Asian Football Confederation

Asian Football Confederation

Abbreviation	AFC
Motto	The Future is Asia
Formation	8 May 1954
Type	Sport organisation
Headquarters	Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Region served	Asia and Australia
Membership	47 member associations
Official language	English and Arabic
President	Salman Al-Khalifa
Vice-president	See list Zhang Jilong · Saud Abdulaziz Al Mohannadi · Praful Patel · Winston Lee Boon Aun · Ali Kafashian
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, Cyprus, 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.

• 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	(M, W)	1957	1968	1969	Yes
IRQ	Iraq	(M, W)	1948	1950	1970	Yes
JOR	Jordan	(M, W)	1949	1956	1970	Yes
KUW	Kuwait	(M, W)	1952	1964	1964	Yes
LIB	Lebanon	(M, W)	1933	1936	1964	Yes
OMA	Oman	(M, W)	1978	1980	1980	Yes
PLE	Palestine	(M, W)	1928	1995	1995	Yes
QAT	Qatar	(M, W)	1960	1972	1974	Yes
KSA	Saudi Arabia	(M, W)	1956	1956	1972	Yes
SYR	Syria	(M, W)	1936	1937	1970	Yes
UAE	United Arab Emirates	(M, W)	1971	1974	1974	Yes
YEM	Yemen	(M, W)	1962	1980	1980	Yes
Central Asian Football Association (CAFA)
AFG	Afghanistan	(M, W)	1933	1948	1954	Yes
IRN	Iran	(M, W)	1920	1948	1954	Yes
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	(M, W)	1992	1994	1993	Yes
TJK	Tajikistan	(M, W)	1936	1994	1993	Yes
TKM	Turkmenistan	(M, W)	1992	1994	1993	Yes
UZB	Uzbekistan	(M, W)	1946	1994	1993	Yes
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)
BAN	Bangladesh	(M, W)	1972	1976	1973	Yes
BHU	Bhutan	(M, W)	1983	2000	1993	Yes
IND	India	(M, W)	1937	1948	1954	Yes
MDV	Maldives	(M, W)	1982	1986	1984	Yes
NEP	Nepal	(M, W)	1951	1972	1954	Yes
PAK	Pakistan	(M, W)	1947	1948	1954	Yes
SRI	Sri Lanka	(M, W)	1939	1952	1954	Yes
East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)
CHN	China PR	(M, W)	1924	1931	1974	Yes
GUM	Guam	(M, W)	1975	1996	1991	Yes
HKG	Hong Kong	(M, W)	1914	1954	1954	Yes
JPN	Japan	(M, W)	1921	1921	1954	Yes
PRK	Korea DPR	(M, W)	1945	1958	1974	Yes
KOR	Korea Republic	(M, W)	1928	1948	1954	Yes
MAC	Macau	(M, W)	1939	1978	1978	Yes
MNG	Mongolia	(M, W)	1959	1998	1993	Yes
NMI	Northern Mariana Islands^1	(M, W)	2005	N/A	2009	No
TPE	Chinese Taipei	(M, W)	1936	1954	1954	Yes
ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)
AUS	Australia	(M, W)	1961	1963	2006	Yes
BRU	Brunei	(M, W)	1959	1972	1969	Yes
CAM	Cambodia	(M, W)	1933	1954	1954	Yes
IDN	Indonesia	(M, W)	1930	1952	1954	Yes
LAO	Laos	(M, W)	1951	1952	1968	Yes
MAS	Malaysia	(M, W)	1933	1954	1954	Yes
MYA	Myanmar	(M, W)	1947	1948	1954	Yes
PHI	Philippines	(M, W)	1907	1930	1954	Yes
SIN	Singapore	(M, W)	1892	1952	1954	Yes
THA	Thailand	(M, W)	1916	1925	1954	Yes
TLS	Timor-Leste	(M, W)	2002	2005	2002	Yes
VIE	Vietnam	(M, W)	1960	1964	1978	Yes

1: Associate AFC member, non-FIFA member.

