AFC Annual Awards

The AFC Annual Awards are awards given by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to the most outstanding performers of the Asian football season. The awards are presented at the end of each year at a special gala.

Footballer of the Year

The Asian Footballer of the Year award is presented to the best football player from Asia. Officially awarded since 1994, its official name is Asian Football Confederation's Sanyo Player of the Year Award. Prior to 1994 it was awarded on an unofficial basis; the winners from 1988 to 1991 were chosen by IFFHS.

Year Name Nation Club
1995 Masami Ihara Japan Japan Japan Yokohama Marinos
1996 Khodadad Azizi Iran Iran Iran Bahman
1997 Hidetoshi Nakata Japan Japan Japan Bellmare
1998 Hidetoshi Nakata Japan Japan Italy Perugia
1999 Ali Daei Iran Iran Germany Bayern Munich/Hertha Berlin
2000 Nawaf Al Temyat Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Al Hilal
2001 Fan Zhiyi China China Scotland Dundee
2002 Shinji Ono Japan Japan Netherlands Feyenoord
2003 Mehdi Mahdavikia Iran Iran Germany Hamburger SV
2004 Ali Karimi Iran Iran United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
2005 Hamad Al-Montashari Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
2006 Khalfan Ibrahim Qatar Qatar Qatar Al-Sadd
2007 Yasser Al-Qahtani Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Al Hilal
2008 Server Djeparov Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
2009 Yasuhito Endō Japan Japan Japan Gamba Osaka
2010 Saša Ognenovski Australia Australia South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2011 Server Djeparov Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
2012 Lee Keun-ho South Korea South Korea South Korea Ulsan Hyundai
2013 Zheng Zhi China China China Guangzhou Evergrande
2014 Nasser Al-Shamrani Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
2015 Ahmed Khalil United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
2016 Omar Abdulrahman United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Al-Ain

International Footballer of the Year

Year Name Nation Club
2012 Shinji Kagawa  Japan England Manchester United
2013 Yuto Nagatomo  Japan Italy Inter Milan
2014 Mile Jedinak  Australia England Crystal Palace
2015 Son Heung-min  South Korea England Tottenham Hotspur
2016 Shinji Okazaki Japan Japan England Leicester City

Foreign Player of the Year

Year Name Nation Club
2012 Rogerinho  Brazil Kuwait Al-Kuwait
2013 Muriqui  Brazil China Guangzhou Evergrande
2014 Asamoah Gyan  Ghana United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
2015 Ricardo Goulart  Brazil China Guangzhou Evergrande

Women's Footballer of the Year

Year Name Nation Club
1999 Sun Wen  China PR China Shanghai SVA
2003 Bai Jie  China PR United States Washington Freedom
2004 Homare Sawa  Japan Japan NTV Beleza
2005 Natsuko Hara  Japan Japan NTV Beleza
2006 Ma Xiaoxu  China PR China Dalian Shide
2007 Ri Kum-suk  North Korea North Korea 4.25
2008 Homare Sawa  Japan Japan NTV Beleza
2010 Kate Gill  Australia Australia Perth Glory
2011 Aya Miyama  Japan Japan Okayama Yunogo Belle
2012 Aya Miyama  Japan Japan Okayama Yunogo Belle
2013 Ji So-yun  South Korea England Chelsea
2014 Katrina Gorry  Australia United States Kansas City
2015 Aya Miyama  Japan Japan Okayama Yunogo Belle
2016 Caitlin Foord  Australia Australia Sydney FC

Young Footballer of the Year

The Asian Young Footballer of the Year award is presented to the best young football player from Asia. Officially awarded since 1995 with the first award being given to Omani player, Mohammed Al-Kathiri.

