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Asian Football Confederation
AbbreviationAFC
Formation8 May 1954; 70 years ago (1954-05-08)
Founded atManila, Philippines
TypeSport organisation
HeadquartersBukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Membership47 member associations
Official language
English, Arabic[1]
Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa
Vice-president
See list
General Secretary
Dato' Windsor John[2][3]
Parent organization
FIFA
Websitewww.the-afc.com
FIFA confederations
AFC, CAF, CONCACAF
CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA

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.

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]

Members

AFC regional federations

The AFC has 47 member associations split into five regions. Several nations proposed a South West Asian Federation but that will not interfere with AFC zones.[7][8][9]

  • 12 from West Asia
  • 6 from Central Asia
  • 7 from South Asia
  • 10 from East Asia
  • 12 from South East Asia
Code Association National teams Founded FIFA
affiliation		 AFC
affiliation		 IOC
member
West Asian Football Federation (WAFF)
BHR Bahrain Bahrain (M, W) 1957 1968 1969 Yes
IRQ Iraq Iraq (M, W) 1948 1950 1970 Yes
JOR Jordan Jordan (M, W) 1949 1956 1970 Yes
KUW Kuwait Kuwait (M, W) 1952 1964 1964 Yes
LIB Lebanon Lebanon (M, W) 1933 1936 1964 Yes
OMA Oman Oman (M, W) 1978 1980 1980 Yes
PLE State of Palestine Palestine (M, W) 1928 1995 1995 Yes
QAT Qatar Qatar (M, W) 1960 1972 1974 Yes
KSA Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (M, W) 1956 1956 1972 Yes
SYR Syria Syria (M, W) 1936 1937 1970 Yes
UAE United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates (M, W) 1971 1974 1974 Yes
YEM Yemen Yemen (M, W) 1962 1980 1980 Yes
Central Asian Football Association (CAFA)
AFG Afghanistan Afghanistan (M, W) 1933 1948 1954 Yes
IRN Iran Iran (M, W) 1946 1948 1954 Yes
KGZ Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Republic (M, W) 1992 1994 1993 Yes
TJK Tajikistan Tajikistan (M, W) 1936 1994 1993 Yes
TKM Turkmenistan Turkmenistan (M, W) 1992 1994 1993 Yes
UZB Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (M, W) 1946 1994 1993 Yes
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)
BAN Bangladesh Bangladesh (M, W) 1972 1976 1974 Yes
BHU Bhutan Bhutan (M, W) 1983 2000 1993 Yes
IND India India (M, W) 1937 1948 1954 Yes
MDV Maldives Maldives (M, W) 1982 1986 1984 Yes
NEP Nepal Nepal (M, W) 1951 1972 1954 Yes
PAK Pakistan Pakistan (M, W) 1947 1948 1954 Yes
SRI Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (M, W) 1939 1952 1954 Yes
East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)
CHN China China PR (M, W) 1924 1931 1974 Yes
GUM Guam Guam[m 1] (M, W) 1975 1996 1991 Yes[m 2]
HKG Hong Kong Hong Kong (M, W) 1914 1954 1954 Yes
JPN Japan Japan (M, W) 1921 1921 1954 Yes
PRK North Korea Korea DPR (M, W) 1945 1958 1974 Yes
KOR South Korea Korea Republic (M, W) 1928 1948 1954 Yes
MAC Macau Macau (M, W) 1939 1978 1978 No[m 3]
MNG Mongolia Mongolia (M, W) 1959 1998 1993 Yes
NMI Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands[m 1][m 4] (M, W) 2005 N/A 2009 No[m 5]
TPE Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei[m 6] (M, W) 1936 1954 1954 Yes
ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)
AUS Australia Australia[m 1][m 7] (M, W) 1961 1963 2006 Yes[m 2]
BRU Brunei Brunei (M, W) 1952 1972 1969 Yes
CAM Cambodia Cambodia (M, W) 1933 1954 1954 Yes
IDN Indonesia Indonesia (M, W) 1930 1952 1954 Yes
LAO Laos Laos (M, W) 1951 1952 1968 Yes
MAS Malaysia Malaysia (M, W) 1933 1954 1954 Yes
MYA Myanmar Myanmar (M, W) 1947 1948 1954 Yes
PHI Philippines Philippines (M, W) 1907 1930 1954 Yes
SIN Singapore Singapore (M, W) 1892 1952 1954 Yes
THA Thailand Thailand (M, W) 1916 1925 1954 Yes
TLS Timor-Leste Timor-Leste (M, W) 2002 2005 2002 Yes
VIE Vietnam Vietnam (M, W) 1960 1952 1954 Yes

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Oceania country or territory, but AFC member.
  2. ^ a b 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

