Reigning Council For East And Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA) champions Kenya has been nominated for this year’s Team Of The Year Award by Confederation of Africa Football (CAF).
The Harambee Stars which is a point away to qualify for 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will be battling out with Guinea Bissau, Madagascar, Mauritania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
Sebastien Migne led charges leads pool F with seven points after four matches in the Afcon qualifier as they could earn a direct ticket for the continental football.
Thirty-four men players and 15 women players have been nominated for the Player of the Year Award among them Ugandan captain Dennis Onyango and last year’s winner Egyptian Mohammed Salah, who plays for English Premier League side Liverpool. No Kenyan player has made the provisional list, which will be whittled down in the coming weeks,
The winners for the African Player of the Year and Women’s Player of the Year will be decided by a Caf Technical and Development Committee, media experts, legends, coaches of the quarter-finalists of the Caf Champions League Confederation Cup as well as coaches and captains of the national teams of the 54 Member associations that make up the continental football body.
The Awards Gala to honour footballers and officials, who distinguished themselves during the year under review, will be held on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 in Dakar, Senegal.
Elsewhere, Harambee Stars will find out its status regarding the 2019 Afcon when Caf holds its Extraordinary Executive Committee meeting in Accra, Ghana on Friday.
An update on the qualifying rounds for next year’s competition is one of the items listed on its agenda, with Sierra Leone’s case also on the list of items to be discusssed.
Africa will also know whether Cameroon will remain the hosts. They could lose the rights to stage the 24-nation contest if Caf is not convinced they have made enough progress in preparing for the event
Additional Information: Daily Nation