The Premier Soccer League will unveil the #PSLAwards19 nominees on Monday morning, 13 May 2019. The public announcement will be made at Durban ICC at 11h00. You can follow the announcement LIVE on our digital media platforms: Twitter: @OfficialPSL and Facebook: Official PSL. The PSL will be joined by some of the top football experts together with a former winner of the PSL Footballer of the Season award at the announcement. The PSL will also unveil some of the plans for the #PSLAwards19 show. Members of the media are invited to attend the event. VOTING Procedure: Who votes for who? *selected categories: - Footballer of the Season: Voted only by the 16 coaches in the Absa Premiership - Absa Premiership Player’s Player of the Season: Voted only by the players from the 16 clubs in the Absa Premiership - Absa Premiership Goal of the Season: Voted ONLY by the public (voting to be open on 13 May 2019 – at 20h00 : www.PSL.co.za - Absa Premiership Coach of the Season: Panel of judges - MTN8 Last Man Standing: Panel of judges - Nedbank Cup Player and Most Improved Player of the Season: Panel of judges - Telkom Knockout Player of the tournament: Panel of judges - MultiChoice Diski Challenge/Shield: Panel of judges FULL CATEGORIES FOOTBALLER OF THE SEASON ABSA PREMIERSHIP: - Absa Premiership Player’s Player of the Season - Absa Premiership Coach of the Season - Absa Premiership Young Player of the Season - Absa Premiership Goalkeeper of the Season - Absa Premiership Defender of the Season - Absa Premiership Goalkeeper of the Season - Absa Premiership Goal of the Season - Absa Premiership Top Goalscorer of the Season MTN8: - MTN8 Last Man Standing TELKOM KNOCKOUT: - Telkom Knockout Player of the Tournament NEDBANK CUP: - Nedbank Cup Player of the Tournament - Nedbank Cup Most Promising Player of the Tournament MULTICHOICE DISKI: - MultiChoice Diski Challenge Player of the Season - MultiChoice Diski Shield Player of the Tournament MATCH OFFICIALS: - Referee of the Season - Assistant Referee of the Season<doc-sep>With the conclusion of the 2018/19 PSL season, debate now starts surrounding various individual accolades The Premier Soccer League have revealed all the nominees ahead of the 2019 PSL Awards that will be held in Durban. In a season where Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates were vying for the top spot with the former succeeding on the final day of the season, it is only deserving that several players from both those clubs are inline to scoop up some of the season’s biggest awards. Mamelodi Sundowns captain Hlompho Kekana and teammate Themba Zwane are amongst the nominees for the PSL Footballer of the Year award alongside Orlando Pirates' star Thembinkosi Lorch. It is set to be a massive night for at least one of the three abovementioned players with the trio also nominated for the Player’s Player of the season and the Midfielder of the Season awards respectively. Meanwhile, after successfully steering Sundowns to a record-extending ninth PSL title, head coach Pitso Mosimane is destined to be one of the favourites to be named Coach of the Season as he comes up against Bucs coach Milutin Sredojevic and Cape Town City mentor Benni McCarthy. The winners will be announced at a glitzy ceremony set to be held on Sunday, May 19 at the ICC Convention Centre Here is a list of all the nominees: FOOTBALLER OF THE SEASON Footballer of the Season: Hlompho Kekana (Mamelodi Sundowns) Thembinkosi Lorch (Orlando Pirates) Themba Zwane (Mamelodi Sundowns) Player’s Player of the Season: Hlompho Kekana (Mamelodi Sundowns) Thembinkosi Lorch (Orlando Pirates) Themba Zwane (Mamelodi Sundowns) Coach of the Season: Benni McCarthy (Cape Town City) Pitso Mosimane (Mamelodi Sundowns) Milutin Sredojevic (Orlando Pirates) Young Player of the Season: Gift Links (Cape Town City) Teboho Mokoena (SuperSport United) Bongani Sam (Bloemfontein Celtic) Goalkeeper of the Season: Peter Leeuwenburgh (Cape Town City) Denis Onyango (Mamelodi Sundowns) Ronwen Willawns (SuperSport United) Defender of the Season: Sifiso Hlanti (Bidvest Wits) Thamsanqa Mkhize (Cape Town City) Ricardo Nascimento (Mamelodi