AFC MA Ranking

The AFC Member Association Ranking is a ranking system launched by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 2014.[1] The ranking is based on the results of teams participating in the last four years of the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup, as well as the member associations' FIFA ranking. The ranking is used for example to decide who plays who in the Champions League preliminary rounds.

The AFC also publishes a club ranking, which currently only has informational value.

Rankings

Member Association ranking

Calculation principle

The Member Association Ranking, or MA ranking is used to rank associations and also used for seeding teams in the competitions. It is also used to allocate the number of entries and entry points to the competitions.[2] There are however many shifts each year with associations not meeting off field requirements.

The ranking consists of two parts. First the average points the member association's clubs over the past four year (weighing 90%), and the member association's FIFA World Rankings (weighing 10%). The leading team in each category is given 90 and 10 points respectively. All other associations are adjusted proportionally to the leading team. So the theoretical maximum of the ranking is 100 points, when the association's team have won the most points in the four year ranking and also are the number one AFC team in the FIFA rankings. Before 2017, the weighting for the FIFA ranking part was 30%.[3]

Associations earn points in the ACL and ACC starting at the group stage by:[4]

If an association has more than one team (at group stage), the average points per team are used for the MA ranking.

Starting from 2017 there is a small amount of points to be earned in the preliminary rounds.

ACC knockout stage points:

Ranking

As of 10 July 2017

Rank Member Association Total Points FIFA Points Club Points 2017 2016 2015 2014
Points (10%) Points (90%)
1 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 95.14 459 5.14 72.433 90.000 11.1 18 25 18.333
2 South Korea South Korea 88.115 662 7.413 64.95 80.702 9.95 20.75 16.75 17.5
3 Qatar Qatar 83.337 435 4.871 63.15 78.466 13.4 22 19 8.75
4 China China 80.711 441 4.938 60.983 75.773 21.233 14.75 15.75 9.25
5 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 79.542 601 6.73 58.6 72.812 14.6 9.5 15.25 19.25
6 Japan Japan 77.366 684 7.66 56.1 69.706 16.85 10.5 15.25 13.5
7 Iran Iran 69.579 893 10.000 47.95 59.579 14.2 13 11.25 9.5
8 Australia Australia 63.298 689 7.716 44.733 55.582 5.9 14 7.5 17.333
9 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 44.443 579 6.484 30.55 37.959 5.05 9.75 4.75 11
10 Thailand Thailand 42.455 235 2.632 32.05 39.823 15.05 1 10 6
11 Iraq Iraq 37.742 319 3.572 27.5 34.17 6.833 9.833 3.167 7.667
12 Malaysia Malaysia 29.781 119 1.333 22.895 28.448 4.395 7.167 9.5 1.833
13 Hong Kong Hong Kong 29.175 192 2.15 21.75 27.025 1.75 5.833 8.167 6
14 Syria Syria 27.268 423 4.737 18.133 22.531 5.133 5.333 6.833 0.833
15 India India 26.909 341 3.819 18.583 23.09 4.417 7.667 3.333 3.167
16 Vietnam Vietnam 26.775 231 2.587 19.467 24.188 2.8 4 4 8.667
17 Kuwait Kuwait 25.472 111 1.243 19.5 24.229 0 0 9.5 10
18 Jordan Jordan 25.186 300 3.359 17.567 21.827 4.9 4.167 4.667 3.833
19 Bahrain Bahrain 23.752 257 2.878 16.8 20.874 3.467 5.333 2.167 5.833
20 Tajikistan Tajikistan 21.843 179 2.004 15.967 19.839 6.633 0.333 9 0
21 Philippines Philippines 19.388 249 2.788 13.36 16.6 7.027 4.667 1.667 0
22 Lebanon Lebanon 19.216 255 2.856 13.167 16.36 0.833 6.333 0.667 5.333
23 Singapore Singapore 16.679 118 1.321 12.36 15.358 4.693 4.5 0.5 2.667
24 Indonesia Indonesia 16.35 110 1.232 12.167 15.118 0 0 5.667 6.5
25 Myanmar Myanmar 14.349 157 1.758 10.133 12.591 1.3 2.333 2.667 3.833
26 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 12.936 214 2.396 8.483 10.54 4.483 2 2 0
27 Oman Oman 12.602 271 3.035 7.7 9.567 2.2 1 2.333 2.167
28 Maldives Maldives 12.541 199 2.228 8.3 10.313 4.3 1.333 2 0.667
29 State of Palestine Palestine 9.295 364 4.076 4.2 5.219 0.2 2 2 0
30 North Korea North Korea 7.16 288 3.225 3.167 3.935 3.167 0 0 0
31 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 4.93 248 2.777 1.733 2.153 1.4 0 0 0.333
32 Laos Laos 3.97 116 1.299 2.15 2.671 0.15 1 1 0
33 Bangladesh Bangladesh 3.571 60 0.672 2.333 2.899 1.333 1 0 0
34 Cambodia Cambodia 3.334 111 1.243 1.683 2.091 1.683 0 0 0
35 Yemen Yemen 2.15 192 2.15 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 2.072 185 2.072 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Afghanistan Afghanistan 1.978 160 1.792 0.15 0.186 0.15 0 0 0
38 Bhutan Bhutan 1.563 123 1.377 0.15 0.186 0.15 0 0 0
39 Nepal Nepal 1.31 117 1.31 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Macau Macau 0.918 82 0.918 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 Brunei Brunei 0.694 62 0.694 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Guam Guam 0.694 62 0.694 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0.505 34 0.381 0.1 0.124 0.1 0 0 0
44 East Timor East Timor 0.47 42 0.47 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 Mongolia Mongolia 0.336 30 0.336 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 Pakistan Pakistan 0.269 24 0.269 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source:AFC

