2023 AFC Annual Awards

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]

2023 AFC Annual Awards
Date	29 October 2024[1]
Location	Seoul, South Korea
Presented by	Asian Football Confederation
Hosted by	Michelle Lee Jae-Min Park
Highlights
AFC Player of the Year	Men's: Akram Afif Women's: Seike Kiko
AFC Coach of the Year	Men's: Gō Ōiwa Women's: Park Youn-jeong
AFC Youth Player of the Year	Men's: Abbosbek Fayzullaev Women's: Chae Un-Yong
AFC International Player of the Year	Men's: Son Heung-min Women's: Ellie Carpenter
AFC Futsal Player of the Year	Saeid Ahmad Abbasi
Website	www.the-afc.com
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Winners

Men

Player of the Year

Rank	Player	National team	Club	Ref.
1st	Akram Afif	Qatar	Al Sadd	[3]
	Seol Young-woo	South Korea	Ulsan HD Crvena Zvezda
	Yazan Al Naimat	Jordan	Al Ahli Al-Arabi

Asian International Player of the Year

Rank	Player	National team	Club	Ref.
1st	Son Heung-min	South Korea	Tottenham	[4]
	Mehdi Taremi	Iran	Porto Inter Milan
	Mousa Al Tamari	Jordan	Montpellier

Coach of the Year

Rank	Player	National team	Ref.
1st	Gō Ōiwa	Japan U23	[5]
	Graham Arnold	Australia
	Hwang Sun-hong	South Korea U23

Futsal Player of the Year

Rank	Player	National team	Ref.
1st	Saeid Ahmadabbasi	Iran	[6]
	Fayzali Sardorov	Tajikistan
	Dilshod Rakhmatov	Uzbekistan

Youth Player of the Year

Rank	Player	National team	Club	Ref.
1st	Abbosbek Fayzullaev	Uzbekistan	CSKA Moscow	[7]
	Bae Jun-ho	South Korea	Daejeon Hana Citizen Stoke City
	Gaku Nawata	Japan U17	Kamimura Gakuen High School

Women

Player of the Year

Rank	Player	National team	Club	Ref.
1st	Kiko Seike	Japan	Urawa Reds Brighton & Hove Albion	[8]
	Cortnee Vine	Australia	Sydney FC North Carolina Courage
	Kim Hye-ri	South Korea	Incheon HD

Asian International Player of the Year

Rank	Player	National team	Club	Ref.
1st	Ellie Carpenter	Australia	Lyon	[9]
	Yui Hasegawa	Japan	Manchester City

Coach of the Year

Rank	Player	National team	Ref.
1st	Park Youn-jeong	South Korea U20	[10]
	Tomomi Miyamoto	Japan
	Leah Blayney	Australia U20

Youth Player of the Year

Rank	Player	National team	Club	Ref.
1st	Chae Un-yong	North Korea U20	Wolmido SC	[11]
	Daniela Galic	Australia	Melbourne City Twente
	Casey Phair	South Korea	Angel City

Referees

AFC Referees Special Award

	Name	Association	Ref.
Referee	Yuichi Hatano	Japan
	Abdullah Al-Salehi	Oman
	Ibrahim Yousif Al Raeesi	United Arab Emirates

Other awards

AFC Member Association of the Year (Platinum)

National association	Ref.
Japan	[12]

AFC Member Association of the Year (Diamond)

National association	Ref.
Thailand	[12]

AFC Member Association of the Year (Gold)

National association	Ref.
Nepal	[12]

AFC Member Association of the Year (Ruby)

National association	Ref.
Laos	[12]

AFC Regional Association of the Year

National association	Ref.
CAFA	[12]

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

National association	Ref.
Australia	[13]

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

National association	Ref.
India	[13]

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

National association	Ref.
Vietnam	[13]

AFC President's Recognition Award for Outstanding Contribution

Winner	Ref.
Saudi Arabia	[14]

AFC Asian Cup Host Appreciation Award

Winner	Ref.
Qatar	[15]

AFC Diamond of Asia

Winner	Ref.
Gianni Infantino	[16]

References

1. "AFC Annual Awards Seoul 2023: All You Need to Know". The.afc.com. 28 October 2024.
2. "AFC Annual Awards 2023 - Akram Afif and Seike Kiko named Asian Players of the Year - full list". olympics.com. 29 October 2024.
3. "AFC Player of the Year 2023: Akram Afif". the-AFC.com. 29 October 2024.
4. "AFC Asian international player of the year 2023: Son Heung-min". the-AFC.com. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
5. "AFC Men's coach of the year 2023: Gō Ōiwa". the-AFC.com. 29 October 2024.
6. "AFC futsal player of the year 2023: Saeid Ahmadabbasi". the-AFC.com. 29 October 2024.
7. "AFC youth player of the year (Men) 2023: Abbosbek Fayzullaev". the-AFC.com. 29 October 2024.
8. "AFC women's player of the year 2023: Kiko Seike". the AFC.com. 29 October 2024.
9. "AFC International player of the year (Women) 2023: Ellie Carpenter". the AFC.com. 29 October 2024.
10. "AFC Women's coach of the year 2023: Park Youn-jeong". the AFC.com. 29 October 2024.
11. "AFC youth player of the year (Women) 2023: Chae Un-Yong". AFC.com. 29 October 2024.
12. "MAs' and RAs' exceptional efforts honoured at AFC Annual Awards". The AFC. 29 October 2024.
13. "MAs' Grassroots triumphs celebrated at AFC Annual Awards". AFC.com. 29 October 2024.
14. "Saudi Arabian Football Federation conferred AFC President's Recognition Award for Outstanding Contribution". AFC.com. 29 October 2024.
15. "Qatar Football Association bestowed with inaugural AFC Asian Cup Host Appreciation Award". AFC.com. 29 October 2024.
16. "FIFA President Gianni Infantino awarded prestigious AFC Diamond of Asia". AFC.com. 29 October 2024.

External links

• Official page