Asian Football Confederation

Asian Football Confederation
Abbreviation AFC
Motto The Future is Asia
Formation 8 May 1954 (1954-05-08)
Type Sport organization
Headquarters Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Region served
Asia and Australia
Membership
47 member associations
Official language
English and Arabic
Salman Al-Khalifa
Vice-president
General Secretary
Windsor Paul John (Acting)[1]
Parent organization
FIFA
Website www.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 excluding all the transcontinental countries with territory in both Europe and Asia, which are members of UEFA (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkey). Israel is also a UEFA member even though it lies entirely in Asia. 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 Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The current president is 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, India, Israel, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore and South Vietnam were founding members.[2][3]

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.[4] 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.

Members

AFC regional federations

The AFC has 47 member associations split into five regions.

Code Association National teams
West Asian Football Federation (WAFF)
BHR Bahrain Bahrain (M, W)
IRQ Iraq Iraq (M, W)
JOR Jordan Jordan (M, W)
KUW Kuwait Kuwait (M, W)
LIB Lebanon Lebanon (M, W)
OMA Oman Oman (M, W)
PLE State of Palestine Palestine (M, W)
QAT Qatar Qatar (M, W)
KSA Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (M, W)
SYR Syria Syria (M, W)
UAE United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates (M, W)
YEM Yemen Yemen (M, W)
Central Asian Football Association (CAFA)
AFG Afghanistan Afghanistan (M, W)
IRN Iran Iran (M, W)
KGZ Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan (M, W)
TJK Tajikistan Tajikistan (M, W)
TKM Turkmenistan Turkmenistan (M, W)
UZB Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (M, W)
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)
BAN Bangladesh Bangladesh (M, W)
BHU Bhutan Bhutan (M, W)
IND India India (M, W)
MDV Maldives Maldives (M, W)
NEP Nepal Nepal (M, W)
PAK Pakistan Pakistan (M, W)
SRI Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (M, W)
East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)
CHN China China PR (M, W)
GUM Guam Guam (M, W)
HKG Hong Kong Hong Kong (M, W)
JPN Japan Japan (M, W)
PRK North Korea Korea DPR (M, W)
KOR South Korea Korea Republic (M, W)
MAC Macau Macau (M, W)
MNG Mongolia Mongolia (M, W)
NMI Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands1 (M, W)
TPE Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei (M, W)
ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)
AUS Australia Australia (M, W)
BRU Brunei Brunei (M, W)
CAM Cambodia Cambodia (M, W)
IDN Indonesia Indonesia (M, W)
LAO Laos Laos (M, W)
MAS Malaysia Malaysia (M, W)
MYA Myanmar Myanmar (M, W)
PHI Philippines Philippines (M, W)
SIN Singapore Singapore (M, W)
THA Thailand Thailand (M, W)
TLS East Timor Timor-Leste (M, W)
VIE Vietnam Vietnam (M, W)

1: Associate AFC member, non-FIFA member.

Former members

Competitions

International

The AFC runs the AFC Asian Cup and AFC Women's Asian Cup - both competitions are held every four years and determine the Champions of Asia. 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 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.[6]

The AFC also runs an annual Asian futsal club competition, the AFC Futsal Club Championship.

Current title holders

Competitions Champion Title Next edition
AFC Asian Cup  Australia 1st 2019
AFC U-23 Championship  Japan 1st 2018
AFC U-19 Championship  Qatar 1st 2016
AFC U-16 Championship  North Korea 2nd 2016
AFC Futsal Championship  Japan 3rd 2016
AFC Women's Futsal Championship  Iran 1st
AFC Beach Soccer Championship  Oman 1st 2017
AFC Champions League Guangzhou Evergrande 2nd 2016
AFC Cup Johor Darul Ta'zim 1st 2016
AFC Futsal Club Championship Tasisat Daryaei 1st 2016
AFC Women's Asian Cup  Japan 1st 2018
AFC U-19 Women's Championship  Japan 4th 2017
AFC U-16 Women's Championship  North Korea 2nd 2017

Defunct competitions

Competitions Last edition Last champions Title
AFC Challenge Cup 2014  Palestine 1st
AFC President's Cup 2014 HTTU Asgabat 1st
Asian Cup Winners' Cup 2001–02 Al-Hilal 2nd
Asian Super Cup 2002 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2nd

Sponsors

The following are the sponsors of AFC (named "AFC Partners"):

Rankings

Men's national teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.[7]

