Asian Football Confederation
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![]() AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
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Abbreviation | AFC |
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Formation | 7 May 1954 |
Founded at | Manila, Philippines[1] |
Type | Sports organisation |
Headquarters | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Region served | Asia[a] |
Membership | 47 member associations |
Official language | Arabic English[2] |
Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa | |
Vice Presidents | See list
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General Secretary | Windsor John[3][4] |
Parent organization | FIFA |
Subsidiaries | |
Website | the-afc.com |
FIFA confederations |
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AFC, CAF, CONCACAF |
CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA |
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia.[a] The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC that managed women's association football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, British Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. In 1986, ALFC merged with AFC.[5]
Executive Committee
[edit]Members
[edit]AFC President and FIFA Senior Vice President[6] |
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FIFA Council Members[6] |
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AFC Vice Presidents[6] |
AFC Executive Committee Members[6] |
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AFC Female Executive Committee Members[6] |
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General Secretary |
Notes
Member associations
[edit]The AFC has 47 member associations split into 5 regions (West, Central, South, East (East Asia nations and few Oceanic nations: Guam and the Northern Marian Islands), and South-east (ASEAN nations and Australia)). Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Republic of China, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam were the founding members.[7][8]
Some nations have proposed splitting the confederation, forming a separate South West Asian Federation.[9][10][11]
Code | Name | National teams | Founded | FIFA affiliation | AFC affiliation | IOC member |
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ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) (12) | ||||||
AUS | ![]() | 1961 | 1963 | 2006 | Yes[m 2] | |
BRU | ![]() | 1952 | 1972 | 1969 | Yes | |
CAM | ![]() | 1933 | 1954 | 1954 | Yes | |
TLS | ![]() | 2002 | 2005 | 2002 | Yes | |
IDN | ![]() | 1930 | 1952 | 1954 | Yes | |
LAO | ![]() | 1951 | 1952 | 1968 | Yes | |
MAS | ![]() | 1933 | 1954 | 1954 | Yes | |
MYA | ![]() | 1947 | 1948 | 1954 | Yes | |
PHI | ![]() | 1907 | 1930 | 1954 | Yes | |
SGP | ![]() | 1892 | 1952 | 1954 | Yes | |
THA | ![]() | 1916 | 1925 | 1954 | Yes | |
VIE | ![]() | 1960 | 1952 | 1954 | Yes | |
Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) (6) | ||||||
AFG | ![]() | 1933 | 1948 | 1954 | Yes | |
IRN | ![]() | 1920 | 1948 | 1958 | Yes | |
KGZ | ![]() | 1992 | 1994 | 1993 | Yes | |
TJK | ![]() | 1936 | 1994 | 1993 | Yes | |
TKM | ![]() | 1992 | 1994 | 1993 | Yes | |
UZB | ![]() | 1946 | 1994 | 1993 | Yes | |
East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) (10) | ||||||
CHN | ![]() | 1924 | 1931 | 1974 | Yes | |
TPE | ![]() | 1936 | 1954 | 1954 | Yes | |
PRK | ![]() | 1945 | 1958 | 1974 | Yes | |
GUM | ![]() | 1975 | 1996 | 1991 | Yes[m 2] | |
HKG | ![]() | 1914 | 1954 | 1954 | Yes | |
JPN | ![]() | 1921 | 1921 | 1954 | Yes | |
KOR | ![]() | 1928 | 1948 | 1954 | Yes | |
MAC | ![]() | 1939 | 1978 | 1978 | No[m 4] | |
MNG | ![]() | 1959 | 1998 | 1993 | Yes | |
NMI | ![]() | 2005 | N/A | 2020 | No[m 5] | |
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) (7) | ||||||
BAN | ![]() | 1972 | 1976 | 1974 | Yes | |
BHU | ![]() | 1983 | 2000 | 1993 | Yes | |
IND | ![]() | 1937 | 1948 | 1954 | Yes | |
MDV | ![]() | 1982 | 1986 | 1984 | Yes | |
NEP | ![]() | 1951 | 1972 | 1954 | Yes | |
PAK | ![]() | 1947 | 1948 | 1954 | Yes | |
SRI | ![]() | 1939 | 1952 | 1954 | Yes | |
West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) (12) | ||||||
BHR | ![]() | 1957 | 1968 | 1969 | Yes | |
IRQ | ![]() | 1948 | 1950 | 1970 | Yes | |
JOR | ![]() | 1949 | 1956 | 1970 | Yes | |
KUW | ![]() | 1952 | 1964 | 1964 | Yes | |
LBN | ![]() | 1933 | 1936 | 1964 | Yes | |
OMA | ![]() | 1978 | 1980 | 1980 | Yes | |
PLE | ![]() | 1998 | 1998 | 1998 | Yes | |
QAT | ![]() | 1960 | 1972 | 1974 | Yes | |
KSA | ![]() | 1956 | 1956 | 1972 | Yes | |
SYR | ![]() | 1936 | 1937 | 1970 | Yes | |
UAE | ![]() | 1971 | 1974 | 1974 | Yes | |
YEM | ![]() | 1962 | 1980 | 1980 | Yes |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1966–1972, 1978–2006), joined AFC.
