CAF Team of the Year

CAF football award

The CAF Team of the Year is an annual football award given by the Confederation of African Football during the CAF Awards.

In 2007,[1] the CAF did not choose the team of the year, but rather the best ten players of the last fifty years. The ten players chosen were Mahmoud El Khatib and Hossam Hassan of Egypt, Roger Milla and Samuel Eto'o of Cameroon, Abedi Pele of Ghana, Kalusha Bwalya of Zambia, George Weah of Liberia, Rabah Madjer of Algeria, Didier Drogba of the Ivory Coast, and Nwankwo Kanu of Nigeria.

## 2005

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Goalkeeper  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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Tony Sylva

Hatem Trabelsi
Joseph Yobo
Kolo Touré
Djimi Traoré

Didier Zokora
Michael Essien
John Obi Mikel
Mohamed Barakat

Samuel Eto'o
Didier Drogba

Source:[2]

## 2006

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Goalkeeper  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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Essam El Hadary

Emmanuel Eboué
Wael Gomaa
Kolo Touré
Taye Taiwo

Didier Zokora
Michael Essien
Mahamadou Diarra
Mohamed Aboutrika

Samuel Eto'o
Didier Drogba

Source:[3]

## 2008

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Goalkeeper  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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Carlos Kameni

John Mensah
Wael Gomaa
Joseph Yobo
Taye Taiwo

Yaya Touré
Michael Essien
Sulley Muntari
Mohamed Aboutrika

Samuel Eto'o
Emmanuel Adebayor

Source:[4]

## 2009

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Goalkeeper  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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Robert Kidiaba

John Pantsil
Wael Gomaa
Alex Song
Nadir Belhadj

Yaya Touré
Michael Essien
Seydou Keita

Samuel Eto'o
Didier Drogba
Trésor Mputu

Source:[5]

## 2010

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Goalkeeper  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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Vincent Enyeama

Ahmed Elmohamady
Wael Gomaa
Madjid Bougherra
Taye Taiwo

Ahmed Hassan
Kevin-Prince Boateng
André Ayew

Samuel Eto'o
Didier Drogba
Asamoah Gyan

Source:[6]

## 2011

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Goalkeepers  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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Samir Aboud

Harrison Afful
Banana Yaya
Ayoub El Khaliqi
Taye Taiwo

Yaya Touré
Seydou Keita
Kevin-Prince Boateng
André Ayew

Samuel Eto'o
Moussa Sow

Source:[7]

## 2012

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Goalkeepers  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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Lutunu Dulé

Ahmed El-Basha
Walid Hichri
Stoppila Sunzu
Ahmed Fathy

Mohamed Aboutrika
Yaya Touré
Alex Song
Younès Belhanda

Didier Drogba
Christopher Katongo

Source:[8]

## 2013

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Goalkeepers  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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Vincent Enyeama

Ahmed Fathy
Medhi Benatia
Kévin Constant

Jonathan Pitroipa
John Obi Mikel
Yaya Touré
Mohamed Aboutrika

Emmanuel Emenike
Asamoah Gyan
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Source:[9]

## 2014

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Goalkeeper  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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Vincent Enyeama

Jean Kasusula
Medhi Benatia
Stéphane Mbia
Kwadwo Asamoah

Yaya Touré
Yacine Brahimi
Fakhreddine Ben Youssef

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Asamoah Gyan
Ahmed Musa

Source:[10]

## 2015

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Goalkeeper  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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Robert Kidiaba

Serge Aurier
Medhi Benatia
Mohamed Rabie Meftah

Yaya Touré
Yacine Brahimi
Sadio Mané
André Ayew

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Mbwana Samatta
Baghdad Bounedjah

Substitutes
Player

Djigui Diarra
Azubuike Okechukwu
Kelechi Nwakali
Zinedine Ferhat
Adama Traoré
Victor Osimhen
Kermit Erasmus

Source:[11]

## 2016

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Goalkeeper  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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Denis Onyango

Serge Aurier
Aymen Abdennour
Eric Bailly
Joyce Lomalisa

Khama Billiat
Rainford Kalaba
Keagan Dolly

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Sadio Mané
Riyad Mahrez

Substitutes
Player

Aymen Mathlouthi
Kalidou Koulibaly
Salif Coulibaly
Islam Slimani
Mohamed Salah
Kelechi Iheanacho
Alex Iwobi

Source:[12]

## 2017

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Goalkeeper  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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Aymen Mathlouthi

Ahmed Fathy
Eric Bailly
Ali Maâloul

Mohamed Ounajem
Karim El Ahmadi
Junior Ajayi
Achraf Bencharki

Khalid Boutaïb
Taha Yassine Khenissi
Mohamed Salah

Source:[13]

## 2018

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Goalkeeper  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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Denis Onyango

Serge Aurier
Kalidou Koulibaly
Eric Bailly
Medhi Benatia

Naby Keïta
Thomas Partey
Riyad Mahrez

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Sadio Mané
Mohamed Salah

Source:[14]

## 2019

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Goalkeeper  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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André Onana

Serge Aurier
Joël Matip
Kalidou Koulibaly
Achraf Hakimi

Idrissa Gueye
Riyad Mahrez
Hakim Ziyech

Mohamed Salah
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Sadio Mané

Source:[15]

## 2023

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### Men's Africa XI 2023

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Goalkeeper  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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André Onana

Kalidou Koulibaly
Chancel Mbemba
Achraf Hakimi

Sofyan Amrabat
Mohammed Kudus
Anguissa
Thomas Partey

Sadio Mané
Victor Osimhen
Mohamed Salah

### Women's Africa XI 2023

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Goalkeeper  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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Andile Dlamini

Bambanani Mbane
Lebohang Ramalepe
Michelle Alozie
Osinachi Ohale

Fatima Tagnaout
Linda Motlhalo
Refiloe Jane

Asisat Oshoala
Barbra Banda
Tabitha Chawinga

Source:[16][17]

## Most appearances

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Player  | No. of appearances  | Years

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Yaya Touré | 7  | 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Samuel Eto'o | 6  | 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
Didier Drogba | 5  | 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012
Sadio Mané | 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2023
Taye Taiwo | 4  | 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011
Wael Gomaa | 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
Serge Aurier | 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
Mohamed Aboutrika | 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013
Michael Essien | 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
Medhi Benatia | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018
Mohamed Salah | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023
Vincent Enyeama | 3  | 2010, 2013, 2014
Eric Bailly | 2016, 2017, 2018
Kalidou Koulibaly | 2018, 2019, 2023
Riyad Mahrez | 2016, 2018, 2019

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