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General Secretary
Dato' Windsor John[2][3]
Parent organization
FIFA
Subsidiaries
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AFF
CAFA
EAFF
SAFF
WAFF
Website
www.the-afc.com
FIFA confederations
AFC, CAF, CONCACAF
CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football in Asia and Australia. It has 47 member countries, mostly located on the Asian and Australian continent, but excludes the transcontinental countries with territory in both Europe and Asia – Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkey – which are instead members of UEFA. Three other states located geographically along the western fringe of Asia – Cyprus, Armenia and Israel – are also UEFA members. On the other hand, Australia, formerly in the OFC, joined the Asian Football Confederation in 2006, and the Oceanian island of Guam, a territory of the United States, is also a member of AFC, in addition to Northern Mariana Islands, one of the Two Commonwealths of the United States. Hong Kong and Macau, although not independent countries (both are Special administrative regions of China), are also members of the AFC.
One of FIFA's six continental confederations, the AFC was formed officially on 8 May 1954 in Manila, Philippines, on the sidelines of the second Asian Games. The main headquarters is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The current president is Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa of Bahrain.
Contents
1History
2Member associations
2.1Notes
3Former members
4Competitions
4.1International
4.2Club
4.3Current title holders
4.4AFC-sanctioned competitions
5Sponsors
6Rankings
6.1Men's national teams
6.2Top ranked men's national teams
6.3Women's national teams
6.4Top ranked women's national teams
6.5Beach soccer national teams
6.6Club Competitions Ranking
6.7Clubs
6.8Clubs
6.9Men's Futsal
6.10Women's Futsal
7Hall of Fame
8Major tournaments
8.1FIFA World Cup
8.2FIFA Women's World Cup
8.3AFC Asian Cup
8.4AFC Women's Asian Cup
8.5Notes
9Other international tournaments
9.1FIFA Confederations Cup
9.2Summer Olympics for men
9.3FIFA U-20 World Cup
9.4FIFA U-17 World Cup
9.5FIFA Futsal World Cup
9.6FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
9.7Summer Olympics for women
9.8FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
9.9FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
10AFC Executive Committee
11See also
12References
13External links
History
The Asian Football Confederation was founded on 8 May 1954. Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Republic of China (Chinese Taipei), Hong Kong, Iran, India, Israel, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore and South Vietnam were founding members.[4][5]
The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) is the section of the AFC who manage women's football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. In 1986 the ALFC merged with the AFC.[6] The Asian Ladies Football Confederation helped organise the AFC Women's Asian Cup, first held in 1975, as well as the AFC's AFC U-19 Women's Championship and the AFC U-17 Women's Championship.[citation needed]
Member associations
AFC regional federations
The AFC has 47 member associations splitting into five regions. Several nations proposed a South West Asian Federation but that will not interfere with AFC zones.[7][8][9]
Code
Association
National teams
Founded
FIFA affiliation
AFC affiliation
IOC member
West Asian Football Federation (WAFF)(12)
BHR
Bahrain
(M, W)
1957
1968
1969
Yes
IRQ
Iraq
(M, W)
1948
1950
1970
Yes
JOR
Jordan
(M, W)
1949
1956
1970
Yes
KUW
Kuwait
(M, W)
1952
1964
1964
Yes
LIB
Lebanon
(M, W)
1933
1936
1964
Yes
OMA
Oman
(M, W)
1978
1980
1980
Yes
PLE
Palestine
(M, W)
1928
1995
1995
Yes
QAT
Qatar
(M, W)
1960
1972
1974
Yes
KSA
Saudi Arabia
(M, W)
1956
1956
1972
Yes
SYR
Syria
(M, W)
1936
1937
1970
Yes
UAE
United Arab Emirates
(M, W)
1971
1974
1974
Yes
YEM
Yemen
(M, W)
1962
1980
1980
Yes
Central Asian Football Association (CAFA)(6)
AFG
Afghanistan
(M, W)
1933
1948
1954
Yes
IRN
Iran
(M, W)
1920
1948
1954
Yes
KGZ
Kyrgyz Republic
(M, W)
1992
1994
1993
Yes
TJK
Tajikistan
(M, W)
1936
1994
1993
Yes
TKM
Turkmenistan
(M, W)
1992
1994
1993
Yes
UZB
Uzbekistan
(M, W)
1946
1994
1993
Yes
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)(7)
BAN
Bangladesh
(M, W)
1972
1976
1974
Yes
BHU
Bhutan
(M, W)
1983
2000
1993
Yes
IND
India
(M, W)
1937
1948
1954
Yes
MDV
Maldives
(M, W)
1982
1986
1984
Yes
NEP
Nepal
(M, W)
1951
1972
1954
Yes
PAK
Pakistan
(M, W)
1947
1948
1954
Yes
SRI
Sri Lanka
(M, W)
1939
1952
1954
Yes
East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)(10)
CHN
China PR
(M, W)
1924
1931
1974
Yes
GUM
Guam[m 1]
(M, W)
1975
1996
1991
Yes[m 2]
HKG
Hong Kong
(M, W)
1914
1954
1954
Yes
JPN
Japan
(M, W)
1921
1921
1954
Yes
PRK
Korea DPR
(M, W)
1945
1958
1974
Yes
KOR
Korea Republic
(M, W)
1928
1948
1954
Yes
MAC
Macau
(M, W)
1939
1978
1978
No[m 3]
MNG
Mongolia
(M, W)
1959
1998
1993
Yes
NMI
Northern Mariana Islands[m 1][m 4]
(M, W)
2005
N/A
2009
No[m 5]
TPE
Chinese Taipei[m 6]
(M, W)
1936
1954
1954
Yes
ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)(12)
AUS
Australia[m 1][m 7]
(M, W)
1961
1963
2006
Yes[m 2]
BRU
Brunei
(M, W)
1952
1972
1969
Yes
CAM
Cambodia
(M, W)
1933
1954
1954
Yes
IDN
Indonesia
(M, W)
1930
1952
1954
Yes
LAO
Laos
(M, W)
1951
1952
1968
Yes
MAS
Malaysia
(M, W)
1933
1954
1954
Yes
MYA
Myanmar
(M, W)
1947
1948
1954
Yes
PHI
Philippines
(M, W)
1907
1930
1954
Yes
SIN
Singapore
(M, W)
1892
1952
1954
Yes
THA
Thailand
(M, W)
1916
1925
1954
Yes
TLS
Timor-Leste
(M, W)
2002
2005
2002
Yes
VIE
Vietnam
(M, W)
1960
1952
1954
Yes
Notes
^ abcOceania country or territory, but AFC member.