Sundowns) Midfielder of the Season: Hlompho Kekana (Mamelodi Sundowns) Thembinkosi Lorch (Orlando Pirates) Themba Zwane (Mamelodi Sundowns) MTN8: MTN8 Last Man Standing: Bradley Grobler (SuperSport United) Peter Leeuwenburgh (Cape Town City) Thabo Nodada (Cape Town City) TELKOM KNOCKOUT Telkom Knockout Player of the Tournament Elvis Chipezeze (Baroka FC) Thembinkosi Lorch (Orlando Pirates) Mduduzi Mdantsane (Baroka FC) NEDBANK CUP Nedbank Cup Most Promising Player: Zakhele Lepasa (TS Galaxy) Terence Mashego (TS Galaxy) Siphesakhe Ntiya-Ntiya (Kaizer Chiefs) Nedbank Cup Player of the Tournament: Khama Billiat (Kaizer Chiefs) Zakhele Lepasa (TS Galaxy) Bernard Parker (Kaizer Chiefs) MULTICHOICE DISKI MultiChoice Diski Challenge Most Precious Find: Njabulo Blom (Kaizer Chiefs) Sipho Chaine (Bloemfontein Celtic) Kamogelo Mahlatsi (SuperSport United) MultiChoice Diski Shield Player of the Tournament: Siboniso Conco (Lamontville Golden Arrows) Article continues below Lindani Ndelu (Lamontville Golden Arrows) Kamogelo Mahlatsi (SuperSport United)<doc-sep>After a gruelling campaign, it’s time to celebrate the players and coaches who made the 2018/19 season in South Africa such a memorable one. The nominees for the PSL Awards list have been revealed on Monday. Of course, the league campaign came to a dramatic conclusion on Saturday, as Mamelodi Sundowns clinched the title with a last-day victory against Free State Stars – a result that ultimately relegated the hosts. Orlando Pirates finished in second after a valiant effort, with Bidvest Wits and Cape Town City making up the top four. Last year, we saw Percy Tau and Mamelodi Sundowns runaway with the accolades, and the former Masandawana winger has also picked up more personal awards during his first season in Europe. However, things promise to be much more competitive this year. Who has been nominated for the PSL Awards? Look no further than the duel between Thembinkosi Lorch of Orlando Pirates (four nominations) and Hlompho Kekana of Mamelodi Sundowns (three nominations). Their battle for league supremacy may be over, but they are set to fight out for the biggest individual prizes on offer at the PSL awards. There is also a respectable nod for Benni McCarthy, who could scoop his first ever “Coach of the season” award. #AbsaPrem Coach of the Season: Pitso Mosimane (Mamelodi Sundowns) Milutin Sredojević (Orlando Pirates) Benni McCarthy (CTCFC) #PSLAwards19 #SLChat — Soccer Laduma (@Soccer_Laduma) May 13, 2019 Meanwhile, Tebogo Mokoena (SuperSport United), Bongani Sam (Bloemfontein Celtic), Gift Links (CTCFC) are all in contention to win the “Young player of the year award”. PSL Awards 2018/19 list – here are all the nominees: In the league… Footballer of the Season: Themba Zwane (Mamelodi Sundowns) Thembinkosi Lorch (Orlando Pirates) Hlompho Kekana (Mamelodi Sundowns). Coach of the season: Pitso Mosimane (Mamelodi Sundowns), Milutin Sredojević (Orlando Pirates), Benni McCarthy (Cape Town City FC / CTCFC) Players’ Player of the Season: Themba Zwane (Mamelodi Sundowns), Thembinkosi Lorch (Orlando Pirates), Hlompho Kekana (Mamelodi Sundowns). Young Player of the Season: Tebogo Mokoena (SuperSport United), Bongani Sam (Bloemfontein Celtic), Gift Links (CTCFC). Defender of the Season: Thamsanqa Mkhize (CTCFC), Ricardo Nascimento (Mamelodi Sundowns), Sifiso Hlanti (Bidvest Wits) Midfielder of the Season: Themba Zwane (Mamelodi Sundowns), Thembinkosi Lorch (Orlando Pirates), Hlompho Kekana (Mamelodi Sundowns) Goalkeeper of the Season: Peter Leeuwenburgh (CTCFC), Ronwen Williams (SuperSport United), Denis Onyango (Mamelodi Sundowns). Nedbank Cup Most Promising Player of the Tournament: Terrence Mashego (TS Galaxy), Siphosakhe Ntiya-Ntiya (Kaizer Chiefs), Zakhele Lepasa (TS Galaxy). PSL Awards for domestic cup competitions: Nedbank Cup Player of the Tournament: Bernard Parker (Kaizer Chiefs), Zakhele Lepasa (TS Galaxy), Khama Billiat (Kaizer Chiefs). Telkom Knockout Player of the Tournament: Elvis Chipezeze (Baroka FC), Thembinkosi Lorch (Orlando Pirates) Mduduzi Mdantsane (Baroka FC). MTN8 Last Man Standing: Thabo Nodada (CTCFC), Bradley Grobler (SuperSport United), Peter Leeuwenburgh (CTCFC). When will the ceremony take place? The PSL Awards will take place at the ICC in Durban on Sunday 19 May, where those on the list will collect their prizes.<doc-sep>
