| ASEAN Football Federation | |
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| Formation | January 31, 1984 [1] |
| Type | Sports organization |
| Headquarters | Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia |
| Membership | 11 member associations + 1 invited member |
| President | HE Sultan Ahmad Shah |
| Website | www.aseanfootball.org |
ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) is a subset of nations within the Asian Football Confederation from Southeast Asia. ASEAN stands for Association of South East Asian Nations. The AFF was founded in 1984 by the nations of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.[2]
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam joined the AFF in 1996. [3]
In 1996, the federation ran the first Tiger Cup and since then it has further expanded its role.
Today the AFF is still expanding with East Timor joining the organization in 2004 and Australia joined the Asian Football Confederation on January 1, 2006. Australia has sent youth squads to the ASEAN Youth Tournaments.
On August 7, 2008, AFF formally announced Suzuki as the new sponsor of their premier international competition, the ASEAN Football Championship
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1 Australia is not a member of the AFF, but have been allowed to send teams to the youth competitions. Australia is generally grouped into the AFF association by AFC when conducting regional draws in international competition.
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