Africa Cup of Nations awards

Football competition award

At the end of each Africa Cup of Nations final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the match.

## Awards

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There are currently six post-tournament awards

* the Best Player for most valuable player;
* the Top Goalscorer for most prolific goal scorer;
* the Best Goalkeeper  for most outstanding goalkeeper;
* the Best Young Player  for most outstanding young player;
* the Team of the Tournament for best combined team of players at the tournament;
* the Fair Play Award for the team with the best record of fair play.

## Best Player

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Year  | Hosts  | Best Player

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1957 |  Sudan |  Ad-Diba
1959 |  United Arab Republic |  Mahmoud El-Gohary
1962 |  Ethiopia |  Mengistu Worku
1963 |  Ghana |  Hassan El-Shazly
1965 |  Tunisia |  Osei Kofi
1968 |  Ethiopia |  Kazadi Mwamba
1970 |  Sudan |  Laurent Pokou
1972 |  Cameroon |  Tokoto jean pierre
1974 |  Egypt |  Ndaye Mulamba
1976 |  Ethiopia |  Ahmed Faras
1978 |  Ghana |  Karim Abdul Razak
1980 |  Nigeria |  Christian Chukwu
1982 |  Libya |  Fawzi Al-Issawi
1984 |  Ivory Coast |  Théophile Abega
1986 |  Egypt |  Roger Milla
1988 |  Morocco |  Roger Milla
1990 |  Algeria |  Rabah Madjer
1992 |  Senegal |  Abedi Pele
1994 |  Tunisia |  Rashidi Yekini
1996 |  South Africa |  Kalusha Bwalya
1998 |  Burkina Faso |  Benni McCarthy
2000 |  Ghana
Nigeria |  Lauren
2002 |  Mali |  Rigobert Song
2004 |  Tunisia |  Jay-Jay Okocha
2006 |  Egypt |  Ahmed Hassan
2008 |  Ghana |  Hosny Abd Rabo
2010 |  Angola |  Ahmed Hassan
2012 |  Gabon
Equatorial Guinea |  Christopher Katongo
2013 |  South Africa |  Jonathan Pitroipa
2015 |  Equatorial Guinea |  Christian Atsu
2017 |  Gabon |  Christian Bassogog
2019 |  Egypt |  Ismaël Bennacer
2021 |  Cameroon |  Sadio Mané
2023 |  Ivory Coast |  William Troost-Ekong

## Top Goalscorer

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Year  | Hosts  | Top Goalscorer(s)  | Goals

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1957 |  Sudan |  Ad-Diba | 5
1959 |  United Arab Republic |  Mahmoud El-Gohary | 3
1962 |  Ethiopia |  Mengistu Worku
Badawi Abdel Fattah | 3
1963 |  Ghana |  Hassan El-Shazly | 6
1965 |  Tunisia |  Ben Acheampong
Osei Kofi
Eustache Manglé | 3
1968 |  Ethiopia |  Laurent Pokou | 6
1970 |  Sudan |  Laurent Pokou | 8
1972 |  Cameroon |  Salif Keïta | 5
1974 |  Egypt |  Ndaye Mulamba | 9
1976 |  Ethiopia |  Mamadou Aliou Keïta | 4
1978 |  Ghana |  Phillip Omondi
Opoku Afriyie
Segun Odegbami | 3
1980 |  Nigeria |  Khaled Labied
Segun Odegbami | 3
1982 |  Libya |  George Alhassan | 4
1984 |  Ivory Coast |  Taher Abouzaid | 4
1986 |  Egypt |  Roger Milla | 4
1988 |  Morocco |  Lakhdar Belloumi
Roger Milla
Abdoulaye Traoré
Gamal Abdelhamid | 2
1990 |  Algeria |  Djamel Menad | 4
1992 |  Senegal |  Rashidi Yekini | 4
1994 |  Tunisia |  Rashidi Yekini | 5
1996 |  South Africa |  Kalusha Bwalya | 5
1998 |  Burkina Faso |  Hossam Hassan
Benni McCarthy | 7
2000 |  Ghana
Nigeria |  Shaun Bartlett | 5
2002 |  Mali |  Patrick Mboma
Salomon Olembé
Julius Aghahowa | 3
2004 |  Tunisia |  Patrick Mboma
Frédéric Kanouté
Youssef Mokhtari
Jay-Jay Okocha
Francileudo Santos | 4
2006 |  Egypt |  Samuel Eto'o | 5
2008 |  Ghana |  Samuel Eto'o | 5
2010 |  Angola |  Mohamed Nagy | 5
2012 |  Gabon
Equatorial Guinea |  Manucho
Didier Drogba
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Cheick Diabaté
Houssine Kharja
Christopher Katongo
Emmanuel Mayuka | 3
2013 |  South Africa |  Mubarak Wakaso
Emmanuel Emenike | 4
2015 |  Equatorial Guinea |  Thievy Bifouma
Dieumerci Mbokani
Javier Balboa
André Ayew
Ahmed Akaïchi | 3
2017 |  Gabon |  Junior Kabananga | 3
2019 |  Egypt |  Odion Ighalo | 5
2021 |  Cameroon |  Vincent Aboubakar | 8
2023 |  Ivory Coast |  Emilio Nsue | 5

