CAF Awards 2026: women's nominees revealed in four categories

CAF has unveiled the women's nominations for the 2026 CAF Awards. Four categories each feature ten players or national teams in contention for the trophies.

The women's lists for the 2026 CAF Awards were published on Tuesday, November 3. The Confederation of African Football presented the candidates for the awards for Women's Player of the Year, Women's Goalkeeper of the Year, Young Women's Player of the Year and Women's National Team of the Year.

Each category features ten nominees. The winners will be honoured at the ceremony to be held in Lagos, Nigeria, on Monday, December 7, 2026. Here are the lists of players and national teams selected in these four categories.

African Women's Player of the Year

• Marine Dafeur (Algeria)
• Marie Ngah Manga (Cameroon)
• Michaely Bihina (Cameroon)
• Monique Ngock (Cameroon)
• Portia Boakye (Ghana)
• Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi)
• Temwa Chawinga (Malawi)
• Hanane Aït El Haj (Morocco)
• Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa)
• Barbra Banda (Zambia)

African Women's Goalkeeper of the Year

• Chloé N’Gazi (Algeria)
• Michaely Bihina (Cameroon)
• Cynthia Konlan (Ghana)
• Mercy Sikelo (Malawi)
• Fatoumata Karantao (Mali)
• Khadija Er-Rmichi (Morocco)
• Christiana Uzoma (Nigeria)
• Adji Ndiaye (Senegal)
• Kaylin Swart (South Africa)
• Hazel Nali (Zambia)

African Young Women's Player of the Year

• Romaine Gandonou (Benin)
• Maéva Nyadjou (Cameroon)
• Grace-Ruth Sery (Ivory Coast)
• N’Sira Ouédraogo (Ivory Coast)
• Rose Kadzere (Malawi)
• Kautar Azraf (Morocco)
• Seimeyeha Janet Akekoromowei (Nigeria)
• Oluwakemi Adegbuyi (Nigeria)
• Adji Ndiaye (Senegal)
• Winfrida Gerald (Tanzania)

Women's National Team of the Year

• Algeria
• Cape Verde
• Cameroon
• Ivory Coast
• Ghana
• Malawi
• Mali
• Morocco
• Nigeria
• South Africa

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