The Zambia Women’s National Team has been nominated for the CAF Team of the Year Award, while Barbra Banda, Racheal Kundananji, and Grace Chanda have been nominated for Player of the Year awards.
Following her impressive performance at the World Cup, Catherine Musonda has also been nominated for the Goalkeeper of the Year award.
Musonda has since become the first Zambian female goalkeeper to be nominated for a CAF award.
CAF has for the first time introduced the African Goalkeeper of the Year category for both men and women.
The CAF Technical Committee, media professionals, head coaches, and captains of member associations and clubs involved in the group stages of the interclub competitions will vote to determine the overall winner of each category.
Below are the nominees of all the categories (Women)
Player of the Year |
1.Ajara Nchout Njoya (Cameroon, Internazionale Milano) 2.Evelyn Badu (Ghana, Avaldnes) 3.Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi, Paris Saint-Germain) 4.Temwa Chawinga (Malawi, Wuhan Jiangda) 5. Anissa Lahmari (Morocco, Levante Las Planas) 6.Fatima Tagnaout (Morocco, AS FAR) 7.Ghizlaine Chebbak (Morocco, AS FAR) 8.Ibtissam Jraidi (Morocco, AS FAR/Al Ahli) 9. Khadija Er-Rmichi (Morocco, AS FAR) 10.Zenatha Coleman (Namibia, Fenerbahce) 11.Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria, Barcelona) 12.Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria, Paris FC) 13.Christy Ucheibe (Nigeria, Benfica) 14.Osinachi Ohale (Nigeria, Alaves/Pachuca) 15. Rasheedat Ajibade (Nigeria, Atletico Madrid) 16. Toni Payne (Nigeria, Sevilla) 17. Uchenna Kanu (Nigeria, Tigres/Racing Louisville) 18. Ndeye Awa Diakhaté (Senegal, Olympique de Marseille) 19. Andile Dlamini (South Africa, Mamelodi Sundowns) 20. Hilda Magaia (South Africa, Sejong Sportstoto) 21. Jermaine Seoposenwe (South Africa, Juarez/Monterrey) 22. Linda Motlhalo (South Africa, Glasgow City) 23. Refiloe Jane (South Africa, Sassuolo) 24. Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa, Racing Louisville) 25. Afi Sabine Woedikou (Togo, Strasbourg/Nantes) 26. Sabrina Ellouzi (Tunisia, Excelsior) 27. Fazila Ikwaput (Uganda, Kampala Queens) 28. Barbara Banda (Zambia, Shanghai Shengli) 29. Grace Chanda (Zambia, Madrid CFF) 30. Rachael Kundananji (Zambia, Madrid CFF) |
Goalkeeper of the Year |
1. Ange Bawou (Cameroon, Bayelsa Queens/ BIIK-Shymkent) 2. Dolores Hernandez Masongo (Equatorial Guinea, Huracanes) 3. Imane Abdelahad (Morocco, SC Casablanca) 4. Khadija Er-Rmichi (Morocco, AS FAR) 5. Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria, Paris FC) 6. Andile Dlamini (South Africa, Mamelodi Sundowns) 7. Kaylin Swart (South Africa, JVW) 8. Najiat Abass Idrisa (Tanzania, JKT Queens) 9. Catherine Musonda (Zambia, Tomiris Turan) 10. Cynthia Shongwe (Zimbabwe, Harare City) |
Interclub Player of the Year |
1. Refilwe Tholakele (Botswana, Mamelodi Sundowns) 2. N’Guessan Nadege Koffi (Cote d’Ivoire, SC Casablanca) 3. Elena Oyana (Equatorial Guinea, Huracanes) 4. Comfort Yeboah (Ghana, Ampem Darkoa) 5. Tracy Twum (Ghana, Ampem Darkoa) 6. Oumou Kone (Mali, AS Mande) 7. Aziza Rabbah (Morocco, AS FAR) 8. Fatima Tagnaout (Morocco, AS FAR) 9. Ghizlaine Chebbak (Morocco, AS FAR) 10.Lebohang Ramalepe (South Africa, Mamelodi Sundowns) |
Young Player of the Year (not more than 21 years) |
1. Comfort Yeboah (Ghana, Ampem Darkoa) 2. Mary Amponsah (Ghana, Ampem Darkoa) 3. Nesryne El Chad (Morocco, Lille) 4. Deborah Abiodun (Nigeria, Pittsburg Panthers) 5. Esther Opeyemi Ajakaye (Nigeria, Delta Queens) 6. Oluwatosin Demehin (Nigeria, Stade Reims) 7. Hapsatou Malado Diallo (Senegal, USPA/Eibar) 8. Thubelihle Shamase (South Africa, University of Johannesburg FC) 9. Winifreda Gerald (Tanzania, JKT Queens) 10.Fauzia Najjemba (Uganda, Dynamo Moscow) |
SEE ALSO: CAF 2023 awards nominees for men’s categories
Coach of the Year |
1. Nana Joe Adarkwa (Ampem Darkoa) 2. Lovemore Fazili (Malawi) 3. Mehdi El Qaichouri (SC Casablanca) 4. Mohamed Amine Alioua (AS FAR) 5. Reynald Pedros (Morocco) 6. Randy Waldrum (Nigeria) 7. Mame Moussa Cisse (Senegal) 8. Desiree Ellis (South Africa) 9. Jerry Tshabalala (Mamelodi Sundowns) 10.Esther Chabruma (JKT Queens) |
National Team of the Year |
1. Burkina Faso 2. Burundi 3. Ghana 4. Malawi 5. Morocco 6. Nigeria 7. Senegal 8. South Africa 9. Tanzania 10. Zambia |
Club of the Year |
1. Athletico d’Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) 2. Huracanes (Equatorial Guinea) 3. Ampem Darkoa (Ghana) 4. AS Mande (Mali) 5. AS FAR (Morocco) 6. SC Casablanca (Morocco) 7. Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) 8. JKT Queens (Tanzania) |