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{{short description|Award ceremony presented for achievement in football in 2022}}
{{Infobox award
| name          = 2022 AFC Annual Awards
| image         =
| alt           =
| caption       =
| date          = 31 October 2023<ref name=Host/>
| location      = [[Doha]], [[Qatar]]
| presenter     = [[Asian Football Confederation]]
| host          = [[John Dykes]]<br>[[Seema Jaswal]]
| website       = {{URL|https://www.the-afc.com}}
| award1_type      = AFC Player of the Year
| award1_winner    = '''Men's:'''<br>{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Salem Al-Dawsari]] <br>'''Women's:'''<br> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Kerr]]
| award2_type      = AFC Coach of the Year
| award2_winner    = '''Men's:'''<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hajime Moriyasu]] <br>'''Women's:'''<br>{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shui Qingxia]]
| award3_type      = AFC Youth Player of the Year
| award3_winner    = '''Men's:'''<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kuryu Matsuki]] <br>'''Women's:'''<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Maika Hamano]]
| award4_type      = AFC International Player of the Year
| award4_winner    = {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Min-jae (footballer)| Kim Min-jae]]
| award5_type      = AFC Futsal Player of the Year
| award5_winner    = {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Moslem Oladghobad]]
| previous      = [[2019 AFC Annual Awards|2019]]
| main          = [[AFC Annual Awards]]
| next          = [[2023 AFC Annual Awards|2023]]
}}
The '''2022 AFC Annual Awards''' was the 27th edition of the [[AFC Annual Awards]]; an awards ceremony for [[association football|football]] players, coaches, members and other practitioners of the year in [[Football in Asia|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/afc_annual_awards/news/afc_annual_awards_doha_2022_to_honour_asias_best.html|title=AFC Annual Awards Doha 2022 to honour Asia's best|work=[[Asian Football Confederation|The AFC.com]]|date=17 October 2023}}</ref><ref name=Host>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/afc_annual_awards/news/afc_annual_awards_doha_2022_all_you_need_to_know.html|title=AFC Annual Awards, Doha 2022: All you need to know|date=30 October 2023}}</ref>

The awards were held for the first time since 2019 as the ceremonies were cancelled chiefly due to the [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1110420/afc-annual-awards-cancelled-covid-19|title=AFC Annual Awards cancelled|work=InsideTheGames|date=19 July 2021|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref>

==Winners==
The nominees were announced on 13 October 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/afc_annual_awards/news/afc_annual_awards_doha_2022_nominees_revealed.html|title=AFC Annual Awards:2022 nominees revealed|work=The AFC|date=13 October 2023}}</ref>

===Men===
====Player of the Year====
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Player
!National team
!Club
!Ref.
|- bgcolor="#FFF68F"
| '''1st''' || '''[[Salem Al-Dawsari]]''' || '''{{fb|Saudi Arabia}}''' || {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} '''[[Al Hilal SC|Al Hilal]]''' || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/afc_annual_awards/news/afc_player_of_the_year_2022_salem_al_dawsari.html|title=AFC Player of the year 2022:Salem Al-Dawsari|work=the-AFC.com|date=31 October 2023|accessdate=1 November 2023}} </ref>
|-
|  || [[Almoez Ali]] || {{fb|Qatar}} || {{flagicon|QAT}} [[Al-Duhail SC|Al-Duhail]] ||
|-
|  || [[Mathew Leckie]] || {{fb|Australia}} || {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Melbourne City FC]] ||
|}

====Asian International Player of the Year====
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Player
!National team
!Club
!Ref.
|- bgcolor="#FFF68F"
| '''1st''' || '''[[Kim Min-jae (footballer)|Kim Min-jae]]''' || '''{{fb|South Korea}}''' || {{flagicon|TUR}} '''[[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football)|Fenerbahçe]]'''<br>{{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]]''' || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/afc_annual_awards/news/afc_asian_international_player_of_the_year_2022_kim_min-jae.html|title=AFC Asian international player of the year 2022: Kim Min-jae|work=the-AFC.com|date=31 October 2023|accessdate=1 November 2023}}</ref>
|-
|  || [[Mehdi Taremi]] || {{fb|Iran}} || {{flagicon|POR}} [[F.C. Porto|Porto]] ||
|-
|  || [[Kaoru Mitoma]] || {{fb|Japan}} || {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Royale Union Saint-Gilloise|Union Saint-Gilloise]]<br>{{flagicon|England}} [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] ||
|}

