After their historic league triumph over the weekend, Orlando Pirates have dominated the final Betway Premiership monthly awards for May, with head coach Abdeslam Ouaddou and goalkeeper Sipho Chaine walking away with the top accolades. The Premier Soccer League (PSL) confirmed the final batch of winners for the 2025/26 season on Monday, selected by an independent panel of accredited sports journalists and broadcasters.
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Abdeslam secured his third Coach of the Month accolade of the season after masterminding a flawless final run-in.
🏆 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 🏆@orlandopirates‘ Sipho Chaine is the #BetwayPrem Player of the Month for May.
He kept four clean sheets in four matches 👏 pic.twitter.com/pmrteTFwgV
— Official PSL (@OfficialPSL) May 25, 2026
Coach Abdeslam Ouaddou’s accolades
Ouaddou guided the Buccaneers through an unbeaten month, registering three wins and a draw in four matches.
This decisive finish helped the Pirates end a 14-year league title drought by lifting the Betway Premiership crown, capping off a domestic treble on the final day.
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The coach, who hails from Morocco, edged out stiff competition from newly crowned CAF Champions League winner Miguel Cardoso of Mamelodi Sundowns. He also beat out TS Galaxy’s Bernard Parker, who earned praise for steering his side completely clear of the relegation and playoff scrap during the final stretch of the campaign.
In the player category, Sipho Chaine claimed his maiden Betway Premiership Player of the Month award following an extraordinary, record-breaking month between the posts.
🏆 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 🏆@orlandopirates‘ Sipho Chaine is the #BetwayPrem Player of the Month for May.
He kept four clean sheets in four matches 👏 pic.twitter.com/pmrteTFwgV
— Official PSL (@OfficialPSL) May 25, 2026
The goalkeeper kept four consecutive clean sheets in the month of May, which pushed his total tally to a staggering 21 clean sheets for the season. And in doing so, became the all-time PSL record for the cleanest sheets in a single league campaign.
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