PSL announces 2025 PSL awards nominees

The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has officially announced the nominees for the 2024/25 PSL

Awards. The awards ceremony will take place on Tuesday, 29 July 2025, at 19h00, live on

SuperSport PSL Channel and SABC Sport.

The prestigious Footballer of the Season award will be contested by Keletso Makgalwa

(Sekhukhune United), Relebohile Mofokeng (Orlando Pirates), and Lucas Ribeiro Costa

(Mamelodi Sundowns). All three players have also been nominated for the Betway Premiership

Players’ Player of the Season award, underlining their consistency and influence during the

2024/25 campaign.

The nominees for the Betway Premiership Coach of the Season are Steve Barker (Stellenbosch

FC), Miguel Cardoso (Mamelodi Sundowns), and Jose Riveiro (Orlando Pirates). In the Betway

Premiership Young Player of the Season category, the shortlist includes Malibongwe Khoza

(Mamelodi Sundowns), Relebohile Mofokeng and Mohau Nkota (both Orlando Pirates).

This year’s awards also see the introduction of three new categories in the Motsepe Foundation

Championship. Nominees for Players’ Player of the Season are Banele Hlophe (JDR Stars), Joslin

Kamatuka (Durban City FC), and Muzomuhle Khanyi (Hungry Lions). Luke Baartman (Cape Town

Spurs), Teboho Lekhatla (Casric Stars), and Siphamandla Mhlongo (Milford FC) are shortlisted

for Young Player of the Season, while Emile Lako (Casric Stars), Sekhoane Moerane (Orbit

College), and Dumsani Msibi (Durban City FC) have been nominated for Goalkeeper of the

Season.

The MTN8 Last Man Standing nominees include Fawaaz Basadien (Stellenbosch FC), Deon Hotto

and Relebohile Mofokeng (both Orlando Pirates), while the Magesi FC duo of Elvis Chipezeze

and Edmore Chirambadare, along with Mamelodi Sundowns’ Iqraam Rayners, are nominated

for the Carling Knockout Player of the Tournament.

In the Nedbank Cup Player of the Tournament category, all three nominees — Inacio Miguel,

Pule Mmodi, and Gaston Sirino — come from Kaizer Chiefs. Meanwhile, the Nedbank Cup Most

Promising Player category is dominated by Orlando Pirates, with nominations for Mbekezeli

Mbokazi, Relebohile Mofokeng, and Mohau Nkota.

The nominees for the DStv Diski Challenge Player of the Season are Gomolemo Kekana of

Mamelodi Sundowns, Ntandoyenkosi Nkosi of Kaizer Chiefs, and Tylon Smith of Stellenbosch

FC.

The full list of nominees is attached.