2019 AFC Annual Awards

The 2019 AFC Annual Awards were the awards for football players and coaches of the year in Asia. The award ceremony was held in Hong Kong on 2 December 2019.^[1][2]

2019 AFC Annual Awards

Tournament details
Host country	Hong Kong
City	Hong Kong
Dates	2 December 2019
← 2018 2020 →

Winners

The nominees were announced on 15 November 2019.^[3]

Men

Asian Footballer of the Year

Rank	Player	National team	Club	Ref.
1st	Akram Afif	Qatar	Al Sadd	^[4]
	Alireza Beiranvand	Iran	Persepolis
	Tomoaki Makino	Japan	Urawa Red Diamonds

International players

Rank	Player	National team	Club	Ref.
1st	Son Heung-min	South Korea	Tottenham Hotspur	^[5]
	Sardar Azmoun	Iran	Zenit Saint Petersburg
	Makoto Hasebe	Japan	Eintracht Frankfurt

Coach of the Year

Rank	Coach	Team	Ref.
1st	Chung Jung-yong	South Korea U20	^[6]
	Tsuyoshi Otsuki	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Go Oiwa	Kashima Antlers

Futsal Player

Rank	Player	National team	Club	Ref.
1st	Tomoki Yoshikawa	Japan	Nagoya Oceans	^[7]
	Mahdi Javid	Iran	Mes Sungun
	Yushi Sekiguchi	Japan	Nagoya Oceans

Young Player

Rank	Player	National team	Club	Ref.
1st	Lee Kang-in	South Korea	Valencia	^[8]
	Hiroki Abe	Japan	Barcelona B
	Ghassan Al-Habahbeh	Jordan	Al-Ahli SC (Amman)

Women

Asian Footballer of the Year

Rank	Player	National team	Club	Ref.
1st	Saki Kumagai	Japan	Lyon	^[9]
	Loitongbam Ashalata Devi	India	Sethu FC
	Li Ying	China	Guangdong Huijun

Coach of the Year

Rank	Coach	Team	Ref.
1st	Asako Takakura	Japan	^[10]
	Katayoun Khosrowyar	Iran U20
	Nuengrutai Srathongvian	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol

Young Player

Rank	Player	National team	Club	Ref.
1st	Jun Endo	Japan	Nippon TV Beleza	^[11]
	Karly Roestbakken	Australia	Canberra United
	Wang Linlin	China	N/A

Other Awards

AFC Member Association of the Year (Inspiring)

Rank	Nationality	Ref.
1st	Japan	^[12]
	Iran
	South Korea

AFC Member Association of the Year (Developing)

Rank	Nationality	Ref.
1st	Hong Kong	^[12]
	North Korea
	Singapore

AFC Member Association of the Year (Aspiring)

Rank	Nationality	Ref.
1st	Guam	^[12]
	Mongolia
	Yemen

AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football (Inspiring)

Rank	Nationality	Ref.
1st	China	^[12]
	Japan
	Malaysia

AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football (Developing)

Rank	Nationality	Ref.
1st	Singapore	^[12]
	Hong Kong
	India

AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football (Aspiring)

Rank	Nationality	Ref.
1st	Brunei	^[12]
	Guam
	Palestine

See also

• Asian Footballer of the Year
• Asian Young Footballer of the Year

References

1. "AFC celebrates Asia's top performers". 2019-12-01. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
2. "AFC Annual Awards Hong Kong 2019: All You Need to Know". 2019-11-30. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
3. "AFC Annual Awards Hong Kong 2019 nominees revealed". the-AFC.com. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
4. "AFC Player of the Year 2019: Akram Afif". the-AFC.com. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
5. "AFC Asian International Player of the Year 2019: Son Heung-min". the-AFC.com. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
6. "AFC Men's Coach of the Year: Chung Jung-yong". the-AFC.com. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
7. "AFC Futsal Player of the Year 2019: Tomoki Yoshikawa". the-AFC.com. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
8. "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Men) 2019: Lee Kang-in". the-AFC.com. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
9. "AFC Women's Player of the Year 2019: Saki Kumagai". the-AFC.com. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
10. "AFC Women's Coach of the Year 2019: Asako Takakura". the-AFC.com. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
11. "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Women) 2019: Jun Endo". the-AFC.com. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
12. "Member Associations recognised for commitment to game". the-AFC.com. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.

External links

• Official page