{"id":16440,"date":"2013-11-21T02:53:01","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T10:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=16440"},"modified":"2013-11-21T13:16:30","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T21:16:30","slug":"iran-nominated-as-afc-national-team-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2013\/11\/21\/iran-nominated-as-afc-national-team-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran nominated as AFC National Team of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Persianfootball.com – KUALA LUMPUR, After Iran and Esteghlal skipper Javad Nekounam’s nomination for the AFC Asian Player of the Year trophy, also Iran’s national team made it among the final three candidates for the national team of the year category.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beside Team Melli also Japan’s national team and Iraq’s u-20 national team are among the nominees.<\/p>\n

Iran won seven out of eight competitive matches this year while drawing one with an 18-2 goal difference, qualifying for both the 2014 FIFA World Cup as well as the 2015 Asian Cup as top team of the group.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, three Iranian teams or individuals were nominated as well. Sanaye Giti Pasand as Futsal Team of the Year, their key player Hossein Tayebibidgoli as Futsal Player of the Year and Hassan Kamranifar as Assistant Referee of the Year.<\/p>\n

The winners will be honoured at the 2013 AFC Annual Awards ceremony, which will take place at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on November 26.<\/p>\n

Below come all nominees.<\/p>\n

AFC ANNUAL AWARDS 2013 NOMINEES<\/strong><\/p>\n

(in alphabetical order) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

AFC DIAMOND OF ASIA <\/strong>
\nDr. Chung Mong-Joon<\/p>\n

AFC DREAM ASIA AWARD <\/strong><\/p>\n

AFC FAIR PLAY ASSOCIATION OF THE YEAR <\/strong><\/p>\n

China Football Association
\nJapan Football Association
\nKorea Football Association<\/p>\n

AFC FUTSAL TEAM OF THE YEAR <\/strong><\/p>\n

Chonburi Bluewave (Thailand)
\nSanaye Giti Pasand (Iran)<\/strong>
\nNagoya Oceans (Japan)<\/p>\n

AFC FUTSAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR <\/strong><\/p>\n

Hossein Tayebibidgoli (Sanaye Giti Pasand: Iran)<\/strong>
\nKaoru Morioka (Nagoya Oceans: Japan)
\nSuphawut Thueanklang (Chonburi Bluewave: Thailand)<\/p>\n

AFC FOREIGN PLAYER OF THE YEAR\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dario Leonardo Conca (Guangzhou Evergrande; Argentina)
\nDejan Damjanovic (FC Seoul; Montenegro)
\nLuiz Guilherme Da Conceicao Silva (Guangzhou Evergrande; Brazil)<\/p>\n

AFC ASIAN INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Keisuke Honda (Japan; CSKA Moscow)
\nSon Heung-Min (Korea Republic; Bayer Leverkusen)
\nYuto Nagatomo (Japan; Inter Milan)<\/p>\n

AFC ASSISTANT REFEREE OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

WOMEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Flynn Allyson Clare (Australia)
\nSarah Ho (Australia)
\nTeshirogi Naomi (Japan)<\/p>\n

MEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kamranifar Hassan\u00a0 (Iran)<\/strong>
\nNagi Toshiyuki (Japan)
\nSagara Toru (Japan)<\/p>\n

AFC REFEREE OF THE YEAR <\/strong>
\nWOMEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kamnueng Pannipar (Thailand)
\nRita binti Ghani (Malaysia)
\nYamagishi Sachiko (Japan)<\/p>\n

MEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Benjamin Williams (Australia)
\nNawaf Abdulla\u00a0 (Bahrain)
\nYuichi Nishimura (Japan)<\/p>\n

AFC CLUB OF THE YEAR <\/strong><\/p>\n

FC Seoul (Korea Republic)
\nGuangzhou Evergrande (China)
\nKuwait SC (Kuwait)<\/p>\n

AFC MEMBER ASSOCIATION OF THE YEAR <\/strong><\/p>\n

AFC MA OF THE YEAR FOR GRASSROOTS FOOTBALL<\/strong><\/p>\n

All India Football Federation
\nJapan Football Association
\nVietnam Football Federation<\/p>\n

AFC NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

WOMEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

DPR Korea U-19 National Team
\nJapan U-16 National Team
\nKorea Republic U-19 National Team<\/p>\n

\u00a0MEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iraq U-20 National Team
\nIR Iran National Team<\/strong>
\nJapan National Team<\/p>\n

AFC COACH OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

WOMEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Asako Takemoto (Japan)
\nNuengrutai Srathongvian (Thailand)
\nHwang In-Sun (Korea Republic)<\/p>\n

MEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Choi Yong-Soo (Korea Republic)
\nHakeem Shakir (Iraq)
\nJong Song-Chon (Korea Republic)<\/p>\n

AFC YOUTH PLAYER OF THE YEAR <\/strong><\/p>\n

WOMEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jang Sel-Gi (Korea Republic)
\nWang Shuang (China)
\nHina Sugita (Japan)<\/p>\n

MEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abbosbek Makhstaliev (Uzbekistan)
\nAli Adnan Kadhim (Iraq)
\nKwon Chang-Hoon (Korea Republic)<\/p>\n

AFC PLAYER OF THE YEAR <\/strong><\/p>\n

Ha Dae-Sung (FC Seoul: Korea Republic)
\nJavad Nekonam (Esteghlal: Iran)<\/strong>
\nZheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande: China)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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