QFA AWARDS

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The Qatar Football Association’s (QFA) Awards are presented annually at the end of the football season in recognition of the most outstanding players, coaches, managers and referees in the previous Qatari football season.

Since its inception in 2006; the recipients are voted by a panel consisting of QNB Stars League team coaches, Qatar national team coach, Qatar U-23 team coach, team managers, media representatives, representative of the QFA, representative of Qatar Stars League and President and Executive Committee members of the QFA.

In the fourteent previous editions, former Qatar coach Jorge Fossati holds the record for most QFA Awards honors (3), meanwhile, Al Rayyan’s Rodrigo Tabata was voted player of the year on two occasions in addition to claiming the Mansoor Muftah top scorer Award once.

After winning the 2018/2019 QNB Stars League; Al Sadd unsurprisingly scooped the majority of the season’s awards. Qatari international Akram Afif was adjudged as the Best Player of the season, the Top Scorer’s award went to another Al Sadd striker, Baghdad Bounedjah.

Al Sadd tactician Ferreira won his race ahead of Al Sailiya’s Tunisian coach Sami Trabelsi and Al Shahania’s Spanish master Jose Murcia.

The award was presented by QFA’s National Teams Management’s Technical Expert Saeed Al Misnad.

Al Duhail’s Qatar international Bassam Al Rawi emerged as the Best Under-23 Player after beating off competition from Al Ahli’s Abdulrahman Fahmy and Al Gharafa goalkeeper Yousef Hassan.

The player received the award from former Moroccan international Youssef Chippo.

The Yarmouk Preparatory School for Boys won the Football For All Award while Abdulrahman Al Jassim, Taleb Salem Al Marri and Saoud Ahmed were named as Best Referees.

All Awards

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2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

Player of the year

Akram Afif

Coach of the year

Felix Sanchez

Player of the year

Akram Afif

Coach of the year

Pedro Martins

Player of the year

Youssef Msakni

Coach of the year

Younes Ali

Player of the year

Akram Afif

Coach of the year

Marquez Lopez

Player of the year

Santi Cazorla

Coach of the year

Xavi Hernandez

Player of the year

Akram Afif

Coach of the year

Diego Aguirre

Player of the year

Akram Afif

Coach of the year

Jesualdo Ferreira

Player of the year

Youssef Msakni

Coach of the year

Djamel Belmadi

Player of the year

Nam Tae-hee

Coach of the year

Jesualdo Ferreira

Player of the year

Tabata

Coach of the year

Jorge Fossati

Player of the year

Hassan Al Haydos

Coach of the year

Michael Laudrup

Player of the year

Nadir Belhadj

Coach of the year

Sami Trabelsi

Player of the year

Khalfan Ibrahim

Coach of the year

Hussien Amouta

Player of the year

Tabata

Coach of the year

Diego Aguirre

Player of the year

Bakari Kone

Coach of the year

Abdullah Mubarak

Player of the year

Juninho

Coach of the year

Junior Caio

Player of the year

Leonardo Pisculich

Coach of the year

Sebastiao Lazaroni

Player of the year

Aziz Benaskar

Coach of the year

Marcos Paquetá

Player of the year

Emerson

Coach of the year

Jorge Fossati

Player of the year

Sebastian Soria

Coach of the year

Jorge Fossati