The CAF Team of the Year is an annual football award given by the Confederation of African Football during the CAF Awards.
In 2007, 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.
Team of the year (2005 - present)
2005 GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Tony Sylva Hatem Trabelsi Joseph Yobo Kolo Touré Djimi Traoré Didier Zokora Michael Essien John Obi Mikel Mohamed Barakat Samuel Eto'o Didier Drogba
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2006 GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Essam El Hadary Emmanuel Eboué Wael Gomaa Kolo Touré Taye Taiwo Didier Zokora Michael Essien Mahamadou Diarra Mohamed Aboutrika Samuel Eto'o Didier Drogba
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2008 GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Carlos Kameni John Mensah Wael Gomaa Joseph Yobo Taye Taiwo Yaya Touré Michael Essien Sulley Muntari Mohamed Aboutrika Samuel Eto'o Emmanuel Adebayor
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2009 GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Robert Kidiaba John Pantsil Wael Gomaa Alex Song Nadir Belhadj Yaya Touré Michael Essien Seydou Keita Samuel Eto'o Didier Drogba Trésor Mputu
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2010 GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Vincent Enyeama Ahmed Elmohamady Wael Gomaa Madjid Bougherra Taye Taiwo Ahmed Hassan Kevin-Prince Boateng André Ayew Samuel Eto'o Didier Drogba Asamoah Gyan
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2011 GoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards 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
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2012 GoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards Lutunu Dulé Ahmed El-Basha Walid Hichri Stoppila Sunzu Ahmed Fathy Mohamed Aboutrika Yaya Touré Alex Song Younès Belhanda Didier Drogba Christopher Katongo
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2013 GoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards 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:
2014 GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Vincent Enyeama Jean Kasusula Medhi Benatia Stéphane Mbia Kwadwo Asamoah Yaya Touré Yacine Brahimi Fakhreddine Ben Youssef Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Asamoah Gyan Ahmed Musa
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2015 GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards 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
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2016 GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards 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
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2017 GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Aymen Mathlouthi Ahmed Fathy Eric Bailly Ali Maâloul Mohamed Ounajem Karim El Ahmadi Junior Ajayi Achraf Bencharki Khalid Boutaïb Taha Yassine Khenissi Mohamed Salah
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2018 GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Denis Onyango Serge Aurier Kalidou Koulibaly Eric Bailly Medhi Benatia Naby Keïta Thomas Partey Riyad Mahrez Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Sadio Mané Mohamed Salah
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2019 GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards André Onana Serge Aurier Joël Matip Kalidou Koulibaly Achraf Hakimi Idrissa Gueye Riyad Mahrez Hakim Ziyech Mohamed Salah Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Sadio Mané
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2023
Men's XI GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards André Onana Chancel Mbemba Kalidou Koulibaly Achraf Hakimi Sofyan Amrabat Mohammed Kudus André-Frank Zambo Anguissa Thomas Partey Sadio Mané Victor Osimhen Mohamed Salah
Women's XI GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Andile Dlamini Bambanani Mbane Lebohang Ramalepe Michelle Alozie Osinachi Ohale Fatima Tagnaout Linda Motlhalo Refiloe Jane Asisat Oshoala Barbra Banda Tabitha Chawinga
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2024
Men's XI GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards André Onana Chancel Mbemba Kalidou Koulibaly Achraf Hakimi Yves Bissouma Franck Kessié Sofyan Amrabat Mohammed Kudus Ademola Lookman Victor Osimhen Mohamed Salah
Women's XI GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Andile Dlamini Michelle Alozie Karabo Dhlamini Osinachi Ohale Rasheedat Ajibade Linda Motlhalo Lebogang Ramalepe Ghizlane Chebbak Tabitha Chawinga Asisat Oshoala Barbra Banda
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Most appearances Player No. of appearances Years 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 Mohamed Salah 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024 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 Kalidou Koulibaly 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024 Vincent Enyeama 3 2010, 2013, 2014 Eric Bailly 2016, 2017, 2018 Riyad Mahrez 2016, 2018, 2019 Achraf Hakimi 2019, 2023, 2024 André Onana 2019, 2023, 2024 Ahmed Fathy 2012, 2013, 2017 References