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 Urawa Red Diamonds 2nd Al-Hilal 2018
AFC Cup Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2nd FC Istiklol 2018
AFC Futsal Club Championship Iran Mes Sungun 1st Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam 2019
National Teams (Men)
AFC Asian Cup  Australia 1st  South Korea 2019
AFC Nation League 2021
AFC U-23 Championship  Uzbekistan 1st  Vietnam 2020
AFC U-19 Championship  Japan 1st  Saudi Arabia 2018
AFC U-16 Championship  Iraq 1st  Iran 2018
AFC U-14 Championship  Iraq 1st  North Korea DEFUNCT
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 Competitions

Sponsors

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

Rankings

Beach soccer national teams

Rankings are calculated by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). The table shows the current top ten, last updated 12 March 2018.

AFC BSWW Country Points
1 3  Iran 3073
2 9  Japan 1419
3 10  United Arab Emirates 1304
4 16  Oman 895
5 21  Lebanon 648
6 38  Thailand 347
7 44  Bahrain 281
8 45  China 271
9 51  Vietnam 202
10 52  Afghanistan 199

Hall of Fame

Main article: Asian Football Hall of Fame

Major tournaments

Legend
  •  1st  – Champion
  •  2nd  – Runner-up
  •  3rd  – Third place
  •  4th  – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986: knockout round of 16)
  • GS – Group stage (in the 1950, 1974, 1978, and 1982 tournaments, which had two group stages, this refers to the first group stage)
  • 1S – First knockout stage (1934–1938 Single-elimination tournament)
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Did not enter / withdrawn / banned / disqualified
  •     — Hosts

FIFA World Cup

Main article: Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup
Team Uruguay
1930 		Italy
1934 		France
1938 		Brazil
1950 		Switzerland
1954 		Sweden
1958 		Chile
1962 		England
1966 		Mexico
1970 		West Germany
1974 		Argentina
1978 		Spain
1982 		Mexico
1986 		Italy
1990 		United States
1994 		France
1998 		South Korea
Japan
2002 		Germany
2006 		South Africa
2010 		Brazil
2014 		Russia
2018 		Qatar
2022 		Total
 South Korea × × × × GS × • × • • • • GS GS GS GS 4th GS R16 GS GS 10
 Japan × × × × • × • × • • • • • • • GS R16 GS R16 GS R16 6
 Iran × × × × × × × × × • GS × × • • GS • GS • GS GS 5
 Saudi Arabia Did not exist × × × × × • • • • R16 GS GS GS • • GS 5
 Australia Part of OFC GS GS GS 3
 North Korea Did not exist × × × × QF × • × • • • • × × • GS • • 2
 Iraq Did not exist × × × × × × • × • GS • • • • • • • • 1
 United Arab Emirates Did not exist × × • GS • • • • • • • 1
 China × × × × × • × × × × × • • • • • GS • • • • 1
 Kuwait Did not exist × × × × × × • • GS • • • • • • • • • 1
 Indonesia[21] × × 1S × × • × × × • • • • • • • • • • • × 1
 Israel Did not exist • • • • • GS • Not a member of AFC 1
 Qatar Did not exist × × • • • • • • • • • q 1
Total 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 5 37

AFC Asian Cup

Main article: AFC Asian Cup records and statistics
Team Hong Kong
1956 		South Korea
1960 		Israel
1964 		Iran
1968 		Thailand
1972 		Iran
1976 		Kuwait
1980 		Singapore
1984 		Qatar
1988 		Japan
1992 		United Arab Emirates
1996 		Lebanon
2000 		China
2004 		Indonesia
Malaysia
Thailand
Vietnam
2007 		Qatar
2011 		Australia
2015 		United Arab Emirates
2019		 Years
 Australia QF 2nd 1st q 4
 Bahrain GS 4th GS GS GS q 6
 Bangladesh GS 1
 Cambodia 4th 1
 China 3rd GS 2nd 4th 3rd QF 4th 2nd GS GS QF q 12
 Chinese Taipei 3rd 4th 2
 Hong Kong 3rd 4th 5th 3
 India 2nd GS GS q 4
 Indonesia GS GS GS GS 4
 Iran 1st 1st 1st 3rd 4th 3rd GS 3rd QF 3rd QF QF QF q 14
 Iraq GS 4th QF QF QF 1st QF 4th q 9
 Israel 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 4
 Japan GS 1st QF 1st 1st 4th 1st QF q 9
 Jordan QF QF GS q 4
 Kuwait GS 2nd 1st 3rd GS 4th QF GS GS GS 10
 Kyrgyzstan q 1
 Lebanon GS q 2
 Malaysia GS GS GS 3
 Myanmar 2nd 1
 North Korea 4th GS GS GS q 5
 Oman GS GS GS q 4
 Palestine GS q 2
 Philippines q 1
 Qatar GS GS GS GS QF GS GS QF GS q 10
 Saudi Arabia 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd GS 2nd GS GS q 10
 Singapore GS 1
 South Korea 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd GS 2nd QF 3rd QF 3rd 3rd 2nd q 14
 South Yemen GS 1
 Syria GS GS GS GS GS q 6
 Thailand 3rd GS GS GS GS GS q 7
 Turkmenistan GS q 2
 United Arab Emirates GS GS GS 4th 2nd GS GS GS 3rd q 10
 Uzbekistan GS GS QF QF 4th QF q 7
 Vietnam 4th 4th QF q 4
 Yemen q 1
Total 4 4 4 5 6 6 10 10 10 8 12 12 16 16 16 16 24