- ^ a b Oceania country or territory is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees rather than the Olympic Council of Asia.
- ^ Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1976–1982), joined AFC.
- ^ Macau's Olympic Committee is an OCA member and not an IOC member.
- ^ Part of the United States Olympic Committee.
Former members
[edit]Association | Year | Note |
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![]() | 1954–1974 | Expelled from AFC competitions in 1974, as a result of a proposal by Kuwait (as other Muslim and Arab countries refused to play against Israel), that was adopted by a vote of 17 to 13 with 6 abstentions.[12][13] Later became a full UEFA member in 1994. |
![]() | 1964[14] | Founding member of OFC in 1966. |
![]() | 1972–1990[15] | Joined North Yemen as Yemen. |
![]() | 1993–2002 | Joined UEFA in 2002.[16][17] |
Competitions
[edit]AFC competitions
[edit]AFC runs the AFC Asian Cup and the AFC Women's Asian Cup, which are held every 4 years. AFC organises the AFC Futsal Asian Cup, AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup, AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, various age-level international association football, youth futsal tournaments and the Asian qualifying tournament for the FIFA World Cup and for football at the Summer Olympics.
The top-ranked AFC tournament for men's association football clubs is the AFC Champions League Elite. The competition is an amalgamation of the Asian Club Championship, the Asian Cup Winners' Cup and the Asian Super Cup and gathers the top teams from the highest-ranked nations in Asia (the number of teams depend on that country's ranking and can be upgraded or downgraded). The top-ranked AFC tournament for women's association football clubs is the AFC Women's Champions League which was launched in the 2024–25 season.[20]
The second-tier men's tournament is the AFC Champions League Two, while the third-tier tournament is the AFC Challenge League, which were both revamped and rebranded in 2024.[21]
AFC runs an annual Asian futsal club tournament, the AFC Futsal Club Championship for futsal club competition.[22]
Current title holders
[edit]![]() | This section needs to be updated.(January 2024) |
Esports
[edit]Competition | Current | Winner (Player/Gamer ID) | Details | Runner-up (Player/Gamer ID) | Next | ||
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AFC eAsian Cup | 2023 | Indonesia ![]() | Final | ![]() | TBD |
Defunct tournaments
[edit]Competition | Last held | Champions | Title | Runners-up | |||
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National teams | |||||||
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations | 2007 | Japan ![]() | 2nd | ![]() | |||
AFC-OFC Challenge Cup | 2003 | Iran ![]() | 1st | ![]() | |||
AFC Solidarity Cup | 2016 | Nepal ![]() | 1st | ![]() | |||
AFC Challenge Cup | 2014 | Palestine ![]() | 1st | ![]() | |||
AFC U-14 Championship | 2014 | Iraq ![]() | 1st | ![]() | |||
Club teams | |||||||
Afro-Asian Club Championship | 1998 | Raja Casablanca ![]() | 1st | ![]() | |||
Asian Cup Winners' Cup | 2001–02 | Al-Hilal ![]() | 2nd | ![]() | |||
Asian Super Cup | 2002 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings ![]() | 2nd | ![]() | |||
Women's club teams | |||||||
AFC Women's Club Championship | 2023 | Urawa Red Diamonds ![]() | 1st | ![]() |
Titles by nation
[edit]Rankings
[edit]FIFA World Rankings
[edit]AFC* | FIFA | +/- | National Team | Points |
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1 | 18 | ![]() | ![]() | 1628.81 |
2 | 20 | ![]() | ![]() | 1611.16 |