Mamelodi Sundowns duo Hlompho Kekana and Themba Zwane will be up against Orlando Pirates’ Thembinkosi Lorch for the ultimate prize of 2018/19 PSL Footballer of the Season on Sunday night, 19 May 2019 during the #PSLAwards19. The Premier Soccer League announced the full list of nominees on Monday morning, 13 May 2019 at the venue that will host the awards, Durban ICC. The Footballer of the Season is voted by the 16 coaches in the Absa Premiership only. The trio will also square up against each other in two other categories: They have been nominated by their peers for the 2018/19 Absa Premiership Player’s Player of the Season Award and also for the Absa Premiership Midfielder of the Season. In the category of the Absa Premiership Coach of the Season, Cape Town City’s Benni McCarthy joins last season’s two nominees Orlando Pirates Milutin Sredojevic and Mamelodi Sundowns’ Pitso Mosimane. In the Absa Premiership Young Player category, SuperSport United’s Teboho Mokoena has been nominated together with Cape Town City’s Gift Links and Bongani Sam from Bloemfontein Celtic. In the MTN8 category, two Cape Town City players; Thabo Nodada and Peter Leeuwenburgh have been nominated with Bradley Grobler from SuperSport United. Baroka FC appear twice in the Telkom Knockout Player of the Tournament category with goalkeeper Elvis Chipezeze and captain Mduduzi Mdantsane. They are nominated with Orlando Pirate’s Lorch. The Nedbank Cup category is dominated by both TS Galaxy and Kaizer Chiefs. TS Galaxy’s Zakhele Lepasa has two nominations: Most Promising Player and Player of the Tournament. In the Most Promising Player category, he is joined by teammate Terrence Mashego and Kaizer Chiefs defender Siphesakhe Ntiya-ntiya. For the Nedbank Cup Player of the Season, the other two players are Bernard Parker and Khama Billiat of Kaizer Chiefs. FULL LIST - NOMINEES: FOOTBALLER OF THE SEASON - Hlompho Kekana (Mamelodi Sundowns) - Thembinkosi Lorch (Orlando Pirates) - Themba Zwane (Mamelodi Sundowns) ABSA PREMIERSHIP - Absa Premiership Player’s Player of the Season: - Hlompho Kekana (Mamelodi Sundowns) - Thembinkosi Lorch (Orlando Pirates) - Themba Zwane (Mamelodi Sundowns) Absa Premiership Coach of the Season: - Benni McCarthy (Cape Town City) - Pitso Mosimane (Mamelodi Sundowns) - Milutin Sredojevic (Orlando Pirates) Absa Premiership Young Player of the Season: - Gift Links (Cape Town City) - Teboho Mokoena (SuperSport United) - Bongani Sam (Bloemfontein Celtic) Absa Premiership Goalkeeper of the Season: - Peter Leeuwenburgh (Cape Town City) - Denis Onyango (Mamelodi Sundowns) - Ronwen Willawns (SuperSport United) Absa Premiership Defender of the Season: - Sifiso Hlanti (Bidvest Wits) - Thamsanqa Mkhize (Cape Town City) - Ricardo Nascimento (Mamelodi Sundowns) Absa Premiership Midfielder of the Season: - Hlompho Kekana (Mamelodi Sundowns) - Thembinkosi Lorch (Orlando Pirates) - Themba Zwane (Mamelodi Sundowns) MTN8: MTN8 Last Man Standing: - Bradley Grobler (SuperSport United) - Peter Leeuwenburgh (Cape Town City) - Thabo Nodada (Cape Town City) TELKOM KNOCKOUT Telkom Knockout Player of the Tournament - Elvis Chipezeze (Baroka FC) - Thembinkosi Lorch (Orlando Pirates) - Mduduzi Mdantsane (Baroka FC) NEDBANK CUP Nedbank Cup Most Promising Player: - Zakhele Lepasa (TS Galaxy) - Terence Mashego (TS Galaxy) - Siphesakhe Ntiya-ntiya (Kaizer Chiefs) Nedbank Cup Player of the Tournament: - Khama Billiat (Kaizer Chiefs) - Zakhele Lepasa (TS Galaxy) - Bernard Parker (Kaizer Chiefs) MULTICHOICE DISKI MultiChoice Diski Challenge Most Precious Find: - Njabulo Blom (Kaizer Chiefs) - Sipho Chaine (Bloemfontein Celtic) - Kamogelo Mahlatsi (SuperSport United) MultiChoice Diski Shield Player of the Tournament: - Siboniso Conco (Lamontville Golden Arrows) - Lindani Ndelu (Lamontville Golden Arrows) - Kamogelo Mahlatsi (SuperSport United) MATCH OFFICIALS: Nomination not available as yet.