AFC FIFA Country Points +/- Region
1 44  Iran 626 Decrease -1 CAFA
2 53  South Korea 580 Decrease -2 EAFF
3 55  Saudi Arabia 571 Increase +20 WAFF
4 58  Japan 569 Decrease -5 EAFF
5 65  United Arab Emirates 520 Decrease -1 WAFF
6 68  Australia 510 Decrease -9 AFF
7 71  Uzbekistan 502 Increase +2 CAFA
8 78  Qatar 444 Increase +6 WAFF
9 82  Jordan 418 Increase +4 WAFF
10 89  Iraq 372 Decrease -9 WAFF
11 93  China PR 365 Decrease -11 EAFF
12 95  North Korea 350 Increase +18 EAFF
13 97  Oman 345 Increase +2 WAFF
14 105  Kyrgyzstan 324 Increase+2 CAFA
15 110  Palestine 307 Increase+21 WAFF
16 114  Turkmenistan 298 Increase+3 CAFA
17 120  Thailand 285 Increase+1 AFF
18 125  Syria 278 Steady WAFF
19 130  Bahrain 269 Decrease -9 WAFF
20 133  Kuwait 265 Increase+8 WAFF
21 134  Philippines 264 Increase +1 AFF
22 137  Hong Kong 259 Decrease -1 EAFF
23 140  Lebanon 246 Steady WAFF
24 146  Vietnam 209 AFF
25 148  Singapore 196 AFF
 Tajikistan CAFA
27 153  Myanmar 185 Increase +5 AFF
28 154  Afghanistan 183 Decrease -1 CAFA
29 156  Guam 169 Steady EAFF
30 157  Maldives 162 SAFF
31 162  India 139 Increase +1 SAFF
32 170  Timor-Leste 127 Steady AFF
33 171  Malaysia 126 AFF
34 175  Yemen 113 WAFF
35 177  Bangladesh 100 Increase +2 SAFF
36 178  Laos 88 Decrease -1 AFF
37 180  Indonesia 84 Steady AFF
38 181  Chinese Taipei 80 Increase +1 EAFF
39 183  Cambodia 79 Decrease -2 AFF
40 184  Brunei 74 Steady AFF
 Pakistan 72 SAFF
42 188    Nepal 66 Increase +8 SAFF
43 189  Sri Lanka 58 Decrease -1 SAFF
44 193  Bhutan 49 SAFF
45 195  Macau 44 EAFF
46 201  Mongolia 6 Steady EAFF

Last updated 4 February 2016

Top ranked men's national teams

Iran national football team Japan national football team Japan national football team Japan national football team Australia national association football team Japan national football team Australia national association football team Japan national football team Australia national association football team Japan national football team Iran national football team Australia national association football team Japan national football team Japan national football team Japan national football team Korea Republic national football team Korea Republic national football team Japan national football team
Korea Republic national football team Iran national football team Japan national football team Saudi Arabia national football team Iran national football team Saudi Arabia national football team Japan national football team Korea Republic national football team Korea Republic national football team Saudi Arabia national football team Korea Republic national football team Japan national football team Korea Republic national football team Japan national football team Saudi Arabia national football team Japan national football team Saudi Arabia national football team Korea Republic national football team

Women's national teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.[8]

AFC FIFA Country Points +/- Region
1 4  Japan 2073 Steady EAFF
2 6  North Korea 1993 Steady EAFF
3 9  Australia 1968 Steady AFF
4 17  China PR 1844 Decrease-2 EAFF
5 18  South Korea 1833 Decrease-1 EAFF
6 29  Vietnam 1650 Increase+4 AFF
7 30  Thailand 1645 Decrease-1 AFF
8 38  Chinese Taipei 1590 Decrease-1 EAFF
9 43  Uzbekistan 1540 Steady CAFA
10 44  Myanmar 1533 Increase+3 AFF
11 57  India 1425 Decrease-1 SAFF
12 53  Jordan 1423 Steady WAFF
13 59  Iran 1418 Steady CAFA
14 71  United Arab Emirates 1348 Increase+1 WAFF
15 74  Hong Kong 1347 Increase+1 EAFF
16 77  Indonesia 1321 Increase+2 AFF
17 80  Philippines 1312 Increase+3 AFF
18 84  Bahrain 1289 Increase+2 WAFF
19 85  Guam 1287 Increase+2 EAFF
20 88  Laos 1273 Increase+2 AFF
21 90  Malaysia 1260 Increase+1 AFF
22 101  Palestine 1192 Increase+1 WAFF
23 112  Kyrgyzstan 1134 Increase+4 CAFA
24 114    Nepal 1115 Increase+5 SAFF
25 123  Bangladesh 987 Increase+5 SAFF
26 124  Sri Lanka 968 Increase+5 SAFF
27 125  Lebanon 949 Increase+5 WAFF
28 129  Maldives 938 Increase+4 SAFF
29 130  Pakistan 926 Increase+5 SAFF
30 133  Afghanistan 889 Increase+5 CAFA
31 137  Bhutan 778 Increase+5 SAFF
32 *  Macau 922 Increase+7 EAFF
**  Singapore 1177 Increase+7 AFF
 Syria 927 Increase+7 WAFF
 Iraq 882 Increase+7 WAFF
 Kuwait 870 Increase+7 WAFF
 Qatar 927 Decrease-2 WAFF

Last updated 18 December 2015

* Provisionally listed due to not having played more than five matches against officially ranked teams
** Inactive for more than 18 months and therefore not ranked

Top ranked Women's national teams

Japan women's national football team North Korea women's national football team China women's national football team

National leagues

Rankings are calculated by IFFHS .