====Coach of the Year ====
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Player
!National team
!Ref.
|- bgcolor="#FFF68F"
| '''1st''' || '''[[Hajime Moriyasu]]''' || '''{{fb|Japan}}''' || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/afc_annual_awards/news/afc_mens_coach_of_the_year_2022_hajime_moriyasu.html|title=AFC men's coach of the year 2022: Hajime Moriyasu|work=the-AFC.com|date=31 October 2023}}</ref>
|-
|  || [[Graham Arnold]] || {{fb|Australia}} ||
|-
|  || [[Saad Al-Shehri]] || {{fbu|23|Saudi Arabia|name=Saudi Arabia U23}} ||
|}

====Futsal Player of the Year====
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Player
!National team
!Ref.
|- bgcolor="#FFF68F"
| '''1st''' || '''[[Moslem Oladghobad]]''' || '''{{futsal|IRN}}''' || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/afc_annual_awards/news/afc_futsal_player_of_the_year_2022_moslem_oladghobad_1.html|title=AFC futsal player of the year 2022:Moslem Oladghobad|work=the-AFC.com|date=31 October 2023}}</ref>
|-
|  || [[Saeid Ahmadabbasi]] || {{futsal|IRN}} ||
|-
|  || [[Guilherme Kuromoto]] || {{futsal|JPN}} ||
|}

====Youth Player of the Year====
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Player
!National team
!Club
!Ref.
|- bgcolor="#FFF68F"
|| '''1st''' || '''[[Kuryu Matsuki]]''' || '''{{fb|JPN}}''' ||{{flagicon|JPN}} [[FC Tokyo]]
|| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/afc_annual_awards/news/afc_youth_player_of_the_year_men_2022_kuryu_matsuki.html|title=AFC youth player of the year -men-2022:Kuryu Matsuki|work=the-AFC.com|date=31 October 2023}}</ref>
|-
|  || [[Amin Hazbavi]] || {{fb|IRN}} || {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]] ||
|-
| || [[Lee Seung-won (footballer)|Lee Seung-won]] || {{fb|KOR}} || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Dankook University]] ||
|}

===Women===
====Player of the Year====
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
! Player
!National team
!Club
!Ref.
|- bgcolor="#FFF68F"
|| '''1st''' || '''[[Samantha Kerr]]''' || '''{{fbw|AUS}}''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chelsea W.F.C.|Chelsea]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/afc_annual_awards/news/afc_womens_player_of_the_year_2022_sam_kerr.html|title=AFC women's player of the year 2022: Sam Kerr|work=the AFC.com|date=31 October 2023}}</ref>
|-
|  || [[Zhang Linyan]] || {{fbw|CHN}} || {{ubl|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wuhan Jianghan University F.C.|Wuhan Jianghan University]]|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tottenham Hotspur W.F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]}} ||
|-
| || [[Saki Kumagai]] || {{fbw|JPN}} || {{flagicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich (women)|Bayern Munich]] ||
|}

====Coach of the Year====
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Player
!National team
!Ref.
|- bgcolor="#FFF68F"
|| '''1st''' || '''[[Shui Qingxia]]''' || '''{{fbw|CHN}}''' || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/afc_annual_awards/news/afc_womens_coach_of_the_year_2022_shui_qingxia.html|title=AFC women's coach of the year 2022: Shui Qingxia|work=the AFC.com|date=31 October 2023}}</ref>
|-
|  || [[Tomomi Miyamoto]] || {{fbw|JPN}} ||
|-
| || [[Kim Eun-jung (footballer)|Kim Eun-jung]] || {{fbw|KOR}} ||
|}

====Youth Player of the Year====
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Player
!National team
!Club
!Ref.
|- bgcolor="#FFF68F"
|| '''1st''' || '''[[Maika Hamano]]''' || '''{{fbw|JPN}}''' || {{ubl|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[INAC Kobe Leonessa|INAC Kobe]]|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chelsea W.F.C.|Chelsea]]}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/afc_annual_awards/news/afc_youth_player_of_the_year_women_2022_maika_hamano.html|title=AFC youth player of the year -women- 2022:Maika Hamano|work=AFC.com|date=31 October 2023}}</ref>
|-
|  || [[Mary Fowler (soccer)|Mary Fowler]] || {{fbw|AUS}} || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester City W.F.C.|Manchester City]] ||
|-
| || [[Huo Yuexin]] || {{fbw|CHN}} || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Jiangsu L.F.C.|Jiangsu Youth]] ||
|}