Futsal Player of the Year

Year Name Nation Club
2006 Kenichiro Kogure  Japan Japan Nagoya Oceans
2007 Vahid Shamsaei  Iran Iran Tam Iran Khodro Tehran
2008 Vahid Shamsaei  Iran Iran Foolad Mahan
2009 No award
2010 Mohammad Taheri  Iran Iran Foolad Mahan
2011 Mohammad Keshavarz  Iran Iran Giti Pasand Isfahan
2012 Rafael Henmi  Japan Japan Nagoya Oceans
2013 Suphawut Thueanklang  Thailand Thailand Chonburi Blue Wave
2014 Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh  Iran Russia MFK Norilsk Nickel
2015 Vahid Shamsaei  Iran Iran Tasisat Daryaei
2016 Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh  Iran Iran Giti Pasand

Asia's Bests

Year Goalkeeper (GK) Defenders (DF) Midfielders (MF) Forwards (FW)
1997 Saudi Arabia Mohamed Al-Deayea China Zhang Enhua
Japan Naoki Soma
South Korea Hong Myung-bo
Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Jahani
Saudi Arabia Abdullah Zubromawi
Iran Karim Bagheri
Japan Hidetoshi Nakata
South Korea Ha Seok-ju
Iran Khodadad Azizi
South Korea Choi Yong-soo
1998 China Jiang Jin China Fan Zhiyi
Japan Yutaka Akita
Saudi Arabia Abdullah Zubromawi
Uzbekistan Nikolay Shirshov
Iran Mehdi Mahdavikia
Japan Hidetoshi Nakata
Japan Hiroshi Nanami
South Korea Yoo Sang-chul
Iran Ali Daei
Kuwait Jasem Al Huwaidi
1999 Uzbekistan Pavel Bugalo China Zhang Enhua
Japan Yuji Nakazawa
Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
Saudi Arabia Hussein Sulaimani
Iraq Radhi Shenaishil
Japan Hidetoshi Nakata
South Korea Kim Do-kyun
United Arab Emirates Sultan Rashid
Iran Ali Daei
Japan Masashi Nakayama
2000[1] China Jiang Jin
Indonesia Hendro Kartiko
Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al Daeyea
China Fan Zhiyi
Japan Ryuzo Morioka
South Korea Hong Myung-bo
Kuwait Jamal Mubarak
Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
Qatar Saoud Fath
Iran Karim Bagheri
Iraq Abbas Obeid
Japan Shunsuke Nakamura
Japan Hiroshi Nanami
Saudi Arabia Nawaf Al-Temyat
Thailand Kiatisuk Senamuang
Japan Naohiro Takahara
South Korea Lee Dong-gook
2011 Japan Eiji Kawashima Australia Lucas Neill
Iran Jalal Hosseini
Japan Yuto Nagatomo
Uzbekistan Vitaliy Denisov
Iran Javad Nekounam
Japan Makoto Hasebe
Uzbekistan Server Djeparov
Australia Harry Kewell
South Korea Park Chu-Young
Syria Firas Al-Khatib
2012 Oman Ali Al-Habsi China Zheng Zhi
Iran Mohsen Bengar
Japan Yuto Nagatomo
United Arab Emirates Hamdan Al-Kamali
Iran Ali Karimi
South Korea Lee Keun-ho
Lebanon Roda Antar
South Korea Son Heung-min
Qatar Sebastián Soria
Saudi Arabia Naif Hazazi