Former members

• Israel Football Association 1954–1974; joined UEFA in 1994 because they were excluded from AFC competitions, as a result of a proposal by Kuwait which was adopted by a vote of 17 to 13 with 6 abstentions.
• New Zealand Football 1964;^[5] founding member of OFC in 1966
• Football Federation of Kazakhstan 1992–2002; joined UEFA in 2002

Competitions

International

The AFC runs the AFC Asian Cup, AFC International Cup (official name to be announced) 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	Iran	11th	2018
AFC Women's Futsal Championship	Iran	1st	2017
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"):

• Emirates
• Nike
• Nikon Corporation
• Epson
• Aramex
• Kirin
• Konica Minolta
• Toshiba
• TOTO
• Asahi
• Toyota
• Saison Card
• Samsung
• Makita
• FamilyMart
• Hyundai

Rankings

Men's national teams Rankings are calculated by FIFA.[7] AFC FIFA Country Points +/- Region 1 42  Iran 672 +2 CAFA 2 50  Australia 601 +17 AFF 3 56  South Korea 579 +1 EAFF 4 57  Japan 577 -1 EAFF 5 60  Saudi Arabia 559 WAFF 6 66  Uzbekistan 549 +8 CAFA 7 68  United Arab Emirates 521 -4 WAFF 8 81  China PR 423 +15 EAFF 9 82  Jordan 418 WAFF 10 83  Qatar 416 -3 WAFF 11 99  Oman 346 -2 WAFF 12 100  Kyrgyzstan 340 +5 CAFA 13 105  Iraq 333 -14 WAFF 14 110  Syria 316 +13 WAFF 15 112  North Korea 314 -18 EAFF 16 116  Philippines 300 +19 AFF 17 119  Thailand 297 -1 AFF 18 126  Kuwait 284 +7 WAFF 19 128  Turkmenistan 277 -15 CAFA 20 131  Palestine 273 -14 WAFF 21 132  Bahrain 271 WAFF 22 142  Hong Kong 234 -3 EAFF 23 144  Vietnam 228 +2 AFF 24 147  Afghanistan 210 +4 CAFA 25 148  Singapore 202 AFF 26 157  Lebanon 176 -12 WAFF 27 160  Maldives 165 -2 SAFF 28 162  Guam 151 -8 EAFF  India -2 SAFF 30 164  Tajikistan 149 -14 CAFA 31 166  Myanmar 147 -12 AFF 32 174  Malaysia 119 -8 AFF 33 175  Timor-Leste 110 -5 AFF 34 176  Yemen 98 -1 WAFF 35 177  Bangladesh 87 SAFF 36 179    Nepal 80 +6 SAFF 37 181  Chinese Taipei 80 EAFF 38 182  Cambodia 68 +1 AFF  Laos -4 AFF 40 185  Indonesia 74 -7 AFF 41 186  Bhutan 64 +7 SAFF 42 187  Sri Lanka 62 +2 SAFF 43 190  Pakistan 54 -3 SAFF 44 194  Macau 42 +2 EAFF 45 195  Brunei 37 -11 AFF 46 203  Mongolia 4 -1 EAFF Last updated 7 April 2016

Top ranked men's national teams

Women's national teams Rankings are calculated by FIFA.[8] AFC FIFA Country Points +/- Region 1 5  Australia 2014 +4 AFF 2 7  Japan 1983 -3 EAFF 3 9  North Korea 1952 -3 EAFF 4 12  China PR 1918 +5 EAFF 5 17  South Korea 1837 +1 EAFF 6 32  Thailand 1645 -2 AFF 7 35  Vietnam 1620 -6 AFF 8 38  Chinese Taipei 1590 EAFF 9 42  Uzbekistan 1540 +1 CAFA 10 44  Myanmar 1533 AFF 11 55  Jordan 1423 +3 WAFF 12 57  Iran 1418 +2 CAFA 13 58  India 1412 -1 SAFF 14 69  Hong Kong 1347 +5 EAFF 15 70  United Arab Emirates 1327 +3 WAFF 16 72  Indonesia 1321 +5 AFF 17 73  Philippines 1312 +7 AFF 18 79  Bahrain 1289 +5 WAFF 19 80  Guam 1287 +5 EAFF 20 85  Laos 1273 +3 AFF 21 86  Malaysia 1260 +4 AFF 22 96  Palestine 1192 +5 WAFF 23 103  Singapore 1166 +38 AFF 24 108  Kyrgyzstan 1134 +4 CAFA 25 112    Nepal 1120 +2 SAFF 25 121  Bangladesh 987 +2 SAFF 26 122  Sri Lanka 978 +2 SAFF 27 123  Lebanon 949 +2 WAFF 28 124  Maldives 948 +5 SAFF 29 127  Pakistan 926 +3 SAFF 30 130  Afghanistan 889 +3 CAFA 31 134  Bhutan 778 +3 SAFF **  Macau 922 +4 EAFF  Syria 927 +4 WAFF  Iraq 882 +4 WAFF  Kuwait 870 +4 WAFF  Qatar 927 +4 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

