellis

10. Carol Kanyemba

Women’s Club of the Year

1. Gaborone United

2. ASEC Mimosas

3. TP Mazembe

4. USFAS Bamako

5. ASFAR

6. DE Agosto

7. Mamelodi Sundowns

8. Bayelsa Queens FC

9. Aigles De La Medina

10. JKT Queens.

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