# 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.

## Player awards
### Main awards

The following awards have separate articles.
* Player of the Year
* Asian International Player of the Year
* Youth Player of the Year

### Women's Player of the Year
#### Continental winners

| Year | Player | Club | Ref. |
| 1999 | Sun Wen | Shanghai SVA | |
| Not awarded from 2000 to 2002 ||||
| 2003 | Bai Jie | Washington Freedom | |
| 2004 | Homare Sawa | NTV Beleza | |
| 2005 | Natsuko Hara | NTV Beleza | |
| 2006 | Ma Xiaoxu | Dalian Shide | |
| 2007 | Ri Kum-suk | April 25 | |
| 2008 | Homare Sawa | NTV Beleza | |
| 2009 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2010 | Kate Gill | Perth Glory | |
| 2011 | Aya Miyama | Okayama Yunogo Belle | |
| 2012 | Aya Miyama | Okayama Yunogo Belle | |
| 2013 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2014 | Katrina Gorry | Kansas City | |
| 2015 | Aya Miyama | Okayama Yunogo Belle | |
| 2016 | Caitlin Foord | Sydney FC | |
| 2017 | Sam Kerr | Perth Glory | |
| 2018 | Wang Shuang | Paris Saint-Germain | |
| 2019 | Saki Kumagai | Lyon | |
| Not awarded from 2020 to 2021 ||||
| 2022 | Sam Kerr | Chelsea | |
| 2023 | Kiko Seike | Urawa Red Diamonds | |

#### International winners

| Year | Player | Club | Ref. |
| 2023 | Ellie Carpenter | Lyon | |

### Foreign Player of the Year

| Year | Player | Club |
| 2012 | Rogerinho | Al Kuwait |
| 2013 | Muriqui | Guangzhou Evergrande |
| 2014 | Asamoah Gyan | Al Ain |
| 2015 | Ricardo Goulart | Guangzhou Evergrande |

### Asian All Stars

The players from 1965 to 1985 were selected for the All-Star Games.
| Year | Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| 1965 | Asvin Thonginnetr | Kim Jung-suk Cha Tae-sung Jarnail Singh Kwok Kam-hung | Yousuf Khan Nguyen Ngoc Thanh Khin Maung Tun | Wong Chi-keung Cheung Chi Doy Nguyen Van Ngon Do Thoi Vinh Cho Yoon-ok Yasuyuki Kuwahara Majid Ariff Suk Bahadur |
| 1966 | Pham Van Rang Khim Maung Tun | Kim Jung-suk Cha Tae-sung Jarnail Singh | Yousuf Khan Nguyen Ngoc Thanh | Wong Chi-keung Cheung Chi Wai Cheung Chi Doy Do Thoi Vinh Nguyen Van Ngon Majid Ariff Cho Yoon-ok Suk Bahadur |
| 1967 | Peter Thangaraj Tin Aung | Kim Jung-suk Jarnail Singh | Shmuel Rosenthal Giora Spiegel Maung Maung Aritatsu Ogi Parviz Ghelichkhani | Leung Wai-hung Cheung Chi Doy Wong Chi-keung Kunishige Kamamoto Ryuichi Sugiyama Homayoun Behzadi Suk Bahadur Soetjipto Soentoro Do Thoi Vinh Cho Yoon-ok Majid Ariff |
| 1968 | Chow Chee Keong Tin Aung | Kim Jung-suk Hiroshi Katayama M. Chandran Narong Sangkasuwan Turab Ali Anwar Udjang | Suk Bahadur Shmuel Rosenthal Aritatsu Ogi | Kunishige Kamamoto Ryuichi Sugiyama Do Thoi Vinh Nguyen Van Ngon Inder Singh Wong Chi-keung Soetjipto Soentoro |
| 1982 | R. Arumugam | Mahboub Juma'a Park Kyung-hoon Amnart Chalermchaowarit Soh Chin Ann Wong Hong Nung Terry Pathmanathan | Prasun Banerjee Parminder Singh Khalid Ali Reduan Abdullah Jamaluddin Norbit | Abdulaziz Al-Anberi Chung Hae-won Piyapong Pue-on Zainal Abidin Hassan Hassan Sani Mokhtar Dahari |
| 1985 | Abdullah Al-Deayea R. Arumugam Atanu Bhattacharya | Lin Lefeng Jia Xiuquan Mahboub Juma'a Mohammad Panjali Radwan Al-Sheikh Hassan Park Sung-hwa | Faisal Al-Dakhil Lee Tae-ho Saleh Khalifa Al-Dosari Kazushi Kimura | Mohaisen Al-Jam'an Majed Abdullah Marwan Madarati Mansour Muftah Mohammed Al-Mohanadi Hussein Saeed Piyapong Pue-on Zainal Abidin Hassan Nasser Mohammadkhani Gu Guangming |
| 1993 | Shigetatsu Matsunaga | Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi Hong Myung-bo Tetsuji Hashiratani Javad Zarincheh | Fuad Anwar Khaled Massad Shin Hong-gi Ruy Ramos | Kazuyoshi Miura Ali Daei |
| 1997 | Mohamed Al-Deayea | Zhang Enhua Naoki Soma Hong Myung-bo Mohammed Al-Jahani Abdullah Zubromawi | Karim Bagheri Hidetoshi Nakata Ha Seok-ju | Khodadad Azizi Choi Yong-soo |
| 1998 | Jiang Jin | Fan Zhiyi Yutaka Akita Abdullah Zubromawi Nikolay Shirshov | Mehdi Mahdavikia Hidetoshi Nakata Hiroshi Nanami Yoo Sang-chul | Ali Daei Jasem Al Huwaidi |
| 1999 | Pavel Bugalo | Zhang Enhua Yuji Nakazawa Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi Hussein Sulaimani Radhi Shenaishil | Hidetoshi Nakata Kim Do-kyun Sultan Rashid | Ali Daei Masashi Nakayama |
| 2000 | Jiang Jin Hendro Kartiko Mohammed Al Daeyea | Fan Zhiyi Ryuzo Morioka Hong Myung-bo Jamal Mubarak Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi Saoud Fath | Karim Bagheri Abbas Obeid Shunsuke Nakamura Hiroshi Nanami Nawaf Al-Temyat Kiatisuk Senamuang | Naohiro Takahara Lee Dong-gook |

