2023 AFC Annual Awards

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2023 AFC Annual Awards
Date29 October 2024 [1]
Location Seoul, South Korea
Presented by Asian Football Confederation
Hosted byMichelle Lee
Jae-Min Park
Highlights
AFC Player of the YearMen's:
Flag of Qatar.svg Akram Afif
Women's:
Flag of Japan.svg Seike Kiko
AFC Coach of the YearMen's:
Flag of Japan.svg Gō Ōiwa
Women's:
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Youn-jeong
AFC Youth Player of the YearMen's:
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Abbosbek Fayzullaev
Women's:
Flag of North Korea.svg Chae Un-Yong
AFC International Player of the YearMen's:
Flag of South Korea.svg Son Heung-min
Women's:
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ellie Carpenter
AFC Futsal Player of the Year Flag of Iran.svg Saeid Ahmad Abbasi
Website www.the-afc.com
  2022  · AFC Annual Awards · 2024 

The 2023 AFC Annual Awards was the 28th 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 Grand Peace Palace, part of Kyung Hee University campus in Seoul, South Korea on 29 October 2024. [1] [2]

Contents

Winners

Men

Player of the Year

RankPlayerNational teamClubRef.
1st Akram Afif Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Flag of Qatar.svg Al Sadd [3]
Seol Young-woo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg Ulsan HD
Flag of Serbia.svg Crvena Zvezda
Yazan Al Naimat Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Flag of Qatar.svg Al Ahli
Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Arabi

Asian International Player of the Year

RankPlayerNational teamClubRef.
1st Son Heung-min Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of England.svg Tottenham [4]
Mehdi Taremi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Portugal.svg Porto
Flag of Italy.svg Inter Milan
Mousa Al Tamari Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Flag of France.svg Montpellier

Coach of the Year

RankPlayerNational teamRef.
1st Gō Ōiwa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan U23 [5]
Graham Arnold Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Hwang Sun-hong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea U23

Futsal Player of the Year

RankPlayerNational teamRef.
1st Saeid Ahmadabbasi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran [6]
Fayzali Sardorov Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan
Dilshod Rakhmatov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan

Youth Player of the Year

RankPlayerNational teamClubRef.
1st Abbosbek Fayzullaev Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow [7]
Bae Jun-ho Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg Daejeon Hana Citizen
Flag of England.svg Stoke City
Gaku Nawata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan U17 Flag of Japan.svg Kamimura Gakuen High School

Women

Player of the Year

RankPlayerNational teamClubRef.
1st Kiko Seike Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of South Korea.svg Urawa Reds
Flag of England.svg Brighton & Hove Albion
[8]
Cortnee Vine Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney FC
Flag of the United States.svg North Carolina Courage
Kim Hye-ri Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg Incheon HD

Asian International Player of the Year

RankPlayerNational teamClubRef.
1st Ellie Carpenter Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of France.svg Lyon [9]
Yui Hasegawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of England.svg Manchester City

Coach of the Year

RankPlayerNational teamRef.
1st Park Youn-jeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea U20 [10]
Tomomi Miyamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Leah Blayney Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia U20

Youth Player of the Year

RankPlayerNational teamClubRef.
1st Chae Un-yong Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea U20 Flag of North Korea.svg Wolmido SC [11]
Daniela Galic Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne City
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Twente
Casey Phair Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of the United States.svg Angel City

Referees

AFC Referees Special Award

NameAssociationRef.
Referee Yuichi Hatano
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Abdullah Al-Salehi
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
Ibrahim Yousif Al RaeesiFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates

Other awards

AFC Member Association of the Year (Platinum)

National associationRef.
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan [12]

AFC Member Association of the Year (Diamond)

National associationRef.
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand [12]

AFC Member Association of the Year (Gold)

National associationRef.
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal [12]

AFC Member Association of the Year (Ruby)

National associationRef.
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos [12]

AFC Regional Association of the Year

National associationRef.
CAFA [12]

AFC President's Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football (Gold)

National associationRef.
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [13]

AFC President's Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football (Silver)

National associationRef.
Flag of India.svg  India [13]

AFC President's Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football (Bronze)

National associationRef.
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam

AFC President's Recognition Award for Outstanding Contribution

WinnerRef.
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia [14]

AFC Asian Cup Host Appreciation Award

WinnerRef.
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar [15]

AFC Diamond of Asia

WinnerRef.
Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Infantino [16]

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