2023 CAF Awards: Victor Osimhen, Mane and Salah Headlines Star Studded Final Shortlist

 CAF Awards 2023: Stars nominated for the 2023 CAF awards

The most prestigious award in African Football, the CAF Awards will take place in Marrakech, Morocco on 11 December. The last winners of the CAF Best Players award were Nigeria and FC Barcelona striker, Asisat Oshoala and Liverpool forward, Sadio Mane.

Few days ago, CAF revealed the full nomination list for both the men and women's category for this year's award. Also made public was the collaboration with FIFA FIFPro to announce the best African Female XI on the day of the award ceremony. It will be the third edition for the Men's XI and the maiden edition for the Women. 

Nominations in full.

Men's Category:

Club of the Year 

USM Algier (Algeria)

Al Ahly SC (Egypt)

Wydad SC (Morocco)

Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)

Young Africans (Tanzania)

National Team of the Year

The Gambia

Equatorial Guinea

Mauritania

Morocco

Senegal

Coach of the Year

Abdelhak Benchikha (USM Algier)

Marcel Koller (Al Alhy FC)

Tom Saintfiet (The Gambia)

Walid Regragui (Morocco)

Aliou Cisse (Senegal)

Goalkeeper of the Year 

Yassine Bounou

Mohammed El Shenawy (Egypt)

Yassine Bounou (Morocco)

Andre Onana (Cameroon)

Ronwen Williams (South Africa)

Edouard Mendy (Senegal)

Young Player of the Year

Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso)

Adbessamad Ezzalsouli (Morocco)

Bilal El Khannouss (Morocco)

Lamine Camara (Senegal)

Amara Diouf (Senegal)

Inter-Club Player of the Year

Aymen Mahious (Algeria)

Zinedine Belaid (Algeria)

Fiston Mayele (DR Congo)

Mahmoud Adbelmonem (Egypt)

Mohammed El Shenawy (Egypt)

Yahia Attiyat Allah (Morocco)

Yahya Jabrane (Morocco)

Peter Shalulile (South Africa)

Percy Tau (South Africa)

Ali Maaloul (Tunisia)

CAF Player of the Year

Victor Osimhen

Riyad Mahrez (Algeria, Manchester City/Al Ahli)

Frank Zambo-Anguissa (Cameroon, Napoli)

Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon, Besiktas)

Mohammed Salah (Egypt, Liverpool)

Achraf Hakimi (Morocco, PSG)

Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco, Fiorentina/Manchester United)

Yassine Bonou (Morocco, Sevilla, Al Hilal)

Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco, Sevilla)

Victor Osimhen (Nigeria, Napoli)

Sadio Mane (Senegal, Bayern Munich/Al Nassr)

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