===Referees===
====AFC Referees Special Award====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Name
!Association
!Ref.
|-
!Referee 
|[[Chris Beath]] || rowspan=3|{{center|{{fba|AUS}}}} || rowspan=4|
|-
!rowspan=2|Assistant Referee
|Ashley Beecham
|-
|Anton Schetinin
|-
!Support [[video assistant referee|video assistant]] Referee
|Ammar Al-Jneibi || {{fba|UAE}}
|}

===Other awards===
====AFC Member Association of the Year (Platinum)====
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!National association
!Ref.
|- bgcolor="#FFF68F"
|| '''1st''' || '''{{fba|UZB}}''' || rowspan=3|<ref name="Member"/>
|-
|  || {{fba|IRN}} 
|-
| || {{fba|JPN}} 
|}

====AFC Member Association of the Year (Diamond)====
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!National association
!Ref.
|- bgcolor="#FFF68F"
|| '''1st''' || '''{{fba|LIB}}''' || rowspan=3|<ref name="Member">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/afc_annual_awards/news/mas_and_ras_recognised_for_unwavering_commitment_at_afc_annual_awards.html|title=MAs and RAs recognised for unwavering commitment at AFC annual awards|work=The AFC|date=31 October 2023}}</ref>
|-
|  || {{fba|KGZ}} 
|-
| || {{fba|VIE}} 
|}

====AFC Member Association of the Year (Gold)====
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!National association
!Ref.
|- bgcolor="#FFF68F"
|| '''1st''' || '''{{fba|HKG}}''' || rowspan=3|<ref name="Member"/>
|-
|  || {{fba|KUW}}
|-
| || {{fba|NEP}}
|}

====AFC Member Association of the Year (Ruby)====
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!National association
!Ref.
|- bgcolor="#FFF68F"
|| '''1st''' || '''{{fba|GUM}}''' || <ref name="Member"/>
|}

====AFC Regional Association of the Year====
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!National association
!Ref.
|- bgcolor="#FFF68F"
|| '''1st''' || {{small|}} '''[[Central Asian Football Association|CAFA]]''' || rowspan=3|<ref name="Member"/>
|-
| || {{small|}} [[ASEAN Football Federation|ASEAN]] 
|-
| || {{small|}} [[South Asian Football Federation|SAFF]] 
|}

====AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football (Gold)====
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!National association
!Ref.
|- bgcolor="#FFF68F"
|| '''1st''' || '''{{fba|AUS}}''' || rowspan=3|<ref name="Grassroots">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/afc_annual_awards/news/grassroots_achievements_of_mas_lauded_at_afc_annual_awards.html|title=Grassroots achievements of MAs lauded at AFC annual awards|work=AFC.com|date=31 October 2023}}</ref>
|-
| || {{fba|CHN}} 
|-
| || {{fba|JPN}} 
|}

====AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football (Silver)====
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!National association
!Ref.
|- bgcolor="#FFF68F"
|| '''1st''' || '''{{fba|GUM}}''' || rowspan=3|<ref name="Grassroots"/>
|-
| || {{fba|PHI}} 
|-
| || {{fba|THA}} 
|}

====AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football (Bronze)====
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!National association
!Ref.
|- bgcolor="#FFF68F"
|| '''1st''' || '''{{fba|IND}}''' || rowspan=4|{{center|<ref name="Grassroots"/>}}
|-
| || {{fba|BRU}} 
|-
| || {{fba|IRN}} 
|-
| || {{fba|SYR}} 
|}

====AFC Diamond of Asia====
{| class="wikitable"
!Winner
!Ref.
|- bgcolor="#FFF68F"
| {{flagicon|QAT}} '''[[Saoud Al-Mohannadi]]''' {{dagger}} ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/afc_annual_awards/news/afc_diamond_of_asia_awarded_to_late_saoud_al_mohannadi_of_qatar.html|title=AFC Diamond of Asia awarded to late Saoud Al-Mohannadi of Qatar|work=AFC.com|date=31 October 2023}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.the-afc.com/en/events/afc-annual-awards Official page]

{{Asian Footballer of the Year}}
{{Asian Women's Footballer of the Year}}
{{Asian Young Footballer of the Year}}
{{Asian Futsaler of the Year}}
{{AFC Coach of the Year}}
{{AFC Club of the Year}}

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