Sage Stephens and Langelihle Phili were the big winners at the annual Stellenbosch FC senior awards ceremony hosted at the Stellenbosch Town Hall on Tuesday evening.
Captain and goalkeeper Stephens walked away with the night’s biggest award after being named Footballer of the Season. The Bafana Bafana international was also honoured with the Sportsman of the Season award for the second year running.
This follows a campaign in which Stephens kept 11 clean sheets in 39 appearances across all competitions, including helping Stellies reach back-to-back MTN8 finals, and became the Club’s all-time appearance record holder with 176 appearances to his name.
Forward Phili walked away with four awards, including the Players’ Player of the Season, Rama Fans’ Player of the Season, Oshwin Andries Young Player of the Season, and Golden Boot awards.
Major, as Phili is affectionately known, became the third winner of the Rama Fans’ Player of the Season accolade – following Iqraam Rayners and Sihle Nduli – after recording a season-high 10 goal contributions (nine goals and an assist) for the campaign.
Stellenbosch Head of Youth, Jean-Pierre Farrugia, received the coveted CEO’s award from Stellenbosch FC CEO Rob Benadie for his contributions to the Club, which include his stellar role in overseeing the academy structures and assisting the reserve team.
Assistant coach Wesley Irwin-Sergel was recognized for his role on the bench in over 300 matches for the Maroons.
There was also special recognition for Lee Langeveldt who received a career achievement award following a remarkable 21-year-career, which included NFD and Carling Knockout triumphs in his seven seasons with Stellenbosch FC.
The full list of 2025-26 Stellenbosch FC awards winners:
• Footballer of the Season – Sage Stephens
• Sportsman of the Year – Sage Stephens (2nd award)
• Players’ Player of the Season – Langelihle Phili
• Young Player of the Season – Langelihle Phili
• Golden Boot – Langelihle Phili
• Rama Fans Player of the Season – Langelihle Phili
• DDC Footballer of the Season – Keenan Johanessen
• DDC Sportsman of the Year – Liam Slade
• DDC Golden Boot – Tauric Gamildien
• CEO’s award – Jean-Pierre Farrugia
Written by: Diski Voice
