Iran has been recognized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) with nominations in four categories of the AFC Annual Awards 2015.

Iran features in the shortlist for four awards – AFC Member Association of the Year, AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football, AFC Futsal Team of the Year (Tasisat Daryaei) and AFC Futsal Player of the Year (Ali Asghar Hasanzadeh and Vahid Shamsaee).

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