AFC Asian Cup awards

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At the end of each AFC Asian Cup final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the match.

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Awards

There are currently five post-tournament awards

Most Valuable Player

YearMost Valuable PlayerRef.
1956 Not awarded [1]
1960
1964
1968
1972 State Flag of Iran (1964).svg Ebrahim Ashtiani
1976 State Flag of Iran (1964).svg Ali Parvin
1980 Not awarded
1984 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jia Xiuquan
1988 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Joo-sung
1992 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kazuyoshi Miura
1996 Flag of Iran.svg Khodadad Azizi
2000 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Nanami
2004 Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Nakamura
2007 Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg Younis Mahmoud
2011 Flag of Japan.svg Keisuke Honda
2015 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Massimo Luongo
2019 Flag of Qatar.svg Almoez Ali
2023 Flag of Qatar.svg Akram Afif

Top Goalscorer

YearTop Goalscorer(s)GoalsRef.
1956 Flag of Israel.svg Nahum Stelmach 4 [1]
1960 Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg Cho Yoon-ok 4
1964 Flag of India.svg Inder Singh
Flag of Israel.svg Mordechai Spiegler
2
1968 State Flag of Iran (1964).svg Homayoun Behzadi
Flag of Israel.svg Giora Spiegel
Flag of Israel.svg Moshe Romano
4
1972 State Flag of Iran (1964).svg Hossein Kalani 5
1976 Flag of Kuwait.svg Fathi Kameel
State Flag of Iran (1964).svg Gholam Hossein Mazloumi
State Flag of Iran (1964).svg Nasser Nouraei
3
1980 Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg Choi Soon-ho
Flag of Iran.svg Behtash Fariba
7
1984 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jia Xiuquan
Flag of Iran.svg Shahrokh Bayani
Flag of Iran.svg Nasser Mohammadkhani
3
1988 Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Lee Tae-ho 3
1992 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Fahad Al-Bishi 3
1996 Flag of Iran.svg Ali Daei 8
2000 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Lee Dong-gook 6
2004 Flag of Iran.svg Ali Karimi
Flag of Bahrain.svg A'ala Hubail
5
2007 Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg Younis Mahmoud
Flag of Japan.svg Naohiro Takahara
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Yasser Al-Qahtani
4
2011 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Koo Ja-cheol 5
2015 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ali Mabkhout 5
2019 Flag of Qatar.svg Almoez Ali 9
2023 Flag of Qatar.svg Akram Afif 8

Best Goalkeeper

YearBest Goalkeeper
1984 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdullah Al-Deayea
1988 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Huikang
1992 Not awarded
1996 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohamed Al-Deayea
2000 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiang Jin
2004 Not awarded
2007 Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg Noor Sabri
2011 Not awarded
2015 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mathew Ryan
2019 Flag of Qatar.svg Saad Al-Sheeb
2023 Flag of Qatar.svg Meshaal Barsham

