Asian Football Confederation
Abbreviation	AFC
Motto	The Future is Asia
Formation	8 May 1954 (1954-05-08) (58 years ago)
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Region served	Asia
Membership	47 member associations
Acting President	Zhang Jilong
Vice-president	Moya Dodd[1]
General Secretary	Alex Soosay[2]
Parent organization	FIFA
Website	www.The-AFC.com

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC), is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. All the transcontinental countries with territory in both Europe and Asia are members of UEFA, that is Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey. Israel are also a UEFA member even though it entirely lays in Asia. On the other hand, Australia, formerly in the OFC, has been in the AFC since 2006, in the same way as the Oceanian nations of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands, which are also members of AFC.

The AFC was founded on 8 May 1954 in Manila, Philippines, and is one of FIFA's six continental confederations. The main headquarters is located in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The current acting president is Zhang Jilong of China.

Contents 1 Formation 2 AFC competitions 3 Women's football in Asia 4 Regions 4.1 ASEAN Football Federation 4.2 East Asian Football Federation 4.3 Central and South Asian Football Federation 4.4 West Asian Football Federation 5 Competitions 5.1 AFC tournaments 5.2 Regional tournaments 5.3 Current champions 6 Sponsors 7 Awards 7.1 Asian Footballer of the Year 7.2 AFC Women's Player of the Year 7.3 Asian Young Footballer of the Year 7.4 AFC Coach of the Year 7.5 AFC National Team of the Year 8 Summer Olympics 8.1 Men 8.2 Women 8.3 Notes 9 FIFA World Cup 9.1 Men 9.2 Women 9.3 Notes 10 FIFA Confederations Cup 10.1 Notes 11 Rankings 11.1 Men's National Team 11.2 Women's National Teams 11.3 National League (by IFFHS) 11.4 Asian Football Clubs (by IFFHS) 11.5 Strongest League in the 1st Decade (by IFFHS) 11.6 National League (by AFC) 12 See also 13 References 14 External links

  Formation

The AFC was formed officially on 8 May 1954 in Manila, Philippines, on the sidelines of the second Asian Games. The 12 founder members were Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea Republic, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam.^[3]

  AFC competitions

The AFC runs the Asian Cup, a competition for the national football teams of Asia held every four years, as well as the Asian World Cup Qualifying Tournament and the AFC Challenge Cup. It also runs the Asian Olympics qualifying tournament. The AFC also runs three levels of annual international club competitions. The most prestigious (and oldest of the current AFC club competitions) is the AFC Champions League tournament, based on the UEFA Champions League, formed in 2002/03 with the amalgamation of the Asian Champions Cup and the Asian Cup Winners Cup. (An Asian Super Cup competition between the winners of these two major tournaments ended with the birth of the AFC Champions League.) The other competitions branched off this in 2004 when the 'Vision Asia' blueprint for development was launched. This led to the top fourteen AFC nations, the 'mature nations', sending their best teams to the AFC Champions League. The next 14 nations, the 'developing nations' qualify to send their teams to the AFC Cup.

The rest of the AFC-affiliated countries, the 'emerging nations' send their teams to the AFC President's Cup. The teams which qualify from each country are usually the champions and the cup winners.^[4] Currently there is no promotion and relegation between the different levels of nations.

The AFC plans to revamp 22 leagues in Asia, 10 of them by 2009–2012. This is due to the poor performance of Asian teams in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The reforms include increasing transparency, increasing competitiveness, improving training facilities, and forcing the leagues to have a system of relegation and promotion.^[5]

The 10 leagues marked for reform are Australia, Japan, China, South Korea, Singapore, India, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. The proposal would mark a radical change in Australia, where professional leagues in all sports are organised on a model of franchised teams and closed league membership.

There are 12 AFC Nations that play in the UAFA organised Arab Nations Cup, namely: Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

AFC competitions International Asian Cup Challenge Cup U-22 Asian Cup U-19 Championship U-16 Championship Futsal Championship Beach Soccer Championship Club level Champions League AFC Cup President's Cup Futsal Club Championship Defunct Cup Winners Cup Super Cup Women's football Asian Cup U-19 Championship U-16 Championship

  Women's football in Asia

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.

