The 2019 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards will be held on January 7, 2019, in Hurghada, Egypt, with the organization announcing the nominees on Sunday.

Some of the categories for the ceremony include African Player of the Year, Women's Player of the Year, National Team of the Year (Men and Women), Youth Player of the Year and Coach of the Year (Men and Women).

While 2018 African Player of the Year winner Mohamed Salah is in line for a third individual accolade, 2015 winner Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang makes the nominees list for a sixth consecutive year. Nigerian trio Victor Osimhen, Odion Ighalo and Wilfred Ndidi will also rival each other alongside South Africa's Percy Tau and Ghana's Thomas Partey.

Reigning African Women's Player of the Year Thembi Kgatlana is once more shortlisted and will welcome competition from Nigeria's Asisat Oshoala and Cameroon's Ajara Nchout.

The winners for the African Player of the Year and Women's Player of the Year will be decided by the CAF Technical and Development Committee, media experts, legends, coaches of the quarter-finalists of the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup, coaches plus captains of the national teams of the 54 member associations.

Other categories – namely Youth Player of the Year, Men's Coach of the Year, Women's Coach of the Year, Men's National Team of the Year and Women's National Team of the Year – will be elected by the CAF  Technical and Development Committee, media experts, legends, coaches of the quarter-finalists from the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup.