ANGE Postecoglou, Aaron Mooy, Sam Kerr and FFA have been nominated for awards at this year’s AFC Annual Awards gala in Bangkok on November 29.

Following the Socceroos’ qualification for the World Cup, Postecoglou is up for the men’s AFC Coach of the Year Award alongside Japanese coaches Ishii Masatada and Takafumi Hori.

Huddersfield midfielder Mooy has been nominated for the AFC Asian International Player of the Year along with Japan’s Shinji Kagawa and South Korea’s Son Hueng Min.

Matildas’ star Kerr, who was overlooked for a FIFA player award two months ago, is one of three nominees for the AFC women’s player of the year.

Football Federation Australia has been nominated for the AFC President Recognition Award for Grassroots Football under the “inspiring” category alongside side Chinese Football Association and Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran.

Kerr is in the hunt as Asia’s top player alongside North Korea’s Sung Hyang-sim and Japan’s Saki Kumagai.

The Matildas striker, whose backflip celebrations after scoring a goal have become football folklore, was originally among 10 players up for FIFA’s women’s player of the year.

But in late September she missed the cut when the list was reduced to three, which sent social media into a meltdown.

However, the FIFA period of qualification ended the first week of August 2017, so it did not include the Matildas’ series win over Brazil in Australia in early September, where Kerr scored three of her team’s five goals over two matches. It did take in July though, where the Australian team won the Tournament of Champions in the US, defeating the host nation for the first time ever, and thrashing Japan and Brazil to finish on top of the four-team event. Kerr scored four times over three games.

Sam Kerr of the Matildas celebrates a goal. Source: Getty Images

Meanwhile, reigning Asian player of the year Omar Abdulrahman has been named Saturday as among the men’s nominees.

The United Arab Emirates midfielder, who plays his club football for Al Ain, features on a three-man shortlist alongside China and Shanghai SIPG winger Wu Lei and Syrian striker Omar Khribin.

Click here to check out all the nominees.