AFC IFFHS Country Points +/-
1 24 South Korea Korea Republic 562,5Steady
2 29 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia490,0Steady
3 30 Japan Japan 460,5Steady
4 46 Kuwait Kuwait 377,02Increase
5 50 United Arab Emirates UAE 352,05Increase
6 56 China China 340,52Decrease
7 57 Qatar Qatar 338,01Increase
8 61 Iran Iran 333,53Decrease
9 62 Australia Australia 331,011Increase
10 63 Thailand Thailand 329,53Decrease
11 74 Malaysia Malaysia 285,08Increase
12 82 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 256,03Decrease
13 84 Lebanon Lebanon 252,52Increase
14 87 Jordan Jordan 241,51Decrease
15 88 Singapore Singapore 240,03Increase
16 89 Hong Kong Hong Kong 235,05Increase
17 92 Iraq Iraq 230,56Decrease
18 94 Bahrain Bahrain 224,51Decrease
19 95 Oman Oman 221,07Decrease
20 99 Indonesia Indonesia 193,56Decrease
21 100 Vietnam Vietnam 182,751Increase
22 105 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 146,52Increase
23 116 Myanmar Myanmar 108,52Increase
24 119 Pakistan Pakistan 104,0Steady
25 125 Syria Syria 97,5Steady
26 128 Bangladesh Bangladesh 96,0Steady
27 137 India India 92,011Decrease
28 140 Philippines Philippines 81,0Steady
29 149 State of Palestine Palestine 70,5Steady
30 150 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 70,0Steady
31 151 Maldives Maldives 69,5Steady
32 154 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 68,0Steady
33 155 Nepal Nepal 64,5Steady
34 155 Tajikistan Tajikistan 63,0Steady
35 163 Mongolia Mongolia 50,5Steady
36 165 Bhutan Bhutan 48,5Steady
37 166 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 43,0Steady

Top 100 National League in 2014

Clubs

Rankings are calculated by the IFFHS.[9]

AFC IFFHS Club Points
1 64 South Korea FC Seoul 147
2 65 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal FC 146,5
3 85 South Korea Pohang Steelers 133
4 86 Kuwait Qadsia SC 132,5
5 86 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 132,5
6 93 United Arab Emirates Al Ain FC 130,5
7 123 Kuwait Kuwait SC 116,5
8 125 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers FC 116
9 157 Japan Kawasaki Frontale 103,5
10 166 Qatar Al-Sadd SC 98,5

Last updated 13 January 2015

Clubs

Rankings are calculated by the AFC.[10]

Rank Club Points
1 China Guangzhou Evergrande 129.359
2 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal FC 116.000
3 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli SC 91.000
4 South Korea FC Seoul 89.382
5 Japan Kashiwa Reysol 80.434
6 Qatar Lekhwiya SC 78.755
7 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC 77.382
8 United Arab Emirates Al Ain FC 73.901
9 Iran Esteghlal F.C. 73.131
10 Saudi Arabia Al Shabab FC 71.000
11 Saudi Arabia Ittihad FC 70.000
12 Uzbekistan FC Bunyodkor 69.516
13 South Korea Pohang Steelers 64.382
14 China Beijing Guoan F.C. 64.359
15 South Korea Ulsan Hyundai FC 63.382
16 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira Club 59.401
17 Thailand Buriram United F.C. 56.957
18 Iran Sepahan F.C. 55.631
19 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers FC 54.255
20 Kuwait Kuwait SC 53.313

Hall of Fame

World Cup participation

Legend

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 KoreaJapan
2002
Germany
2006
South Africa
2010
Brazil
2014
Russia
2018
Total inclusive
WC Qual.
 South Korea GS GS GS GS GS 4th GS R16 GS T 9 14
 Japan GS R16 GS R16 GS T 5 14
 Iran GS GS GS GS T 4 9
 Saudi Arabia R16 GS GS GS T 4 10
 Australia[notes 1] GS R16 GS GS T 2 2
 North Korea QF GS T 2 9
 Iraq GS T 1 10
 United Arab Emirates GS T 1 9
 China PR GS T 1 10
 Kuwait GS T 1 11
 Indonesia[notes 2] 1S 1 13
 Israel[notes 3] GS T 1 3
 India × 0* 8
Total 0 0 1 1* 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 33