### Futsal Player of the Year

| Year | Player | Club | Ref. |
| 2006 | Kenichiro Kogure | Nagoya Oceans | |
| 2007 | Vahid Shamsaei | Tam Iran Khodro Tehran | |
| 2008 | Vahid Shamsaei | Foolad Mahan | |
| 2009 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2010 | Mohammad Taheri | Foolad Mahan | |
| 2011 | Mohammad Keshavarz | Giti Pasand Isfahan | |
| 2012 | Rafael Henmi | Nagoya Oceans | |
| 2013 | Suphawut Thueanklang | Chonburi Bluewave | |
| 2014 | Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh | MFK Norilsk Nickel | |
| 2015 | Vahid Shamsaei | Tasisat Daryaei | |
| 2016 | Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh | Giti Pasand | |
| 2017 | Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh | Giti Pasand | |
| 2018 | Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh | Shenzhen Nanling Tielang | |
| 2019 | Tomoki Yoshikawa | Nagoya Oceans | |
| Not awarded from 2020 to 2021 ||||
| 2022 | Moslem Oladghobad | Palma | |
| 2023 | Saeid Ahmadabbasi | Valdepeñas | |

## Coaching awards
### Coach of the Year

| Year | Coach | Team |
| 1994 | Charnwit Polcheewin | Thai Farmers Bank |
| 1995 | Park Jong-hwan | Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma |
| 1996 | Ma Yuanan | China (women) |
| 1997 | Cha Bum-kun | South Korea |
| 1998 | Takashi Kuwahara | Júbilo Iwata |
| 1999 | Mahmoud Rakhimov | Uzbekistan |
| 2000 | Philippe Troussier | Japan |
| 2001 | Nasser Al-Johar | Saudi Arabia |
| 2002 | Guus Hiddink | South Korea |
| 2003 | Cha Kyung-bok | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
| 2004 | Adnan Hamad | Iraq |
| 2005 | | |
| 2006 | Choe Kwang-sok | North Korea U20 (women) |
| 2007 | Rauf Inileev | Uzbekistan |
| 2008 | Akira Nishino | Gamba Osaka |
| 2009 | Huh Jung-moo | South Korea |
| 2010 | Takeshi Okada | Japan |
| 2011 | Norio Sasaki | Japan (women) |
| 2012 | Kim Ho-kon | Ulsan Hyundai |
| 2013 | Choi Yong-soo | FC Seoul |
| 2014 | Tony Popovic | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 2015 | Ange Postecoglou | Australia |
| 2016 | Choi Kang-hee | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
| 2017 | Takafumi Hori | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| 2018 | Go Oiwa | Kashima Antlers |
| 2019 | Chung Jung-yong | South Korea U20 |
| Not awarded from 2020 to 2021 ||||
| 2022 | Hajime Moriyasu | Japan |
| 2023 | Go Oiwa | Japan U23 |

