# 2022 AFC Annual Awards

The 2022 AFC Annual Awards was the 27th edition of the AFC Annual Awards; an awards ceremony for football players, coaches, members and other practitioners of the year in Asia. The award ceremony was held at the Al Mayassa Theatre, part of the Qatar National Convention Centre in Doha, Qatar on 31 October 2023.
The awards were held for the first time since 2019 as the ceremonies were cancelled chiefly due to the COVID-19.

## Winners

The nominees were announced on 13 October 2023.

### Men
#### Player of the Year

| Rank | Player | National team | Club |
| 1st | Salem Al-Dawsari | Saudi Arabia | Al Hilal |
| | Almoez Ali | Qatar | Al-Duhail |
| | Mathew Leckie | Australia | Melbourne City FC |

#### Asian International Player of the Year

| Rank | Player | National team | Club |
| 1st | Kim Min-jae | South Korea | Fenerbahçe Napoli |
| | Mehdi Taremi | Iran | Porto |
| | Kaoru Mitoma | Japan | Union Saint-Gilloise Brighton & Hove Albion |

#### Coach of the Year

| Rank | Player | National team |
| 1st | Hajime Moriyasu | Japan |
| | Graham Arnold | Australia |
| | Saad Al-Shehri | Saudi Arabia U23 |

#### Futsal Player of the Year

| Rank | Player | National team |
| 1st | Moslem Oladghobad | Iran |
| | Saeid Ahmadabbasi | Iran |
| | Guilherme Kuromoto | Japan |

#### Youth Player of the Year

| Rank | Player | National team | Club |
| 1st | Kuryu Matsuki | Japan | FC Tokyo |
| | Amin Hazbavi | Iran | Foolad |
| | Lee Seung-won | South Korea | Dankook University |

### Women
#### Player of the Year

| Rank | Player | National team | Club |
| 1st | Samantha Kerr | Australia | Chelsea |
| | Zhang Linyan | China | Wuhan Jianghan University Tottenham Hotspur |
| | Saki Kumagai | Japan | Bayern Munich |

#### Coach of the Year

| Rank | Player | National team |
| 1st | Shui Qingxia | China |
| | Tomomi Miyamoto | Japan |
| | Kim Eun-jung | South Korea |

#### Youth Player of the Year

| Rank | Player | National team | Club |
| 1st | Maika Hamano | Japan | INAC Kobe Chelsea |
| | Mary Fowler | Australia | Manchester City |
| | Huo Yuexin | China | Jiangsu Youth |

### Referees
#### AFC Referees Special Award

| | Name | Association |
| Referee | Chris Beath | Australia |
| Assistant Referee | Ashley Beecham | Australia |
| Assistant Referee | Anton Schetinin | Australia |
| Support video assistant Referee | Ammar Al-Jneibi | United Arab Emirates |

### Other awards
#### AFC Member Association of the Year (Platinum)

| Rank | National association |
| 1st | Uzbekistan |
| | Iran |
| | Japan |

#### AFC Member Association of the Year (Diamond)

| Rank | National association |
| 1st | Lebanon |
| | Kyrgyzstan |
| | Vietnam |

#### AFC Member Association of the Year (Gold)

| Rank | National association |
| 1st | Hong Kong |
| | Kuwait |
| | Nepal |

#### AFC Member Association of the Year (Ruby)

| Rank | National association | Ref. |
| 1st | Guam | |

#### AFC Regional Association of the Year

| Rank | National association |
| 1st | CAFA |
| | ASEAN |
| | SAFF |

#### AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football (Gold)

| Rank | National association |
| 1st | Australia |
| | China |
| | Japan |

#### AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football (Silver)

| Rank | National association |
| 1st | Guam |
| | Philippines |
| | Thailand |

#### AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football (Bronze)

| Rank | National association |
| 1st | India |
| | Brunei |
| | Iran |
| | Syria |

#### AFC Diamond of Asia

| Winner | Ref. |
| Saoud Al-Mohannadi † | |