Orlando Pirates have confirmed the nominees for the clubs end of season awards.

The Buccaneers are currently in Zambia on a pre-season tour and confirmed earlier that they will hold their awards ceremony for the 17/18 season when the team returns.

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The team left for Zambia on Tuesday for what is the second phase of their pre-season training after completing the first phase which took place in Nelspruit.

The ceremony will be hosted on Thursday 19 July and the Soweto Giants have revealed the list of eight players who stand a chance of winning the Goal of the Season award.

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The list of eight nominees includes Thabiso Kutumela, Augustine Mulenga, Justin Shonga, Bernard Morrison, Luvuyo Memela, Thabo Matlaba, as well as the club’s MultiChoice Diski Challenge player, Ricardo Lourenco and 16-year old Augustine Mahlonoko from Bucs’ Project X Team.

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☠ The #OPAwards18 @caltexsa Goal of the Season Nominees are:
🥅Kutumela v @MaritzburgUtd
🥅Mulenga v @Bloem_Celtic
🥅Shonga v @ChippaUnitedFC
🥅Morrison v @ajaxcapetown
🥅Memela v @Masandawana
🥅Lourenco v PW
🥅Mahlonoko v BAH
🥅Matlaba v @PlatinumStarsFC
⚫⚪🔴⭐#OnceAlways pic.twitter.com/ShklQHmsID

— Orlando Pirates FC (@orlandopirates) July 11, 2018