  Regions

The AFC has 46 member associations split into four regions.^[3] Below shows the member national associations of the regional federations.

ASEAN Football Federation Main article: ASEAN Football Federation Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam

East Asian Football Federation Main article: East Asian Football Federation China PR Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands (quasi-member & associate AFC member) Palau (under consideration as a quasi-member & non-AFC member)[7] Chinese Taipei

Central and South Asian Football Federation Main article: Central and South Asian Football Federation SAFF Members Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka CAFF Members Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

West Asian Football Federation Main article: West Asian Football Federation Iran Iraq Saudi Arabia Bahrain Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen

  Competitions

  AFC tournaments

AFC competitions International Asian Cup Challenge Cup U-22 Asian Cup U-19 Championship U-16 Championship Futsal Championship Beach Soccer Championship Club level Champions League AFC Cup President's Cup Futsal Club Championship Defunct Cup Winners Cup Super Cup Women's football Asian Cup U-19 Championship U-16 Championship

  Regional tournaments

• ASEAN: ASEAN Football Championship (formerly known as the Tiger Cup prior to 2007 and AFF Suzuki Cup since 2008).
• Central and South Asia:
  • Central Asia: Officially only 4 countries in this region, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan (Kazakhstan left for UEFA). No official tournament held between countries in this region.
  • South Asia: SAFF Championship.
• East Asia: East Asian Football Championship.
• West Asia: West Asian Football Federation Championship (Although not all West Asian Countries enter), Gulf Cup of Nations.

  Current champions

Men's Asian Cup	Men's U-19	Men's U-16	Challenge Cup	Champions League	President's Cup	AFF	SAFF
Japan	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	Al-Sadd	Taiwan Power Company	Malaysia	India
Women's Asian Cup	Women's U-19	Women's U-16	Futsal	AFC Cup	Futsal Club	EAFF	WAFF
Australia	Japan	Japan	Japan	Nasaf Qarshi	Nagoya Oceans	China PR	Kuwait

  Sponsors

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

• Nike
• Nikon Corporation
• Fly Emirates
• Toyota Motor
• Yanmar
• ING
• EPSON
• Qatar Petroleum
• Qatar Telecom
• DHL
• Pocari Sweat

  Awards

  Asian Footballer of the Year

The Asian Footballer of the Year award is presented to the best football player from Asia. Officially awarded since 1994, its official name is Asian Football Confederation's Sanyo Player of the Year Award. Prior to 1994 it was awarded on an unofficial basis; the winners from 1988 to 1991 were chosen by IFFHS.

  AFC Women's Player of the Year

Year	Place	Name	Nation	Club
1999	1st	Sun Wen	China PR
2000-2002	No award
2003	1st	Bai Jie	China PR
2004	1st	Homare Sawa	Japan	NTV Beleza
2005	1st	Natsuko Hara	Japan
2006	1st	Ma Xiaoxu	China PR	Dalian Shide
2007	1st	Ri Kum Suk	North Korea	4.25
2008	1st	Homare Sawa	Japan	NTV Beleza
	2nd	Ri Kum Suk	North Korea	4.25
	3rd	Aya Miyama	Japan	Okayama Yunogo Belle
2009	No award
2010	1st	Kate Gill	Australia	Perth Glory
2011	1st	Aya Miyama	Japan	Okayama Yunogo Belle

  Asian Young Footballer of the Year

The Asian Young Footballer of the Year award is presented to the best young football player from Asia. Officially awarded since 1995 with the first award being given to Omani player, Mohammed Al-Kathiri.