## Best Goalkeeper

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Year  | Hosts  | Best Goalkeeper

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2008 |  Ghana |  Essam El-Hadary
2010 |  Angola |  Essam El-Hadary
2012 |  Gabon
Equatorial Guinea | Not Awarded
2013 |  South Africa | Not Awarded
2015 |  Equatorial Guinea |  Sylvain Gbohouo
2017 |  Gabon | Not Awarded
2019 |  Egypt |  Raïs M'Bolhi
2021 |  Cameroon |  Édouard Mendy
2023 |  Ivory Coast |  Ronwen Williams

## Best Young Player

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Year  | Hosts  | Best Young Player

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2019 |  Egypt |  Krépin Diatta
2021 |  Cameroon |  Issa Kaboré
2023 |  Ivory Coast |  Simon Adingra

## Team of the Tournament

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Year  | Hosts  | Goalkeeper  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards  | Manager

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1970 |  Sudan |  Abd Al Aziz Abdallah |  Samir Salih
John Eshun
Amin Zaki
Hany Moustafa |  Ernest Kallet Bialy
Ibrahim Sunday
... Gnawri
Camara Mamadou Maxim |  Laurent Pokou
Jaksa |
1972 |  Cameroon |  Allal Ben Kassou |  Abdella "Kaunda" El-Ser
Tshimen Bwanga
Paul Nlend
Boujemaa Benkhrif |  Noël Birindi Minga
Mayanga Maku
Paul-Gaston N'Dongo
Jean-Pierre Tokoto |  Kakoko Etepé
François M'Pelé |
1974 |  Egypt |  Kazadi Mwamba |  Gabriel Dengaki
Dick Chama
Lobilo Boba
Hany Moustafa |  Ndaye Mulamba
Farouk Gaafar
Hassan Shehata
Mayanga Maku |  Kakoko Etepé
Ali Abo Greisha |
1976 |  Ethiopia |  Mohammed Al-Hazaz |  Mustapha "Chérif" Fetoui
Mustafa Younis
Chérif Souleymane
Djibril Diara |  Tolde
Farouk Gaafar
Haruna Ilerika
Kunle Awesu |  Petit Sory
Ahmed Faras |
1978 |  Ghana |  Mohammed Al-Hazaz |  Mokhtar Dhouieb
James Kuuku Dadzie
Khaled Gasmi
Larbi Ihardane |  Moses Nsereko
Karim Abdul Razak
Adolf Armah
Phillip Omondi |  Segun Odegbami
Mohammed Polo |
1980 |  Nigeria |  Best Ogedegbe |  Mustapha Kouici
Mohamed Salah El-Din
Moussa Camara
Christian Chukwu |  Lakhdar Belloumi
Ali Fergani
Mahmoud El Khatib
Shawky Gharieb |  Salah Assad
Segun Odegbami |
1982 |  Libya |  Thomas Nkono |  Chaabane Merzekane
Sampson Lamptey
Haruna Yusif
Ali Al-Beshari |  George Alhassan
Samuel Opoku Nti
Emmanuel Quarshie
Fawzi Al-Issawi |  Salah Assad
Rabah Madjer |
1984 |  Ivory Coast |  Joseph-Antoine Bell |  Isaac Sinkot
Ali Shehata
Ibrahim Youssef
Stephen Keshi |  Lakhdar Belloumi
Théophile Abega
Taher Abouzeid
Clement Temile |  Djamel Menad
Clifton Msiya |
1986 |  Egypt |  Thomas N'Kono |  André Kana-Biyik
Ali Shehata
Roger Mendy
Rabei Yassin |  Emile Mbouh
Magdi Abdelghani
Moustafa Abdou
Taher Abouzaid |  Roger Milla

