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Hidetoshi Nakata won the AFC Player of the Year award in 1997 and 1998. Server Djeparov won the AFC Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2011. Akram Afif won the AFC Player of the Year award in 2019 and 2023. The AFC Player of the Year is an annual prize presented by Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is awarded to the Asian player who has ...
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia. [a] The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC that managed women's association football in Asia.
The FIFA Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, led by Argentina as of December 2024. [1] The men's teams of the member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
The Best Footballer in Asia 2022, recognizing the best male footballer in Asia in 2022, was the 10th edition of the Best Footballer in Asia. Son Heung-min claimed the award on 6 February 2023. It was his sixth Best Footballer in Asia title in a row, and eighth title overall. The event was judged by a panel of sixty sports journalists.
Indonesia was the first Asian team to participate in the FIFA World Cup when the team qualified for the 1938 tournament after its opponent, Japan, withdrew from the qualification heats. The 6–0 loss to eventual finalists Hungary in the first round of the tournament in Reims, France, remains the nation's only appearance in the World Cup. The ...
Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002. ... AFF Men's National Football Team Ranking By FIFA Update: 19 December 2024. Next update: 3 ...
The trophy of the Best Footballer in Asia is awarded to the player with the highest total of points. Since 2017, the first-choice player in each vote will be awarded 6 points while the other 4 choices will still be awarded 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point respectively according to their ranking in each vote. [4]
India is the first Asian team reached on top 4 in a FIFA organized major tournament when they reach Semi finals of Olympics football in 1956. India also once qualified for FIFA World Cup in 1950. India used to rank 173rd in the FIFA rankings in 2015, its lowest rank ever but currently India stands at 104th. [18]