SAFA Women's League awards

SAFA Women's League awards
Awarded for	The most outstanding players in each category in the women's league
Sponsored by	Hollywoodbets
Country	South Africa
Presented by	SAFA Women's League
Established	2021;4 years ago (2021)
Most wins	Boitumelo Rabale (6 wins)

The SAFA Women's League awards, known as the Hollywoodbets Super League awards for sponsorship purposes, are an awards evening held to honour South African football players, coaches and officials in the women's game.

Categories

Key

Player (X)	Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
†	Indicates multiple award winners in the same season
‡	Denotes the club were SAFA Women's League winners in the same season

Player of the Season winners

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	Ref(s)
2019–20	Hildah Magaia	South Africa	Tshwane University of Techonlogy	[1]
2021	Bambanani Mbane	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies ‡	[2]
2022	Boitumelo Rabale	Lesotho	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies ‡	[3]
2023	Boitumelo Rabale (2)	Lesotho	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies ‡	[4]
2024	Amogelang Motau	South Africa	University of the Western Cape	[5]

Young player of the Season winners

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	Ref(s)
2019–20	Kananelo Taiwe	South Africa	Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies	[6]
2021	Nthabiseng Majiya	South Africa	Richmond United	[7]
2022	Nthabiseng Majiya (2)	South Africa	Richmond United	[3]
2023	Mmabatho Mogale	South Africa	University of Pretoria	[8]
2024	Khwezi Khoza	South Africa	Durban Ladies	[9]

Goalkeeper of the Season winners

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	Ref(s)
2019–20	Andile Dlamini	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies ‡	[1]
2021	Regirl Ngobeni	South Africa	University of the Western Cape	[2]
2022	Kebotseng Moletsane	South Africa	Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies/ Royal AM Women	[3]
2023	Kaylin Swart	South Africa	JVW	[8]
2024	Matshidiso Masebe	South Africa	University of Johannesburg	[10]

Top scorer of the Season winners

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	Ref(s)
2019–20	Hildah Magaia	South Africa	Tshwane University of Technology	[1]
	Rhoda Mulaudzi	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies ‡
2021	Andisiwe Mgcoyi	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies ‡	[2]
	Nompumelelo Nyandeni	South Africa	JVW
2022	Nompumelelo Nyandeni (2)	South Africa	JVW	[3]
2023	Sphumelele Shamase	South Africa	University of Johannesburg	[8]
2024	Boitumelo Rabale †	Lesotho	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies ‡	[11]
2025	Leandra Smeda	South Africa	TS Galaxy Queens	[12]

Coach of the Season winners

Season	Coach	Nationality	Club	Ref(s)
2019–20	not awarded
2021	Jerry Tshabalala	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies ‡	[2]
2022	Jerry Tshabalala (2)	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies ‡	[3]
2023	Thinasonke Mbuli	South Africa	University of the Western Cape	[8]
2024	Jerry Tshabalala (3)	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies ‡	[11]

Players/Fans player of the Season winners

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	Ref(s)
2019–20	not awarded
2021
2022
2023	Chuene Morifi	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies ‡	[8]
2024	Lebogang Ramalepe	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies ‡	[13]

South African Football Journalists’ Association’s award

The South African Football Journalists’ Association’s (Safja) releases it's Women’s Footballer of the Year for the previous season mid year.

(Safja) Women’s Footballer of the Year

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	Ref(s)
2019–20	Rhoda Mulaudzi	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies ‡	[14]
2021	Bambanani Mbane	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies ‡	[15]
2022	Nompumelelo Nyandeni	South Africa	JVW	[16]
2023	Boitumelo Rabale	Lesotho	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies ‡	[17]
2024	Boitumelo Rabale † (2)	Lesotho	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies ‡	[18]

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