Notes

Other international tournaments

FIFA Confederations Cup

Team Saudi Arabia
1992 		Saudi Arabia
1995 		Saudi Arabia
1997 		Mexico
1999 		South Korea
Japan
2001 		France
2003 		Germany
2005 		South Africa
2009 		Brazil
2013 		Russia
2017 		Qatar
2021 		Total
 Japan • GS • • 2nd GS GS • GS • 5
 Saudi Arabia 2nd GS GS 4th • • • • • • 4
 South Korea • • • • GS • • • • • 1
 Australia Part of OFC • • GS 1
 Iraq • • • • • • • GS • • 1
 United Arab Emirates • GS • • • • • • • 1
 Qatar • • • • • • • • • • q 1
Total 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 13

Summer Olympics

Team
1900 to
1928 		Germany
1936 		United Kingdom
1948 		Finland
1952 		Australia
1956 		Italy
1960 		Japan
1964 		Mexico
1968 		Germany
1972 		Canada
1976 		Soviet Union
1980 		United States
1984 		South Korea
1988 		Spain
1992 		United States
1996 		Australia
2000 		Greece
2004 		China
2008 		United Kingdom
2012 		Brazil
2016 		Japan
2020 		Total
 Japan • QF GS QF 3rd GS QF GS GS 4th GS q 11
 South Korea • QF GS GS GS GS GS QF GS 3rd QF 10
 Iraq • not a member of AFC QF GS GS 4th GS 5
 India • GS GS 4th GS 4
 China • GS GS GS 3
 Kuwait • QF GS GS 3
 Iran • GS GS QF 3
 Qatar • GS QF 2
 Saudi Arabia • GS GS 2
 Chinese Taipei • GS GS 2
 Thailand • GS GS 2
 Israel • QF QF not a member of AFC 2
 North Korea • QF 1
 United Arab Emirates • not a member of AFC GS 1
 Australia Part of OFC GS 1
 Afghanistan • GS 1
 Indonesia • QF 1
 Malaysia • GS 1
 Myanmar • GS 1
 Syria • GS 1
Total 0 2 4 1 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 - 57

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Team Tunisia
1977 		Japan
1979 		Australia
1981 		Mexico
1983 		Soviet Union
1985 		Chile
1987 		Saudi Arabia
1989 		Portugal
1991 		Australia
1993 		Qatar
1995 		Malaysia
1997 		Nigeria
1999 		Argentina
2001 		United Arab Emirates
2003 		Netherlands
2005 		Canada
2007 		Egypt
2009 		Colombia
2011 		Turkey
2013 		New Zealand
2015 		South Korea
2017 		Poland
2019 		Total
 South Korea • GS GS 4th • • • QF GS • GS GS • R16 GS GS QF R16 QF • R16 14
 Japan • GS • • • • • • • QF QF 2nd GS QF R16 R16 • • • • R16 9
 Saudi Arabia • • • • GS GS GS • GS • • GS • GS • • • R16 • • R16 8
 China • • • GS QF • • • • • GS • R16 • R16 • • • • • • 5
 Iraq GS • • • • • QF • • • • • GS • • • • • 4th • • 4
 Syria • • • • • • GS QF • GS • • • • R16 • • • • • • • 4
 Uzbekistan Part of USSR • • • • • GS • • GS • QF QF • • 4
 Qatar • • 2nd • • • • • • GS • • • • • • • • • GS • 3
 United Arab Emirates • • • • • • • • • • R16 • • QF • • QF • • • • 3
 North Korea • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • GS • GS • GS • 3
 Australia Part of OFC • GS GS GS • • 3
 Iran GS • • • • • • • • • • • GS • • • • • • • GS • 3
 Myanmar • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • GS • • 1
 Jordan • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • GS • • • • • 1
 Kazakhstan Part of USSR • • • GS • Part of UEFA 1
 Malaysia • • • • • • • • • • GS • • • • • • • • • • 1
 Bahrain • • • • • GS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1
 Indonesia • GS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1
 Vietnam • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • GS 1
Total 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 71

