Overview:
In partnership with its sponsors Pilsner Lager and StarTimes, the league - led by CEO Bernard Bainamani - presented the process through which the season’s best will be arrived upon, at Kati Kati Restaurant in Kampala on Thursday.
Uganda’s top-flight competition, the StarTimes Uganda Premier League (SUPL), has confirmed Saturday, June 29 as the day to celebrate outstanding players and coaches from the just concluded season.
The 2023/24 SUPL end of season Pilsner Awards will be held at Kampala Sheraton Hotel.
In partnership with its sponsors Pilsner Lager and StarTimes, the league – led by CEO Bernard Bainamani – presented the process through which the season’s best will be arrived upon, at Kati Kati Restaurant in Kampala on Thursday.
The process
That process started on Thursday, June 13 and will run through to Friday, June 28, a day before the awards ceremony.
There are 14 categories of awards including Player of the Year and Coach of the Year among several others.
These categories will be subjected to the public nomination from Thursday, June 13 to Thursday, June 20.
After the public nomination, the best five persons per selected category will be reviewed by a panel of experts including coaches, media, captains and ex-internationals.
The above will reduce the nominees to the best three for each category, who will again be subjected to an online vote on Friday, June 21.
Online results will then be shared with the Expert Panel for compilation and selection of winners on June 28, just a day before the awards ceremony.
The Online Public Vote will carry 40%, with the other 60% going to the Expert Panel.
Background
The Pilsner Man of the Match and Pilsner Player, Coach of the Month has been an ongoing process for six seasons.
A player is selected as Pilsner Man of the match every match Day with each receiving a plaque and one hundred thousand shillings.
Then at the end of the month, the best Coach and Player are awarded as the Pilsner Player and Coach of the month, with each receiving One million shillings and an accolade. This process leads into the End of Season awards.
The Award categories
- Player of the Season (Public)
- Top Goal Scorer of the Season
- Young Player of the Season (Below age 21 yrs) Public
- Goalkeeper of the Season (Clean Sheet)
- Defender of the Season (Public)
- Midfielder of the Season (Public)
- Coach of the Season (Public)
- Most Assists of the Season
- Fair Play Team of the Season
- Players’ Player of the Season (Club captains)
- Coaches’ Player of the Season (Head Coaches)
- Goal of the Season (Public)
- Best XI of the Season (Public)
- Platinum Award (UPL Board)