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Abbreviation | AFC |
Motto | The Future is Asia |
Formation | 8 May 1954 |
Type | Sports organization |
Headquarters | Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Region served | Asia |
Membership | 47 member associations |
Acting President | China Zhang Jilong |
Vice-president | Australia Moya Dodd[1] |
General Secretary | Malaysia 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 (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, and the Oceanian nation of Guam is also a member 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.
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.
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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[]
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East Asian Football Federation[]
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Central and South Asian Football Federation[]
SAFF Members
CAFF Members
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West Asian Football Federation[]
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Competitions[]
AFC tournaments[]
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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 |
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File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan | File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea | South Korea Ulsan Hyundai | Tajikistan Istiqlol | File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore | File:Flag of India.svg India |
Women's Asian Cup | Women's U-19 | Women's U-16 | Futsal | AFC Cup | Futsal Club | EAFF | WAFF |
File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | Kuwait Kuwait SC | Iran Giti Pasand | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR | File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria |
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[]
AFC Footballer of the Year[]
- Main article: 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 International Footballer of the Year[]
Year | Name | Nation | Club |
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2012 | Shinji Kagawa | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | England Manchester United |
AFC Women's Footballer of the Year[]
Year | Name | Nation | Club |
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1999 | Sun Wen | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR | China Shanghai SVA |
2003 | Bai Jie | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR | United States Washington Freedom |
2004 | Homare Sawa | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | Japan NTV Beleza |
2005 | Natsuko Hara | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | Japan NTV Beleza |
2006 | Ma Xiaoxu | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR | China Dalian Shide |
2007 | Ri Kum Suk | File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea | North Korea 4.25 |
2008 | Homare Sawa | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | Japan NTV Beleza |
2010 | Kate Gill | File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | Australia Perth Glory |
2011 | Aya Miyama | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | Japan Okayama Yunogo Belle |
2012 | Aya Miyama | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | Japan Okayama Yunogo Belle |
AFC Young Footballer of the Year[]
- Main article: 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 |
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1994 | Thailand Charnwit Polcheewin | Thailand Thai Farmers Bank FC |
1995 | South Korea Park Jong-Hwan | South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma |
1996 | China Ma Yuanan | China China women's national team |
1997 | South Korea Cha Bum-Kun | South Korea Korea Republic national team |
1998 | Japan Takashi Kuwahara | Japan Júbilo Iwata |
1999 | Uzbekistan Mahmoud Rakhimov | |
2000 | France Philippe Troussier | Japan Japan national team |
2001 | Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Johar | Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia national team |
2002 | Netherlands Guus Hiddink | South Korea Korea Republic national team |
2003 | South Korea Cha Kyung-Bok | South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
2004 | Iraq Adnan Hamad | Iraq Iraq national team |
2006 | North Korea Choe Kwang-Sok | North Korea Korea DPR women's U-20 national team |
2007 | Uzbekistan Rauf Inileev | Uzbekistan Uzbekistan national team |
2008 | Japan Akira Nishino | Japan Gamba Osaka |
2009 | South Korea Huh Jung-Moo | South Korea Korea Republic national team |
2010 | Japan Takeshi Okada | Japan Japan national team |
2011 | Japan Norio Sasaki | Japan Japan women's national team |
2012 | South Korea Kim Ho-Gon | South Korea Ulsan Hyundai |
AFC National Team of the Year[]
Year | National Team (men) | National Team (women) |
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2000 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
2001 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR | |
2002 | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | |
2003 | File:Flag of Iraq, 1991-2004.svg Iraq | |
2004 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
2005 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
2006 | File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | |
2007 | File:Flag of Iraq 2004-2008.svg Iraq | File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea |
2008 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea |
2009 | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan U-20 |
2010 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia |
2011 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan |
2012 | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea U-23 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan U-23 |
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[]
Women[]
Nation | United States 1996 |
Australia 2000 |
Greece 2004 |
China 2008 |
United Kingdom 2012 |
Total |
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File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | • | QF | 4th | 2nd | 4 | |
