KFA Awards

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

Player of the Year

Main article: South Korean Footballer 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.^[1]
• 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	[2]
2011	Ji So-yun (2)	INAC Kobe Leonessa	[3]
2012	Jeon Eun-ha	Gangwon State University	[4]
2013	Ji So-yun (3)	Chelsea	[5]
2014	Ji So-yun (4)	Chelsea	[6]
2015	Cho So-hyun	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	[7]
2016	Kim Jung-mi	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	[8]
2017	Lee Min-a	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	[9]
2018	Jang Sel-gi	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	[10]
2019	Ji So-yun (5)	Chelsea	[11]
2020	Jang Sel-gi (2)	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	[12]
2021	Ji So-yun (6)	Chelsea	[13]
2022	Ji So-yun (7)	Suwon FC	[14]
2023	Chun Ga-ram	Hwacheon KSPO	[15]
2024	Ji So-yun (8)	Seattle Reign FC	[16]

Young Player of the Year

Year	Player	Club	Ref.
2015	Lee Sang-min	Hyundai High School	[7]
2016	Cho Young-wook	Eonnam High School	[8]
2017	Oh Se-hun	Hyundai High School	[9]
2018	Jeon Se-jin	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	[10]
2019	Lee Kang-in	Valencia	[11]
2020	Won Du-jae	Ulsan Hyundai	[12]
2021	Seol Young-woo	Ulsan Hyundai	[13]
2022	Yang Hyun-jun	Gangwon FC	[14]
2023	Hwang Jae-won	Daegu FC	[15]
2024	Yang Min-hyeok	Gangwon FC	[16]

Coach of the Year

Year	Coach	Team	Ref.
1965	Lee Young-chang	Korea Electric Power	[17]
2015	Lee Jang-kwan	Yong In University	[7]
2016	Seo Dong-won	Korea University	[8]
2017	Park Ki-wook	Hyundai High School	[9]
2018	Kim Hak-bum	South Korea U23	[10]
2019	Chung Jung-yong	South Korea U20	[11]
2020	Baek Ki-tae	Pohang Jecheol High School	[12]
2021	Kim Sang-sik	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	[13]
2022	Paulo Bento	South Korea	[14]
2023	Kim Gi-dong	FC Seoul	[15]
2024	Yoon Jong-hwan	Gangwon FC	[16]

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	[18]
2003	Not awarded
2004	Lee Dong-gook	Germany	2–1	International friendly	19 December 2004	[19]
2005	Not awarded
2006	Kim Do-heon	Chinese Taipei	6–0	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification	6 September 2006	[20]
2007	Lee Chun-soo	Greece	1–0	International friendly	6 February 2007	[21]
2008	Park Chu-young	Saudi Arabia	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	19 November 2008	[22]
2009	Not awarded
2010	Park Ji-sung (2)	Japan	1–0	International friendly	24 May 2010	[23]
2011	Yoon Bit-garam	Iran	1–0 (a.e.t.)	2011 AFC Asian Cup	22 January 2011	[24]
2012	Park Chu-young (2)	Japan U23	1–0	2012 Summer Olympics	10 August 2012	[25]
2013	Ha Dae-sung	Esteghlal	1–0	2013 AFC Champions League	2 October 2013	[26]
2014	Lee Keun-ho	Russia	1–0	2014 FIFA World Cup	17 June 2014	[27]
2015	Son Heung-min	Australia	1–1	2015 AFC Asian Cup	22 January 2015	[28]
2016	Son Heung-min (2)	Germany Olympic	2–2	2016 Summer Olympics	7 August 2016	[8]
2017	Lee Seung-woo	Argentina U20	1–0	2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup	23 May 2017	[9]
2018	Son Heung-min (3)	Germany	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup	27 June 2018	[29]
2019	Hwang Ui-jo	Iran	1–0	International friendly	11 June 2019	[30]
2020	Cho Gue-sung	Iran U23	2–0	2020 AFC U-23 Championship	12 January 2020	[12]
2021	Son Heung-min (4)	Iran	1–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	12 October 2021	[31]
2022	Hwang Hee-chan	Portugal	2–1	2022 FIFA World Cup	2 December 2022	[32]
2023	Son Heung-min (5)	Singapore	3–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	16 November 2023	[33]
2024	Son Heung-min (6)	Australia	2–1 (a.e.t.)	2023 AFC Asian Cup	2 February 2024	[34]

Hall of Fame

Player

Year	Inductee	Ref.
2005	Kim Yong-sik	[35]
2005	Hong Deok-young	[35]
2005	Lee Hoe-taik	[35]
2005	Cha Bum-kun	[35]

Officer

Year	Inductee	Ref.
2005	Kim Hwa-jip	[35]
2005	Guus Hiddink	[35]
2005	Chung Mong-joon	[35]

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.

