- Top African stars make the final list of CAF Awards nominees list
- Tight competition in the CAF African Player of the Year Category
- Former winners: Salah, Mane, Mahrez make the shortlist
- Awards on 21 July 2022 live from Rabat, Morocco
CAF has revealed a star-studded final list of nominees for the CAF Awards 2022 men’s categories, with some of the best performers in recent months making the cut.
On July 21, 2022, the CAF Awards 2022 will be place in Rabat, Morocco.
Among those on the list are current CAF African Player of the Year Sadio Mane (Senegal and Bayern Munich), former winner Riyad Mahrez (Algeria and Manchester City), and Mohamed Salah (Egypt and Liverpool).
One of the most competitive categories is CAF Coach of the Year, with Aliou Cisse, Pitso Mosimane, Carlos Queiroz, Tom Saintfiet, and Walid Regragui making the final cut.
The final short list for the women’s divisions will be announced in due time.
The Young Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, National Team of the Year, and Club of the Year each have five (5) nominees, while the Player of the Year and Interclub Player of the Year each have ten (10) nominees.
A voting panel comprised of CAF Technical Committee members, media experts, Head Coaches and Captains of Member Associations, and teams participating in the group stage of the Interclub tournaments for the 2021/22 season will determine the champions of each category.
Nominees are listed alphabetically by Member Association:
Player of the Year (Men)
- Mahrez, Riyad (Algeria & Manchester City)
- Toko Karl Ekambi (Cameroon & Olympique Lyonnais)
- Aboubacar Vincent (Cameroon & Al Nassr)
- Sebastien Haller (Ivory Coast & Ajax)
- Salah Mohamed (Egypt & Liverpool)
- Keita, Naby (Guinea & Liverpool)
- Hakimi, Achraf (Morocco & Paris Saint-Germain)
- Mendy, Edouard (Senegal & Chelsea)
- Koulibaly, Kalidou (Senegal & Napoli)
- Sadio Mane’s bio (Senegal & Bayern Munich)
Player of the Year in Interclub (Men)
- Azulao, Tiago (Petro Atletico)
- Konate, Karim (ASEC Mimosas)
- Dieng, Aliou (Al Ahly)
- Maaloul, Ali (Al Ahly)
- Tau Percy (Al Ahly)
- Sherif Mohamed (Al Ahly)
- El Shenawy, Mohamed (Al Ahly)
- Dari, Achraf (Wydad Athletic Club)
- Jabrane, Yahya (Wydad Athletic Club)
- El Moutaraji, Zouheir (Wydad Athletic Club)
Young Player of the Year (Men)
- Ouattara, Dango (Burkina Faso & Lorient)
- Karim Konate (Ivory Coast & ASEC/RB Salzburg)
- Sulemana Kamaldeen (Ghana & Rennes)
- Matar Sarr, Pape (Senegal & Metz)
- Mejbri, Hannibal (Tunisia & Manchester United)
National Coach of the Year (Men)
- Queiroz, Carlos (Egypt)
- Mosimane Pitso (Al Ahly)
- Saintfiet, Tom (The Gambia)
- Regragui, Walid (Wydad Athletic Club)
- Cisse, Aliou (Senegal)
National Championship Team
- Burkina Faso (Burkina Faso)
- Cameroon
- Egypt
- Morocco
- Senegal
Year’s Best Club
- Atletico Petro (Angola)
- Al Ahly’s (Egypt)
- Berkane, RS (Morocco)
- Athletic Club Wydad (Morocco)
- Pirates of Orlando (South Africa)