Tshwane Mamelodi Sundowns

Mamelodi Sundowns completed a ‘treble’ of South African trophies this season, boosting their bank balance by a cool R40 million. Photo: Sydney Mahlangu/BackpagePix

ICYMI: Sundowns make clean sweep of PSL awards, Shalulile wins big!

Sundowns star Peter Shalulile walked away with the top accolades as the 2022 PSL award winners were unveiled on Sunday evening.

Tshwane Mamelodi Sundowns

Mamelodi Sundowns completed a ‘treble’ of South African trophies this season, boosting their bank balance by a cool R40 million. Photo: Sydney Mahlangu/BackpagePix

Sundowns were runaway winners of the DStv Premiership this season, while they also completed the domestic treble with victory in the Nedbank Cup final on Saturday.

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With the local season coming to its conclusion, the PSL have released the award winners for 2022, with Sundowns understandably featuring prominently along with superstar striker Peter Shalulile.

Shalulile had a remarkable 2021-22 season where he scored a whopping 30 goals across all competitions, becoming just the second player to score 30 goals in a single season in the PSL era after Collins Mbesuma (35) in the 2004-05 campaign.

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For the second year running, the superstar striker won both the 2021/22 PSL Footballer of the Season and PSL Player’s Player of the Season awards, while Andile Jali claimed the MTN8 Last Man Standing, Nedbank Cup Player of the Tournament, and PSL Midfielder of the Season awards.

 The Coach of the Season award understandably went to Mamelodi Sundowns co-coaches Manqoba Mngqithi and Rhulani Mokwena.

You can check out the award winners below:

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Meanwhile, looking to the future, Mamelodi Sundowns co-coach Manqoba Mngqithi has said they would welcome good competition from the Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates.

“To be honest, football will not be the same without Pirates and Chiefs being as strong as they used to be. I still believe, even this season, the recruitments made by both teams prove that they are edging closer to making sure that they give us fierce competition,” said Mngqithi in the latest edition of Soccer Laduma.

“The fact that Pirates is in the final of the CAF Confederation Cup is also proof that they are still a very solid team that has the capacity to unsettle any opposition. It is not proper for South Africa to only have Sundowns shining, but at this stage, I do not want to even think we are close to dominating local football.

“We can’t be complacent and start thinking we are the most successful team because these two teams have done very well. Football is a game of cycles, and maybe now the circumstances are favouring us, and we must grab the opportunity with both hands and make sure that we move on and don’t look back.

“I can guarantee you, both Pirates and Chiefs will be back one day, and you don’t want that to affect you.”

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