Coach of the Year

Year Name Team
1994 Thailand Charnwit Polcheewin Thailand Thai Farmers Bank FC
1995 South Korea Park Jong-hwan South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma
1996 China Ma Yuanan China China women's national team
1997 South Korea Cha Bum-kun South Korea Korea Republic national team
1998 Japan Takashi Kuwahara Japan Júbilo Iwata
1999 Uzbekistan Mahmoud Rakhimov Uzbekistan Uzbekistan national team
2000 France Philippe Troussier Japan Japan national team
2001 Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Johar Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia national team
2002 Netherlands Guus Hiddink South Korea Korea Republic national team
2003 South Korea Cha Kyung-bok South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2004 Iraq Adnan Hamad Iraq Iraq national team
2006 North Korea Choe Kwang-sok North Korea Korea DPR women's U-20 national team
2007 Uzbekistan Rauf Inileev Uzbekistan Uzbekistan national team
Scotland Tom Sermanni Australia Australia women's national team
2008 Japan Akira Nishino Japan Gamba Osaka
North Korea Kim Kwang-min North Korea Korea DPR women's national team
2009 South Korea Huh Jung-moo South Korea Korea Republic national team
2010 Japan Takeshi Okada Japan Japan national team
South Korea Kim Tae-hee South Korea Korea Republic women's U-17 national team
2011 Japan Norio Sasaki Japan Japan women's national team
Japan Takako Tezuka
2012 South Korea Kim Ho-gon South Korea Ulsan Hyundai
Japan Asako Takemoto
2013 South Korea Choi Yong-soo South Korea FC Seoul
Japan Asako Takemoto  Japan women's U-16 national team
2014 Australia Tony Popovic Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
Japan Asako Takemoto  Japan women's U-17 national team
2015 Australia Ange Postecoglou Australia Australia
Japan Asako Takemoto  Japan women's U-20 national team
2016 South Korea Choi Kang-hee South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Hong Kong Chan Yuen-ting Hong Kong Eastern Sports

National Team of the Year

Year Men Women
2000  Japan
2001  China PR
2002  Korea Republic
2003  Iraq  China PR
2004  Japan  China PR U-19
2005  Japan  Japan U-17
2006  Australia  Korea DPR U-20
2007  Iraq  Korea DPR
2008  Japan  Korea DPR
2009  Korea Republic  Japan U-20
2010  Japan  Australia
2011  Japan  Japan
2012  Korea Republic U-23  Japan Olympic
2013  Iraq U-20  Korea Republic U-19
2014  Palestine  Japan U-17
2015  Australia  Japan

Club of the Year

Year Club
2000 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
2001 South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2002 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent
2003 United Arab Emirates Al Ain
2004 Saudi Arabia Al Ittihad
2005 Saudi Arabia Al Ittihad
2006 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2007 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
2008 Japan Gamba Osaka
2009 South Korea Pohang Steelers
2010 South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2011 Qatar Al Sadd
2012 South Korea Ulsan Hyundai
2013 China Guangzhou Evergrande
2014 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
2015 China Guangzhou Evergrande

Futsal Team of the Year

Year Team
2002 Iran IR Iran
2003 Iran IR Iran
2004 Iran IR Iran
2005 Iran IR Iran
2006 Japan Japan
2008 Iran IR Iran
2010 Iran IR Iran
2011 Japan Nagoya Oceans
2012 Japan Japan
2013 Thailand Chonburi Blue Wave
2014 Japan Japan
2015 Iran Tasisat Daryaei

Association of the Year

Year Association
2005 Qatar Qatar Football Association
2006 North Korea DPR Korea Football Association
2007 China Chinese Football Association
Japan Japan Football Association
2008 Iran Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran
Australia Football Federation of Australia
2009 North Korea DPR Korea Football Association
Japan Japan Football Association
2010 Japan Japan Football Association
2011 Japan Japan Football Association
2012 Iran Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran

Fair Play Association of the Year

Year Association
2002 South Korea Korea Football Association
2003 South Korea Korea Football Association
2004 China Chinese Football Association
2005 Hong Kong Hong Kong Football Association
2006 South Korea Korea Football Association
2007 Japan Japan Football Association
South Korea Korea Football Association
2008 Japan Japan Football Association
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Football Association
2009 Japan Japan Football Association
2010 Japan Japan Football Association
2011 South Korea Korea Football Association
2012 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Football Federation
2013 China Chinese Football Association
2014 South Korea Korea Football Association
2015 Japan Japan Football Association

Inspiring Member Association of the Year

Year Association
2013 China Chinese Football Association
2014 Japan Japan Football Association
2015 Japan Japan Football Association
2016 Japan Japan Football Association

Aspiring Member Association of the Year

Year Association
2013 Pakistan Pakistan Football Federation
2014 Kyrgyzstan Football Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic
2015 Bangladesh Bangladesh Football Federation
2016 Bhutan Bhutan Football Federation

