Egyptian dominance in award nominations "CAF 2025".. Egypt and Pyramids national team are in the lead
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced Complete lists of nominees for the Best in the Continent Awards for the year 2025, which witnessed a remarkable Egyptian presence in various categories, whether for clubs, players, coaches or national teams.
Pyramids goalkeeper Ahmed El-Shenawy was included in the list of nominees for the Best Goalkeeper in Africa award, after leading his team to win two African Champions League titles. And the African Super. El-Shenawy is competing with: Yassin Bounou "Al Hilal Saudi– “Morocco”, Mounir El Mohammadi “Nahda Berkane” “Morocco”, Andre Onana “Trabzonspor – Cameroon”, and Ronyn Williams “Sundowns” South Africa.
In the list of the best players on the African continent for the year 2025, the Egyptian Emam Ashour, the star of Al-Ahly, was present, along with the Pyramids trio Mohamed El-Shaibi “Morocco”, Fiston Mayele “Democratic Republic of Congo”, and Platé Toure “Burkina Faso”, in addition to Ibrahim Adel, the current Emirati Al Jazeera player. And the former Pyramids.
The list also included: Osama El Melewi and Issoufou Daewoo "Nahdet Berkane– “Morocco”, Mohamed Harimat “Royal Army” “Morocco”, Shoumari Kababumi “Simba” – “Tanzania”, and Ismail Belkasmi “Ahly Tripoli” Libya.
As for the Best Coach in Africa award for the year 2025, it included 10 names, led by Hossam Hassan, the coach of the Egyptian national team, and the Croatian Kroneslav Juricic, the Pyramids coach. The list also included: Walid Regragui, “the Moroccan national team,” Mohamed Wehbe, “the coach of the Moroccan youth national team,” and Moin Chaabani, “Nahda Berkane” “Morocco”, Sami Trabelsi “Tunisia’s national team”, Bobista “Cape Verde’s national team”, Romuald Racontrap “Madagascar’s national team”, Tarek Sektioui “Coach of the Moroccan national team”, and Pape Thiaw “National national team”. Senegal.
At the national team level, CAF announced The list of candidates for the Best National Team in Africa award for the year 2025, which included ten teams: Egypt, Côte d’Ivoire, Cape Verde, Algeria, Morocco, Morocco Youth, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia. As for the award for the best club in Africa for the year 2025, it witnessed a strong competition between nine clubs led by Pyramids, champions of the African Champions League and the African Super Cup, in addition to: Sundowns, Orlando Pirates, Stellenbosch “South Africa”, RS Berkane “Morocco”, Chabab Belouizdad “Algeria”, ASEC. Mimosa “Côte d’Ivoire”, Simba “Tanzania”, and Al Hilal “Sudan”.
These nominations highlight the strong presence of Egyptian football on the African scene this year, whether through the brilliance of the clubs, the emergence of stars, or the success of the technical staff.
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