2024 CAF awards: Full list as Nigeria’s Lookman, Troost-Ekong, Nwabali bag nominations

• The CAF has announced nominees for the men’s categories at the 2024 CAF Awards, set for December 16 in Marrakech, Morocco
• Nigerian stars such as Ademola Lookman, William Troost-Ekong and Stanley Nwabali have been nominated in the men’s category 
• The awards ceremony celebrates African football achievements from January to October each year, honouring individual and team excellence

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has unveiled the official men's category nominees in the 2024 CAF Awards. 

The prestigious ceremony, scheduled for December 16, 2024, in Marrakech, Morocco, will recognise the top performances in African football from January to October 2024. This follows the 2023 edition, where Victor Osimhen claimed the African Player of the Year title, while Asisat Oshoala won the women's category. Despite the former’s impressive form, including his standout performances for Nigeria in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Osimhen did not make the top 10 nominees for this year’s Player of the Year award, nor did national team coach Jose Peseiro, who guided Nigeria to the AFCON final.

Additionally, players such as Brahim Diaz and Victor Boniface, who were tipped to be included, were also left out possibly due to their absence from the 2023 AFCON.

List of nominees and awards up for grabs

TheRadar has compiled below a complete list of nominees and awards for the 2024 CAF awards:

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)

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)

Interclub Player of the Year (Men)

Oussama Benbot (Algeria / USM Alger)

Issoufou Dayo (Burkina Faso / RS Berkane)

Ahmed Sayed ‘Zizo’ (Egypt / Zamalek)

Hussein El Shahat (Egypt / Al Ahly)

Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt / Al Ahly)

Abdul Aziz Issah (Ghana / Dreams FC)

John Antwi (Ghana / Dreams FC)

Amanallah Memmiche (Tunisia / Esperance Sportive de Tunis)

Yassine Merriah (Tunisia / Esperance Sportive de Tunis)

Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)

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)

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)

National Team of the Year (Men)

Angola

Burkina Faso

Cote d’Ivoire

DR Congo

Morocco

Mozambique

Nigeria

South Africa

Sudan

Uganda

“We will take action”: CAF President confirms consequences for Libya if guilty of charges

Previously, TheRadar reported that Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Patrice Motsepe announced that a thorough investigation was ongoing regarding the controversy surrounding Nigeria’s recent AFCON qualifier against Libya. 

In his address at the 46th Ordinary General Assembly held in Addis Ababa on October 22, Motsepe mentioned the importance of sportsmanship and fairness in African football, emphasising that CAF would take action if rules were violated in the unfortunate incident.