2012 AFC Annual Awards

{{Infobox award

| name = 2012 AFC Annual Awards

| image = 2012 AFC Annual Awards.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| date = 29 November 2012

| location = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

| presenter = Asian Football Confederation

| host =

| website = {{URL|https://www.the-afc.com}}

| award1_type = AFC Player of the Year

| award1_winner = Men's:
{{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Keun-ho
Women's:
{{flagicon|JPN}} Aya Miyama

| award2_type = AFC Coach of the Year

| award2_winner = Men's:
{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Ho-kon
Women's:
{{flagicon|JPN}} Asako Takakura

| award3_type = AFC Youth Player of the Year

| award3_winner = Men's:
{{flagicon|IRQ}} Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
Women's:
{{flagicon|JPN}} Hanae Shibata

| award4_type = AFC International Player of the Year

| award4_winner = {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinji Kagawa

| award5_type = AFC Futsal Player of the Year

| award5_winner = {{flagicon|JPN}} Rafael Henmi

| previous = 2011

| main = AFC Annual Awards

| next = 2013

}}

The 2012 AFC Annual Awards was the top football players and coaches of the year in Asia.

Among five candidates, Lee Keun-Ho win the Asian Footballer of the Year award for his role in winning AFC Champions League for his club team.[http://www.the-afc.com/en/events/afc-annual-awards/40658-afc-player-of-the-year-lee-keun-ho Korean Lee Keun-Ho wins 2012 AFC Player of the Year award]

Aya Miyama, Japan women's football team player which won 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup was awarded Asian Women Footballer of the Year for the second time in a row.

Hanae Shibata and Mohannad Abdul-Raheem becomes the Youth Player of the Year. Ulsan Hyundai which won 2012 AFC Champions League was named as the Club of the Year. Both Japan and South Korea's Olympic teams was named as women's and men's team was named as National Team of the Year.

Yuichi Nishimura and Sachiko Yamagishi were named as men's referee of the year. Kim Ho-Kon was awarded as the Coach of the Year. Rafael Henmi was awarded as Futsal Player of the Year. Giti Pasand, winner of the 2012 AFC Futsal Club Championship was named as Futsal Club of the Year. Fair Play Award was given to the Uzbekistan national football team. Football Federation of Iran was awarded as the Best Football Federation in Asia.

Winners

= Men =

== Asian Footballer of the Year ==

File:Lee Keun-Ho - 1.jpg]]

class="wikitable" !Rank !Player !Nationality !Club !Notes
bgcolor="#FFF68F" \| 1st	Lee Keun-Ho	{{fb\|South Korea}}	{{flagicon\|South Korea}} Ulsan Hyundai
—	Ali Karimi	{{fb\|IRN}}	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Persepolis
—	Zheng Zhi	{{fb\|China}}	{{flagicon\|China}} Guangzhou Evergrande

== International players ==

File:Kagawa 25 Man Utd Training.jpg]]

class="wikitable" !Rank !Player !Nationality !Club !Notes
bgcolor="#FFF68F" \| 1st	Shinji Kagawa	{{fb\|JPN}}	{{flagicon\|Germany}} Borussia Dortmund/ {{flagicon\|ENG}} Manchester United
—	Mark Schwarzer	{{fb\|AUS}}	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Fulham
—	Yuto Nagatomo	{{fb\|JPN}}	{{flagicon\|Italy}} Inter Milan

== Foreign players ==

File:Ricardo Oliveira.jpg]]

class="wikitable" !Rank !Player !Nationality !Club !Notes
bgcolor="#FFF68F" \| 1st	Rogerinho	{{fb\|BRA}}	{{flagicon\|KUW}} Kuwait SC	[http://www.the-afc.com/en/relive-2012-awards/24877-afc-foreign-player-of-the-year-rogerinho.html]
—	Ricardo Oliveira	{{fb\|BRA}}	{{flagicon\|UAE}} Al Jazira
—	Bruno Correa	{{fb\|BRA}}	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Sepahan/ {{flagicon\|UAE}} Al Nasr

= Coach of the year =

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Coach

!Nationality

!Club

!Notes

bgcolor="#FFF68F"

| 1st

Kim Ho-Kon

{{fb|KOR}}

{{flagicon|KOR}} Ulsan Hyundai

= National team of the year =

class="wikitable"

!Gender

!Team

!Nationality

!Notes

Men

South Korea national under-23 football team

Women

Japan women's national football team

= Club of the year =

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Club

!Nationality

!Notea

bgcolor="#FFF68F"

|1st

{{flagicon|KOR}} Ulsan Hyundai

{{fb|KOR}}

= Women =

File:Aya Miyama in 2011.jpg]]

class="wikitable" !Rank !Player !Nationality !Club !Notes
bgcolor="#FFF68F" \| 1st	Aya Miyama	{{fb\|JPN}}	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Okayama Yunogo Belle
—	Yuki Ogimi	{{fb\|JPN}}	{{flagicon\|GER}} 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
—	Homare Sawa	{{fb\|JPN}}	{{flagicon\|JPN}} INAC Leonessa