CAF Awards 2025: Checkout List Of Winners, As Super Falcons Win 2025 Best Women’s National Team

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has unveiled the winners of the 2025 CAF Awards, recognising the continent’s top football performers in a ceremony held on Wednesday night.

Nigeria’s Super Falcons were announced as the 2025 best women’s national team in Rabat, Morocco.

The nine-time World Cup participants and 10-time African champions earned the continental honour after winning the 2025 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), displaying an impressive run in the tournament.

Their dominant run in the competition significantly boosted their chances and ultimately secured their place at the top of the nominees’ list.

The Falcons beat strong contenders, Ghana’s Black Queens and Morocco’s Atlas Lionesses, to clinch the award, reaffirming their long-standing reputation as Africa’s most successful women’s national team.

Also, Moroccan football made an emphatic statement at the CAF Awards 2025, as defender Achraf Hakimi was named African Player of the Year, becoming the first defender to win in 52 years.

His achievement capped a dominant Moroccan performance.

After back-to-back near misses in 2023 and 2024 — when Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman edged him out — 27-year-old Achraf Hakimi has at last risen to the summit, securing Africa’s highest individual football accolade.

His triumph ends Morocco’s long wait for the honour, making him the nation’s first winner since Mustapha Hadji in 1998, and places him among the very few defenders to have claimed the award in its modern era.

Meanwhile, Ghizlane Chebbak was awarded Women’s Player of the Year, while Yassine Bounou took home the Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year honour.

The ceremony, held on Wednesday at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Rabat, also recognised emerging talent: Othmane Maamma was named Young Player of the Year, and Doha El Madani won the Women’s Young Player award.

In the coach’s category, Bubista (Cape Verde) was crowned Coach of the Year, while Pyramids FC secured their first-ever Club of the Year title.

Below is the Full Winners List:

• Player of the Year (Men): Achraf Hakimi
• Player of the Year (Women): Ghizlane Chebbak
• Goalkeeper of the Year (Men): Yassine Bounou
• Goalkeeper of the Year (Women): Chiamaka Nnadozie
• Youth Player of the Year (Men): Othmane Maamma
• Women’s Youth Player of the Year: Doha El Madani
• Interclub Player of the Year: Ibrahim Mayele
• Women’s Interclub Player of the Year: Shamirah Nabbadda
• Coach of the Year (Men): Bubista
• Club of the Year (Men): Pyramids FC
• Team of the Year (Men): Morocco National Under-20 Football Team
• Team of the Year (Women): Nigeria Women’s National Football Team
• Goal of the Year: Clement Mizize
• Referee of the Year (Men): Omar Abdulkadir Artan
• Referee of the Year (Women): Liban Abdulrazack
• Women’s Referee of the Year: Shamirah Nabbadda
• CAF Women’s Assistant Referee of the Year: Tabara Moodji
• CAF Assistant Referee of the Year (Men): Liban Abdulrazack