Year	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref.
1969	Lee Se-yeon	Seo Yoon-chan Kim Jung-nam Lim Kook-chan Choi Tae-yeol Kim Ho	—	Kim Ki-bok Lee Hoe-taik Jeong Kang-ji Jung Byung-tak Lee Yi-woo	[36]
1970	Lee Se-yeon (2)	Kim Jung-nam (2) Kim Ho (2) Choi Jae-mo Park Byung-joo	Seo Yoon-chan (2) Kim Ki-bok (2)	Lee Hoe-taik (2) Jeong Kang-ji (2) Park Lee-chun Park Su-deok	[37]
1971	Lee Se-yeon (3)	Kim Ho (3) Kim Jung-nam (3) Choi Kil-su Choi Jae-mo (2)	Lee Cha-man Kim Chang-il	Park Lee-chun (2) Lee Hoe-taik (3) Park Su-deok (2) Jung Kyu-pung	[38]
1972	Lee Se-yeon (4)	Kim Ho (4) Park Young-tae Kim Ho-kon Hwang Jae-man	Ko Jae-wook Lee Cha-man (2)	Park Lee-chun (3) Kim Jae-han Cha Bum-kun Lee Hoe-taik (4)	[39]
1973	Byun Ho-young	Yoo Ki-heung Park Young-tae (2) Kang Ki-wook Kim Ho-kon (2)	Ko Jae-wook (2) Park Byung-chul	Park Lee-chun (4) Cha Bum-kun (2) Jung Kyu-pung (2) Kim Jae-han (2)	[40]
1974	Byun Ho-young (2)	Kang Ki-wook (2) Kim Ho-kon (3) Choi Jae-mo (3) Hwang Jae-man (2)	Ko Jae-wook (3) Park Byung-chul (2)	Cha Bum-kun (3) Lee Hoe-taik (5) Park Lee-chun (5) Huh Jung-moo	[41]
1975	Kwon Yi-woon	Kim Ho-kon (4) Hwang Jae-man (3) Cho Young-jeung Choi Jong-duk	Park Byung-chul (3) Park Sang-in	Cha Bum-kun (4) Kim Jin-kook Lee Young-moo Cho Dong-hyun	[42]
1976	Kim Hee-cheon	Kim Ho-kon (5) Choi Jong-duk (2) Hwang Jae-man (4) Park Sung-hwa	Kim Kang-nam Park Sang-in (2)	Cha Bum-kun (5) Kim Jin-kook (2) Lee Young-moo (2) Park Yong-joo	[43]
1977	Kim Hee-cheon (2)	Kim Ho-kon (6) Choi Jong-duk (3) Cho Young-jeung (2) Park Sung-hwa (2)	Cho Kwang-rae Park Sang-in (3)	Cha Bum-kun (6) Kim Jae-han (3) Lee Young-moo (3) Huh Jung-moo (2)	[44]
1978	Kim Hwang-ho	Kim Ho-kon (7) Cho Young-jeung (3) Park Sung-hwa (3) Hwang Jae-man (5)	Cho Kwang-rae (2) Park Sang-in (4) Lee Young-moo (4)	Kim Jae-han (4) Cha Bum-kun (7) Huh Jung-moo (3)	[45]
1979	Kim Hwang-ho (2)	Kim Ho-kon (8) Cho Young-jeung (4) Park Byung-chul (4) Lee Jang-soo	Park Sang-in (5) Cho Kwang-rae (3)	Park Sung-hwa (4) Lee Young-moo (5) Shin Hyun-ho Huh Jung-moo (4)	[46]
1980	Cho Byung-deuk	Cho Young-jeung (5) Hong Seong-ho Choi Jong-duk (4) Chang Woe-ryong	Cho Kwang-rae (4) Lee Young-moo (6) Lee Kang-jo	Chung Hae-won Choi Soon-ho Park Jong-won	[47]
1981	Jung Seong-gyo	Park Sung-hwa (5) Kwon Oh-son Chang Woe-ryong (2) Park Kyung-hoon	Cho Kwang-rae (5) Lee Kang-jo (2) Lee Tae-ho	Hwang Seok-keun Chung Hae-won (2) Byun Byung-joo	[48]
1982	Not awarded
1983	Jeong Gi-dong	Park Sung-hwa (6) Lee Kang-jo (3) Jang Jung Yoo Byung-ok	Cho Kwang-rae (6) Kim Chong-kon	Kim Jong-boo Lee Kil-yong Park Yoon-ki Lee Chun-seok	[49]
1984	Choi In-young	Park Kyung-hoon (2) Chung Yong-hwan Park Sung-hwa (7) Kim Pan-keun	Huh Jung-moo (5) Lee Tae-ho (2) Park Chang-sun	Choi Soon-ho (2) Baek Jong-chul Kim Jong-boo (2)	[50]
1985	Cho Byung-deuk (2)	Chung Yong-hwan (2) Chung Jong-soo Park Kyung-hoon (3) Yoo Byung-ok (2)	Park Chang-sun (2) Cho Kwang-rae (7) Huh Jung-moo (6)	Choi Soon-ho (3) Kim Jong-boo (3) Kim Joo-sung	[51]
1986	Cho Byung-deuk (3)	Cho Young-jeung (6) Cho Min-kook Park Kyung-hoon (4) Huh Jung-moo (7)	Park Chang-sun (3) Cho Kwang-rae (8) Lee Heung-sil	Choi Soon-ho (4) Chung Hae-won (3) Kim Joo-sung (2)	[52]
1987	Cho Byung-deuk (4)	Chung Yong-hwan (3) Nam Ki-young Park Kyung-hoon (5) Kim Pyung-seok	Kim Sam-soo Noh Soo-jin Lee Tae-ho (3)	Choi Sang-kook Kim Joo-sung (3) Chung Hae-won (4)	[53]
1988	Cho Byung-deuk (5)	Cho Min-kook (2) Gu Sang-bum Park Kyung-hoon (6) Chung Yong-hwan (4)	Choi Kang-hee Chung Hae-won (5) Hwangbo Kwan	Kim Joo-sung (4) Lee Tae-ho (4) Hwang Sun-hong	[54]

See also

• Korea Football Association