AFC Annual Awards, five nominations for Iran

Tehran Times – KUALA LUMPUR, Iran has been recognized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) with nominations in four categories of the AFC Annual Awards 2015.

Iran features in the shortlist for four awards – AFC Member Association of the Year, AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football, AFC Futsal Team of the Year (Tasisat Daryaei) and AFC Futsal Player of the Year (Ali Asghar Hasanzadeh and Vahid Shamsaee).

The AFC Annual Awards will be held in New Delhi this Sunday, with a total of 21 awards set to be given out on the day.

The full list is as follows:

AFC Member Association of the Year

Inspiring

Football Federation Australia
IR Iran Football Federation
Japan Football Association

Developing

Hong Kong Football Association
Tajikistan Football Federation
Vietnam Football Federation

Aspiring

Bangladesh Football Federation
Bhutan Football Federation
National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam

AFC Dream Asia Award

Chinese Football Association
Japan Football Association
Vietnam Football Federation

AFC National Team of the Year

Men

Australia National Team
Korea Republic National Team
Uzbekistan U-20 National Team

Women

Japan Women’s National Team
Japan U-19 Women’s National Team
DPR Korea U-16 Women’s National Team

AFC Coach of the Year

Men

Ange Postecoglou (AUS)
Norio Sasaki (JPN)
Mahdi Ali Hassan (UAE)

Women

Gao Hong (CHN)
Asako Takakura (JPN)
Nuengrutai Srathongvian (THA)

AFC Player of the Year

Men

Zheng Zhi (CHN)
Ahmed Khalil (UAE)
Omar Abdulrahman (UAE)

Women

Elise Kellond-Knight (AUS)
Aya Miyama (JPN)
Rumi Utsugi (JPN)

AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football

Inspiring

IR Iran
Japan
Uzbekistan

Developing

Jordan
Palestine
Vietnam

Aspiring

Brunei Darussalam
Kyrgyz Republic
Sri Lanka

AFC Fair Play Association of the Year

Chinese Football Association
Japan Football Association
Korea Football Association

AFC Club of the Year

Guangzhou Evergrande (CHN)
Johor Darul Ta’zim (MAS)
Al Ahli (UAE)

AFC Futsal Player of the Year

Hasan Zadeh Navlighe Ali Asghar (IRN)
Vahid Shamsaee (IRN)
Mohammad Naser Safari (IRQ)

AFC Futsal Team of the Year

Tasisat Daryaei (IRN)
Qadsia (KUW)
Thai Son Nam FC (VIE)

AFC Youth Player of the Year

Men

Dostonbek Khamdamov (UZB)
Eldor Shomurodov (UZB)
Zabikhillo Urinboev (UZB)

Women

Rikako Kobayashi (JPN)
Ri Hae Yon (PRK)
Ri Hyang Sim (PRK)

AFC Foreign Player of the Year

Everton Augusto De Barros Ribeiro (BRA)
Ricardo Goulart Pereira (BRA)
Juan Carlos Rodrigues Belencoso (SPA)

AFC Asian International Player of the Year

Massimo Luongo (AUS)
Ki Sung Yueng (KOR)
Son Heung Min (KOR