AFC Member Association of the Year

Inspiring

Japan Football Association

Developing

Hong Kong Football Association

Aspiring

Bangladesh Football Federation

AFC Dream Asia Award

Chinese Football Association

Japan Football Association

Vietnam Football Federation

AFC National Team of the Year

Men

Australia National Team

Women

Japan Women’s National Team

AFC Coach of the Year

Men

Ange Postecoglou (AUS)

Women

Asako Takakura (JPN)

AFC Player of the Year

Men

Ahmed Khalil (UAE)

Women

To be announced at a later date

AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football

Inspiring

Japan

Developing

Vietnam

Aspiring

Brunei Darussalam

AFC Fair Play Association of the Year

Japan Football Association

AFC Club of the Year

Guangzhou Evergrande (CHN)

AFC Futsal Player of the Year

Vahid Shamsaee (IRN)

AFC Futsal Team of the Year

Tasisat Daryaei (IRN)

AFC Youth Player of the Year

Men

Dostonbek Khamdamov (UZB)

Women

Rikako Kobayashi (JPN)

AFC Foreign Player of the Year

Ricardo Goulart Pereira (BRA)

AFC Asian International Player of the Year

Son Heung-min (KOR)

New Delhi: The Asian Football Confederation has announced the full list of nominees for this year’s Annual Awards in New Delhi, India.
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 (IRN)

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 Rodriguez Belencoso (ESP)

AFC Asian International Player of the Year

Massimo Luongo (AUS)
Ki Sung Yueng (KOR)
Son Heung Min (KOR)

It is a little over two years since the Pyongyang International Football School opened in Korea. Here we can have a bright view of the future football players.

First instructors

Instructors in this school were once famous on international scenes. For example, O Kum Hui belonged to the team who won the 3rd U-20 Women’s World Cup held in Russia in 2006. She is a Labour Heroine and a People’s Athlete. She says, “We teach pupils not only basic theory on football combined with practice but also mathematics, physics, chemistry and other subjects. All the subjects are associated with football. I am proud of being one of the first instructors of the Pyongyang International Football School, and I’m going to devote myself to the work of training football stars known not only to our country but also to the world.”

First pupils

The school has primary classes, junior middle classes and senior middle classes. Pupils and students are selected from around the country and are provided good educational and living conditions.

Kim Jin Hyok in a junior middle class says, “The State found something about football in me and sent me to this wonderful school, the only school of this kind in our country. We know the intention of the Workers’ Party of Korea to make our country a sports power and a football nation. I will do my best to take the lead in study and training. Maybe, my friends have the same idea as me.”

First competition

The pupils participated in the 3rd International Codian Cup held in Haimen City, Jiangsu Province, China, in March 2014, a year after it opened. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, China, Thailand, Japan and south Korea participated and they played league matches. The victory and defeat were concluded by the total number of scores.

The DPRK team had no experience in international games, so those matches were really hard for them. Coaches Kang Myong Chol and Ri Yu Il firmly trusted players, and they mapped out an innovative tactical plan and applied it to the match. The players did their best with well-organized defence, attack and counter-attack. Finally they won first place by increasing the score through thrusts into the goal area by fast break, and man-to-man passing.

They won first place again in the 4th International Codian Cup held in April 2015. In the two contests they were given two best coach awards, two best player awards, two greatest scorer awards and a best goal keeper award. An Phyong Il received the greatest scorer award for his 20 goals, and was seen as a promising player by the organizers and spectators of the tournament.

An international friendly tournament between the deaf-and-dumb players of the DPRK and Australia was held in Sydney in December last year. The audiences were amazed to see the Korean players full of youthful vigour.

The Korean soccer team that made its international debut in Australia has now become the focus of worldwide attention.

A coach of the Brazilian deaf soccer team visited the DPRK to see their training. So did the APTN mission of Britain.

The DPRK provides the disabled with all conditions necessary for promoting their health and conducting sports and artistic activities according to their aptitudes and wishes.

The DPRK provides the disabled with all conditions necessary for promoting their health and conducting sports and artistic activities according to their aptitudes and wishes.

The training field of the above soccer team is in Pyongyang.

Its coach has received technical and professional education, and the players are aged about 20.

They were recruited as they had been fond of playing soccer in their childhood. They conduct intensive training, often watching video recordings of recent games to learn advanced skills.

The team is developing on the strength of helping one another.

Although they use body language to communicate their intentions and feelings, they have a strong team spirit and a high sense of organization. Their superb tactics and skills, indefatigable fortitude and perseverance leave a lasting impression upon the spectators.

The key players, Kang Myong Won (10), Kim Ung Chol (4) and Pak Hyon Chol (5), are masterful in dribbling and flank breakthrough.

The social interest in the deaf players is growing as strong as the team itself.

Di seguito vi sengaliamo il link per scaricare il numero di novembre di Korea Today, quasi interamente dedicato allo sviluppo dello sport nella Corea Popolare:
http://kcnawatch.nknews.org/pub/assets/pdf/korea-today/2015/11/korea-today-2015-11.pdf

Nelle prime pagine è possibile leggere la lettera di Kim Jong-Un “Let Us Usher in a New Golden Age of Building a Sports Power in the Revolutionary Spirit of Paektu”, mentre a pagina 16 c’è un interessante reportage della Scuola Internazionale di Calcio di Pyongyang