^ abOceania country or territory is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees rather than the Olympic Council of Asia.
^Macau's Olympic Committee is an OCA member, but not an IOC member.
^Associate AFC member, not a FIFA member.
^Part of the United States Olympic Committee.
^Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1976–1982), joined AFC.
^Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1966–1972, 1978–2006), joined AFC.
Former members
Israel Football Association, 1954–1974. Excluded from AFC competitions in 1974, as a result of a proposal by Kuwait which was adopted by a vote of 17 to 13 with 6 abstentions.[10] Became full UEFA members in 1994.
New Zealand Football, 1964.[11] Founding member of OFC in 1966
Football Federation of Kazakhstan, 1993–2002. Joined UEFA in 2002
Competitions
International
The AFC runs the AFC Asian Cup and AFC Women's Asian Cup, which determine the Champions of Asia, as well as the AFC Solidarity Cup. All three competitions are held every four years. The AFC also organises the AFC Futsal Championship, AFC Beach Soccer Championship, various age-level international youth football tournaments and the Asian qualifying tournament for the FIFA World Cup, FIFA Women's World Cup and for football at the Summer Olympics.
In addition to the AFC run international tournaments, each AFC regional federation organises its own tournament for national teams: EAFF East Asian Cup, SAFF Championship, AFF Championship, CAFA Championship and WAFF Championship .
Club
The top-ranked AFC competition is the AFC Champions League, which started in the 2002–03 season (an amalgamation of the Asian Champions Cup and the Asian Cup Winners Cup) and gathers the top 1–4 teams of each country (the number of teams depend on that country's ranking and can be upgraded or downgraded); this competition only gathered teams from top country.
A second, lower-ranked competition is the AFC Cup. This competition was launched by AFC in 2004. A third competition, the AFC President's Cup, which had started in 2005, was absorbed into the AFC Cup in 2015.[12]
The AFC also runs an annual Asian futsal club competition, the AFC Futsal Club Championship.
Current title holders
Competitions
Champion
Title
Runner-Up
Next edition
Clubs (Men)
AFC Champions League
Kashima Antlers
1st
Persepolis
2019
AFC Cup
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
3rd
Altyn Asyr
2019
AFC Futsal Club Championship
Mes Sungun
1st
Thái Sơn Nam
2019
National Teams (Men)
AFC Asian Cup
Qatar
1st
Japan
2023
AFC U-23 Championship
Uzbekistan
1st
Vietnam
2020
AFC U-19 Championship
Saudi Arabia
3rd
South Korea
2020
AFC U-16 Championship
Japan
3rd
Tajikistan
2020
AFC U-14 Championship
Iraq
1st
North Korea
TBD
AFC Solidarity Cup
Nepal
1st
Macau
2020
AFC Futsal Championship
Iran
12th
Japan
2020
AFC U-20 Futsal Championship
Iran
1st
Iraq
2019
AFC Beach Soccer Championship
Iran
2nd
United Arab Emirates
2019
National Teams (Women)
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Japan
2nd
Australia
2022
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
Japan
5th
North Korea
2019
AFC U-16 Women's Championship
North Korea
3rd
South Korea
2019
AFC Women's Futsal Championship
Iran
2nd
Japan
2020
AFC-sanctioned competitions
Clubs:
AFC Champions League
AFC Cup
AFC Futsal Club Championship
Defunct
Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Asian Super Cup
AFC President's Cup
National teams:
AFC Asian Cup
AFC Nations League
AFC U-23 Championship
AFC U-19 Championship
AFC U-16 Championship
AFC U-14 Championship
AFC Women's Asian Cup
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
AFC U-16 Women's Championship
AFC Solidarity Cup
AFC Futsal Championship
AFC U-20 Futsal Championship
AFC Women's Futsal Championship
AFC Beach Soccer Championship
Defunct
AFC Challenge Cup
Intercontinental:
Defunct
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
Afro-Asian Club Championship
AFC–OFC Challenge Cup
Sponsors
The following are the sponsors of AFC (named "AFC Partners"):[citation needed]
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