Two Mamelodi Sundowns stars have been named among the 30 finalists for CAF's prestigious African Player of the Year award, while the 2016 winner was snubbed.
Click through the gallery above to see some of the biggest names on the list.
On Wednesday, CAF announced a 30-man shortlist for the African Player of the Year award, and Downs' Percy Tau and Denis Onyango are both up for the main prize.
The Masandawana duo are up against some of Africa's best players, including 2015 winner Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Other big-name nominees include Manchester United's Eric Bailly, Liverpool's Sadio Mane and Chelsea's Victor Moses.
Meanwhile, 2016 CAF African Player of the Year Riyad Mahrez did not make the shortlist for this year's award.
Here are all 30 names, as announced by CAF:
1. Ali Maaloul (Tunisia Al Ahly)
2. Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso Lyon)
3. Cedric Bakambu (DR Congo Villarreal)
4. Christian Atsu (Ghana Newcastle United)
5. Christian Bassogog (Cameroon Henan Jianye)
6. Denis Onyango (Uganda Mamelodi Sundowns)
7. Eric Bailly (Cote d'Ivoire Manchester United)
8. Essam El Hadary (Egypt Al Taawoun)
9. Fabrice Ondoa (Cameroon Sevilla)
10. Fackson Kapumbu (Zambia Zesco)
11. Jean Michael Seri (Cote d'Ivoire Nice)
12. Junior Kabananga (DR Congo Astana)
13. Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco Feyenoord)
14. Keita Balde (Senegal Monaco)
15. Khalid Boutaib (Morocco Yeni Malatyaspor)
16. Mbwana Samata (Tanzania Genk)
17. Michael Olunga (Kenya Girona)
18. Mohamed Salah (Egypt Liverpool)
19. Moussa Marega (Mali FC Porto)
20. Naby Keita (Guinea RB Leipzig)
21. Percy Tau (South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns)
22. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon Borussia Dortmund)
23. Sadio Mane (Senegal Liverpool)
24. Thomas Partey (Ghana Atletico Madrid)
25. Victor Moses (Nigeria Chelsea)
26. Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon FC Porto)
27. William Troost-Ekong (Nigeria Bursaspor)
28. Yacine Brahimi (Algeria FC Porto)
29. Youssef Msakni (Tunisia Al Duhail)
30. Yves Bissouma (Mali Lille)
As confirmed by CAF, the winner(s) will be decided by votes from the head coaches/technical directors of the national associations affiliated to CAF, members of the CAF technical and development committee and a panel of media experts.
The awards gala will be held on 04 January 2018 in Accra, Ghana.
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