Team of the Tournament

By edition

YearGoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards
1980 [2] Flag of Iran.svg Nasser Hejazi Flag of Kuwait.svg Naeem Saad
Flag of Malaysia.svg Soh Chin Aun
Flag of Kuwait.svg Mahboub Juma'a
Flag of Iran.svg Mehdi Dinvarzadeh
Flag of Iran.svg Abdolreza Barzegari
Flag of Kuwait.svg Saad Al-Houti
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg Lee Young-moo
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg Choi Soon-ho
Flag of Kuwait.svg Faisal Al-Dakhil
Flag of Kuwait.svg Jasem Yaqoub
1984 Unknown or not awarded
1988 [3]
(18 players)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Huikang
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdullah Al-Deayea
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohamed Al-Jawad
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saleh Nu'eimeh
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Kyung-hoon
Flag of South Korea.svg Chung Yong-hwan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xie Yuxin
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Mohamed Salim
Flag of Kuwait.svg Mahboub Juma'a
Flag of Iran.svg Sirous Ghayeghran
Flag of South Korea.svg Chung Hae-won
Flag of Qatar.svg Adel Khamis
Flag of Kuwait.svg Abdulaziz Al-Hajeri
Flag of South Korea.svg Byun Byung-joo
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Youssef Al-Thunayan
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Majed Abdullah
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Joo-sung
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Baoshan
1992 Unknown or not awarded
1996 [4] Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohamed Al-Deayea Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdullah Zubromawi
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Yousef Saleh
Flag of Iran.svg Mohammad Khakpour
Flag of Iran.svg Mehrdad Minavand
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Mohamed Ali
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Khalid Al-Muwallid
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Saad Bakheet Mubarak
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Fahad Al-Mehallel
Flag of Kuwait.svg Jasem Al-Huwaidi
Flag of Iran.svg Ali Daei
2000 [5] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiang Jin Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Hong Myung-bo
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
Flag of Kuwait.svg Jamal Mubarak
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Nanami
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Nawaf Al-Temyat
Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg Abbas Obeid
Flag of Iran.svg Karim Bagheri
Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Nakamura
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Lee Dong-gook
Flag of Japan.svg Naohiro Takahara
2004 [6] Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi Flag of Japan.svg Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Nakazawa
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Zhi
Flag of Iran.svg Mehdi Mahdavikia
Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Nakamura
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shao Jiayi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Junzhe
Flag of Bahrain.svg Talal Yousef
Flag of Bahrain.svg A'ala Hubail
Flag of Iran.svg Ali Karimi
2007 [7] Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Lee Woon-jae Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Nakazawa
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lucas Neill
Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg Bassim Abbas
Flag of Iran.svg Rahman Rezaei
Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Nakamura
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harry Kewell
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Lee Chun-soo
Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg Nashat Akram
Flag of Japan.svg Naohiro Takahara
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Yasser Al-Qahtani
2011 Not awarded
2015 [8] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mathew Ryan Flag of Iraq.svg Dhurgham Ismail
Flag of South Korea.svg Kwak Tae-hwi
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Trent Sainsbury
Flag of South Korea.svg Cha Du-ri
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Massimo Luongo
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Omar Abdulrahman
Flag of South Korea.svg Ki Sung-yueng
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ali Mabkhout
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Cahill
Flag of South Korea.svg Son Heung-min
2019 [9]
(23 players)
Flag of Iran.svg Alireza Beiranvand
Flag of Japan.svg Shūichi Gonda
Flag of Qatar.svg Saad Al Sheeb
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Bandar Al-Ahbabi
Flag of Qatar.svg Boualem Khoukhi
Flag of Japan.svg Maya Yoshida
Flag of Qatar.svg Bassam Al-Rawi
Flag of Japan.svg Yuto Nagatomo
Flag of Qatar.svg Abdelkarim Hassan
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Min-jae
Flag of Iran.svg Omid Ebrahimi
Flag of Qatar.svg Abdulaziz Hatem
Flag of Iran.svg Ashkan Dejagah
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Rogic
Flag of Japan.svg Gaku Shibasaki
Flag of Qatar.svg Hassan Al-Haydos
Flag of Qatar.svg Akram Afif
Flag of Qatar.svg Almoez Ali
Flag of Iran.svg Sardar Azmoun
Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Quang Hải
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Lei
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ali Mabkhout
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Osako
2023 [10] Flag of Qatar.svg Meshaal Barsham Flag of Jordan.svg Abdallah Nasib
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Ali Al-Bulaihi
Flag of Qatar.svg Lucas Mendes
Flag of Iran.svg Mehdi Ghayedi
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Goodwin
Flag of Qatar.svg Hassan Al-Haydos
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Kang-in
Flag of Qatar.svg Akram Afif
Flag of Iraq.svg Aymen Hussein
Flag of Jordan.svg Yazan Al-Naimat

All-time XI

On 12 August 2023, the AFC announced all-time Asian Cup XI selected by fans and experts. [11]

GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohamed Al-Deayea Flag of Iran.svg Mehdi Mahdavikia
Flag of South Korea.svg Hong Myung-bo
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Nakazawa
Flag of Japan.svg Yuto Nagatomo
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Ji-sung
Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Nakamura
Flag of Japan.svg Keisuke Honda
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Cahill
Flag of Iran.svg Ali Daei
Flag of South Korea.svg Son Heung-min

Fair Play Award

First awarded in 1984

YearWinnerRef.
1984 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
1988 Not awarded
1992
1996 Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
2000 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
2004 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2007 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2011 Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
2015 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [12]
2019 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2023 Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar

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