Football fans have been eagerly awaiting the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to release the list of nominees for the 2024 CAF Awards.
The event, which is scheduled to take place in Marrakech on December 16, has now revealed the top 10 nominees in each category. For the Best Male Player award, last year’s winner Victor Osimhen has not been nominated this time
. Surprisingly, players like his teammate Victor Boniface and Real Madrid’s Brahim Diaz, who were expected to make the list, were also omitted. Jose Peseiro, who led the Super Eagles to the final, has not made the list of coaches either.
Here’s the breakdown of the nominees by category:
Player of the Year (Men)
- Amine Gouiri (Algeria / Rennes)
- Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso / Bayer Leverkusen)
- Simon Adingra (Cote d’Ivoire / Brighton & Hove Albion)
- Chancel Mbemba (DR Congo / Olympique Marseille)
- Serhou Guirassy (Guinea / Borussia Dortmund)
- Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / Paris Saint-Germain)
- Soufiane Rahimi (Morocco / Al Ain)
- Ademola Lookman (Nigeria / Atalanta)
- William Troost Ekong (Nigeria / Al Kholood)
- Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)
Serhou Guirassy and Ademola Lookman are seen as the top two favorites for this award.
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)
Among the goalkeepers, Andre Onana’s rising form is attracting attention.
Coach of the Year (Men)
- Pedro Goncalves (Angola)
- Brahima 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)
In this category, the coaches of Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso are among the notable candidates.
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)
CAF Champions League winners Al Ahly seem to be the favorites for this award.
National Team of the Year (Men)
- Angola
- Burkina Faso
- Cote d’Ivoire
- DR Congo
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Uganda
In the national team category, the Ivory Coast, who won the last tournament, appears to be the top contender for this award.