National leagues Rankings are calculated by IFFHS . AFC IFFHS Country Points +/- 1 24 Korea Republic 562,5 2 29 Saudi Arabia 490,0 3 30 Japan 460,5 4 46 Kuwait 377,0 2 5 50 UAE 352,0 5 6 56 China 340,5 2 7 57 Qatar 338,0 1 8 61 Iran 333,5 3 9 62 Australia 331,0 11 10 63 Thailand 329,5 3 11 74 Malaysia 285,0 8 12 82 Uzbekistan 256,0 3 13 84 Lebanon 252,5 2 14 87 Jordan 241,5 1 15 88 Singapore 240,0 3 16 89 Hong Kong 235,0 5 17 92 Iraq 230,5 6 18 94 Bahrain 224,5 1 19 95 Oman 221,0 7 20 99 Indonesia 193,5 6 21 100 Vietnam 182,75 1 22 105 Turkmenistan 146,5 2 23 116 Myanmar 108,5 2 24 119 Pakistan 104,0 25 125 Syria 97,5 26 128 Bangladesh 96,0 27 137 India 92,0 11 28 140 Philippines 81,0 29 149 Palestine 70,5 30 150 Kyrgyzstan 70,0 31 151 Maldives 69,5 32 154 Sri Lanka 68,0 33 155 Nepal 64,5 34 155 Tajikistan 63,0 35 163 Mongolia 50,5 36 165 Bhutan 48,5 37 166 Chinese Taipei 43,0 Top 100 National League in 2014

Clubs Rankings are calculated by the IFFHS.[9] AFC IFFHS Club Points 1 48 Al-Ahli 166,00 2 60 Al-Hilal FC 156,00 3 73 Guangzhou Evergrande FC 143,00 4 81 FC Seoul 140,00 5 99 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 130,50 6 102 Gamba Osaka 127,50 7 110 Al Ahli FC 120,50 8 121 Suwon Samsung Bluewings FC 117,00 9 128 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 116,00 10 137 Buriram United FC 110,50 Last updated 7 January 2016 Clubs Rankings are calculated by the AFC.[10] Rank Club Points 1 Guangzhou Evergrande 129.359 2 Al-Hilal FC 116.000 3 Al-Ahli SC 91.000 4 FC Seoul 89.382 5 Kashiwa Reysol 80.434 6 Lekhwiya SC 78.755 7 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC 77.382 8 Al Ain FC 73.901 9 Esteghlal F.C. 73.131 10 Al Shabab FC 71.000 11 Ittihad FC 70.000 12 FC Bunyodkor 69.516 13 Pohang Steelers 64.382 14 Beijing Guoan F.C. 64.359 15 Ulsan Hyundai FC 63.382 16 Al Jazira Club 59.401 17 Buriram United F.C. 56.957 18 Sepahan F.C. 55.631 19 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 54.255 20 Kuwait SC 53.313 Last updated 26 November 2015

Hall of Fame

• Harry Kewell^[11]
• Baichung Bhutia
• Homayoun Behzadi^[12]
• Ali Daei
• Yasuhiko Okudera^[13]
• Hong Myung-bo
• Soh Chin Aun
• Sami Al Jaber
• Sun Wen
• Homare Sawa
• Mokhtar Dahari

World Cup participation

Legend

•  1st  – Champion
•  2nd  – Runner-up
•  3rd  – Third place^[14]
•  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 / withdrew / banned
•     — Hosts
•     — Not AFC-member
• T – To be determined

