The winners of the 2022/23 Premier Soccer League awards have been announced during Sunday night’s awards gala, with Teboho Mokoena and Monnapule Saleng winning big.
Monnapule Saleng won the first big award of the evening after being named MTN8 Last Man Standing following his superb performances in the tournament, helping Orlando Pirates to lift the trophy in October.
Meanwhile, Iqraam Rayners was named Nedbank Cup Player of the Tournament after scoring six goals in Stellenbosch FC’s run to the semi-final. His teammate Olwethu Makhanya was named Nedbank Cup Young Player of the Tournament.
Later Saleng was also named DStv Premiership Player’s Player of the Season, but he missed out on the PSL Footballer of the Season award to Teboho Mokoena. The Sundowns star was also named DStv Premiership Midfielder of the Season – making it two awards for both him and Saleng.
Earlier, PSL chairman Dr. Irvin Khoza handed out the Chairman’s award to fallen heroes Peter “Squire” Mancer and Mr Alex “Goldfinger” Shakoane.
All 2022/23 PSL Awards winners in full (scroll down):
MTN8 Last Man Standing: Monnapule Saleng (Orlando Pirates)
Nedbank Cup Most Promising Player of the Season: Olwethu Makhanya (Stellenbosch)
Nedbank Cup Player of the tournament: Iqraam Rayners (Stellenbosch)
DStv Premiership Goalkeeper of the Season: Ronwen Williams (Mamelodi Sundowns)
DStv Premiership Defender of the Season: Khuliso Mudau (Mamelodi Sundowns)
DStv Premiership Midfielder of the Season: Teboho Mokoena (Mamelodi Sundowns)
DStv Premiership Young Player of the Season: Cassius Mailula (Mamelodi Sundowns)
DStv Premiership Goal of the Season: Yusuf Maart (Kaizer Chiefs)
DStv Premiership top goal scorers of the Season: Peter Shalulile (Mamelodi Sundowns), Khanyisa Mayo (Cape Town City)
DStv Premiership Player’s Player of the Season: Monnapule Saleng (Orlando Pirates)
Motsepe Foundation Championship top goalscorer of the Season: Ashley Cupido (Cape Town Spurs)
DStv Diski Challenge top goalscorer: Mervin Boji (Stellenbosch)
DStv Diski Challenge Rewired Player of the Season: Luphumlo Sifumba (Cape Town City)
Referee of the Season: Masixole Bambiso
Assistant Referee of the Season: Kamohelo Ramutsindela
Special Chairman’s award:
Peter Mancer & Alex Shakoane
Voting and Nomination Procedures:
- Footballer of the Season: All nominations and voting were done by the Premier Division head coaches. Only one head coach per club was allowed to vote and coaches were not allowed to nominate or vote for their own teammate.
- DStv Premiership Player’s Player of the Season: All nominations and voting were done by Premier Division players. Each club was allowed a maximum of 30 votes and no player was allowed to nominate or vote for their own teammate.
- DStv Diski Challenge Player of the Season: All nominations and voting were done by the Diski Challenge head coaches. Only one head coach per club was allowed to vote and coaches were not allowed to nominate or vote for their own teammate.
- Match Officials: All nominations and voting were done by the SAFA National Referees Committee Panel.
- All the other Categories: All nominations and voting were done by a judging panel comprising of football journalists, analysts, and commentators. A full list of the judging panel per category will be shared publicly post the PSL Awards ceremony.
