AFC Annual Awards
Asian football awards
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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.
| AFC Annual Awards | |
|---|---|
| Current: 2025 AFC Annual Awards | |
| Location | Various |
| Presented by | Asian Football Confederation |
| First award | 1994 |
| Website | www |
Player awards
Main awards
The following awards have separate articles.
- For Player of the Year or Asian International Player of the Year (Men), see Asian Footballer of the Year.
- For Youth Player of the Year, see Asian Young Footballer of the Year.
Women's Player of the Year
Continental winners
| Year | Player | Club | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 |  Sun Wen |
Shanghai SVA |
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| 2000 | Not awarded | ||
| 2001 | |||
| 2002 | |||
| 2003 | Bai Jie |
 Washington Freedom |
[1][2] |
| 2004 |  Homare Sawa |
NTV Beleza |
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| 2005 | Natsuko Hara |
NTV Beleza |
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| 2006 | Ma Xiaoxu |
Dalian Shide |
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| 2007 |  Ri Kum-suk |
April 25 |
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| 2008 | Homare Sawa |
NTV Beleza |
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| 2009 | Not awarded | ||
| 2010 |  Kate Gill |
Perth Glory |
|
| 2011 | Aya Miyama |
Okayama Yunogo Belle |
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| 2012 | Aya Miyama |
Okayama Yunogo Belle |
[3] |
| 2013 | Not awarded | ||
| 2014 | Katrina Gorry |
Kansas City |
[4] |
| 2015 | Aya Miyama |
Okayama Yunogo Belle |
[5] |
| 2016 | Caitlin Foord |
Sydney FC |
[6] |
| 2017 | Sam Kerr |
Perth Glory |
[7] |
| 2018 | Wang Shuang |
 Paris Saint-Germain |
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| 2019 | Saki Kumagai |
Lyon |
[8] |
| 2020 | Not awarded | ||
| 2021 | |||
| 2022 | Sam Kerr |
 Chelsea |
[9] |
| 2023 | Kiko Seike |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
[10] |
| 2024 | Not awarded | ||
| 2025 | Hana Takahashi |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
[11] |
International winners
| Year | Player | Club | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ellie Carpenter |
Lyon |
[10] |
| 2024 | Not awarded | ||
| 2025 | Maika Hamano |
Chelsea |
[11] |
Foreign Player of the Year
| Year | Player | Club | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 |  Rogerinho |
 Al Kuwait |
[12] |
| 2013 | Muriqui |
Guangzhou Evergrande |
[13] |
| 2014 |  Asamoah Gyan |
 Al Ain |
[14] |
| 2015 | Ricardo Goulart |
Guangzhou Evergrande |
[15] |
Asian All Stars
Former selections
The players from 1965 to 1982 were selected for the All-Star Games.
Annual award
Futsal Player of the Year
| Year | Player | Club | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Kenichiro Kogure |
Nagoya Oceans |
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| 2007 |  Vahid Shamsaei |
Tam Iran Khodro Tehran |
|
| 2008 | Vahid Shamsaei |
Foolad Mahan |
|
| 2009 | Not awarded | ||
| 2010 | Mohammad Taheri |
Foolad Mahan |
|
| 2011 | Mohammad Keshavarz |
Giti Pasand Isfahan |
|
| 2012 | Rafael Henmi |
Nagoya Oceans |
[26] |
| 2013 |  Suphawut Thueanklang |
Chonburi Bluewave |
[27] |
| 2014 | Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh |
 MFK Norilsk Nickel |
|
| 2015 | Vahid Shamsaei |
Tasisat Daryaei |
[28] |
| 2016 | Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh |
Giti Pasand |
[29] |
| 2017 | Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh |
Giti Pasand |
[30] |
| 2018 | Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh |
Shenzhen Nanling Tielang |
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| 2019 | Tomoki Yoshikawa |
Nagoya Oceans |
[31] |
| 2020 | Not awarded | ||
| 2021 | |||
| 2022 | Moslem Oladghobad |
 Palma |
[32] |
| 2023 | Saeid Ahmadabbasi |
Valdepeñas |
[10] |
| 2024 | Not awarded | ||
| 2025 | Salar Aghapour |
Gohar Zamin |
[11] |
Coaching awards
Coach of the Year
Women's Coach of the Year
| Year | Coach | Team | Ref, |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 |  Tom Sermanni |
Australia |
|
| 2008 | Kim Kwang-min |
North Korea |
|
| 2009 | |||
| 2010 |  Kim Tae-hee |
South Korea U17 |
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| 2011 | Takako Tezuka |
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| 2012 | Asako Takakura |
[40] | |
| 2013 | Asako Takakura |
Japan U16 |
[41] |
| 2014 | Asako Takakura |
Japan U17 |
[42] |
| 2015 | Asako Takakura |
