SAFA Awards

The South African Football Association (SAFA) Awards are awards given to football players and coaches of South African origin. The awards were formed in 2008.

Player of the year

Year	Player	Club
2009	Steven Pienaar	Everton^[1]
2010	Siphiwe Tshabalala	Kaizer Chiefs^[2]

Young Player of the Year

Year	Player	Club
2009	Thulani Serero	Ajax Cape Town
2010	Andile Jali	Orlando Pirates

Women's Player of the Year

Year	Player	Club
2009	Nompulelo Nyandeni
2010	Janine van Wyk

Young Women's Player of the Year

Year	Player	Club
2009
2010	Jermaine Seoposenwe

Coach of the Year

Year	Coach	Team
2009	Gavin Hunt	Supersport United
2010	Solly Luvhengo	South Africa under 17 national football team and South Africa under 17 women's national football team

References

National Footballer of the Year award (CAF)

Ghana Ivory Coast South Africa (SAFA, PSL) Zimbabwe

National Footballer of the Year award

UEFA	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium GS PFA ES Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia VL-HNS SN SD Czech Republic FA ČR KSN Czechoslovakia Denmark East Germany England PFA FWA Premier League Player of the Season Estonia Faroe Islands Finland Player of the Year Ilta-Sanomat Award France UNFP FF OM Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Serie A Italian Footballer of the Year Serie A Footballer of the Year Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland FWA Ulster Norway Poland Portugal CNID LPFP PGB Romania Russia "Sport-Express" "Futbol" San Marino Scotland PFA Scotland SFWA Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Soviet Union Spain LFP "Don Balón" "Marca" Sweden Men Women Switzerland "Sport" ASF-SFV Turkey Ukraine Wales Yugoslavia

AFC	Australia A-League PFA China Hong Kong Indonesia Iran Japan Maldives Singapore South Korea K-League MVP Players' Player of the Year Thailand UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam

CAF	Algeria Ballon d'or APFA Maracana Foot DZFoot d'Or Ghana Ivory Coast Kenya South Africa SAFA PSL Zimbabwe

CONMEBOL	Argentina Brazil Bola de Ouro Craque do Brasileirão Chile Paraguay

CONCACAF	Canada Mexico Suriname United States USSF MLS ESPY

Football in South Africa

South African Football Association

National teams

Men	National team (Bafana Bafana) Olympic (U-23) (Amaglug-glug) U-20 (Amajita) U-17 (Amajimbos) development (Amabinneplaas)

Women	National team (Banyana Banyana) U-20 (Basetsana) U-17 (Bantwana)

League system

Men

Active	Premier Soccer League (ABSA Premiership National First Division) SAFA (Vodacom League Regional League U19 National League)

Defunct	NFL (1959-77) SASL (1961-67) FPL (1969-90) NPSL Castle League for blacks (1971-77) NPSL Castle League (1978-84) NPSL (1985-95) NSL Castle League (1985-95) NSL Second Division (1985-95)

Domestic cups

Men

Active	Nedbank Cup Telkom Knockout MTN 8 Carling Black Label Cup Vodacom Challenge Mangaung Cup

Defunct	NFL Cup (1959-77) SASF Cup (1961-85) United Bank International Soccer Festival (1993-94) Baymed Cup (2006) Telkom Charity Cup (1986-2010)

Awards

Footballer of the Year
Top scorers
SAFA Awards
PSL Awards

Lists

All-time Table
Champions
Clubs
Club name changes
International footballers
Foreign players
Regional Football Associations
Venues

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons
Records

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