  AFC Coach of the Year

Year	Name	Team
1994	Charnwit Polcheewin	Thai Farmers Bank FC
1995	Park Jong-Hwan	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
1996	Ma Yuanan	China women's national team
1997	Cha Bum-Kun	Korea Republic national team
1998	Takashi Kuwahara	Júbilo Iwata
1999	Mahmoud Rakhimov
2000	Philippe Troussier	Japan national team
2001	Nasser Al-Johar	Saudi Arabia national team
2002	Guus Hiddink	Korea Republic national team
2003	Cha Kyung-Bok	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2004	Adnan Hamad	Iraq national team
2005	No award
2006	Choe Kwang-Sok	Korea DPR women's U-20 national team
2007	Rauf Inileev	Uzbekistan national team
2008	Akira Nishino	Gamba Osaka
2009	Huh Jung-Moo	Korea Republic national team
2010	Takeshi Okada	Japan national team
2011	Norio Sasaki	Japan women's national team

  AFC National Team of the Year

Year	National Team (men)	National Team (women)
2000	Japan
2001	China PR
2002	South Korea
2003	Iraq
2004	Japan
2005	Japan
2006	Australia
2007	Iraq	North Korea
2008	Japan	North Korea
2009	South Korea	Japan U-20
2010	Japan	Australia
2011	Japan	Japan

  Summer Olympics

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• GS – Group stage
• Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
•  •  — Qualified
•  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew from the Olympics or Withdrew from the Olympics / Banned
•    — Hosts

  Men

Nation	1900	1904	1908	1912	1920	1924	1928	1936	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	Total
Japan								QF			•		QF	3rd							•	QF	•	•	q	9
South Korea									QF				•						•	•	•	•	QF	•	q	9
Australia											QF								QF	4th	•	•	QF	•		7
India									•	•	4th	•														4
Iraq																	QF	•	•				4th			4
China PR								•											•					•		3
Iran[notes 1]													•		•	QF										3
Kuwait																	QF			•		•				3
Chinese Taipei									•			•														2
Israel														QF		QF										2
Qatar																		•		QF						2
Saudi Arabia																		•			•					2
Thailand											•			•												2
Afghanistan									•																	1
Myanmar															•											1
Indonesia											QF															1
Malaysia[notes 1]															•											1
North Korea																QF										1
Syria																	•									1
UA Emirates																									q	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	5	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	56

  Women

Nation	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	Total
Japan	GS		QF	4th	q	4
China PR	2nd	GS	GS	QF		4
Australia		GS	QF			2
North Korea				GS	q	2
Total	2	2	3	3	2	12

  Notes

  FIFA World Cup

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
• 1S – First Knockout Stage (1934–1938 Single-elimination tournament)
•  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
•  •  — Did not qualify
•     — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
•     — Hosts

  Men

Team	1930	1934	1938	1950	1954	1958	1962	1966	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	Total	inclusive WC Qual.
South Korea					GS		•		•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	4th	GS	R16		8	13
Japan					•		•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	R16	GS	R16		4	13
Saudi Arabia											•	•	•	•	R16	GS	GS	GS	•	•	4	10
Iran[notes 1]										•	GS			•	•	GS	•	GS	•		3	8
Australia[notes 2]								•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16	GS		3	12
North Korea								QF		•		•	•	•	•			•	GS	•	2	9
Iraq										•		•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•		1	9
United Arab Emirates						•							•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	1	9
India				••						•			•		•	•	•	•	•	•	1*	9
China PR						•						•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	1	10
Kuwait										•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1	11
Indonesia[notes 3]			1S			•				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1	13
Israel[notes 4]		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1	19
Total	0	0	1	1*	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	5	4		30 (31)

  Women

Team	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	Total
Japan	GS	QF	GS	GS	GS	1st	6
Australia		GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	5
China PR	QF	4th	2nd	QF	QF		5
North Korea			GS	GS	QF	GS	4
Chinese Taipei	GS						1
South Korea				GS			1
Total	3	3	4	5	4	3	22

  Notes

  FIFA Confederations Cup

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• GS – Group stage
• Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
•  •  — Did not qualify
•  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew from the AFC Asian Cup or withdrew from the Confederations Cup / Banned
•    — Hosts

Team	1992	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2009	2013	2017	2021	Total
Japan	•	GS	•	•	2nd	GS	GS	•	q			5
Saudi Arabia	2nd	GS	GS	4th	•	•	•	•	•			4
Australia [8]	×	×	2nd	•	3rd	•	GS	•	•			3
Iraq	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•			1
Qatar	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		q	1
South Korea	×	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•			1
United Arab Emirates	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•			1
Total	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1

