KFA Awards

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The KFA Awards is an annual award ceremony hosted by Korea Football Association (KFA).

Player of the Year

• KASA Best Footballer: The KFA recommended the best Korean footballer of the year who would be awarded a citation by the Korea Amateur Sports Association (KASA), from 1957 to 1972.
• Most Valuable Player: South Korean journalists selected the best players from 1969 to 1984 under the KFA. The KFA also chose the best players in some other years by itself.
• Fans' Player of the Year: The KFA held an annual poll to select Korean fans' best player in its website from 2003 to 2015.
• Player of the Year: The KFA members and South Korean journalists have voted for annual best Korean players since 2010.

Women's Player of the Year

Year	Player	Club	Ref.
2010	Ji So-yun	Hanyang Women's University
2011	Ji So-yun (2)	INAC Kobe Leonessa
2012	Jeon Eun-ha	Gangwon State University
2013	Ji So-yun (3)	Chelsea
2014	Ji So-yun (4)	Chelsea
2015	Cho So-hyun	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
2016	Kim Jung-mi	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
2017	Lee Min-a	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
2018	Jang Sel-gi	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
2019	Ji So-yun (5)	Chelsea
2020	Jang Sel-gi (2)	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
2021	Ji So-yun (6)	Chelsea
2022	Ji So-yun (7)	Suwon FC
2023	Chun Ga-ram	Hwacheon KSPO
2024	Ji So-yun (8)	Seattle Reign FC
2025	Jang Sel-gi (3)	Gyeongju KHNP

Young Player of the Year

Year	Player	Club	Ref.
2015	Lee Sang-min	Hyundai High School
2016	Cho Young-wook	Eonnam High School
2017	Oh Se-hun	Hyundai High School
2018	Jeon Se-jin	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2019	Lee Kang-in	Valencia
2020	Won Du-jae	Ulsan Hyundai
2021	Seol Young-woo	Ulsan Hyundai
2022	Yang Hyun-jun	Gangwon FC
2023	Hwang Jae-won	Daegu FC
2024	Yang Min-hyeok	Gangwon FC
2025	Kang Sang-yoon	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Coach of the Year

Year	Coach	Club	Ref.
1965	Lee Young-chang	Korea Electric Power
2015	Lee Jang-kwan	Yong In University
2016	Seo Dong-won	Korea University
2017	Park Ki-wook	Hyundai High School
2018	Kim Hak-bum	South Korea U23
2019	Chung Jung-yong	South Korea U20
2020	Baek Ki-tae	Pohang Jecheol High School
2021	Kim Sang-sik	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2022	Paulo Bento	South Korea
2023	Kim Gi-dong	Pohang Steelers
2024	Yoon Jong-hwan	Gangwon FC
2025	Lee Jung-hyo	Gwangju FC

Goal of the Year

The KFA held an annual poll to select Korean fans' best goal in its website.

Year	Player	Opponent	Score	Competition	Date	Ref.
2002	Park Ji-sung	Portugal	1–0	2002 FIFA World Cup	14 June 2002
2003	Not awarded
2004	Lee Dong-gook	Germany	2–1	International friendly	19 December 2004
2005	Not awarded
2006	Kim Do-heon	Chinese Taipei	6–0	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification	6 September 2006
2007	Lee Chun-soo	Greece	1–0	International friendly	6 February 2007
2008	Park Chu-young	Saudi Arabia	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	19 November 2008
2009	Not awarded
2010	Park Ji-sung (2)	Japan	1–0	International friendly	24 May 2010
2011	Yoon Bit-garam	Iran	1–0 (a.e.t.)	2011 AFC Asian Cup	22 January 2011
2012	Park Chu-young (2)	Japan U23	1–0	2012 Summer Olympics	10 August 2012
2013	Ha Dae-sung	Esteghlal	1–0	2013 AFC Champions League	2 October 2013
2014	Lee Keun-ho	Russia	1–0	2014 FIFA World Cup	17 June 2014
2015	Son Heung-min	Australia	1–1	2015 AFC Asian Cup	22 January 2015
2016	Son Heung-min (2)	Germany Olympic	2–2	2016 Summer Olympics	7 August 2016
2017	Lee Seung-woo	Argentina U20	1–0	2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup	23 May 2017
2018	Son Heung-min (3)	Germany	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup	27 June 2018
2019	Hwang Ui-jo	Iran	1–0	International friendly	11 June 2019
2020	Cho Gue-sung	Iran U23	2–0	2020 AFC U-23 Championship	12 January 2020
2021	Son Heung-min (4)	Iran	1–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	12 October 2021
2022	Hwang Hee-chan	Portugal	2–1	2022 FIFA World Cup	2 December 2022
2023	Son Heung-min (5)	Singapore	3–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	16 November 2023
2024	Son Heung-min (6)	Australia	2–1 (a.e.t.)	2023 AFC Asian Cup	2 February 2024
2025	Son Heung-min (7)	Bolivia	1–0	International friendly	14 November 2025

Hall of Fame

Contributor

Year	Inductee	Ref.
2005	Kim Hwa-jip
2005	Guus Hiddink
2005	Chung Mong-joon

Best XI (1969–1988)

South Korean journalists selected the best eleven annually from 1969 to 1988 under the KFA. Players marked bold won the Most Valuable Player award in that respective year.

See also

• Korea Football Association