Kalusha Bwalya

1988 |  Morocco |  Joseph-Antoine Bell |  Tijani El Maataoui
Emmanuel Kundé
John Buana
Stephen Tataw |  Jacques Kinkomba Kingambo
Emile Mbouh
Henry Nwosu
Paul Mfede |  Roger Milla
Aziz Bouderbala |
1990 |  Algeria |  Antar Osmani |  Ali Benhalima
André Kana-Biyik
Arsène Hobou
Samuel Chomba |  Djamel Amani
Rabah Madjer
Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani
Moses Kpakor |  Djamel Menad
Webster Chikabala |
1992 |  Senegal |  Alain Gouaméné |  Basile Aka Kouame
Hany Ramzy
Stephen Keshi
Adolphe Mendy |  Jacques Kinkomba Kingambo
Abedi Pele
Jean-Claude Pagal
Serge-Alain Maguy |  Rashidi Yekini
Tony Yeboah |
1994 |  Tunisia |  Ahmed Shobair |  Frank Amankwah
Harrison Chongo
Elijah Litana
Benedict Iroha |  Serge-Alain Maguy
Jay-Jay Okocha
Daniel Amokachi
Abedi Pele |  Joël Tiéhi

Rashidi Yekini

1996 |  South Africa |  Chokri El Ouaer |  Yasser Radwan
Mark Fish
Elijah Litana
Isaac Asare |  Zoubeir Baya
Hazem Emam
Abedi Pele
Mark Williams |  Kalusha Bwalya
Tony Yeboah |
1998 |  Burkina Faso |  Nader El-Sayed |  Mark Fish
Jojo
Noureddine Naybet
Mohamed Emara |  Charles Akonnor
Hassen Gabsi
Tchiressoua Guel
Didier Ekanza Simba |  Hossam Hassan
Benni McCarthy |
2000 |  Ghana
Nigeria |  Nader El-Sayed |  Pape Malick Diop
Khaled Badra
Rigobert Song
Mohamed Emara |  Billel Dziri
Lauren
Jay-Jay Okocha
Khalilou Fadiga |  Samuel Eto'o

Shaun Bartlett

2002 |  Mali |  Tony Sylva |  Taribo West
Rigobert Song
Ifeanyi Udeze
Hany Ramzy |  Seydou Keita
Rafik Saifi
Patrick M'Boma
Sibusiso Zuma |  Julius Aghahowa
El Hadji Diouf |
2004 |  Tunisia |  Vincent Enyeama |  Walid Regragui
Khaled Badra
Abdeslam Ouaddou
Timothée Atouba |  Karim Ziani
Riadh Bouazizi
Jay-Jay Okocha
John Utaka |  Frédéric Kanouté
Francileudo Santos |
2006 |  Egypt |  Essam El Hadary |  Rigobert Song
Wael Gomaa
Emmanuel Eboué
Taye Taiwo |  Stephen Appiah
Mohamed Aboutrika
Ahmed Hassan
Pascal Feindouno |  Didier Drogba
Samuel Eto'o |
2008 |  Ghana |  Essam El-Hadary |  Geremi
Wael Gomaa
Michael Essien |  Sulley Muntari
Yaya Touré
Alex Song
Hosny Abd Rabo
Mohamed Aboutrika |  Amr Zaki
Manucho |
2010 |  Angola |  Essam El-Hadary |  Madjid Bougherra
Wael Gomaa
Mabiná |  Ahmed Fathy
Peter Odemwingie
Alex Song
Ahmed Hassan |  Asamoah Gyan
Mohamed Zidan
Flávio |
2012 |  Gabon
Equatorial Guinea |  Kennedy Mweene |  Jean-Jacques Gosso
Stophira Sunzu
John Mensah
Adama Tamboura |  Emmanuel Mayuka
Yaya Touré
Gervinho
Seydou Keita |  Christopher Katongo
Didier Drogba |
2013 |  South Africa |  Vincent Enyeama |  Bakary Koné
Nando
Siaka Tiéné
Efe Ambrose |  Jonathan Pitroipa
Seydou Keita
Mikel John Obi
Victor Moses |  Asamoah Gyan
Emmanuel Emenike |
2015 |  Equatorial Guinea |  Sylvain Gbohouo
Robert Kidiaba (tie)  |  Serge Aurier
Harrison Afful
Kolo Touré |  André Ayew
Yaya Touré
Max Gradel
Yannick Bolasie
Gervinho |  Christian Atsu
Wilfried Bony |
2017 |  Gabon |  Fabrice Ondoa |  Kara Mbodji
Ahmed Hegazi
Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui |  Charles Kaboré
Mubarak Wakaso
Bertrand Traoré
Christian Atsu
Mohamed Salah |  Christian Bassogog
Junior Kabananga |
2019 |  Egypt |  Raïs M'Bolhi |  Kalidou Koulibaly
Yassine Meriah
Lamine Gassama
Youssouf Sabaly |  Idrissa Gueye
Adlène Guedioura
Ismaël Bennacer |  Odion Ighalo
Sadio Mané
Riyad Mahrez |  Djamel Belmadi
2021[1] |  Cameroon |  Édouard Mendy |  Achraf Hakimi
Mohamed Abdelmonem
Edmond Tapsoba
Saliou Ciss |  Mohamed Elneny
Nampalys Mendy
Blati Touré |  Mohamed Salah
Vincent Aboubakar
Sadio Mané |  Aliou Cissé
2023[2] |  Ivory Coast |  Ronwen Williams |  Ola Aina
William Troost-Ekong
Chancel Mbemba
Ghislain Konan |  Teboho Mokoena
Jean Michaël Seri
Franck Kessié |  Yoane Wissa
Emilio Nsue
Ademola Lookman |  Emerse Faé