  Notes

  Rankings

Men's National Team Rankings are calculated by FIFA.[9] AFC FIFA Country Points +/− 1 23  Japan 822 2 24  Australia 820 3 35  South Korea 719 4 47  Iran 891 5 76  China PR 456 6 77  Uzbekistan 455 7 79  Iraq 439 8 82  Jordan 431 9 89  Saudi Arabia 407 10 91  Kuwait 399 11 95  Oman 377 12 96  Qatar 372 13 97  Bahrain 366 14 100  Vietnam 347 15 106  North Korea 314 16 114  Lebanon 299 17 122  Syria 270 18 130  Thailand 245 19 132  United Arab Emirates 243 20 140  Tajikistan 218 21 146  Indonesia 161 22 147  Yemen 159 23 148  Singapore 155 24 149  Turkmenistan 154 25 150  Malaysia 153 26 152  Nepal 144 27 154  India 141 28 156  Philippines 139 29 157  Bangladesh 138 30 162  Palestine 128 31 168  Afghanistan 114 Last updated 06 june 2012

Women's National Teams Rankings are calculated by FIFA.[10] AFC FIFA Country Points +/− 1 4  Japan 2106 2 8  North Korea 1967 3 10  Australia 1956 4 16  South Korea 1845 5 17  China PR 1831 6 31  Vietnam 1640 7 32  Thailand 1636 8 38  Uzbekistan 1565 9 41  Chinese Taipei 1556 10 46  Myanmar 1517 11 54  India 1499 11 59  Iran 1426 13 59  Jordan 1417 14 69  Hong Kong 1342 15 75  Bahrain 1331 16 82  Guam 1300 17 95  Palestine 1197 18 113  Nepal 1080 19 119  Bangladesh 992 20 120  Sri Lanka 965 21 121  Maldives 954 22 124  Lebanon 944 23 125  Pakistan 934 Last updated 23 September 2011

National League (by IFFHS) Rankings are calculated by IFFHS . AFC IFFHS Country Points +/- 1 18 Korea Republic 589,0 1 2 23 Japan 539,0 1 3 38 Saudi Arabia 396,0 1 4 40 Iran 378,5 1 5 43 Uzbekistan 373,5 3 6 53 Singapore 331,0 6 7 60 Thailand 318,5 2 8 66 China 298,5 9 9 67 Qatar 290,5 4 10 72 Australia 267,0 3 11 73 Indonesia 266,5 1 12 75 India 265,5 13 76 Jordan 260,0 14 79 UAE 257,5 2 15 82 Vietnam 249,5 16 86 Lebanon 228,0 3 17 87 Kuwait 226,5 11 18 91 Malaysia 218,0 4 19 92 Syria 216,0 9 20 93 Hong Kong 209,5 2 21 93 Iraq 209,5 22 99 Oman 182,0 23 118 Yemen 118,0 3 Top 100 National League in 2011

