African football’s best crowned at 2024 CAF Awards

The 2024 CAF Awards ceremony, hosted at the prestigious Palais des Congrès in Marrakech, Morocco, on Monday, December 15, was held to honour the football figures who were chosen as the best in African football in 2024, honouring their contributions to the game over the past year.

Below is a list of winners from this highly anticipated event:

Men’s Player of the Year

Ademola Lookman (Nigeria / Atalanta)

Women’s Player of the Year

Barbra Banda (Zambia)

Men’s Coach of the Year

Emerse Faé (Cote d’Ivoire)

Women’s Coach of the Year

Lamia Boumehdi (TP Mazembe)

Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year

Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)

Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year

Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria / Paris FC)

Men’s Interclub Player of the Year

Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)

Women’s Interclub Player of the Year

Sanâa Mssoudy (Morocco / AS FAR)

Men’s Young Player of the Year

Lamine Camara (Senegal / AS Monaco)

Women’s Young Player of the Year

Doha El Madani (Morocco / AS FAR)

Men’s National Team of the Year

Cote d’Ivoire

Women’s National Team of the Year

Nigeria

Men’s Club of the Year

Al Ahly (Egypt)

Women’s Club of the Year

TP Mazembe (DR Congo)

Goal of the Year

Cristovao Mabululu (Angola)

Team of the Year (Men’s XI)

Goalkeeper:

André Onana (Cameroon / Manchester United)

Defenders:

Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / PSG)

Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal / Al Hilal)

Chancel Mbemba (DR Congo / Olympique de Marseille)

Midfielders:

Yves Bissouma (Mali / Tottenham Hotspur)

Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco / Fenerbahçe S.K)

Franck Kessié (Cote d’Ivoire / Al Ahli)

Forwards:

Mohammed Kudus (Ghana / West Ham United)

Mohamed Salah (Egypt / Liverpool)

Victor Osimhen (Nigeria / Galatasaray S.K)

Ademola Lookman (Nigeria / Atalanta BC)

Team of the year (Women’s XI):

Goalkeeper

Andile Dlamini – South Africa / Sundowns

Defenders

Michelle Alozie – Nigeria / Houston Dash

Karabo Dhlamini – South Africa / Sundowns

Osinachi Ohale – Nigeria / Pachuca

Lebohang Ramalepe – South Africa / Sundowns

Midfielders

Linda Motlhalo – South Africa / Racing Louisville

Rasheedat Ajibade – Nigeria / Atletico De Madrid

Ghizlane Chebbak – Morocco / Levante Badalona

Forwards

Barbra Banda – Zambia / Orlando Pride

Asisat Oshoala – Nigeria / Bay FC

Tabitha Chawinga – Malawi / Olympique Lyonnais Féminin

Referees

CAF Referee of the Year (Men): Mutaz Ibrahim (Libya)

CAF Referee of the Year (Women): Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

CAF Assistant Referee of the Year (Men): Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue (Cameroon)

CAF Assistant Referee of the Year (Women): Diana Chikotesha (Zambia)