FIFA World Cup

Team	1930	1934	1938	1950	1954	1958	1962	1966	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	Total
South Korea					GS		•		•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	4th	GS	R16	GS		9
Japan					•		•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	R16	GS	R16	GS		5
Iran										•	GS			•	•	GS	•	GS	•	GS		4
Saudi Arabia											•	•	•	•	R16	GS	GS	GS	•	•		4
Australia	Part of OFC																		GS	GS		2
North Korea								QF		•		•	•	•	•			•	GS	•	•	2
Iraq										•		•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
United Arab Emirates													•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
China PR						•						•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•		1
Kuwait										•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Indonesia			GS			•				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Israel				•	•	•	•	•	GS	not a member of AFC												1
Total	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	33

FIFA Women's World Cup

Team	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	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

Other international tournaments

FIFA Confederations Cup

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

Summer Olympics

Team	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	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	1977	1979	1981	1983	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	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	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	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	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	Years
Iran	•	4th	GS	GS	GS	QF	R16	q	7
Australia	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	q	6
Thailand	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	R16	q	5
Japan	GS	•	•	•	GS	GS	R16	•	4
China	•	GS	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	3
Chinese Taipei	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	1
Hong Kong	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Kazakhstan	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	1
Kuwait	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	1
Malaysia	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	1
Saudi Arabia	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Uzbekistan	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q	1
Vietnam	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q	1
Nations	3	4	4	4	5	4	5	5

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Nation	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	Years
Bahrain		QF	•		GS	•	•	•		2
Iran		GS	GS	GS	•	GS	QF	QF		6
Japan	4th	QF	GS	GS	QF	GS	QF	QF		8
Oman					•	GS	•	GS		2
Thailand	GS						•	•		1
United Arab Emirates		•	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	•		4
Nations	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

AFC Executive Committee

President

• Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa ^[15]

Vice Presidents

• Zhang Jilong – First Vice President^[15]
• Saud Abdulaziz Al Mohannadi – Second Vice President^[15]
• Praful Patel – Third Vice President^[15]
• Winston Lee Boon Aun – Fourth Vice President^[15]
• Ali Kafashian – Fifth Vice President^[15]

FIFA Executive Committee Members

• Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah^[15]
• Abdullah Ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah^[15]
• Kozo Tashima^[15]

Members

• Faisal Saleh Hayat^[15]
• Richard Lai^[15]
• Moya Dodd^[15]
• Mahfuza Akhter Kiron^[15]
• Susan Shalabi Molano^[15]
• Han Un Gyong^[15]
• Mohammed Khalfan Al Romaithi^[15]
• Chung Mong-gyu^[15]
• Ahmed Eid S. Al Harbi^[15]
• Mariano Araneta Jr.^[15]
• Mohamed Shaweed^[15]
• Sardor Rakhmatullaev^[15]
• Hachem Sayed Ali Haidar^[15]
• Francisco Kalbuady Lay^[15]
• Zohra Mehri^[15]

General Secretary

• Vacant

Deputy General Secretary

• Windsor John Paul^[16]

See also

• AFC Annual Awards
• List of Presidents of AFC
• Sport in Asia
• Stadium Attendance of Association Football

References

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2. 香港足球總會九十週年紀念特刊 (Hong Kong Football Association 90th Anniversary Booklet) 2004
3. "AFC 60th Anniversary: Back to where it all began". the-afc.com.
4. "Football (Soccer) − Asian Football Confederation". Asian Sports Net. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
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6. Griffiths, Ian. "Clubs sandwiched". FootballAsia.com. Archived from the original on 2005-11-19. Retrieved 2005-07-19.
7. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Men) – AFC Region". FIFA. 12 February 2015.
8. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women) – AFC Region". FIFA. 22 July 2011.
9. "Club World Ranking". IFFHS. 13 January 2015.
10. "AFC Club Ranking (2012‐2015)" (PDF). the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
11. "Asian Football Confederation announces Hall of Fame inductees". Box Score News. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
12. Johnston, Patrick (21 November 2014). Peter Rutherford, ed. "Kewell, Hong, Daei among AFC's first Hall of Fame inductees". Reuters. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
13. "Okudera, Sawa inducted into AFC Hall of Fame". The Japan Times. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
14. There was no Third Place match in 1930; The United States and Yugoslavia lost in the semifinals. FIFA recognizes the United States as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
15. (English) AFC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
16. "AFC General Secretary Resigns Amid Corruption Charges". Sputnik News. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

External links

• Official AFC website (English) (Arabic)