Asian Football Clubs (by IFFHS) Rankings are calculated by the IFFHS.[11] AFC IFFHS Club Points 1 46 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 159,0 2 47 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 157,5 3 89 Al-Sadd 128,5 4 100 Nasaf Qarshi 124,0 5 107 FC Seoul 120,5 Sepahan FC 120,5 7 110 Al-Hilal FC 120,0 8 124 Nagoya Grampus 114,5 9 131 Al-Wehdat 111,5 10 135 Cerezo Osaka 110,0 11 140 Muangthong United F.C. 108,0 12 146 Kashiwa Reysol 105,5 13 148 Gamba Osaka 105,0 14 154 Al-Ittihad Jeddah 102,0 15 158 Al-Kuwait Kaifan 100,0 16 160 Esteghlal Tehran FC 99,0 17 169 Kashima Antlers 96,0 18 185 Zob Ahan Isfahan FC 92,0 19 198 Tampines Rovers FC 88,5 20 204 Chonburi FC 87,5 21 208 FC Bunyodkor 86,0 22 213 Al-Shabab Riyadh 85,0 Arbil SC 85,0 24 221 Qadsia SC 82,5 25 236 Tianjin Teda FC 80,5 26 243 Buriram United F.C. 79,0 Pohang Steelers 79,0 28 258 Sông Lam Nghệ An 76,0 Persepolis FC 76,0 30 267 Al-Faisaly Amman 75,0 31 271 Sriwijaya F.C. 74,0 FC Pakhtakor Tashkent 74,0 33 281 Al-Wahda FC 73,5 34 283 Ulsan Hyundai FC 73,0 35 285 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 72,5 36 289 Yokohama F. Marinos 72,0 37 299 Home United FC 71,5 38 319 Persipura Jayapura 68,0 39 332 Vegalta Sendai 67,0 Al-Nasr Riyadh 67,0 41 338 Al Jazira Club 66,5 Shandong Luneng Taishan 66,5 43 342 Jeju United FC 66,0 44 352 Al Ain FC 65,5 45 366 Dempo S.C. 63,5 46 369 Shimizu S-Pulse 63,0 47 384 Kelantan FA 62,0 Terengganu FA 62,0 Hanoi T&T F.C. 62,0 50 384 Al Rayyan Sports Club 61,5 51 395 Al-Ittihad Aleppo 60,0 Al-Ettifaq 60,0 Central Coast Mariners FC 60,0 Last updated 30 January 2012

Strongest League in the 1st Decade (by IFFHS) Rankings are calculated by IFFHS . AFC Country Points 1 Japan 3693.5 2 Korea Republic 3376.5 3 Saudi Arabia 3125.0 4 Iran 3019.5 5 China 2881.5 6 Uzbekistan 2690.0 7 UAE 2526.5 8 Qatar 2462.5 9 Kuwait 2446.5 10 Syria 2196.5 11 India 2171.5 12 Jordan 2089.0 13 Singapore 2048.5 14 Vietnam 1897.5 15 Lebanon 1877.0 16 Malaysia 1874.0 17 Thailand 1795.5 18 Oman 1767.0 19 Bahrain 1758.0 20 Yemen 1610.5 21 Indonesia 1530.5 22 Turkmenistan 1516.0 23 Iraq 1467.5 24 Hong Kong 1423.0 25 Australia* 1321.0 * In 2005 Australia left the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) with FIFA’s approval and joined the AFC. As of 2006, Australian clubs are affiliated with AFC, and participate in its club competitions. Starting with 2006, then, the Australian league is no longer to be included in the Oceanian, but henceforth in the Asian strongest league rankings. For the world ranking of the strongest league in the first decade of the 21st century, however, both continental rankings will be added for Australia. Asia’s strongest League in the 1st Decade of the 21st Century (2001–2010)

  National League (by AFC)

This league ranking is used by the AFC to determine the number of participants in the AFC Champions League. The assessments was conducted by AFC Pro-League committee during 2006–2008, and is based on the football competitiveness, professionalism, marketability, and financial status of the league and its clubs. The assessment ranking will be updated every two years, as the next one will be published in November 2010.^[12]

AFC Final Assessment Ranking for 2011-12 seasons

West Asia Pos Member Association Points (total 800) Clubs Spots Group stage Play-off AFC Cup 1 Qatar 677.9 12 4 0 0 2 Saudi Arabia 668.2 14 3 1 0 3 UAE 645.3 14 3 1 0 4 Uzbekistan 597.6 14 2 1 0 5 iran 593.2 18 2 1 0 Meet the criteria Do not meet the criteria

East Asia Pos Member Association Points (total 800) Clubs Spots Group stage Play-off AFC Cup 1 Japan 771.6 18 4 0 0 2 Korea Republic 708.5 15 3 1 0 3 China 622.5 16 3 1 0 4 Australia 570.4 10 2 1 0 5 Thailand 520.6 18 1 1 0 6 Indonesia 228.7 18 0 1 1

  See also

IFFHS Asia's best clubs of the 20th century

  References

  External links

• Official AFC website
• Asian Football Confederation at www.SoccerLens.com
• AFC ranking League

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