Mofokeng clean sweep at PSL Awards caps standout Orlando Pirates season

Relebohile Mofokeng’s remarkable year with Orlando Pirates has been underlined by a clean sweep of major individual prizes at the 2025/26 PSL Awards, sparking an outpouring of tributes from supporters and club greats.

The 21-year-old, who has already completed a move to Belgian side Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, was named 2025/26 PSL Footballer of the Season after a campaign in which he emerged as one of South Africa’s most influential young attackers.

He also collected the Players’ Player of the Season award, a prize voted for by his fellow professionals and widely regarded as one of the most meaningful honours in the domestic game.

To round off his haul, the Bafana Bafana international was voted Betway Premiership Young Player of the Season, confirming his status as one of the standout emerging talents in the country.

Social media praise from fans and legends

The treble of awards triggered a wave of reaction online, with Orlando Pirates fans, general football followers and a number of Buccaneers legends all sending congratulations.

Messages flooded social media platforms late into the night, many highlighting the significance of Mofokeng’s contribution in the famous black and white of Pirates during the 2025/26 campaign.

Former Sea Robbers favourites were among those to salute the attacker’s emergence, pointing to his performances over the season as justification for the recognition he received at the league’s showpiece awards ceremony.

Buccaneers breakthrough before European move

Mofokeng’s clean sweep is seen as a final endorsement of the impact he made at Orlando Pirates before taking the next step in his career.

The attacker enjoyed a standout season domestically, with his form for the Soweto giants propelling him into the conversation as one of the PSL’s most exciting players and earning him his place in the Bafana Bafana set-up.

Those displays paved the way for his transfer to Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, where he will aim to translate his rapid rise in the South African top flight into success in European football.

The move brings an end, for now, to his time with the Sea Robbers, but the trio of 2025/26 PSL honours ensures his final season in Pirates colours will be remembered as a defining chapter in his early career.