CAF Team of the Year explained

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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2006

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2008

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2009

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2010

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2011

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2012

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2013

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2014

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2015

Substitutes

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

Source:^[11]

2016

Substitutes

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

Source:^[12]

2017

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2018

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2019

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2023

Women's Africa XI 2023

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Most appearances

Player	No. of appearances	Years
Yaya Touré	7	2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
	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

Notes and References

1. Web site: CAF - CAF Awards - Previous Editions - 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150110070902/http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/cafawards/previouseditions/2007.aspx. 2015-01-10.
2. Web site: CAF - CAF Awards - Previous Editions - 2005. CAF. 11 January 2016.
3. Web site: CAF - CAF Awards - Previous Editions - 2006. CAF. 11 January 2016.
4. Web site: CAF - CAF Awards - Previous Editions - 2008. CAF. 18 January 2017.
5. Web site: CAF - CAF Awards - Previous Editions - 2009. CAF. 11 January 2016.
6. Web site: CAF award winners 2010. Ahram. 20 December 2010. 11 January 2016.
7. Web site: CAF - CAF Awards - Previous Editions - 2011. CAF. 9 December 2015.
8. Web site: 21 December 2012 . Toure wins his second African Player of the Year Award . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194936/http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/16154-toure-wins-his-second-african-player-of-the-year-award.html . 29 October 2013 . 21 December 2012 . Confederation of African Football.
9. Web site: CAF - CAF Awards - Previous Editions - 2013. CAF. 8 December 2015.
10. Web site: Glo-CAF awards 2014 winners. Ahram. 9 January 2015. 9 December 2015.
11. News: Aubameyang, Samatta Rule Africa . CAF . 7 January 2016 . 7 January 2016.
12. News: Award Winners . CAF . 7 January 2017 . 7 January 2017.
13. News: Award Winners . CAF . 4 January 2018 . 4 January 2018.
14. News: Salah and Mane Picked in First Africa Best 11. FIFPro. 8 September 2019. 8 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190109062759/https://fifpro.org/news/salah-mahrez-and-mane-in-first-africa-best-11/en/. 9 January 2019. dead.
15. News: Mane, Oshoala named African Footballers of 2019 at CAF Awards . CAFOnline.com . CAF . 7 January 2020. 7 January 2020.
16. Web site: 2023-11-12 . Osimhen, Oshoala named African Men’s and Women’s Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2023 . 2023-12-12 . CAF . en-GB.
17. Web site: 2023-12-11 . Achraf Hakimi and Chancel Mbemba make African Team of the Year . 2023-12-12 . OneFootball . en.