3 | 23 | ![]() | ![]() | 1572.87 |
4 | 24 | ![]() | ![]() | 1571.29 |
5 | 34 | ![]() | ![]() | 1504.06 |
6 | 55 | ![]() | ![]() | 1433.07 |
7 | 56 | ![]() | ![]() | 1431.3 |
8 | 61 | ![]() | ![]() | 1397.41 |
9 | 68 | ![]() | ![]() | 1374.13 |
10 | 69 | ![]() | ![]() | 1368.84 |
11 | 76 | ![]() | ![]() | 1326.18 |
12 | 80 | ![]() | ![]() | 1302.86 |
13 | 87 | ![]() | ![]() | 1267.51 |
14 | 93 | ![]() | ![]() | 1246.68 |
15 | 96 | ![]() | ![]() | 1231.25 |
16 | 101 | ![]() | ![]() | 1218.56 |
17 | 102 | ![]() | ![]() | 1213.58 |
18 | 103 | ![]() | ![]() | 1212.41 |
19 | 110 | ![]() | ![]() | 1183.96 |
20 | 115 | ![]() | ![]() | 1168.02 |
21 | 116 | ![]() | ![]() | 1167.64 |
22 | 124 | ![]() | ![]() | 1139.39 |
23 | 133 | ![]() | ![]() | 1108.73 |
24 | 134 | ![]() | ![]() | 1107.58 |
25 | 136 | ![]() | ![]() | 1098.42 |
26 | 144 | ![]() | ![]() | 1065.42 |
27 | 147 | ![]() | ![]() | 1053.03 |
28 | 151 | ![]() | ![]() | 1034.37 |
29 | 156 | ![]() | ![]() | 1021.24 |
30 | 159 | ![]() | ![]() | 1011.91 |
31 | 161 | ![]() | ![]() | 1008.26 |
32 | 163 | ![]() | ![]() | 1003.48 |
33 | 165 | ![]() | ![]() | 991.34 |
34 | 166 | ![]() | ![]() | 988.98 |
35 | 175 | ![]() | ![]() | 935.93 |
36 | 180 | ![]() | ![]() | 924.52 |
37 | 182 | ![]() | ![]() | 904.1 |
38 | 184 | ![]() | ![]() | 896.67 |
39 | 185 | ![]() | ![]() | 896.62 |
40 | 188 | ![]() | ![]() | 889.62 |
41 | 189 | ![]() | ![]() | 884.92 |
42 | 190 | ![]() | ![]() | 881.73 |
43 | 196 | ![]() | ![]() | 843.4 |
44 | 197 | ![]() | ![]() | 842.59 |
45 | 204 | ![]() | ![]() | 821.91 |
46 | 205 | ![]() | ![]() | 820.32 |
*Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points |
AFC* | FIFA | +/- | National Team | Points |
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1 | 7 | ![]() | ![]() | 1974.34 |
2 | 9 | ![]() | ![]() | 1944.23 |
3 | 15 | ![]() | ![]() | 1857.15 |
4 | 18 | ![]() | ![]() | 1804.37 |
5 | 19 | ![]() | ![]() | 1794.29 |
6 | 37 | ![]() | ![]() | 1611.3 |
7 | 39 | ![]() | ![]() | 1557.58 |
8 | 41 | ![]() | ![]() | 1545.46 |
9 | 47 | ![]() | ![]() | 1520.62 |
10 | 48 | ![]() | ![]() | 1516.95 |
11 | 54 | ![]() | ![]() | 1481.44 |
12 | 64 | ![]() | ![]() | 1398 |
13 | 68 | ![]() | ![]() | 1389.02 |
14 | 74 | ![]() | ![]() | 1331.17 |
15 | 79 | ![]() | ![]() | 1279.99 |
16 | 92 | ![]() | ![]() | 1217.34 |
17 | 94 | ![]() | ![]() | 1216.48 |
18 | 96 | ![]() | ![]() | 1213.21 |
19 | 99 | ![]() | ![]() | 1208.42 |
20 | 100 | ![]() | ![]() | 1206.27 |
21 | 104 | ![]() | ![]() | 1195.96 |
22 | 115 | ![]() | ![]() | 1158.26 |
23 | 119 | ![]() | ![]() | 1144.56 |
24 | 126 | ![]() | ![]() | 1103.77 |
25 | 128 | ![]() | ![]() | 1100.42 |
26 | 129 | ![]() | ![]() | 1099.57 |
27 | 134 | ![]() | ![]() | 1090.59 |
28 | 138 | ![]() | ![]() | 1077.34 |
29 | 139 | ![]() | ![]() | 1076.18 |
30 | 140 | ![]() | ![]() | 1075.41 |
31 | 154 | ![]() | ![]() | 991.2 |
32 | 157 | ![]() | ![]() | 955.21 |
33 | 158 | ![]() | ![]() | 949.54 |
34 | 159 | ![]() | ![]() | 946.01 |
35 | 161 | ![]() | ![]() | 938.55 |
36 | 162 | ![]() | ![]() | 931.42 |
37 | 172 | ![]() | ![]() | 862.8 |
38 | 173 | ![]() | ![]() | 850.91 |
39 | 174 | ![]() | ![]() | 847.27 |
40 | 175 | ![]() | ![]() | 845.46 |
*Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points |
Historical leaders
[edit]- Men's
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/rul4bk1uofabiv0rak0nv6hyh9qv3xk.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/lp25z0g3b7zo70ng3xy9gw3frag09eh.png)
- Women's
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/q6p9mei2cp8liwky31vqasopabfzb5l.png)
Team of the Year
[edit]Men
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