CAF Awards Ceremony.. Osimhen wins the award for the best in Africa at the expense of Salah – Youm7

Written by Ahmed Essam

Monday, December 11, 2023 10:05 PM

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced today, Monday, that Nigerian Victor Osimhen, the Italian Napoli striker, won the award for the best in the African continent, during… CAF Awards Ceremony For the best in 2023, in a big ceremony in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh, at the expense of Mohamed Salah, the star of the national team and Liverpool, and the Moroccan Achraf Hakimi, the Paris Saint-Germain player.

Watch the CAF Awards ceremony live

The channel broadcasting the Best in Africa Awards ceremony

The Best in Africa Awards 2023 ceremony is broadcast on the On Time Sports channel, and the Confederation of African Football also broadcasts the ceremony on YouTube.“.

CAF Awards Ceremony

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced that the goal of Mahmoud Kahraba, the Al-Ahly striker, won the award for the most beautiful goal in the African continent 2023, after the team star scored a distinguished goal against Al-Hilal of Sudan in the group stage of the African Champions League last season, which witnessed Al-Ahly being crowned with the title.

Al-Ahly is the best club in Africa, and Percy Tau is the best player in the continent

Al-Ahly Club won the award for the best men’s football club on the African continent for the first time after an absence of 10 years, after it was chosen today, at the CAF Awards ceremony, as the best team in the African continent at the expense of its competitors, Wydad Casablanca of Morocco and Sun Downs of South Africa.

South African Percy Tau, Al-Ahly striker, was also chosen as the best player on the African continent.

Al-Ahly raised its score to 6 awards as the best club in Africa, the first since 2013, to return to the award after an absence of 10 years, despite winning many titles during that period, most notably the 2020 and 2021 African Champions League, as well as the African Confederation in 2014.

The years when Al-Ahly won the prestigious award were as follows:

2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2023

CAF Awards Ceremony 2023

The award for the best African player of the year 2023 receives the greatest attention from football fans, not only in Africa but also in the world, as last Thursday CAF announced the final list of candidates for the award, which consists of 3 players, namely the Egyptian star Mohamed Salah, the winger of the English team Liverpool. Moroccan Achraf Hakimi, the French right-back of Paris Saint-Germain, and the Nigerian Victor Osimhen, the Italian Napoli striker..

Mohamed Salah is looking forward to winning the award for the third time in his sporting career, after he received it in 2017 and 2018, while Hakimi and Osimhen, who led their teams to win the French and Italian league titles respectively last season, dream of winning the award for the first time..

The annual award is presented according to the performance of the award candidates in the period from November 2022 until September 2023, as the African Union announced earlier..

Mohamed El-Shenawy competes for the best goalkeeper

Mohamed El-Shenawy, the Egyptian and Al-Ahly national team goalkeeper, will also compete with Moroccan Yacine Bounou, the former Spanish goalkeeper of Seville and the current Saudi club Al-Hilal, and Cameroonian Andre Onana, the English Manchester United goalkeeper, for the best goalkeeper award..

Best Young Player 2023

During the ceremony, the winners of a number of other awards will be unveiled, which witness a dominant presence in Arab football in its lists of candidates, as Moroccan Abdel Samad Zalzouli competes for the Best Young Player award with the Senegalese duo Lamine Camara and Amara Diouf.

Best Technical Director at the CAF Awards 2023

For the award for the best technical manager in Africa, the Moroccan Walid Regragui, the coach of the Moroccan national team, competes with the Algerian Abdelhak Ben Sheikha, the former coach of Algeria’s Algerian Federation and the current Tanzanian Simba, and the Senegalese Aliou Cisse, the coach of his country’s national team..

Best National Team at the CAF Awards 2023

The Moroccan national team also comes at the top of the list of candidates for the Best African Men’s National Team award, which also included the Senegal and Gambia teams. The Moroccan national team is also among the candidates for the Best Women’s National Team award, along with the Nigerian and South African national teams..

Kahraba, Saber and Christo compete for the best goal

During the ceremony, CAF will also announce the winner of the award for the best goal in Africa for the year 2023, where the Egyptian goal is Mahmoud Abdel Moneim Kahraba, the Egyptian Al-Ahly player for Al-Hilal of Sudan, Mahmoud Saber, the Egyptian Olympic team player for the Moroccan team, and Mohamed Al-Dawy Christo, the Tunisian national team player. Al-Shabab against Zambia, Alex Njunga and Patrick Mwamba, players of the Democratic Republic of Mazembe, against Real Bamako of Mali, and Danggo Ouattara, a player for the Burkina Faso national team, against Eswatini..

The list of nominees for the award also included a goal by Khaled Bousliou, the Algerian club, against the Royal Moroccan Army, Jennifer Owusua, the Ghanaian Mbem Darkwa player for Sporting Casalanca, Saul Coco, the Equatorial Guinea national team player in Botswana, Teboho Mokoena, the Sun Downs player, against Al Ahly, and Thulakele Tebogo, the Sun player. Downs at Sporting Casablanca.

Ladies Awards

Moroccan Khadija Rmechi came at the top of the list of candidates for the best goalkeeper award, along with Nigerian Chiamaka Nadozi and South African Andile Dlamini..

Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala, South Africa’s Thembi Kgatlana, and Zambian Barbara Banda are on the list of candidates for the Best African Player award, while the competition for the Best Female Player in Africa award is limited to Moroccan Fatima Tagnant, South Africa’s Leobohang Ramalebe, and Botswana’s Refilwe Thulakele for the Best Player award. A player in Africa.

As for the Best Women’s Club award, its list of nominees included: Royal Army, Sporting Casablanca of Morocco, and Sun Downs..

While the list of candidates for the Best Technical Director Award for Women’s Teams included Frenchman Reynald Pedros, coach of the Moroccan national team, South African Jerry Tshabalala and his compatriot Desiree Ellis..

While Moroccan Nisreen Chad was on the list of candidates for the Best Young Player Award, along with Ghanaian Comfort Yeboah and Nigerian Deborah Abiodun..