Developing Member Association of the Year

Year Association
2013 Jordan Jordan Football Association
2014 North Korea DPR Korea Football Association
2015 Hong Kong Hong Kong Football Association
2016 India All India Football Federation

President Recognition Award for Grassroots Football

Year Association
2013 Japan Japan Football Association
2014 India All India Football Federation
Philippines Philippine Football Federation
Tajikistan Tajikistan Football Federation
2015 Vietnam Vietnam Football Federation
Japan Japan Football Association
Brunei Brunei Football Association
2016 Australia Football Federation Australia

Referee of the Year

Year Referee Assistant referee
2002 Japan Toru Kamikawa Saudi Arabia Ali Al Traifi
2003 Iran Masoud Moradi
2004 China Lu Jun
2005 Singapore Shamsul Maidin
2006 Singapore Shamsul Maidin
2007 Australia Mark Shield Saudi Arabia Mohamed Hamad Al Ghamdi
Australia Tammy Ogston Chinese Taipei Liu Hsiu-mei
2008 Uzbekistan Ravshan Irmatov Syria Tammam Hamdoun
Japan Sachiko Baba Japan Hisae Yoshizawa
2009 Uzbekistan Ravshan Irmatov Australia Matthew Cream
South Korea Hong Eun-ah China Zhang Lingling
2010 Uzbekistan Ravshan Irmatov Japan Toru Sagara
Japan Sachiko Yamagishi Japan Shiho Ayukai
2011 Uzbekistan Ravshan Irmatov Uzbekistan Rasulov Abdukhamidullov
Japan Sachiko Yamagishi Australia Sarah Ho
2012 Japan Yuichi Nishimura Uzbekistan Rasulov Abdukhamidullov
Japan Sachiko Yamagishi South Korea Kim Kyoung-min
2013 Australia Ben Williams Japan Toshiyuki Nagi
Japan Sachiko Yamagishi Australia Allyson Flynn
2014 Uzbekistan Ravshan Irmatov Australia Matthew Cream
Malaysia Rita Gani South Korea Kim Kyoung-min
2015 Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Mirdasi Oman Abu Bakar Al Amri
Malaysia Rita Gani South Korea Kim Kyoung-min
2016 Iran Alireza Faghani Iran Reza Sokhandan
Australia Kate Jacewicz Australia Renae Coghill

Dream Asia Award

Year Association
2010 Australia Football Federation of Australia
2011 Qatar Reach Out To Asia
2012 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Football Association
2013 Myanmar Myanmar Football Federation
2014 Qatar Qatar Football Association
2015 China Chinese Football Association
Japan Japan Football Association
Vietnam Vietnam Football Federation
2016 Qatar Qatar Football Association

Diamond of Asia

Year Name Note
2004 Saudi Arabia Abdul Rahman bin Saud Al Saud
2005 Japan Saburō Kawabuchi
2006 Switzerland Sepp Blatter
2007 Sweden Lennart Johansson
2008 Japan Ken Naganuma
2009 Syria Farouk Bouzo Former President of Syrian Arab Federation for Football
2010 Malaysia Najib Razak
2011 Malaysia Ahmad Shah of Pahang
2012 Malaysia Hamzah Abu Samah
2013 South Korea Chung Mong-joon
2014 Japan Junji Ogura Former President of Japan Football Association
2015 Saudi Arabia Abdullah Khalid Al Dabal Former Asian Football Confederation and FIFA Executive Committee Member
2016 Cameroon Issa Hayatou

Match Commissioner of the Year

Year Name Note
2008 Malaysia Kamarudin Sakhari
Philippines Mary Catherine Rivilla
2009 Lebanon Mazen Ramadan
Laos Kanya Keomany
2010 Maldives Abdul Ghafoor Abdul Hameed
Hong Kong Emily Lau Cheuk-chi

Corporate Icon Award

Year Name Note
2014 Japan TV Asahi
Japan NHK

See also

References

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