Johor DT have been nominated for the AFC Club of the Year award, following their unprecedented AFC Cup final triumph of FC Istiklol last month.
The Southern Tigers became the first Southeast Asian side to win the prestigious regional competition, which is their third trophy of the year – having won the Charity Shield as well as the Malaysian Super League title, earlier in the year.
The two other teams who will be competing with JDT for the award are China’s Guangzhou Evergrande as well as UAE’s Al Ahli. Both teams made it to the Asian Champions League final, though Guangzhou eventually triumphed 1-0 after two-legs of a closely fought battle.
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)
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