The Confederation of African Football has announced that the 2025 edition of the CAF Awards will take place in Rabat, Morocco, on Wednesday, November 19, 2025.
According to a statement posted on the CAF website on Friday, the event, scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. local time (7 p.m. Nigerian time), will celebrate Africa’s top footballers, coaches, clubs, and national teams for their outstanding performances over the past year.
Nigeria once again take centre stage, with several of its stars among the frontrunners for major 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