### Women's Coach of the Year

| Year | Coach | Team |
| 2007 | Tom Sermanni | Australia |
| 2008 | Kim Kwang-min | North Korea |
| 2009 | | |
| 2010 | Kim Tae-hee | South Korea U17 |
| 2011 | Takako Tezuka | |
| 2012 | Asako Takakura | |
| 2013 | Asako Takakura | Japan U16 |
| 2014 | Asako Takakura | Japan U17 |
| 2015 | Asako Takakura | Japan U20 |
| 2016 | Chan Yuen-ting | Eastern Sports |
| 2017 | Asako Takakura | Japan |
| 2018 | Asako Takakura | Japan |
| 2019 | Asako Takakura | Japan |
| Not awarded from 2020 to 2021 ||||
| 2022 | Shui Qingxia | China |
| 2023 | Park Youn-jeong | South Korea U20 |

## Team awards
### Club of the Year

| Year | Club |
| 1996 | Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma |
| Not awarded from 1997 to 1999 |||
| 2000 | Al-Hilal |
| 2001 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
| 2002 | Pakhtakor Tashkent |
| 2003 | Al-Ain |
| 2004 | Al-Ittihad |
| 2005 | Al-Ittihad |
| 2006 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
| 2007 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| 2008 | Gamba Osaka |
| 2009 | Pohang Steelers |
| 2010 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
| 2011 | Al-Sadd |
| 2012 | Ulsan Hyundai |
| 2013 | Guangzhou Evergrande |
| 2014 | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 2015 | Guangzhou Evergrande |

### National Team of the Year

| Year | Men's team | Women's team | Ref. |
| 1996 | Saudi Arabia | China | |
| Not awarded from 1997 to 1999 |||||
| 2000 | Japan | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2001 | China | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2002 | South Korea | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2003 | Iraq | China | |
| 2004 | Japan | China U19 | |
| 2005 | Japan | Japan U17 | |
| 2006 | Australia | North Korea U20 | |
| 2007 | Iraq | North Korea | |
| 2008 | Japan | North Korea | |
| 2009 | South Korea | Japan U20 | |
| 2010 | Japan | Australia | |
| 2011 | Japan | Japan | |
| 2012 | South Korea U23 | Japan | |
| 2013 | Iraq U20 | South Korea U19 | |
| 2014 | Palestine | Japan U17 | |
| 2015 | Australia | Japan | |

### Futsal Team of the Year

| Year | Team |
| 2002 | Iran |
| 2003 | Iran |
| 2004 | Iran |
| 2005 | Iran |
| 2006 | Japan |
| 2007 | |
| 2008 | Iran |
| 2009 | |
| 2010 | Iran |
| 2011 | Nagoya Oceans |
| 2012 | Japan |
| 2013 | Chonburi Bluewave |
| 2014 | Japan |
| 2015 | Tasisat Daryaei |

## Referee awards
### Referee of the Year

| Year | Referee | Assistant referee | Ref. | Video assistant referee | Ref. |
| 1996 | Pirom Un-prasert | Al Musawi Mohamed Ahmed | | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2002 | Toru Kamikawa | Ali Al Traifi | | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2003 | Masoud Moradi | Not awarded | Not awarded | | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2004 | Lu Jun | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2005 | Shamsul Maidin | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2006 | Shamsul Maidin | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2007 | Mark Shield | Mohamed Hamad Al Ghamdi | | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2008 | Ravshan Irmatov | Tammam Hamdoun | | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2009 | Ravshan Irmatov | Matthew Cream | | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2010 | Ravshan Irmatov | Toru Sagara | | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2011 | Ravshan Irmatov | Abdukhamidullo Rasulov | | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2012 | Yuichi Nishimura | Abdukhamidullo Rasulov | | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2013 | Ben Williams | Toshiyuki Nagi | | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2014 | Ravshan Irmatov | Matthew Cream | | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2015 | Fahad Al-Mirdasi | Abdulah Al-Shalwai Abu Bakar Al-Amri | | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2016 | Alireza Faghani | Reza Sokhandan Mohammad Reza Mansouri | | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2017 | Bakhtiyor Namazov | Not awarded | Not awarded | | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2018 | Alireza Faghani | Reza Sokhandan | | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2019 | | | | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| Not awarded |||||
| 2022 | Chris Beath | Ashley Beecham Anton Schetinin | | Ammar Al-Jneibi | |
| 2023 | Yuichi Hatano Abdullah Al-Salehi Ibrahim Yousif Al Raeesi | | | | |

