SEVERAL Nigerian teams, coaches and players have been named as nominees for the 2025 CAF Awards.
The Confederation of African Football announced the nominees for the women’s categories of the awards today on its official social media channels.
The Super Falcons, who won their record-extending 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title in Morocco in July, are the frontrunners for the Women’s National Team of the Year, which has 10 nominees.
Another Nigerian team, the U-17 Flamingos, are also up for the award, along with the senior national sides of Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Morocco, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia U-17s.
Brighton star Chiamaka Nnadozie is on course for a historic third prize in a row as she is nominated for the Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year, the award she has won the last two years.
Nine other goalkeepers, including South Africa’s Andile Dlamini and Morocco’s Khadija Er-Rmichi are also nominated.
Super Falcons head coach Justine Madugu is nominated for the Women’s Coach of the Year prize, along with Flamingos’ Bankole Olowookere, South Africa’s Desiree Ellis and seven others.
Two Super Falcons stars, captain Rasheedat Ajibade and forward Esther Okoronkwo, are nominated for the headline award, Women’s Player of the Year, with Zambia duo Barbra Banda and Racheal Kundananji and six others.
Ajibade was named Player of the Tournament at the last WAFCON in Morocco in July, while Okoronkwo won several Player of the Match awards during the championship.
Flamingos forward Shakirat Moshood is also among the nominees for the Women’s Young Player of the Year award.
The nominees will be cut down to the top three before the award ceremony.