PSL Awards nominees announced

The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has announced the list of nominees for the 2021/22 PSL Awards.

The virtual awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, 29 May 2022 at 7pm CAT and will be live on the SuperSport PSL channel (202) and SABC.

Andile Jali (Mamelodi Sundowns), Victor Letsoalo (Royal AM) and Peter Shalulile (Mamelodi Sundowns) are the three nominees for the prestigious 2021/22 PSL Footballer of the Season award.

The DStv Premiership Players’ Player of the Season category was also dominated by Mamelodi Sundowns with the trio of Jali, Shalulile and Themba Zwane making the top three.

In the DStv Premiership Coach of the Season category, Royal AM’s John Maduka will be up against the Mamelodi Sundowns duo of Manqoba Mngqithi and Rulani Mokwena, and Cape Town City’s Eric Tinkler.

The MTN8 Last Man Standing will be contested by Andile Jali, Peter Shalulile (both Mamelodi Sundowns) and Surprise Ralani who has since joined Sundowns but received his nomination for his performances for Cape Town City earlier in the season.

For the Nedbank Cup categories, the University of Pretoria pair of Keegan Allan and Luvuyo Phewa, and Royal AM’s Mfundo Thikazi have been nominated for the Nedbank Cup Most Promising Player of the Tournament while Andile Jali, Aubrey Modiba (both Mamelodi Sundowns) and King Ndlovu (Marumo Gallants) will be vying for the Nedbank Cup Player of the Tournament prize.

Youngsters Boitumelo Radiopane of Orlando Pirates and Mduduzi Shabalala from Kaizer Chiefs are the two nominees for the DStv Diski Challenge Player of The Season category.

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.

- DStv Premiership Goal of the Season: This category is decided by way of public voting on www.pls.co.za . All Goal of the Month winners will automatically qualify for this category. Public voting will only commence after all DStv Premiership fixtures have been played and the winner will therefore be announced at a later stage.

All the other Categories: All nominations and voting were done by a 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.

The official hashtag on all platforms: #PSLAwards2022

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