The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the full list of nominees for the 2025 CAF Awards, highlighting the continent’s best footballers, coaches, and teams.
The awards recognise top performers who made remarkable contributions to African and global football between January 6 and October 15, 2025.
According to CAF, the shortlist celebrates exceptional talent and remarkable performances across Africa and beyond.
A panel made up of technical experts, coaches, former players, and media representatives carefully selected the nominees. Each category features ten outstanding names who made significant impacts for both club and country.
Among the biggest names on the list are Morocco/Paris Saint Germain defender, Achraf Hakimi and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah, both of whom impressed for club and country. Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen also made the cut after another strong season with Galatasaray.
Other top contenders include Cameroon’s Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa, Fiston Mayele, Serhou Guirassy, Denis Bouanga, and Iliman Ndiaye, all of whom had standout seasons in Europe and Africa.
Men’s Player of the Year Nominees
- Achraf Hakimi (Morocco/Paris Saint-Germain)
- Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa (Cameroon/Napoli)
- Denis Bouanga (Gabon/Los Angeles FC)
- Fiston Mayele (DR Congo/Pyramids)
- Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool)
- Serhou Guirassy (Guinea/Borussia Dortmund)
- 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 (Côte 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
- Côte 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 (Côte d’Ivoire)
- Pyramids (Egypt)
- RS Berkane (Morocco)
- Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
- Orlando Pirates (South Africa)
- Stellenbosch (South Africa)
- Al Hilal (Sudan)
- Simba (Tanzania)
The CAF Awards 2025 ceremony will take place later this year, where winners will be officially crowned.
Recall that Ademola Lookman of Nigeria was named CAF Men’s Player of the Year in 2024 after a stellar season with Atalanta, becoming the latest Nigerian to win the award after Victor Osimhen in 2023.