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Team China
1985 		Canada
1987 		Scotland
1989 		Italy
1991 		Japan
1993 		Ecuador
1995 		Egypt
1997 		New Zealand
1999 		Trinidad and Tobago
2001 		Finland
2003 		Peru
2005 		South Korea
2007 		Nigeria
2009 		Mexico
2011 		United Arab Emirates
2013 		Chile
2015 		India
2017 		Peru
2019 		Total
 Japan • • • • QF GS • • GS • • GS GS QF R16 • R16 8
 Qatar GS QF • 4th GS GS • QF • • GS • • • • • • • 7
 China QF • GS GS GS • • • • GS QF • • • • • • • 6
 North Korea • • • • • • • • • • QF R16 • GS • R16 GS 5
 South Korea • QF • • • • • • • GS • GS QF • • R16 • 5
 Iran • • • • • • • • GS • • • R16 • R16 • QF 4
 Saudi Arabia QF GS 1st • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3
 United Arab Emirates • • • GS • • • • • • • • R16 • GS • • • 3
 Oman • • • • • 4th QF • GS • • • • • • • • 3
 Bahrain • • 4th • • • GS • • • • • • • • • • • 2
 Iraq • • • • • • • • • • • • • • GS • R16 2
 Thailand • • • • • • GS GS • • • • • • • • • 2
 Syria • • • • • • • • • • • R16 • • • GS • • 2
 Uzbekistan Part of USSR • • • • • • • • • QF R16 • • • 2
 Australia Part of OFC • • R16 • R16 • 2
 India • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • GS 1
 Tajikistan Part of USSR • • • • • • • R16 • • • • • 1
 Yemen • • • • • • • • • GS • • • • • • • 1
Total 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 5 4 4 5 4 5 59

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Nation Netherlands
1989		 Hong Kong
1992
 Spain
1996		 Guatemala
2000		 Chinese Taipei
2004		 Brazil
2008		 Thailand
2012		 Colombia
2016		 Years
 Iran • 4th GS GS GS QF R16 3rd 7
 Thailand • • • GS GS GS R16 R16 5
 Japan GS • • • GS GS R16 • 4
 China • GS GS • • GS • • 3
 Australia Part of OFC • GS GS 2
 Uzbekistan Part of USSR • • • • • GS 1
 Vietnam • • • • • • • R16 1
 Kuwait • • • • • • GS • 1
 Chinese Taipei • • • • GS • • • 1
 Malaysia • • GS • • • • • 1
 Hong Kong • GS • • • • • • 1
 Saudi Arabia GS • • • • • • • 1
 Kazakhstan Part of USSR • GS Part of UEFA 1
Total 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 29

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Nation Brazil
1995 		Brazil
1996 		Brazil
1997 		Brazil
1998 		Brazil
1999 		Brazil
2000 		Brazil
2001 		Brazil
2002 		Brazil
2003 		Brazil
2004 		Brazil
2005 		Brazil
2006 		Brazil
2007 		France
2008 		United Arab Emirates
2009 		Italy
2011 		French Polynesia
2013 		Portugal
2015 		The Bahamas
2017 		Years
 Japan • • GS • QF 4th GS • • • 4th QF GS GS QF GS QF QF GS 13
 Iran • • • • • • • • • • • GS GS GS • GS QF QF 3rd 7
 United Arab Emirates • • • • • • • • • • • • GS GS GS • GS • GS 5
 Bahrain • • • • • • • • • • • QF • • GS • • • • 2
 Oman • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • GS • GS • 2
 Thailand • • • • • • • 4th • • GS • • • • • • • • 2
 Malaysia • • • • GS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1
Total 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

FIFA Women's World Cup

Team China
1991 		Sweden
1995 		United States
1999 		United States
2003 		China
2007 		Germany
2011 		Canada
2015 		France
2019 		Total
 Japan GS QF GS GS GS 1st 2nd q 8
 China QF 4th 2nd QF QF • QF q 7
 North Korea • × GS GS QF GS × • 4
 Australia Part of OFC QF QF QF q 4
 South Korea • • • GS • • R16 q 3
 Thailand • • • • • • GS q 2
 Chinese Taipei QF • • • • • • • 1
Total 3 2 3 4 4 3 5 5 29

AFC Executive Committee

President
Vice Presidents
FIFA Council Members
AFC Executive Committee Members
Co-opted
General Secretary
  • Malaysia Dato' Windsor John Pauln

See also

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