## Fair Play Award

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Year  | Hosts  | Winner

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2012 |  Gabon
Equatorial Guinea |  Ivory Coast
2013 |  South Africa | Not Awarded
2015 |  Equatorial Guinea |  DR Congo
2017 |  Gabon |  Egypt
2019 |  Egypt |  Senegal
2021 |  Cameroon |  Senegal
2023 |  Ivory Coast |  South Africa

## See also

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* FIFA World Cup awards
* UEFA European Championship awards
* Copa América awards
* AFC Asian Cup awards
* CONCACAF Gold Cup awards
* OFC Nations Cup awards

## References

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1. ^ @CAF_Online (7 February 2022). "Not your average players Here is the #TotalEnergiesAFCON2021 best XI #AFCON2021" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 February 2022 – via Twitter.
2. ^ "CAF TSG Group releases TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nation Cote d'Ivoire 2023 Best XI". Confederation of African Football. CAF. 14 February 2024. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

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Africa Cup of Nations

Editions|

* Sudan 1957
* United Arab Republic 1959
* Ethiopia 1962
* Ghana 1963
* Tunisia 1965
* Ethiopia 1968
* Sudan 1970
* Cameroon 1972
* Egypt 1974
* Ethiopia 1976
* Ghana 1978
* Nigeria 1980
* Libya 1982
* Ivory Coast 1984
* Egypt 1986
* Morocco 1988
* Algeria 1990
* Senegal 1992
* Tunisia 1994
* South Africa 1996
* Burkina Faso 1998
* Ghana/Nigeria 2000
* Mali 2002
* Tunisia 2004
* Egypt 2006
* Ghana 2008
* Angola 2010
* Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012
* South Africa 2013
* Equatorial Guinea 2015
* Gabon 2017
* Egypt 2019
* Cameroon 2021
* Ivory Coast 2023
* Morocco 2025
* Kenya/Tanzania/Uganda 2027
* TBD 2029

Qualification|

* 1957
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* 1968
* 1970
* 1972
* 1974
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* 1980
* 1982
* 1984
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* 1988
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* 2002
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* 2012
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* 2015
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* 2019
* 2021
* 2023
* 2025

Finals|

* 1957
* 1959
* 1962
* 1963
* 1965
* 1968
* 1970
* 1972
* 1974
* 1976
* 1978
* 1980
* 1982
* 1984
* 1986
* 1988
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* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2013
* 2015
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* 2019
* 2021
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Bids|

* 2027
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Squads|

* 1957
* 1959
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* 1968
* 1970
* 1972
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* 1978
* 1980
* 1982
* 1984
* 1986
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* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023

Statistics|

* Finals
* Appearances
* Awards
* Records and statistics
* Hat-tricks

Miscellaneous|

* Balls
* Mascots
* Music
* Trophy

Notes
The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only.
The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages.

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