### Women's Referee of the Year

| Year | Referee | Assistant referee |
| 2007 | Tammy Ogston | Liu Hsiu-mei |
| 2008 | Sachiko Baba | Hisae Yoshizawa |
| 2009 | Hong Eun-ah | Zhang Lingling |
| 2010 | Sachiko Yamagishi | Shiho Ayukai |
| 2011 | Sachiko Yamagishi | Sarah Ho |
| 2012 | Sachiko Yamagishi | Kim Kyoung-min |
| 2013 | Sachiko Yamagishi | Allyson Flynn |
| 2014 | Rita Gani | Kim Kyoung-min |
| 2015 | | |
| 2016 | Kate Jacewicz | Renae Coghill Uvena Fernandes |

## Association awards
### Fair Play Award

| Year | Nation |
| 1996 | Iran |
| 2002 | South Korea |
| 2003 | South Korea |
| 2004 | China |
| 2005 | Hong Kong |
| 2006 | South Korea |
| 2007 | Japan South Korea |
| 2008 | Japan Chinese Taipei |
| 2009 | Japan |
| 2010 | Japan |
| 2011 | South Korea |
| 2012 | Uzbekistan |
| 2013 | China |
| 2014 | South Korea |
| 2015 | Japan |

### Member Association of the Year

| Year | Nation |
| 2005 | Qatar |
| 2006 | North Korea |
| 2007 | China Japan |
| 2008 | Iran Australia |
| 2009 | North Korea Japan |
| 2010 | Japan |
| 2011 | Japan |
| 2012 | Iran |
| Year | Inspiring MA | Developing MA | Aspiring MA |
| 2013 | China | Jordan | Pakistan |
| 2014 | Japan | North Korea | Kyrgyzstan |
| 2015 | Japan | Hong Kong | Bangladesh |
| 2016 | Japan | India | Bhutan |
| 2017 | Iran | Vietnam | Afghanistan |
| 2018 | Japan | North Korea | Mongolia |
| 2019 | Japan | Hong Kong | Guam |
| Year | Platinum | Diamond | Gold | Ruby | Ref. |
| 2022 | Uzbekistan | Lebanon | Hong Kong | Guam | |
| 2023 | Japan | Thailand | Nepal | Laos | |

### President Recognition Award for Grassroots Football

| Year | Nations | Nations | Nations |
| 2013 | Japan | | |
| 2014 | India | Philippines | Tajikistan |
| 2015 | Vietnam | Japan | Brunei |
| 2016 | Australia | Philippines | Brunei |
| Year | Inspiring MA | Developing MA | Aspiring MA |
| 2017 | China | Singapore | Bhutan |
| 2018 | China | Singapore | Palestine |
| 2019 | China | Singapore | Brunei |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
| 2022 | Australia | Guam | India | |
| 2023 | Australia | India | Vietnam | |

### Dream Asia Award

| Year | Nation |
| 2010 | Australia |
| 2011 | Qatar |
| 2012 | United Arab Emirates |
| 2013 | Myanmar |
| 2014 | Qatar |
| 2015 | Japan |
| 2016 | Qatar |
| 2017 | Japan |
| 2018 | China (Inspiring) |
| 2018 | Malaysia (Developing) |
| 2018 | Mongolia (Aspring) |

### Regional Association of the Year

| Year | Association | Ref. |
| 2022 | Central Asian Football Association | |
| 2023 | Central Asian Football Association | |

## Other awards
### Diamond of Asia

| Year | Name |
| 2004 | Abdul Rahman bin Saud Al Saud |
| 2005 | Saburō Kawabuchi |
| 2006 | Sepp Blatter |
| 2007 | Lennart Johansson |
| 2008 | Ken Naganuma |
| 2009 | Farouk Bouzo |
| 2010 | Najib Razak |
| 2011 | Ahmad Shah of Pahang |
| 2012 | Hamzah Abu Samah |
| 2013 | Chung Mong-joon |
| 2014 | Junji Ogura |
| 2015 | Abdullah Khalid Al Dabal |
| 2016 | Issa Hayatou |
| 2017 | Yousuf al-Serkal |
| 2018 | Zhang Jilong |
| 2019 | Abdullah of Pahang |
| Not awarded from 2020 to 2021 |||
| 2022 | Saoud Al-Mohannadi |
| 2023 | Gianni Infantino |

### Match Commissioner of the Year

| Year | Name |
| 2008 | Kamarudin Sakhari Mary Catherine Rivilla |
| 2009 | Mazen Ramadan Kanya Keomany |
| 2010 | Abdul Ghafoor Abdul Hameed Emily Lau Cheuk-chi |

### Special Recognition Award

| Year | Name | Ref. |
| 2018 | Wild Boars FC Futoshi Ikeda | |

### Corporate Icon Award

| Year | Name | Ref. |
| 2014 | TV Asahi NHK | |

### Sportswriter of the Year

| Year | Name | Ref. |
| 1996 | Azam Mahmood | |