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.^[2][1]

2022 AFC Annual Awards
Date	31 October 2023[1]
Location	Doha, Qatar
Presented by	Asian Football Confederation
Hosted by	John Dykes Seema Jaswal
Highlights
AFC Player of the Year	Men's: Salem Al-Dawsari Women's: Samantha Kerr
AFC Coach of the Year	Men's: Hajime Moriyasu Women's: Shui Qingxia
AFC Youth Player of the Year	Men's: Kuryu Matsuki Women's: Maika Hamano
AFC International Player of the Year	Kim Min-jae
AFC Futsal Player of the Year	Moslem Oladghobad
Website	www.the-afc.com
← 2019 · AFC Annual Awards · 2023 →

The awards were held for the first time since 2019 as the ceremonies were cancelled chiefly due to the COVID-19.^[3]

Winners

The nominees were announced on 13 October 2023.^[4]

Men

Player of the Year

Rank	Player	National team	Club	Ref.
1st	Salem Al-Dawsari	Saudi Arabia	Al Hilal	[5]
	Almoez Ali	Qatar	Al-Duhail
	Mathew Leckie	Australia	Melbourne City FC

Asian International Player of the Year

Rank	Player	National team	Club	Ref.
1st	Kim Min-jae	South Korea	Fenerbahçe Napoli	[6]
	Mehdi Taremi	Iran	Porto
	Kaoru Mitoma	Japan	Union Saint-Gilloise Brighton & Hove Albion

Coach of the Year

Rank	Player	National team	Ref.
1st	Hajime Moriyasu	Japan	[7]
	Graham Arnold	Australia
	Saad Al-Shehri	Saudi Arabia U23

Futsal Player of the Year

Rank	Player	National team	Ref.
1st	Moslem Oladghobad	Iran	[8]
	Saeid Ahmadabbasi	Iran
	Guilherme Kuromoto	Japan

Youth Player of the Year

Rank	Player	National team	Club	Ref.
1st	Kuryu Matsuki	Japan	FC Tokyo	[9]
	Amin Hazbavi	Iran	Foolad
	Lee Seung-won	South Korea	Dankook University

Women

Player of the Year

Rank	Player	National team	Club	Ref.
1st	Samantha Kerr	Australia	Chelsea	[10]
	Zhang Linyan	China	Wuhan Jianghan University Tottenham Hotspur
	Saki Kumagai	Japan	Bayern Munich

Coach of the Year

Rank	Player	National team	Ref.
1st	Shui Qingxia	China	[11]
	Tomomi Miyamoto	Japan
	Kim Eun-jung	South Korea

Youth Player of the Year

Rank	Player	National team	Club	Ref.
1st	Maika Hamano	Japan	INAC Kobe Chelsea	[12]
	Mary Fowler	Australia	Manchester City
	Huo Yuexin	China	Jiangsu Youth

Referees

AFC Referees Special Award

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

Other awards

AFC Member Association of the Year (Platinum)

Rank	National association	Ref.
1st	Uzbekistan	[13]
	Iran
	Japan

AFC Member Association of the Year (Diamond)

Rank	National association	Ref.
1st	Lebanon	[13]
	Kyrgyzstan
	Vietnam

AFC Member Association of the Year (Gold)

Rank	National association	Ref.
1st	Hong Kong	[13]
	Kuwait
	Nepal

AFC Member Association of the Year (Ruby)

Rank	National association	Ref.
1st	Guam	[13]

AFC Regional Association of the Year

Rank	National association	Ref.
1st	CAFA	[13]
	ASEAN
	SAFF

AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football (Gold)

Rank	National association	Ref.
1st	Australia	[14]
	China
	Japan

AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football (Silver)

Rank	National association	Ref.
1st	Guam	[14]
	Philippines
	Thailand

AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football (Bronze)

Rank	National association	Ref.
1st	India	[14]
	Brunei
	Iran
	Syria

AFC Diamond of Asia

Winner	Ref.
Saoud Al-Mohannadi †	[15]

References

1. "AFC Annual Awards, Doha 2022: All you need to know". 30 October 2023.
2. "AFC Annual Awards Doha 2022 to honour Asia's best". The AFC.com. 17 October 2023.
3. "AFC Annual Awards cancelled". InsideTheGames. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
4. "AFC Annual Awards:2022 nominees revealed". The AFC. 13 October 2023.
5. "AFC Player of the year 2022:Salem Al-Dawsari". the-AFC.com. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
6. "AFC Asian international player of the year 2022: Kim Min-jae". the-AFC.com. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
7. "AFC men's coach of the year 2022: Hajime Moriyasu". the-AFC.com. 31 October 2023.
8. "AFC futsal player of the year 2022:Moslem Oladghobad". the-AFC.com. 31 October 2023.
9. "AFC youth player of the year -men-2022:Kuryu Matsuki". the-AFC.com. 31 October 2023.
10. "AFC women's player of the year 2022: Sam Kerr". the AFC.com. 31 October 2023.
11. "AFC women's coach of the year 2022: Shui Qingxia". the AFC.com. 31 October 2023.
12. "AFC youth player of the year -women- 2022:Maika Hamano". AFC.com. 31 October 2023.
13. "MAs and RAs recognised for unwavering commitment at AFC annual awards". The AFC. 31 October 2023.
14. "Grassroots achievements of MAs lauded at AFC annual awards". AFC.com. 31 October 2023.
15. "AFC Diamond of Asia awarded to late Saoud Al-Mohannadi of Qatar". AFC.com. 31 October 2023.

External links

• Official page