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR | 2nd | • | • | QF | 4 | |
File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | • | QF | 2 | |||
File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea | • | • | 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 | 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 |
Total | inclusive WC Qual. |
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File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | GS | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | 4th | GS | R16 | TBD | 8 | 13 | ||||||
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | R16 | GS | R16 | TBD | 4 | 13 | ||||||
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia | • | • | • | • | R16 | GS | GS | GS | • | • | 4 | 10 | ||||||||||
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran[notes 1] | • | GS | • | • | GS | • | GS | • | TBD | 3 | 8 | |||||||||||
File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia[notes 2] | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R16 | GS | TBD | 3 | 12 | |||||||
File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||
File:Flag of India.svg India | •• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1* | 9 | |||||||||||
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | 11 | |||||||||
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia[notes 3] | 1S | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | 13 | |||||||
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel[notes 4] | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | 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 | China 1991 |
Sweden 1995 |
United States 1999 |
United States 2003 |
China 2007 |
Germany 2011 |
Total |
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File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | GS | QF | GS | GS | GS | 1st | 6 |
File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | GS | GS | GS | QF | QF | 5 | |
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR | QF | 4th | 2nd | QF | QF | 5 | |
File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea | GS | GS | QF | GS | 4 | ||
File:Chinese Taipei Football Flag on FIFA website.svg Chinese Taipei | GF | 1 | |||||
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | GS | 1 | |||||
Total | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
Notes[]
- ↑ Iran withdrew before the draw was made in 1982 qualification and Disqualified In 1986.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Prior to independence in 1945 competed as Netherlands Dutch East Indies, including their only World Cup finals appearance in 1938.
- ↑ 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 (Eretz Yisrael or Palestine prior to 1948) entered into the European qualification tournament.
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 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 |
2021 Qatar |
Total |
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File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | • | GS | • | • | 2nd | GS | GS | • | q | 5 | ||
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia | 2nd | GS | GS | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||
File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia [8] | × | × | 2nd | • | 3rd | • | GS | • | • | 3 | ||
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 1 | ||
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | q | 1 | |
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | × | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
Total | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Notes[]
Rankings[]
National League (by IFFHS)[]Rankings are calculated by IFFHS .
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Asian Football Clubs (by IFFHS)[]Rankings are calculated by the IFFHS.[11]
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Strongest League in the 1st Decade (by IFFHS)[]Rankings are calculated by IFFHS .
* 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
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See also[]
IFFHS Asia's best clubs of the 20th century
References[]
- ↑ http://www.the-afc.com/en/about-afc/afc-executive-committee
- ↑ http://www.the-afc.com/en/about-afc/afc-general-secretary
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "About AFC". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2007-09-06. http://www.the-afc.com/en/about-afc. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
- ↑ Griffiths, Ian. "Clubs sandwiched". FootballAsia.com. Archived from the original on 2005-11-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20051119163847/http://www.footballasia.com/en/news/index.asp?id=40247&sec=90&ssec=260&mth=7&yr=2005. Retrieved 2005-07-19.
- ↑ "AFC to revamp 10 Asian soccer leagues". Taipei Times. Liberty Times Group. 2007-02-14. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2007/02/14/2003349026. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
- ↑ http://www.asiansportsnet.com/football-soccer/
- ↑ "Regarding the agenda/ decisions of the 29th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting". East Asian Football Federation. 2009-09-05. http://www.eaff.com/eanews/release/2009/090905.html.
- ↑ Australia took part as a OFC member.
- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Men) – AFC Region". FIFA. 07 November 2012. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html.
- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women) – AFC Region". FIFA. 22 July 2011. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=f/fullranking.html#confederation=25998&rank=532.
- ↑ "TOP 400 Club World Ranking". IFFHS. 30 January 2012. http://www.iffhs.de/?10f42e00fa2d17f73702fa3016e23c17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6f28f53512.
- ↑ "12 Member Associations keen to join ACL". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2009-11-30. http://www.the-afc.com/en/news-centre/inside-afc/676-afc-news/26192-12-mas-keen-to-join-acl. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
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