The President of the Cameroon Football Federation, FECAFOOT, Samuel Eto’o Fils on Tuesday February 18, 2025 during a press conference organized at the FECAFOOT headquarters in Tsinga announced that the 2024 award ceremony is scheduled to take place today Friday, February 28, 2025 at the Yaoundé Conference Centre.
The event will unveil the successors of the 2023 Ballon d’Or laureates, Emmanuel Mahop and Ngah Manga.
President Samuel Eto’o disclosed that the 2024 Cameroon Ballon d’Or will be “more beautiful” than the previous edition.
He added that what his administration has done over the past three years regarding the recognition of hard work, is “unprecedented.” This comes after a long delay that had made the public to feel the 2024 edition will not hold.
During the presser, the Director of Communication announced a significant expansion of the 2024 Ballon d’Or, increasing the number of categories from fifteen to nineteen.
The new categories, including the Special Prize of the Year, will join existing awards such as Revelation of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Goal of the Year, which will be determined by an online fan vote.
Other awards include the Fair Play Prize, recognizing acts of exceptional sportsmanship, and Goalkeeper of the Year, among others.
The winner will be chosen through a rigorous process, starting with a nomination phase. A FECAFOOT commission will then review and narrow down the list, which will be publicly released before the voting process begins.
President, Rigobert Song head of jury
The former head coach of the Indomitable Lions, Rigobert Song, has been chosen by the FA to lead the jury that will supervise the voting process of the forthcoming Ballon d’Or Award.
Coach Rigobert Song will be assisted by five other members. Barrister Eric Bisso will serve as the rapporteur of the commission.
The other members include Souleymanou Aboubakar (an experienced coach in MTN Elite football), Bernadette Anong (a coach in the Guinness Super League and former assistant coach of the Indomitable Lionesses), Coach Sampabum Kenneth Sama, and journalist Joseph Valery Fotso.
Nomination meet with mixed feelings
The nominees for the Cameroon Ballon D'or 2024 award has been received with mixed feelings by the football family.
While some consider the nominees unqualified others believe some key players like the “Top goal scorer of last season, Jules Armand Kooh of Astres, Cameroon Cup and Super cup winner Ntume Randy, Katche Boris just to name a few not making it to the final list”,
“This has left many to ask if these players don't deserve the nomination or aren't they in a league played in the country?” An anonymous person questioned.
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