Japan U20 |
[43] |
| 2016 |  Chan Yuen-ting |
Eastern Sports |
[44] |
| 2017 | Asako Takakura |
Japan |
[45] |
| 2018 | Asako Takakura |
Japan |
|
| 2019 | Asako Takakura |
Japan |
[46] |
| 2020 | Not awarded | ||
| 2021 | |||
| 2022 | Shui Qingxia |
China |
|
| 2023 | Park Youn-jeong |
South Korea U20 |
[10] |
| 2024 | Not awarded | ||
| 2025 | Marziyeh Jafari |
Bam Khatoon |
[11] |
Team awards
Club of the Year
| Year | Club | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma |
|
| Not awarded from 1997 to 1999 | ||
| 2000 |  Al-Hilal |
|
| 2001 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
|
| 2002 |  Pakhtakor Tashkent |
|
| 2003 | Al-Ain |
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| 2004 | Al-Ittihad |
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| 2005 | Al-Ittihad |
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| 2006 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
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| 2007 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
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| 2008 | Gamba Osaka |
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| 2009 | Pohang Steelers |
|
| 2010 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
|
| 2011 |  Al-Sadd |
|
| 2012 | Ulsan Hyundai |
[47] |
| 2013 | Guangzhou Evergrande |
[48] |
| 2014 | Western Sydney Wanderers |
[49] |
| 2015 | Guangzhou Evergrande |
[50] |
National Team of the Year
| Year | Men's team | Ref. | Women's team | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Saudi Arabia |
China |
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| Not awarded from 1997 to 1999 | ||||
| 2000 | Japan |
Not awarded | ||
| 2001 | China |
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| 2002 | South Korea |
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| 2003 |  Iraq |
China |
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| 2004 | Japan |
China U19 |
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| 2005 | Japan |
Japan U17 |
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| 2006 | Australia |
North Korea U20 |
||
| 2007 |  Iraq |
North Korea |
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| 2008 | Japan |
North Korea |
||
| 2009 | South Korea |
Japan U20 |
||
| 2010 | Japan |
Australia |
||
| 2011 | Japan |
Japan |
||
| 2012 | South Korea U23 |
[51] | Japan |
[52] |
| 2013 |  Iraq U20 |
[53] | South Korea U19 |
[54] |
| 2014 |  Palestine |
[55] | Japan U17 |
|
| 2015 | Australia |
[56] | Japan |
[57] |
Futsal Team of the Year
Referee awards
Referee of the Year
| Year | Referee | Ref. | Assistant referee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Pirom Un-prasert |
 Al Musawi Mohamed Ahmed |
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| 2002 | Toru Kamikawa |
Ali Al Traifi |
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| 2003 | Masoud Moradi |
Not awarded | ||
| 2004 | Lu Jun |
|||
| 2005 |  Shamsul Maidin |
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| 2006 | Shamsul Maidin |
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| 2007 | Mark Shield |
Mohamed Hamad Al Ghamdi |
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| 2008 | Ravshan Irmatov |
 Tammam Hamdoun |
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| 2009 | Ravshan Irmatov |
Matthew Cream |
||
| 2010 | Ravshan Irmatov |
Toru Sagara |
||
| 2011 | Ravshan Irmatov |
Abdukhamidullo Rasulov |
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| 2012 | Yuichi Nishimura |
[61] | Abdukhamidullo Rasulov |
[62] |
| 2013 | Ben Williams |
[63] | Toshiyuki Nagi |
[64] |
| 2014 | Ravshan Irmatov |
[65] | Matthew Cream |
|
| 2015 | Fahad Al-Mirdasi |
[66] | Abdulah Al-Shalwai Abu Bakar Al-Amri |
[66] |
| 2016 | Alireza Faghani |
[67] | Reza Sokhandan Mohammad Reza Mansouri |
[67] |
| 2017 | Bakhtiyor Namazov |
[68] | Not awarded | |
| 2018 | Alireza Faghani |
Reza Sokhandan |
||
| 2019 | ||||
| 2020 | Not awarded | Not awarded | ||
| 2021 | ||||
| Year | Referee | Ref. | Assistant referee | Ref. | Video assistant referee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Chris Beath |
Ashley Beecham Anton Schetinin |
Ammar Al-Jneibi |
| Year | Referees | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Yuichi Hatano Abdullah Al-Salehi Ibrahim Yousif Al Raeesi |
[10] |
| 2024 | Not awarded | |
| 2025 | Alireza Faghani Anton Shchetinin Ashley Beecham |
[11] |
Women's Referee of the Year
| Year | Referee | Ref. | Assistant referee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Tammy Ogston |