FIFA Women's World Cup

Team China
1991
Sweden
1995
United States
1999
United States
2003
China
2007
Germany
2011
Canada
2015
Total inclusive
WC Qual.
 Japan GS QF GS GS GS 1st 2nd 7 7
 China PR QF 4th 2nd QF QF QF 6 7
 North Korea GS GS QF GS 4 5
 Australia GS GS GS QF QF QF 3 3
 South Korea GS R16 2 7
 Chinese Taipei QF 1 7
 Thailand GS 1 5
Total 3 2 3 4 4 3 5 24

Notes

  1. Australia qualified for the 2006 World Cup as part of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) though they had joined the AFC by the time the competition started. From 1972 to 1978 they were not a member of any confederation.
  2. Prior to independence in 1945 competed as Netherlands Dutch East Indies, including their only World Cup finals appearance in 1938.
  3. Israel is now a member of UEFA, having been expelled from the AFC in 1974. For every World Cup other than 1958 and 1970, Israel entered into the European qualification tournament.

Other international tournaments

FIFA Confederations Cup

Team 1992
Saudi Arabia
1995
Saudi Arabia
1997
Saudi Arabia
1999
Mexico
2001
South Korea
Japan
2003
France
2005
Germany
2009
South Africa
2013
Brazil
2017
Russia
Total
 Japan GS 2nd GS GS GS 5
 Saudi Arabia 2nd GS GS 4th 4
 Iraq × × GS 1
 South Korea × GS 1
 United Arab Emirates GS 1
 Australia × × 2nd 3rd GS Q 1
Total 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 13

Summer Olympics

Team France
1900
United States
1904
United Kingdom
1908
Sweden
1912
Belgium
1920
France
1924
Netherlands
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
London
2012
Brazil
2016
Total
 Japan QF GS QF 3rd GS QF GS GS 4th q 10
 South Korea QF GS GS GS GS GS QF GS 3rd q 10
 Iraq not a member of AFC QF GS GS 4th q 5
 India GS GS 4th GS 4
 Kuwait QF GS GS 3
 Iran GS GS QF 3
 Chinese Taipei GS GS GS 3
 Qatar GS QF 2
 China PR not a member of AFC GS GS 2
 Saudi Arabia 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 not a member of AFC GS 1
 Indonesia QF 1
 Malaysia GS 1
 Myanmar GS 1
 Syria GS 1
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 56

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
Total
 South Korea GS GS 4th QF GS GS GS R16 GS GS QF R16 QF q 14
 Japan GS QF QF 2nd GS QF R16 R16 8
 Saudi Arabia GS GS GS GS GS GS R16 7
 China PR GS QF GS R16 R16 5
 Iraq GS QF GS 4th 4
 Syria GS QF GS R16 4
 Uzbekistan 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 2
 Myanmar GS 1
 Jordan GS 1
 Kazakhstan GS not a member of AFC 1
 Malaysia GS 1
 Bahrain GS 1
 Indonesia GS 1
Total 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 66

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
Total
 Qatar GS QF 4th GS GS QF GS 7
 Japan QF GS GS GS GS QF R16 7
 China PR QF GS GS GS GS QF 6
 South Korea QF GS GS QF R16 5
 North Korea QF R16 GS R16 4
 Saudi Arabia QF GS 1st 3
 United Arab Emirates GS R16 GS 3
 Oman 4th QF GS 3
 Iran GS R16 R16 3
 Bahrain 4th GS 2
 Thailand GS GS 2
 Syria R16 GS 2
 Uzbekistan QF R16 2
 Australia Part of OFC R16 R16 2
 Iraq GS 1
 India q 1
 Tajikistan R16 1
 Yemen GS 1
Total 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 5 4 4 5 4 1 55

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Nation 1989
Netherlands
1992
Hong Kong
1996
Spain
2000
Guatemala
2004
Chinese Taipei
2008
Brazil
2012
Thailand
2016
Colombia
Years
 Australia R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 6
 China R1 R1 R1 3
 Chinese Taipei R1 1
 Hong Kong R1 1
 Iran 4th R1 R1 R1 R2 R2 6
 Japan R1 R1 R1 R2 4
 Kazakhstan R1 1
 Kuwait R1 1
 Malaysia R1 1
 Saudi Arabia R1 1
 Thailand R1 R1 R1 R2 4
Nations 3 4 4 4 5 4 5

AFC Executive Committee

President
Vice Presidents
FIFA Executive Committee Members
Members
General Secretary
Deputy General Secretary

See also

References

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