There are 46 ranked associations, the only unranked one are the Northern Mariana Islands, who are not a member of FIFA.

Club ranking

The club ranking is mostly an informative ranking and not used to seed clubs in the competitions for example.

Calculation principle

The team ranking is calculated as points earned in the past four years plus 20% of the MA ranking points (proportionally adjusted so that the top nation here gets 20% of 70=14 points).

The club ranking in contrast to the MA ranking gives points for some of the preliminary and play-off rounds.[5]

Ranking

Top 20 clubs as of 1 April 2017

Rank Club Points
1 United Arab Emirates Al Ain FC 104.217
2 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal FC 99.404
3 South Korea FC Seoul 95
4 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC 89
5 China Guangzhou Evergrande 88.379
6 Qatar Lekhwiya SC 74.43
7 Qatar El Jaish SC 60.43
8 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers FC 58.923
9 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli SC 58.404
10 South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 58
11 United Arab Emirates Al Ahli 57.217
12 South Korea Pohang Steelers 56
13 China Shandong Luneng Taishan FC 55.879
14 Japan Gamba Osaka 54.694
15 China Shanghai SIPG F.C. 53.379
16 Qatar Al Sadd 50.43
17 Saudi Arabia Ittihad FC 50.404
18 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 46.684
19 Iran Tractor Sazi F.C. 45.908
20 China Beijing Guoan F.C. 45.379

Source: Global Football Ranks

Future plans

The AFC have stated that the ranking eventually should be made up of 100% club performances and no FIFA world ranking points. From 2017 to 2020 the FIFA ranking will contribute 10% and from 2021 onwards 0%. The ranking shall also be renamed AFC Club Competition Ranking.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Al Hilal lead the way as AFC announces Club Ranking system". Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/entry_manual_entry_manual_for_afc_club_competitions_2017-2020_09112016.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_ma_ranking_mechanics.pdf
  4. ↑ http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_club_competitions_ranking_2017.pdf
  5. ↑ http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_club_ranking_mechanics.pdf
  6. ↑ http://www.insideworldfootball.com/2016/11/25/afc-rethinks-afc-cup-format-ranking-criteria-foreign-player-quotas/
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