Asian Football Confederation

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Asian Football Confederation
Asian Football Confederation (logo).svg
Asian Football Confederation member associations map.svg
AbbreviationAFC
MottoOne Asia One Goal
Formation8 May 1954; 64 years ago (1954-05-08)
Founded at
Manila, Philippines
TypeSports organisation
Headquarters
Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Region served
Asia (AFC)
Membership
47 member associations
Official language

English, Arabic[1]
President
Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa
Vice-president
General Secretary
Dato' Windsor John[2][3]
Parent organization
FIFA
Subsidiaries

5



  • AFF

  • CAFA

  • EAFF

  • SAFF

  • WAFF



Websitewww.the-afc.com


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





  • 1 History


  • 2 Member associations

    • 2.1 Notes



  • 3 Former members


  • 4 Competitions

    • 4.1 International


    • 4.2 Club


    • 4.3 Current title holders


    • 4.4 AFC-sanctioned competitions



  • 5 Sponsors


  • 6 Rankings

    • 6.1 Men's national teams


    • 6.2 Top ranked men's national teams


    • 6.3 Women's national teams


    • 6.4 Top ranked women's national teams


    • 6.5 Beach soccer national teams


    • 6.6 Club Competitions Ranking


    • 6.7 Clubs


    • 6.8 Clubs


    • 6.9 Men's Futsal


    • 6.10 Women's Futsal



  • 7 Hall of Fame


  • 8 Major tournaments

    • 8.1 FIFA World Cup


    • 8.2 FIFA Women's World Cup


    • 8.3 AFC Asian Cup


    • 8.4 AFC Women's Asian Cup


    • 8.5 Notes



  • 9 Other international tournaments

    • 9.1 FIFA Confederations Cup


    • 9.2 Summer Olympics for men


    • 9.3 FIFA U-20 World Cup


    • 9.4 FIFA U-17 World Cup


    • 9.5 FIFA Futsal World Cup


    • 9.6 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup


    • 9.7 Summer Olympics for women


    • 9.8 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup


    • 9.9 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup



  • 10 AFC Executive Committee


  • 11 See also


  • 12 References


  • 13 External 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]


















































































































































































































































































































































CodeAssociationNational teamsFoundedFIFA
affiliation
AFC
affiliation

IOC
member

West Asian Football Federation (WAFF)(12)
BHR
Bahrain Bahrain
(M, W)195719681969Yes
IRQ
Iraq Iraq
(M, W)194819501970Yes
JOR
Jordan Jordan
(M, W)194919561970Yes
KUW
Kuwait Kuwait
(M, W)195219641964Yes
LIB
Lebanon Lebanon
(M, W)193319361964Yes
OMA
Oman Oman
(M, W)197819801980Yes
PLE
State of Palestine Palestine
(M, W)192819951995Yes
QAT
Qatar Qatar
(M, W)196019721974Yes
KSA
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
(M, W)195619561972Yes
SYR
Syria Syria
(M, W)193619371970Yes
UAE
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
(M, W)197119741974Yes
YEM
Yemen Yemen
(M, W)196219801980Yes

Central Asian Football Association (CAFA)(6)
AFG
Afghanistan Afghanistan
(M, W)193319481954Yes
IRN
Iran Iran
(M, W)192019481954Yes
KGZ
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Republic
(M, W)199219941993Yes
TJK
Tajikistan Tajikistan
(M, W)193619941993Yes
TKM
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
(M, W)199219941993Yes
UZB
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
(M, W)194619941993Yes

South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)(7)
BAN
Bangladesh Bangladesh
(M, W)197219761974Yes
BHU
Bhutan Bhutan
(M, W)198320001993Yes
IND
India India
(M, W)193719481954Yes
MDV
Maldives Maldives
(M, W)198219861984Yes
NEP
Nepal Nepal
(M, W)195119721954Yes
PAK
Pakistan Pakistan
(M, W)194719481954Yes
SRI
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
(M, W)193919521954Yes

East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)(10)
CHN
China China PR
(M, W)192419311974Yes
GUM
Guam Guam[m 1]
(M, W)197519961991Yes[m 2]
HKG
Hong Kong Hong Kong
(M, W)191419541954Yes
JPN
Japan Japan
(M, W)192119211954Yes
PRK
North Korea Korea DPR
(M, W)194519581974Yes
KOR
South Korea Korea Republic
(M, W)192819481954Yes
MAC
Macau Macau
(M, W)193919781978No[m 3]
MNG
Mongolia Mongolia
(M, W)195919981993Yes
NMI
Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands[m 1][m 4]
(M, W)2005N/A2009No[m 5]
TPE
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei[m 6]
(M, W)193619541954Yes

ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)(12)
AUS
Australia Australia[m 1][m 7]
(M, W)196119632006Yes[m 2]
BRU
Brunei Brunei
(M, W)195219721969Yes
CAM
Cambodia Cambodia
(M, W)193319541954Yes
IDN
Indonesia Indonesia
(M, W)193019521954Yes
LAO
Laos Laos
(M, W)195119521968Yes
MAS
Malaysia Malaysia
(M, W)193319541954Yes
MYA
Myanmar Myanmar
(M, W)194719481954Yes
PHI
Philippines Philippines
(M, W)190719301954Yes
SIN
Singapore Singapore
(M, W)189219521954Yes
THA
Thailand Thailand
(M, W)191619251954Yes
TLS
East Timor Timor-Leste
(M, W)200220052002Yes
VIE
Vietnam Vietnam
(M, W)196019521954Yes


Notes




  1. ^ abc Oceania country or territory, but AFC member.


  2. ^ ab Oceania country or territory is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees rather than the Olympic Council of Asia.


  3. ^ Macau's Olympic Committee is an OCA member, but not an IOC member.


  4. ^ Associate AFC member, not a FIFA member.


  5. ^ Part of the United States Olympic Committee.


  6. ^ Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1976–1982), joined AFC.


  7. ^ Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1966–1972, 1978–2006), joined AFC.




Former members



  • Israel 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 New Zealand Football, 1964.[11] Founding member of OFC in 1966


  • Kazakhstan 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

Iran Mes Sungun
1st

Vietnam 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










Sponsors


The following are the sponsors of AFC (named "AFC Partners"):[citation needed]


  • Emirates

  • Nikon Corporation

  • Aramex

  • Kirin

  • Asahi

  • Toyota

  • Saison Card

  • Makita

  • FamilyMart

  • Hyundai

  • UAE Exchange

  • BeIN Sports

  • Continental


  • KDDI (au)

  • Molten

  • Coca-Cola

  • TAG Heuer


Rankings






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