New Delhi: Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation’s Annual Awards extravaganza was held to much acclaim in New Delhi, India on Sunday.
On a night when the AFC acknowledged the continent’s best players, officials and administrators, there can be little doubt that the high profile gathering in the Indian capital was nothing short of a resounding success.
From an impassioned speech about Asian football’s rise to power and bright future courtesy of AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, to stellar cultural performances and the crowning of the AFC Player of the Year, the evening provided something for everyone as glitz and glamour shared the stage with the continent’s finest.
Here’s a full list of the 2015 AFC Annual Awards winners:
AFC Member Association of the Year
Inspiring
Japan Football Association
Developing
Hong Kong Football Association
Aspiring
Bangladesh Football Federation
AFC Dream Asia Award
Chinese Football Association
Japan Football Association
Vietnam Football Federation
AFC National Team of the Year
Men
Australia National Team
Women
Japan Women’s National Team
AFC Coach of the Year
Men
Ange Postecoglou (AUS)
Women
Asako Takakura (JPN)
AFC Player of the Year
Men
Ahmed Khalil (UAE)
Women
To be announced at a later date
AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football
Inspiring
Japan
Developing
Vietnam
Aspiring
Brunei Darussalam
AFC Fair Play Association of the Year
Japan Football Association
AFC Club of the Year
Guangzhou Evergrande (CHN)
AFC Futsal Player of the Year
Vahid Shamsaee (IRN)
AFC Futsal Team of the Year
Tasisat Daryaei (IRN)
AFC Youth Player of the Year
Men
Dostonbek Khamdamov (UZB)
Women
Rikako Kobayashi (JPN)
AFC Foreign Player of the Year
Ricardo Goulart Pereira (BRA)
AFC Asian International Player of the Year
Son Heung-min (KOR)
Individual Honors of Vahid Shamsaee
- Best player:
- AFC Futsal Player of the Year: 2000- 2003- 2007 – 2008 – 2015
- MVP AFC Futsal Championship:1999-2000- 2005 – 2007 – 2008
- MVP AFC Futsal Club Championship: 2010- 2015
- MVP Futsal Confederations Cup : 2009
- International special award (2007–08) shared with Ali Daei (Iran Football Federation Award)
- Best futsal player of Iran (2007–08)
- Top Goalscorer
- World’s Top Futsal Goalscorer of All Time (with 390)
- AFC Futsal Championship: 2001 (31) – 2002 (26) – 2003 (24) – 2004 (32) – 2005 (23) – 2006 (16) – 2008 (13) – 2012 (7)
- Asian Indoor Games: 2005 (31)
- AFC Futsal Club Championship, 2010 (17) – 2015 (10)[5]
- WAFF Futsal Championship: 2012 (8 Goals)[7]
- Iranian Futsal Super League: 2000–01 (Peyman) (34 Goals) – 2004–05 (Eram Kish Qom) (38 Goals) – 2005–06 (Tam Iran Khodro) (55 Goals) – 2008–09 (Foolad Mahan) (32 Goals) – 2009–10 (Foolad Mahan) (34 Goals)
