Manisha Kalyan and Sunil Chhetri were named the AIFF Women's and Men's Footballer of the year respectively. The two stalwarts were nominated as winners by their respective National Team coaches Thomas Dennerby, and Igor Stimac. While Manisha had won the Women's Emerging Footballer of the Year for last season, while this is the seventh time that Sunil won the Award, having last won it in 2018-19.

"Manisha has come up with some outstanding performances for the National Team, and also her club. She has scored goals, and also n assisted on a regular basis. Blessed with excellent speed and being a good dribbler, she has the potential to play in bigger leagues in the future. She is young, and still developing but has been our best player," Women's national team head coach Thomas Dennerby averred.