 Liu Hsiu-mei |
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| 2008 | Sachiko Baba |
Hisae Yoshizawa |
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| 2009 | Hong Eun-ah |
Zhang Lingling |
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| 2010 | Sachiko Yamagishi |
Shiho Ayukai |
||
| 2011 | Sachiko Yamagishi |
Sarah Ho |
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| 2012 | Sachiko Yamagishi |
[69] | Kim Kyoung-min |
[70] |
| 2013 | Sachiko Yamagishi |
[71] | Allyson Flynn |
[72] |
| 2014 |  Rita Gani |
[73] | Kim Kyoung-min |
|
| 2015 | ||||
| 2016 | Kate Jacewicz |
[67] | Renae Coghill Uvena Fernandes |
[67] |
Association awards
Fair Play Award
| Year | Nation | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Iran |
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| 2002 | South Korea |
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| 2003 | South Korea |
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| 2004 | China |
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| 2005 | Hong Kong |
|
| 2006 | South Korea |
|
| 2007 | Japan South Korea |
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| 2008 | Japan Chinese Taipei |
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| 2009 | Japan |
|
| 2010 | Japan |
|
| 2011 | South Korea |
|
| 2012 | Uzbekistan |
[74] |
| 2013 | China |
[75] |
| 2014 | South Korea |
[76] |
| 2015 | Japan |
[77] |
Member Association of the Year
| Year | Inspiring MA | Ref. | Developing MA | Ref. | Aspiring MA | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | China |
[79] |  Jordan |
[80] |  Pakistan |
[81] |
| 2014 | Japan |
[82] | North Korea |
[83] |  Kyrgyzstan |
[84] |
| 2015 | Japan |
[85] | Hong Kong |
[86] |  Bangladesh |
[87] |
| 2016 | Japan |
[88] | India |
[89] |  Bhutan |
[90] |
| 2017 | Iran |
[91] |  Vietnam |
[92] |  Afghanistan |
[93] |
| 2018 | Japan |
North Korea |
 Mongolia |
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| 2019 | Japan |
[94] | Hong Kong |
[94] |  Guam |
[94] |
President Recognition Award
For Grassroots Football
| Year | Nations | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Japan |
[95] | ||
| 2014 | India |
 Philippines |
 Tajikistan |
[96] |
| 2015 | Vietnam |
Japan |
 Brunei |
[97] |
| 2016 | Australia |
Philippines |
Brunei |
[98] |
For Outstanding Achievement
| Year | Nation | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | North Korea |
[11] |
Dream Asia Award
Regional Association of the Year
| Year | Association | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Central Asian Football Association | |
| 2023 | Central Asian Football Association | [10] |
| 2024 | Not awarded | |
| 2025 | ASEAN Football Federation | [11] |
Other awards
Diamond of Asia
| Year | Name | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Abdul Rahman bin Saud Al Saud |
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| 2005 | Saburō Kawabuchi |
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| 2006 |  Sepp Blatter |
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| 2007 |  Lennart Johansson |
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| 2008 | Ken Naganuma |
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| 2009 | Farouk Bouzo |
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| 2010 | Najib Razak |
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| 2011 | Ahmad Shah of Pahang |
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| 2012 | Hamzah Abu Samah |
[108] |
| 2013 | Chung Mong-joon |
[109] |
| 2014 | Junji Ogura |
[110] |
| 2015 | Abdullah Khalid Al Dabal |
[57] |
| 2016 |  Issa Hayatou |
[111] |
| 2017 | Yousuf al-Serkal |
[112] |
| 2018 | Zhang Jilong |
|
| 2019 | Abdullah of Pahang |
[100] |
| 2020 | Not awarded | |
| 2021 | ||
| 2022 | Saoud Al-Mohannadi |
|
| 2023 | Gianni Infantino |
[10] |
| 2024 | Not awarded | |
| 2025 | Timothy Fok |
[11] |
Match Commissioner of the Year
| Year | Name | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Kamarudin Sakhari Mary Catherine Rivilla |
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| 2009 |  Mazen Ramadan Kanya Keomany |
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| 2010 |  Abdul Ghafoor Abdul Hameed Emily Lau Cheuk-chi |
Special Recognition Award
| Year | Name | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Wild Boars FC Futoshi Ikeda |
Corporate Icon Award
Sportswriter of the Year
| Year | Name | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Azam Mahmood |
[114] |